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This is a short list of some miles and points specific deals you may want to check out for the Thanksgiving sale season.

Be sure to note dates as some are on now and some are Friday *only*.

Rove Miles

I’m a fan of Rove Miles, no doubt, especially now that miles transfer to Miles&More and you can book Loyalty Eligible hotels and earn 5X miles. That 5X miles will be doubled to 10X on Black Friday. (More about Rove’s Loyalty Eligible bookings)

All of the below Rove Miles deals (except signup bonus as noted) are Friday Nov 28th, only.

  • Sign up and get 1,500 Miles – no purchase required (on now)
  • Loyalty Eligible Hotel Bookings: 10x Rove Miles per $1 spent on Loyalty Eligible hotels (up from 5x).

  • First time user hotel booking bonus with code: 
    • Spend $100, get 500 bonus miles with code BLACKFRIDAY100
    • Spend $500, get 2,500 bonus miles with code BLACKFRIDAY500
    • Spend $1,000, get 5,000 bonus miles with code BLACKFRIDAY1000
  • Double miles with Rove Shopping (portal only) at: 

    • Nike, Macy’s, Sephora, Ulta, Adidas, Kohl’s, Saks 5th, Saks Off 5th, Staples, Home Depot, Dell, StubHub, Walgreens, Newegg, Sony, Staples, Dyson, Groupon, Best Buy, British Airways, Buying Hyatt points, Temu, Shein, Chewy, Viator, Converse, Kate Spade, Getyourguide, Ticketmaster, Caesars, MSC cruises, Princess Cruises, Airalo, Eatwith, and Luxury Escapes.

  • Gift card bonuses: 

    • 5x Rove Miles per $1 spent on airline, Airbnb, and hotel gift cards from giftcards.com

    • 4x Rove Miles per $1 spent on Visa and Mastercard gift cards from giftcards.com

  • 3x Rove Miles per $1 spent on flights booked through Rove. 

Award Space Search Engines

  • Point.me: Black Friday Sale — 40% Off Standard Annual Subscriptions (11/28–11/30). Link to sale – Must use code BF2025. On Cyber Monday, Dec 1, use code CYBER40.
  • Roame: Friends of Roame for 40% off (use for a year subscription) with code MILESTALK40 (non-affilate) now through Dec 3; or, new Your Best Credit Cards users who have never had a paid Roame subscription can get a free month of Friend of Roame signing up for free alerts via this link.
  • PointsYeah.com: Premium is 40% off; no code required. Ends Dec 2. (non-affiliate)
  • Seats.aero: Use code FRIDAYG30 for 30% off your first year of the annual plan. New users only; ends November 30th at 11:59pm PT. (non-affiliate)

MaxMyPoint

This site lets you set alerts for hotel award space or suite availability.

Get 40% OFF the 1-Year Platinum Plan with code THANKS at checkout. Expiration date unknown.

Shopping

Rakuten

Now that you can earn Bilt points at Rakuten (or American Express Membership Rewards® if you choose), there’s never been more incentive to use this shopping portal. Even better, if you don’t have an account yet and signup via a referral like ours, you’ll get 5,000 bonus Bilt or Amex points (or $50 cash if you choose to earn cash back instead of points) when you spend $50 after clicking through to any of the participating stores within 90 days.

Rakuten is also advertising increased reward rates on Black Friday.

And RIGHT NOW, you can earn 12X on Hyatt bookings via Rakuten. That is for any normal pre or post paid booking on Hyatt.com when you click through Rakuten first. Huge.

Amazon

I don’t need to tell you that Amazon has tons of things on sale for Black Friday, but I will remind you that there is a new-ish deal you may not yet have clicked on to pay 1 American Express Membership Rewards point and get a discount as high as $60 (offers vary). Click to see if you are targeted.

That’s all I’ve got for now…. but if you know of another deal related to miles and points, please drop it in the comments (no affiliate links, please!) and if I like it, I’ll add it up in the deals…

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Dave Grossman
I got "in the game" in 2003 and since then I've collected literally millions and millions of frequent flyer miles and hotel points. I've flown around the world in first class seats that would cost $29,000 using frequent flyer miles and a few bucks in tax. And I've stayed in some of the finest hotels - all for free! Several years ago, I realized many of my friends actually thought I was paying for these!! So I started sharing my tips. It's long been a passion, but when I hosted a session on Miles and Points at the South by Southwest festival, my love of the game intensified and this blog was born. Since then, I've written my book, MilesTalk: Live Your Wildest Travel Dreams Using Miles and Points (2nd Edition) - (author profile), give seminars on miles and points all over the world, and occasionally write for publications such as Frommer's and Forbes Advisor.

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