Buy Points Sales: Marriott 55%, Qatar Avios 60%. Worth It?

Updated as of 16 Oct 2026. Offer details are from Marriott Bonvoy’s and Qatar Airways Privilege Club’s offer emails to members (14 and 15 Oct 2026). Rupee figures use US$1 = ₹95.06. We value a Marriott point at about ₹0.70 and a Qatar Avios at ₹0.90–1.40.

Two buy-points sales are on. Marriott Bonvoy is giving up to 55% bonus on bought points until 23 November, but warns the bonus will drop once a set quantity sells. Qatar Airways Privilege Club is giving up to 60% bonus on bought Avios, but only until 19 October. Neither is a buy-and-hold deal. Here’s when each one makes sense.

Marriott Bonvoy: up to 55% bonus

Buy by	23 Nov 2026, 11:59 pm ET (24 Nov, 10:29 am IST)
Bonus	Up to 55% on purchases of 2,000+ points. Marriott says the bonus depends on the quantity left and will be reduced
Yearly limit	Raised to 200,000 bought points (from 150,000)
Price	US$12.50 per 1,000 points before bonus. At 55%, about 0.81 US cents (₹0.77) a point

At ₹0.77 a point, you’re paying more than the ₹0.70 we think a Marriott point is worth. So don’t buy to stock up. Buy only to top up for a specific booking where the points price beats the cash rate. For example, if you’re 10,000 points short of a 50,000-point night at a hotel that sells for ₹45,000, buying those 10,000 points costs about ₹7,700 plus your card’s forex markup. That’s a good deal on that stay.

We first covered this sale when it launched; see our Marriott 55% bonus post for more examples. Remember you’ll pay in US dollars through Points.com, so use a card with a low forex markup. See how Marriott awards price in our Marriott Bonvoy guide.

Qatar Avios: up to 60% bonus, ends 19 October

Buy by	19 Oct 2026
Bonus	Up to 60%. The bonus rises with how many Avios you buy
Where	Privilege Club’s Buy Avios page, logged in

Here’s what the Buy Avios page showed us on 16 October:

You buy	Bonus	Example	Cost per Avios after bonus
Up to 4,000	None	4,000 for US$112	2.8 US cents (₹2.66)
5,000+	30%	10,000 + 3,000 for US$250	1.92 US cents (₹1.83)
16,000+	50%	20,000 + 10,000 for US$480	1.60 US cents (₹1.52)
32,000+	60%	32,000 + 19,200 for US$736	1.44 US cents (₹1.37)

Only the 60% tier is close to good value. At about ₹1.37 an Avios, before fees and forex, you’re paying the top of our ₹0.90–1.40 range. The 30% and 50% tiers cost more than Avios are worth. So the smallest sensible buy is 32,000 Avios, which becomes 51,200 Avios for US$736 (about ₹70,000). Transferring from a card is cheaper if you have the points: Qatar Avios can come from Amex, Axis and HDFC. See the transfer options in our Qatar Privilege Deals post.

The best use: stacking with Privilege Deals, which take 25% off the Avios price of selected Qatar awards. Bought Avios spent on a discounted business class seat can work out far cheaper than paying cash for the ticket.

Pay with Axis Magnus for Burgundy to cut the price

Magnus for Burgundy earns 6 EDGE points per ₹100. Once your spend in the month crosses ₹1.5 lakh, every extra ₹100 earns 17.5. Both purchases are ordinary foreign-currency spends through Points.com, so they earn the card’s normal rates. We value an EDGE point at about ₹1.04 when it moves to Aeroplan at 5:4. That makes the earn-back worth about 6% of what you pay in a normal month, and about 18% once you’re past ₹1.5 lakh.

Purchase	You pay (with 2% forex + GST)	Cost per point	Normal month (6 per ₹100)	Past ₹1.5 lakh (17.5 per ₹100)
Qatar: 32,000 + 19,200 Avios	₹71,615	₹1.40	4,297 EDGE → ₹1.31 an Avios	12,533 EDGE → ₹1.14 an Avios
Marriott: 40,000 + 22,000 points	₹48,652	₹0.78	2,919 EDGE → ₹0.74 a point	8,514 EDGE → ₹0.64 a point

In a month when you’ve already crossed ₹1.5 lakh, the earn-back turns both sales into real value: Qatar Avios at about ₹1.14 and Marriott points at about ₹0.64, below what we think each is worth. So make the purchase after your other big spends for the month have gone through.

Three things to know. Move the earned EDGE points to Aeroplan or another 5:4 partner, not Qatar: Magnus for Burgundy sends EDGE to Qatar at only 5:2, so 12,533 EDGE would be just 5,013 Avios. Axis has no Marriott transfer, so for Marriott the earn-back is a rebate in another programme. And EDGE points post only after your statement; check Points.com isn’t on Axis’s excluded-merchant list when they do. The regular Magnus card earns the same, but transfers at 5:2, so its earn-back is worth half. We did the same maths for the Aeroplan 90% sale.

Which to buy

You are…	Verdict
Short of a Qatar award you’ve found, and with no card points to transfer	✅ Buy before 19 Oct, but only at 32,000+ for the 60% bonus
Only a few thousand Avios short	❌ Small buys cost ₹1.83–2.66 an Avios. Transfer card points instead
Short of points for a booked Marriott stay that’s expensive in cash	✅ Buy the gap, but soon, before the bonus drops
Holding Magnus for Burgundy and past ₹1.5 lakh this month	✅ Best case: both work out below our value, if you have a trip to use them on
Wanting to buy points for “someday”	❌ Skip both. Points lose value, and your card earns them for free
Holding Axis, Amex or HDFC points	❌ Transfer those first. They’re cheaper than buying

DealUni take: both are good sales for topping up, not for stockpiling. With Magnus for Burgundy in a month you’ve crossed ₹1.5 lakh, they become genuinely cheap. Qatar’s ends in three days; Marriott’s will get worse the longer you wait.

Points tabhi kharido, jab trip pakki ho. (Buy points only when the trip is fixed.)