Avianca, a Star Alliance airline, has launched a buy miles Cyber Day Promotion with up to 150% Bonus for LifeMiles purchases made through December 3, 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.
LifeMiles is still useful because the program doesn’t levy these pesky fuel surcharges for redemptions but availability might be spotty as the LM search engine doesn’t always reflect the same availability as other Star Alliance carrier programs.
This is the bonus schedule for the 2025 CYBER SALE:
- Buy 1,000-25,000 miles, 140% bonus
- Buy 25,000-50,000 miles, 145% bonus
- Buy 51,000-200,000 miles, 150% bonus
Price when buying 100,000 Miles, under the 150% threshold:
Under this sale, LifeMiles, when purchased at a 150% bonus, cost 1.32 US cents each. The lowest price Avianca previously sold LifeMiles at was 1.17 cents each, so this is not very good in the broader sense.
I’m sure there will be a better offer again at some point in the future. Considering this is their famous “Cyber Weekend” offer, I would have expected something better.
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I recently covered a question from a reader about how risky it is to purchase LifeMiles:
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I want to highlight that there are many sales for regular revenue fares as well and it might be better to buy a revenue-based ticket in many cases rather than going through a mileage program.
Conclusion
Lifemiles can be handy for premium cabin redemptions and are usually the cheapest Star Alliance miles one can buy outright.
The number of miles required for various LifeMiles awards has changed recently, so it’s advisable to check the rates and especially availability. You may also sometimes encounter issues booking Star Alliance awards using LifeMiles.
Overall, I always recommend comparing the revenue fares and mileage prices. There is also the risk of technical issues with Lifemiles, so if in doubt always be careful before investing a lot of money into buying miles.
These are the Terms & Conditions for this campaign:
Miles must be purchased in multiples of 1,000.
The minimum amount of miles to purchase per transaction is 1,000 Lifemiles.
The maximum amount of miles that a member can receive during a calendar year is LM 500,000, 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, Lifemiles.com and, Avianca Information Centers. For residents of Venezuela, it is only available through lifemiles.com.
The only accepted forms of payment through Avianca´s Call Center and lifemiles.com 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 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.
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 lifemiles.com.
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.
