American Airlines is offering up to 50,000 bonus miles through January 31st, 2019 when you purchase miles. This will equate to up to 50% bonus depending on what level of miles you buy.

American Airlines 50% Bonus Miles

Get up to 50,000 bonus miles when you buy or gift American Airlines AAdvantage® miles through January 31, 2019.

Use your eligible AAdvantage® credit card to earn additional miles for every dollar you spend.

• 5,000-14,000 miles, get 1,000 bonus miles
• 15,000-24,000 miles, get 5,000 bonus miles
• 25,000-49,000 miles, get 10,000 bonus miles
• 50,000-69,000 miles, get 22,500 bonus miles
• 70,000-99,000 miles, get 35,000 bonus miles
• 100,000-150,000 miles, get 50,000 bonus miles

Your best percentage would be to buy at the 70k or 100k level to achieve the 50% bonus. At those levels, you’d be paying about 2.15 cents per mile.

Terms and conditions

AAdvantage members must purchase at least 5,000 AAdvantage miles or more in a single transaction from the Buy or Gift Miles program from 7:00:00am CT January 7, 2019 to 11:59:59pm CT January 31, 2019, to be eligible to earn bonus miles. The applicable bonus miles are awarded to the recipient for Gift Miles transactions. Bonus miles earned do not count toward the annual purchase limits.

Bottom Line

If you have a specific use in mind, check out this promotion to top off your account.