Avianca, a Star Alliance airline, has launched a buy miles Holiday Sale at Up To 160% for purchases made through December 31, 2024.
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.
My Bonus Schedule:
1,000 = 110% Bonus
2,000 to 20,000 = 140% Bonus
21,000 to 35,000 = 150% Bonus
36,000 to 200,000 = 160% Bonus
The price of purchasing 520,000 miles (including bonus):
Under this sale, LifeMiles, when purchased at a 160% bonus, cost 1.27 US cents each. The lowest price Avianca sold LifeMiles at in 2023 was 1.20 cents each and during the most recent Cyber Sale this year 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?
Buying Airlines Miles for the First Time?
What things should you keep in mind if you are buying airline miles for the very first time?
Buying Airline Miles For The First Time
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
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 for miles purchases made between November 11 and November 19, 2024 (09:00AM-11:59PM GMT-6, El Salvador). The bonus applies as follows: for purchases for 1,000 lifemiles receive 110% additional miles, for purchases between 2,000 – 15,000 lifemiles receive 130% additional miles, for purchases between 16,000 – 35,000 lifemiles receive 145% additional miles and for purchases between 36,000 – 200,000 lifemiles receive 160% additional miles. The 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 this 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 2024, excluding bonus miles. The purchase transaction cannot be made if the number of miles to purchase, including all miles purchased in 2024 and excluding bonus miles, exceed the 500,000 miles limit. The maximum number of miles to receive by a member through the purchase of miles per calendar year outside of this promotion is 500,000 lifemiles excluding any bonus miles received. If the member surpasses the limit, through purchases made during this promotion and other purchases in 2024, considering the bonuses received for those purchases, he or she will not be able to purchase any more miles outside of promotional periods until the next calendar year. Each package of 1,000 lifemiles is US$33.00 without applicable taxes and US$40.26* including applicable taxes according to country of the mailing address registered in the lifemiles database. GST/HST will be charged to Canadian residents. QST Will be charged to Quebec residents. 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 lifemiles.com. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to achieve an elite status a member must reach the amount of miles flown with Avianca for each elite level. The purchase of miles is not reversible or refundable, except in countries where this right is granted by applicable law, such as the right to retraction in Colombia, in the cases where it applies. The purchase of miles is an immediate execution contract. Once the payment is made, the miles will be accrued in up to 72 hours on the member’s account. As of that moment, the miles can be used according to the terms and conditions of the lifemiles Program. Miles are not endorsable. Miles purchase is available through lifemiles.com. The receipt of the transaction will reflect the total number of miles accrued to the member´s account, including the bonus miles and the total charge for the transaction. Does not apply to the Flexible Redemption (LifeMiles + Money) during the payment process of air ticket redemption. Miles purchased, once accrued, can be redeemed in accordance with 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 lifemiles.com. LifeMiles is a trademark of LifeMiles LTD. Any currency exchange rate, foreign transaction fee and additional fees are determined solely by the issuer of your payment instrument and not by Points or LifeMiles LTD. If you have any questions about these fees or the exchange rate applied to your transaction, please contact your bank. Powered by Points to purchase lifemiles. Transaction will appear as ‘Lifemiles by Points‘ on your monthly credit card statement.
*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.
