Airline and hotel loyalty programs have long provided the ability to book activities and experiences using your points and miles.
Those usually take two forms: auction style and ‘redeem now’ style. With auction style, you place a bid based on the maximum number of points you’re willing to redeem. If other people bid on the experience, the winner is the person with the highest bid.
With ‘redeem now’ experiences, there isn’t the risk that you’ll miss out. Instead, there’s a fixed price listed and if you redeem the requisite number of points, the experience is yours.
In some situations these experiences represent poor value for your points versus paying for them in cash. However, that’s not always the case. For starters, some activities listed are exclusive opportunities that simply aren’t bookable with cash and so there’s no equivalent price to compare it too. Other times, the activity or experience can be booked with cash, but redeeming points or miles is the better value. In fact, at times it could be worth buying points in order to redeem for those experiences as it’ll save you money over the regular cash price.
Many airlines and hotel loyalty programs have launched, updated and/or revamped their experience portals in recent years, so it can be hard to keep track of them all. This post therefore provides links to all of them, along with additional information (where applicable) such as unique partnerships they have, stadiums where they have a dedicated entertainment suite, etc.
There might be some experience sites I’m missing, so please let us know in the comments below and I’ll get those added. Please also share any tips and tricks you have for finding great deals on these portals, any additional special relationships/partnerships they have, etc.
Accor Live Limitless (ALL)
Direct link to ALL Limitless Experiences
Accor’s experiences portal is an interesting one because rather than having a focus on one or two countries, it casts its net more widely.
For example, they have a partnership with Paris Saint-Germain, the dominant team in French soccer and the winners of the 2024/25 Champions League. On top of that, they have exclusive experiences at the Accor Arena in Paris, the Accor Stadium in Sydney, the OVO Arena Wembley in London, and more.
Something to bear in mind is that ALL points are worth a fixed 2 Euro cent each. That means you can’t necessarily get outsized value, but the exclusive nature of some of the experiences could make it worth the redemption.
Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines
Direct link to Atmos Rewards Unlocked
The Atmos Rewards Unlocked portal has more of a focus on events, activities and experiences on the west coast of the United States, particularly in Seattle. For example, it’s often possible to book suite tickets for concerts, sporting events, and more at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
American Airlines
Direct link to American Airlines AAdvantage experiences
Somewhat surprisingly, American Airlines doesn’t have a very developed presence in the experiences market. You can earn and redeem miles via the portal above, but opportunities are fairly limited and there appears to be little value there when redeeming miles.
On the positive side, when buying tickets with cash you can earn miles and Loyalty Points, but be sure to check prices elsewhere as you might do better buying tickets from a different site and earning rewards through a shopping portal.
Choice Hotels
Direct link to Choice Privileges Experiences
Choice’s experiences portal has extremely limited redemption options. However, they do have a couple of niches they focus on and those can, at times, provide superb value for your points.
One is college football experiences. There have been times where $1,500 of Visa gift cards have been included as part of packages. This year those packages were auction style, but in the past they were ‘redeem now’ style, with the points redemption requirement being less than the value of the gift cards if you’d bought those points while they were on sale.
The other focus is NASCAR. Choice Experiences sometimes has NASCAR tickets packages bookable for as low as 4,000 points. When Choice points go on sale, it’s often possible to buy 4,000 points for ~$25. It’s obviously worth comparing to cash tickets for the race, but I imagine it’s hard to beat that once other fees on cash bookings are taken into account.
There are also sometimes other NASCAR experiences bookable in auction style format. Those can include VIP passes and the ability to do a meet and greet with drivers and pit crew, get a tour of the pit road, get free food and drink, and more.
Delta Air Lines
Direct link to SkyMiles Experiences
Delta’s portal has a range of experiences bookable with SkyMiles. That includes ticket packages that would be bookable through a site like Ticketmaster, such as VIP tickets for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Taylor Tomlinson tickets in Raleigh, NC, etc.
There are other exclusive experiences though. For example, they’ve offered the ability to bid on a package to play golf in the Bank of Utah Championship Pro-Am, watch ice hockey games from a Delta SKY360° Club suite at Madison Square Garden in New York or at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and more.
Emirates
Direct link to Emirates Skywards Exclusives
Emirates is a sponsor of many top soccer clubs in Europe, including Real Madrid, Arsenal, AC Milan, and Bayern Munich. As a result, they sometimes have auction style and ‘redeem now’ tickets for those clubs.
Other experiences include events in the Emirates Skywards Suite at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, tennis matches at the China Open, and more.
Hilton
Direct link to Hilton Honors Experiences
Hilton’s experiences portal has one of the most extensive ranges of all the hotel and airline loyalty programs out there. Not only does it have dozens upon dozens of experiences bookable with points via both auction style and ‘redeem now’ listings, but the offerings are truly global. For example, at the time of creating this resource you could redeem points for experiences in the US, UK, India, Maldives, Australia, Singapore, Mexico, Mauritius, China, Sri Lanka, Philippines, and more.
Prior to our anniversary trip to the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island last year, I redeemed 150,000 Hilton points for a two hour couples massage experience. That wasn’t cheap points-wise, but it’s not likely to have been something we’d have paid cash for.
I’ve written before about some of the good value options available, but there are many other unique experiences too. For example, at the time of preparing this resource you could bid on tickets to Death Becomes Her with a meet & greet with Michelle Williams after, McLaren Formula 1 VIP tickets with access to the pit lane, suite tickets to watch an NFL game at Wembley Stadium in London, etc.
Hyatt
Direct link to Hyatt FIND Experiences
Hyatt’s FIND program has a diverse array of experiences bookable, more akin to a site like Viator than most other hotel/airline experience programs.
You can pay with cash and earn World of Hyatt points, or you can book with Hyatt points. In the past, FIND Experiences seemed to provide fairly poor value for your points. The last time I looked a few months ago the value was better than I’d seen in the past, but in most cases you’d get better value redeeming your points for hotel stays.
Something worth remembering is that some World of Hyatt Milestone Rewards levels offer a FIND Experience credit as one of the options. Depending on the value you’d get from the other Milestone Rewards redemption options at that level, redeeming for a FIND credit could be a decent selection.
IHG
Direct link to IHG One Rewards Auctions
Where Hilton impresses, IHG disappoints. IHG’s selection of experiences on their auctions portal is very limited, with most of the packages consisting of stays at IHG properties that are bookable with points every day of the week, albeit with a few extra perks like a food and beverage credit, flowers, etc.
Their site does also have a separate tab for Mastercard Priceless experiences that are bookable with IHG points.
Marriott
Direct link to Marriott Bonvoy Moments
What Marriott Bonvoy Moments lacks with regards to sheer number of auctions, it makes up for with exclusiveness at times. At times they have cooking experiences with top chefs, VIP Formula 1 packages, Marriott Bonvoy Luxury Suite packages at the O2 in London, VIP experiences for the Chicago Cubs, and more.
Marriott Bonvoy Moments also sometimes offers 1-Point Drops; experiences which, as you might guess, cost just a single Marriott point. Needless to say, those packages are limited and will get snapped up straight away, so to have any chance of winning one you’d need to be ready to bid as soon as they go live and hope that sniping bots don’t get there first.
1-Point Drops have included a five night stay at the W Amsterdam and a meet & greet with Lewis Hamilton prior to the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix, cocktails and conversation with Stanley Tucci, a dance experience with Anton Du Beke and Katya Jones from Strictly Come Dancing (the UK show that led to Dancing With The Stars in the US), and more.
According to this Head For Points article, you can use SeatSpy – the award flight finding service – to monitor experiences from Marriott Bonvoy Events.
Qatar Airways
Direct link to Qatar Airways Privilege Club Collection
Qatar Airways is another portal that has a good range of exclusive experiences bookable with points, particularly sporting experiences. For example, at the time of preparing this post it was possible to bid on pitch-side VIP experiences for UEFA Champions League games in Europe, Paddock Club tickets to Formula 1 races in the US, Qatar, and Brazil, VIP Village passes for MotoGP races in Malaysia and Portugal, and more.
Qatar Airways also has a lounge at the O2 Arena in London. Concert ticket packages usually seem to include a food and beverage voucher, VIP tickets, access to the American Express lounge after the event, the ability to experience The Walkway above the crowd, and more. Head For Points has more information about this option.
Nick has also noticed that Qatar’s experiences portal has had exclusive suite tickets for Barclays Arenas (including in Brooklyn) in the past. Autographed jerseys for the Nets have been auctioned off, tickets for Nets games and concerts at the arenas have been bookable with Avios, etc.
The Qatar Airways Privilege Club Collection could be particularly appealing when there’s an Avios transfer bonus from a transferable points currency.
United Airlines
Direct link to United MileagePlus Exclusives
United’s experience portal isn’t as extensive as some others and it seems like it has more of a focus on food and drink experiences. There are some interesting other opportunities though, such as round trip tickets to Denver where you’ll get to spend a couple of hours flying in a United flight simulator.
Potentially helpfully, United has a past auctions page where you can scroll back through all previous auctions to get a sense of how much packages have gone for in the past.
United Card Events From Chase
Direct link to United Card Events from Chase
In addition to experiences bookable by all MileagePlus members, United also offers experiences available exclusively for cardholders. These can sometimes be pretty expensive and appear to usually only be bookable with cash, but other times they offer points redemptions that can be good value.
For example, a couple of years ago my wife and I went to New York with her parents to celebrate New Year’s Eve. As a Chase United Gateway cardholder (the no annual fee card), I’d been able to snag four tickets at 25,000 miles each for dinner at Charlie Palmer Steak in Times Square on December 31. This ran from 7pm-1am and included a delicious four course dinner with wine pairing, along with an open bar afterwards, live entertainment, a photo booth, $30 Uber voucher, a champagne toast at midnight, and more.
Best of all, just before midnight we were able to step out into the blocked off street and watch the ball drop in the countdown to the new year, without having to have been penned in for 9+ hours without access to restrooms like other people in Times Square.
I wrote more about that experience here in case you’re interested. A couple at our table had done the same experience in the past, so it sounds like it might be a yearly event, rather than a one-off.
Wyndham
Direct link to Wyndham Rewards Experiences
Wyndham is the hotel sponsor of Minor League Baseball, so during baseball season it’s possible to redeem points for ticket packages costing less than 3,000 Wyndham Rewards points. They also often have unique MiLB experiences for ~5,000 points such as throwing out the first pitch, being the ‘Play Ball’ announcer, having a meet & greet with the team, etc.
In addition to that, the Wyndham Rewards Experiences portal also has a selection of other events and activities that you can redeem points for, both as auction style and ‘redeem now’. At the time of preparing this post, packages included tickets to see the Radio City Rockettes, suite tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter at Madison Square Garden, Penn State college football tickets and more.
Considering how cheaply Wyndham sells its points at times, it’s worth comparing the points redemption price to the cash price because buying points to redeem for an experiences package could turn out to be better value.
Other options
Capital One
Capital One Entertainment has cardholder-exclusive events for those with a Capital One credit card.
We’ve often posted about the ability to book great seats at MLB games for only 5,000 Capital One miles, but they have numerous other exclusive events bookable. These don’t always provide great value, but it’s worth checking the site if you’re a Capital One cardholder in case something good catches your eye.
Chase Travel ℠
In addition to accommodation, flights, rental cards, and cruises, you can book activities and tours through Chase Travel.
For cardmembers who applied or otherwise obtained their card prior to June 23, 2025, Ultimate Rewards points earned prior to October 26, 2025 are eligible to be redeemed at 1.5 cents per point (Sapphire Reserve) or 1.25 cents per point (other eligible cards including Sapphire Preferred) through Chase Travel until October 26, 2027. That includes redemptions for activities and tours.
Citi Travel portal
The Citi Travel portal has an ‘Attractions’ tab to search for activities around the world. You can redeem Citi ThankYou points for these experiences, but it appears to be at a 1 cent per point value.
That’s therefore a poor redemption option because you could transfer your points to travel partners for greater value. If nothing else, you could redeem your points for straight cashback, then use that money to pay for the same experience via a site like Viator, using discount coupons, Amex Offers, clicking through from a shopping portal, etc. to save/earn far more.
Preferred Hotels
In the past, the Preferred Hotels iPrefer loyalty program has run auctions for stays, as well as food and drink experiences. It looks like it’s been a couple of years since they last ran those though, but now that Preferred Hotels is a transfer partner of Citi ThankYou, it’s one to keep an eye on if auctions do return.
Virgin Red
Virgin Red has a selection of activities, experiences, and more for which you can redeem Virgin Red/Virgin Atlantic points. Those don’t tend to be very good value, although there ae occasional exceptions.
What’s even worse value is redeeming your points for a Virgin Experience Gifts eGift card. Every $50 worth of gift cards you redeem for costs 10,000 points which means you’re getting 0.5 cents per point of value which is very poor. Its inclusion here is therefore to warn against that redemption, rather than it being something you should ever do.
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