Three Days Only: United Miles on Sale with 100% Bonus. Good Deal?

Through Friday (May 27, 2016) at 11:59 CT, United is offering a 100% bonus on purchased miles. The size of the bonus depends on the number of miles you buy, with the largest 100% bonus kicking in at 40,000 miles purchased.

United miles normally cost 3.5 cents per mile plus a 7.5% tax, bringing the full price to 3.76 cents each.

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Buy American Airlines Miles with 35% Discount and 15,000 Bonus Miles. Good Deal?

American Airlines is offering up to 15,000 bonus miles and 35% off on the purchase of miles through June 1, 2016. You can now buy 165,000 American Airlines miles including bonus for $3,122 or 1.89 cents each.

The discount is fixed, but the bonus miles are tiered, based on how many miles you purchase.

3 Hidden Credit Card Offers that Will Earn You More Miles

The current public sign-up bonus offers for the Cit AAdvantage Platinum Select Mastercard, CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select Mastercard, and the Citi ThankYou Premier Mastercard are 30k, 30k, and 0 (no bonus) respectively.

But you can do much better.

The following links have surfaced with much higher sign-up bonus offers:

Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World MasterCard®
CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World MasterCard®
Citi ThankYou® Premier MasterCard®

Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World MasterCard®

This card's public sign-up offer is 30,000 American Airlines miles for spending $1,000 within three months of opening the account.

Is Plastiq Worth It? Paying Your Bills Online with Credit Cards to Earn Miles

Regarding any information in this post about taxes: this is miles information, not tax advice. Consult a tax professional before paying your taxes with a credit card.

Plastiq is an online bill payment processing system that "empowers you to use your existing debit and credit cards to pay any bill, regardless of acceptance". The charge for that convenience is 2.5% of each payment on a credit card and 1% on a debit card.

Alaska Airlines Credit Card Primer: Best Offer? Churnable?

The current sign-up bonus available to the public for the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature® Card is 25,000 Alaska Airlines miles upon approval. There are higher offers out there however, and the official public offer is increasing in May, but with a new minimum spending requirement.

There is no minimum spending requirement to earn the current sign-up bonus of 25,000 miles.

There is also a $75 annual fee.

Buy Up to 265,000 American Airlines Miles for 1.81 Cents Each. Good Deal Post Devaluation?

American Airlines is offering up to 115,000 bonus miles on the purchase of miles through April 8, 2016. You can now buy 265,000 American Airlines miles including bonus for $4,787 or 1.81 cents each.

The bonus miles are tiered, based on how many miles you purchase. The best deal is to buy 150,000.

American Airlines miles cost 2.95 cents each plus a 7.5% excise tax, and every purchase has a $30 processing fee.

Buy American Airlines Miles for 2 Cents Each This Week (and Beat the Devaluation)

American Airlines is offering a 10% discount and 42,500 bonus miles

Amazing News: Mixed Cabin LifeMiles Awards Now Permitted

Avianca LifeMiles are awesome because you can use them to book any Star Alliance carrier with no fuel surcharges at a fair miles price.

I have used LifeMiles to book Europe to the United States in Business Class for 63,000 miles, Japan to Thailand in Business Class for 36,000 miles, and the United States to Cuba for 17,500 miles.

My two main complaints with LifeMiles were:

The only way to get the miles easily is to buy them for 1.32 to 1.5 cents each during frequent sales because there is no credit card that earns a lot

50% Bonus on Buying American Airlines Miles. Good Deal?

American Airlines is offering up to a 50% bonus on the purchase of AAdvantage miles through January 29, 2016. You can now buy 100,000 American Airlines miles and get 50,000 bonus miles, for a total of 150,000 miles, for 2.13 cents each.

 

The bonus miles are tiered, based on how many miles you purchase. The best deals are to buy 70k + 35k or 100k + 50k.

American Airlines miles cost 2.95 cents each plus a 7.5% excise tax, and every purchase has a $30 processing fee.