Avianca continues its almost back-to-back miles sales, offering up to a 155% bonus for purchases made through April 30, 2025.
LifeMiles members can buy up to 200,000 miles (before any possible bonus) in a transaction and up to 500K miles in any calendar year before the bonus.
You can access this offer on the LifeMiles website here.
Bonus Schedule:
1,000 – 20,000 miles = 135% bonus
21,000 – 50,000 miles = 145% bonus
51,000 – 200,000 miles = 155% bonus
The price of purchasing 255,000 miles (including bonus):
Under this sale, LifeMiles, when purchased at a 155% bonus, cost 1.19 US cents each. The lowest price Avianca sold LifeMiles at in 2023 was 1.20 cents each, and during the most recent Cyber Sale in 2024, 1.16 US cents each.
Purchased Miles Elite Qualifying?
Avianca promotes the purchase of miles as partially elite qualifying, which is the case. However, you also need Avianca flights before you reach any status with them.
Avianca LifeMiles Miles Purchase & What Posts As Elite Qualifying?
LifeMiles Award Successes & Issues
Award Success: Avianca LifeMiles To the Rescue With Asiana & Thai Airways
Award Success: Four Business Awards On Air France, ANA, Cathay Pacific & Gulf Air
But some issues in 2023:
Avianca LifeMiles Award Booking Issues Continue
Avianca Miles Devaluation:
Avianca recently changed the number of miles required for many of its awards. You should check the number of miles required for awards you would like to redeem before buying.
Conclusion
Lifemiles can be handy for premium cabin redemptions and are usually the cheapest Star Alliance miles one can buy.
The number of miles required for various LifeMiles awards has changed recently, so check the rates. You may also sometimes encounter issues booking Star Alliance awards using LifeMiles.
These are the terms and conditions of this offer:
This promotion applies to miles purchases made between April 23rd to April 30th, 2025 (00.00-23.59 GMT -6, El Salvador).
The bonus applies as follows: for purchases from 1,000 – 20,000 Lifemiles, receive 135% additional miles, for purchases between 21,000 – 50,000 Lifemiles, receive 145% additional miles, and for purchases between 51,000 – 200,000 receive 155% additional miles.
Miles must be purchased in multiples of 1,000.
The minimum miles to purchase per transaction is 1,000 Lifemiles.
The maximum miles to purchase per transaction during the promotion is 200,000 Lifemiles. Additionally, the maximum miles that a member can receive during the promotion is 500,000 miles, minus the miles that the member has previously purchased in 2025, including bonus miles. The purchase transaction cannot be made if the number of miles to purchase, including all miles purchased in 2025 and including bonus miles, exceeds the 500,000-mile limit.
The maximum amount of miles that a member can receive during a calendar year is 500,000 Lifemiles, including bonus miles. If the member exceeds this limit through purchases made during any promotion or other purchases in a calendar year, taking into account any bonus miles received for such purchases, the purchase of miles will be unavailable until the next calendar year.
Each package of 1,000 Lifemiles costs US$33.00 excluding applicable taxes, and US$40.26* including taxes according to the country of the mailing address registered in the Lifemiles database
The purchase of miles is non-reversible and non-refundable, except in countries where applicable law grants such rights if applicable- The purchase of miles is an immediate execution contract. Once the payment is made, the miles will be accrued to the member’s account immediately, and as such, the right to retraction does not apply to this transaction. From that moment, the miles can be used according to the terms and conditions of the Lifemiles Program. Miles are not endorsable.
Miles can be purchased through Avianca’s Call Centers, <a href=’https://lifemiles.com’ target=’_blank’>lifemiles.com</a> and, Avianca Information Centers. For residents of Venezuela, it is only available through <a href=’https://lifemiles.com’ target=’_blank’>lifemiles.com</a>. The only accepted forms of payment through Avianca’s Call Center and <a href=’https://lifemiles.com’ target=’_blank’>lifemiles.com</a> are international credit or debit cards. Cash payments are only allowed at Avianca’s Information Centers. The transaction receipt will reflect the total number of miles accrued to the member’s account, including the bonus miles and the total charge for the transaction.
All accrued miles count towards Elite progress, except for miles accrued in Iberia, GOL, and certain miles compensations/bonuses. You will earn qualifying miles according to the rates established for each product or service. Check your Elite progress and other conditions at <a href=’https://lifemiles.com’ target=’_blank’>lifemiles.com</a>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to achieve an elite status a member must reach the amount of miles flown with Avianca for each elite level.
This does not apply to the Flexible Redemption option (Lifemiles+ Money) during the payment process of air ticket redemption. Miles purchased, once accrued, can be redeemed according to the conditions specified in the Lifemiles Program Terms and Conditions and the portfolio of products and services available for redemption.
Lifemiles Terms and Conditions apply. Available at <a href=’https://lifemiles.com’ target=’_blank’>lifemiles.com</a>.
Lifemiles is a trademark of Lifemiles LTD.
*The values are settled based on the exchange rate of the date of the transaction. The price can be lower depending on the correspondence country entered on the Member’s profile in their Lifemiles account.
