Buying Frequent Flyer Points Guides
Buying points can be a great day to cheaply, and relatively easily, travel in Business and First Class by immediately redeeming them for frequent flyer points flights.
Here are a range of guides to buying frequent flyer points - which frequent flyer programs offer points purchases, and how to redeem them for cheap Business and First Class travel to different destinations.
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How to buy IHG Rewards points and use for decent discounts at expensive InterContinental hotels
The first IHG buy points promotion for the year is out and it isn’t a good one.
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How to buy and redeem points for cheap Qantas & Cathay Business Class using Alaska Mileage Plan
If you have a specific redemption on an airline like Qantas, Cathay Pacific or Japan Airlines in mind, then this is a good offer to top up your balance. Otherwise, you might want to sit this one out.
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Guide to buying Starwood Preferred Guest points: one of the only ways to buy Velocity points, Asia Miles or KrisFlyer miles
You’ve got two more days to buy SPG points, which can be transferred to a large number of frequent flyer programs. Plus, the limit has been raised by 10,000 points for this promotion.
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How to buy United miles for cheap Star Alliance Business & First Class flights
Following their devaluation last month, it’s no surprise that United are offering their miles at a large discount. This offer is best for specific redemptions rather than for speculative purchases.
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Guide to buying AAdvantage miles for cheaper Business & First Class travel with oneworld partner airlines
Buying AA miles makes the most sense when topping up your balance for a specific Business or First Class redemption on AA, Qatar Airways or a oneworld partner like Qantas.
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Guide to buying Avianca LifeMiles for cheap Star Alliance travel
With United devaluing its award chart earlier this month, LifeMiles has become an even more attractive option, coupled with its absence of fuel surcharges. This is a fantastic deal for advanced points collectors.
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A guide to buying Velocity Frequent Flyer points
Previously, you could only top your Velocity balance up when you had 50% of the required points for a redemption and you had to phone; now you only need 50% and you can do so online.
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Guide to buying Avios for cheap Business Class flights within Australia, the US and Asia
This is the cheapest price offered in over a year, with Avios best used for short hops within Australia, the US and Japan.
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How to buy Hilton Honors points for cheaper Hilton hotel nights
This offer represents good value for topping up points balances for specific redemptions. It’s good for the extremes: low- and high-category hotels.
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The basics of buying airline and hotel points or miles - why you’d want to, and what you need to know to get a deal
Buying points is one of the pillars of understanding how to more quickly fly or stay better, more cheaply, if you have money to spare and travel plans to make.
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Hyatt offering up to a 40% bonus on Hyatt Gold Passport points purchases until October 25th
Hyatt is offering up to 40% bonus for Gold Passport points purchases which can be used to bring the cost down for some of the more expensive Hyatt hotels around the world.
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The marvellous & murky world of online points & miles brokers
Go behind the scenes of the elusive mileage broker businesses, where you can sell all of your miles to a broker who gets full control of your account, and buy miles from another who runs over 500 frequent flyer accounts.
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Cheap Virgin Australia Business Class redemptions with a 60% bonus on Virgin America Elevate miles
Virgin America’s Elevate frequent flyer program is pretty niche, but has one really specific use for Australians – low tax/surcharge redemptions for Virgin Australia, which are especially good value in Business Class. There’s a 60% […]
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How to buy American Express Membership Rewards points from Amex directly - useful for transfers to other frequent flyer programs
American Express Membership Rewards cards have a somewhat hidden option – you can buy points to top up your account for a redemption, and the cost is not actually that unreasonable. This is possible for […]
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Route & airline options when using American Airlines AAdvantage miles to get to Europe from Australia or New Zealand
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are some of the most valuable out there, so when AAdvantage miles go on sale, the astute points-collectors take note and consider buying them to redeem for Business or First Class […]
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How to buy miles and points to redeem for cheap domestic Business Class travel on Qantas and Virgin Australia
When it comes to flying in Australia, does it make sense to buy miles and redeem tickets on Virgin or Qantas Business Class? In this guide, we compare three programs, Virgin America’s Elevate, Alaska Mileage […]