Points‑and‑miles deals active

A cheap flight can vanish in 10 minutes, but some April award deals are still open if you know where to look. The current batch includes Air France-KLM seats to Europe for 18,750 miles each way in economy, business-class seats from Portland to Europe for 45,000 miles, and a handful of hotel and card promos layered on top. (thepointsguy.com) That is how the points-and-miles game works in 2026: one deal cuts the sticker price, another bonus increases the points in your account, and a third transfer bonus makes the same bank points go further when you move them to an airline or hotel. The Points Guy’s April roundup says the offers span flights, hotel stays, shopping portals, ride-share spending, and quarterly card categories. (thepointsguy.com) The flight piece is the easiest to understand. Flying Blue, the joint loyalty program of Air France and KLM, is offering April Promo Rewards with 25% off certain award flights to Europe, and those can price at 18,750 miles one way in economy if booked by April 30 for travel through September 30. (thepointsguy.com) The reason that one gets attention is flexibility. Flying Blue is a 1:1 transfer partner of every major credit card currency, so a traveler with American Express points, Chase points, Capital One miles, Citi points, or Bilt points can all feed the same booking engine instead of being stuck with one airline’s miles. (thepointsguy.com) The hotel side is less flashy but more common. Hilton Honors is running a promotion that gives members 2,000 bonus points per stay completed between January 15 and April 30, 2026, but you have to register first and the bonus is tied to a stay, not to each night. (thepointsguy.com) That sounds bigger than it is. The Points Guy values 2,000 Hilton points at about $10, which means the deal works more like a small rebate on a stay you were already going to book than a reason to plan a whole trip around Hilton. (thepointsguy.com) The most powerful offers are usually transfer bonuses, because they change the exchange rate. The Points Guy’s April list says active bonuses this month run as high as 30% to Japan Airlines Mileage Bank and 70% to IHG One Rewards, with different end dates through April 30 and some offers targeted to specific accounts. (thepointsguy.com) That is where people make the costliest mistake. Transfers are irreversible, so moving 50,000 bank points into an airline just because the bonus looks big can leave you holding miles you cannot use, which is why the standard advice is to find the seat or room first and only then transfer. (thepointsguy.com) One April example showed how extreme these promos can get. On April 1, Bilt members could transfer points to Wyndham Rewards with a status-based bonus from 25% to 100%, and Platinum members willing to spend $125 of Bilt Cash could push that to 125%, though The Points Guy said the math only really worked at the very top end. (thepointsguy.com) The smaller deals matter too because they stack. The April roundup highlights Rakuten extending a $50 new-member bonus, Southwest credit cards earning bonus points on Lyft rides, and Chase Freedom Flex requiring activation for second-quarter bonus categories including Amazon and Chase Travel purchases. (thepointsguy.com) So the real story is not that one magic deal will pay for summer travel. It is that April still has a patchwork of discounts, bonuses, and category boosts that can lower the cost of a trip if you match the right points to the right booking before the April 30 deadlines start closing. (thepointsguy.com)