Overview of Frequent Flyer Programms

Specials

Air France

Alaska Airlines

Miles could be purchased for a cost of $27.50 per 1,000 miles, plus a 7.5% Federal Excise Tax. There is no discount the more miles you buy.
Alaksa Airlines partners with Points.com, if it comes to buying points. You can buy miles here.

Here are a few examples for prices:

• 1,000 Milegae Plan Miles: 27.50 USD + 2.06 Taxes = 29.56 USD
• 5,000 Milegae Plan Miles: 137.50 USD + 10.31 Taxes = 147.81 USD
• 20,000 Milegae Plan Miles: 550.00 USD + 41.25 Taxes = 591.25 USD
• 30,000 Milegae Plan Miles: 825.00 USD + 61.88 Taxes = 886.88 USD
• 40,000 Milegae Plan Miles: 1,100.00 USD + 82.50 Taxes = 1,182.59 USD
• 60,000 Milegae Plan Miles: 1,650.00 USD + 123.75 Taxes = 1,773.75 USD
  

You can buy the miles here.

British Airways

Double Avios Promotion
September 18, 2019 to December 13, 2019 (flights till June 30, 2020)

British Airways has launched is regular autumn promotion, which is similar to the one we saw in spring for the 100th birthday (see below). You get double base avios for flights with British Airways before June 30, 2019. But there are some caveats.

First, only flights booked after registration are eligible for this promotion (but see the execption below). Registration has to be done prior to December 13, 2019. Flights, already booked unfortunately do not count. Second, only British Airways flights do count for this promotion with the exception of transatlantic flights to North America. Flight operated by American Airlines, Finnair and Iberia do count for this promotion if they are booked under the British Airways flight number. Comair flight in South Africa do count as well. And last but not least only the first ten flights do count and the base Avios are doubled. It is the date of the flight, not the cronological order of the booking. In so far, you should consider to register later, if you are about to book some shorter flights but also some longer flights.

To summarize

• Double Avios for the first ten flights with British Airways between September 18, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Flights to North American operated by American Airlines, Finnair and Iberia do count, if thery are booked under a British Airways flight number. Comair flight in South Africa do count as well
• Only flights booked after registration do count - Registration closes on December 13, 2019
• Only base Avios (before elite and tier bonus) are doubled.

Book after registration on British Airways.

Exception for flights bookled under the BA Sale before registration
If you have booked a flight under the British Airways sale (i.e. between August 29,2019 and September 18, 2019), these flights do count. But you have to register them on the homepage. However, it is not clear, what is considered "sale" in regard to this Promotion.

Buy Avios

You can buy British Airways Avios. The price per Avios depends where your arccount is registers and in which currency (EUR / GBP / USA) you are charged. There price per Avios is for smaller amounts higher than for larger amounts. It should be something around 0,03 GBP for 1,000 Avios, 0,02 GBP for 5,000 Avios and 0,017 GBP if you buy 35,000 Avios. There is also a handling fee. And you are also limited to certain numbers of avios, you e.g. cannot buy 22,000 Avios.

You can buy

• 1,000 Avios
• 2,000 Avios

continue in steps of 1,000 to 6,000 Avios

• 8,000 Avios
• 10,000 Avios
• 15,000 Avios

continue in steps of 5,000 Avios to 50,000 Avios

• 60,000 Avios
• 70,000 Avios

continue in steps of 10,000 Avios to 100,000 Avios

• 125,000 Avios

continue in steps of 25,000 Avios to 200,000 Avios

You can buy up to 200,000 Avios. However we only recommend buying avios to op up your account. You can buy here.

Delta Airlines

If you need Delta SkyMiles to reach the necessary amount of miles for your award flight, you can simply buy or share them via Points.com. It is also possible to gift miles: Buy, Gift or Share miles on your Delta SkyMiles Program

Finnair

See British Airways in regard to the sale for flights from Sweden to Miami. Also bookable on the Homepage of Finnair.

KLM / AF Flying Blue

As an elite member you can buy an unlimited amount of miles in units of 2000 miles for 55 EUR; as an Flying Blue Ivory Member you can buy a maximum of 40000 miles in a year in units of 2000 miles.There is no discount the more miles you buy.

Miles can be bought on KLM via the Points.com Plattform

Lufthansa

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways has quite often good fares from airport in Eastern Europe such as Budapest, Sarajevo, Belgrade, which are all above the 2,000 miles treshold from Doha, which means you earn longhual tier points in British Airways Executive Club.

SAS

SAS offers quite often some dcecent deals in Premium Economy Class on European flights.

Singapore Airlines

Swiss

United Airlines

You can buy up to 100,000 miles, but the miles are not cheap. The lowest amount of milesy you can buy are 2,000 miles for 70 USD. There is no discount the more miles you buy. You can buy the miles here.

Virgin Atlantic

You can buy miles in increments of 1,000 miles from 1,000 miles to 100,000 miles. There is a transaction fee of 15 GBP / 25 USD on top of each purchase. The ration is - before any bonus:

• 1,000 Miles are 30 GBP
• 5,000 Miles are 90 GBP
• 10,000 Miles are 165 GBP
• 15,000 Miles are 240 GBP
• 30,000 Miles are 465 GBP
• 50,000 Miles are 765 GBP
• 100,000 Miles are 1,515 GBP

You can buy the Miles on your Virgin Atlantic Account after logging in. Virgin Atlantic partners with Points.com if it comes to buying miles
You buy Miles in the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Program here.

Points

Sign up for free at Points.com and grow your reward points and miles.Buy points and miles from your loyalty program or exchange them to keep accunt active.

Priority Pass

Priority Pass offers access to more than 1000 different airport lounges worldwide. If you do not have elite status with the airline you are flying and travel only in Economy Class, Priority Pass might be a solution if you prefer some privacy at the airport rather than spending your time till boarding on an uncomfortable chair or in a crowded and overpriced restaurant at the airport. Even if you have access thanks to your elite status, you find the available lounge to be crowded or simply not comfortable. While considering the purchase of a Pariority Pass, you should take into account that due to different terminals, you might not be able to enter the lounge because your flights depart from a different terminal. Several credit cards also include a membership of Priority Pass.

Priority Pass offers three different membership plans, Standard, Standard Plus and Prestige. We offer a discount of up to 25% for your first memberhsipo year if you buy using the link below. The prices in brackets are those for the second and each additional year.
Standard (51 GBP (69 GBP)/ 71 EUR (89 EUR) / 74 USD (99 USD)) offers you the right to enter any lounge of the Priority Pass network for a fee of 20 GBP / 28 EUR / 32 USD. Guest could access the lounge for a fee of 20 GBP / 28 EUR / 32 USD. If you requirea backup and usually have lounge access or do not fly very often, this might be the plane to choose..

Standard Plus (151 GBP (189 GBP) / 207 EUR (259 EUR) / 239 USD (299 USD)) includes 10 free visits to any lounge of the Priority Pass network; additional visits have to be paid for a fee of 20 GBP / 28 EUR / 32 USD. Guest could access the lounge for a fee of 20 GBP / 28 EUR / 32 USD. This plans should be considered by those, who e.g. travel Economy on shourt haul flights but have lounge access on lonng haul flights or who fly more often or the booking class does not include lounge access (e.g. on Germanwings / Eurowings Light Fares).

Prestige (305 GBP (339 GBP) / 359 EUR (399 EUR) / 386 USD (429 USD)) offers you the right to enter any lounge of the Priority Pass network for free. Guest could access the lounge for a fee of 20 GBP / 28 EUR / 32 USD.

Priority Pass also offers now a digital membvership card, so there is no need to wait till your membership cards arrive. You can apply for a membership on the Priority Pass Homepage.