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 United miles for cheap Star Alliance Business & First Class flights
MileagePlus is an excellent program for accessing cheap Star Alliance Business and First Class travel to Asia, with the latest promotion the best one since the same time last year. Ends Tuesday.
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How to buy and redeem points for cheap Qantas & Cathay Business Class using Alaska Mileage Plan
Mileage Plan generally offers its most generous bonus twice a year and this is a repeat of the May-July promotion. Log in to your account to see if you have been targeted for the highest tier.
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Guide to buying AAdvantage miles for cheaper Business & First Class travel with oneworld partner airlines
American Airlines is running another promotion for purchasing AAdvantage miles – offering up to 85,000 bonus miles plus 10% off which comes out to 1.83 US cents per mile.
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How to buy IHG Rewards points and use for decent discounts at expensive InterContinental hotels
IHG is offering an average bonus for purchasing IHG Rewards points, which can be redeemed for cheaper nights at InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and other IHG hotels. Not to be bought speculatively, though.
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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
Starwood Preferred Guest is continuing last month’s lowest-price-ever offer for buying Starpoints, which can be used for high-end, usually expensive hotel stays, or transferring to one of their many partner frequent flyer programs.
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Guide to buying Avios for cheap Business Class flights within Australia, the US and Asia
This is a good opportunity to top up your British Airways Executive Club balance with Avios to use for cheap last-minute Business and Economy Class flights on Qantas flights in Australia, American Airlines in the US, and Japan Airlines and Cathay Pacific in Asia.
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Guide to buying Avianca LifeMiles for cheap Star Alliance travel
Avianca’s frequent flyer program is offering a 100-125% bonus on miles purchased until 30 May, with the bonus increasing the more miles you buy. Good for Star Alliance premium travel in our region but careful of the upcoming devaluation.
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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 […]