Last updated: October 20, 2026
STARLUX is selling COSMILE miles at 40% off in the program’s first miles sale. The promotion terms LoyaltyLobby quotes run from 00:00 on October 15, 2026 through 23:59 on November 9, 2026 (UTC+8). That end clock is 10:59 a.m. Eastern and 9:59 a.m. Central on November 9. The published rate on STARLUX’s mileage-purchase page is USD 40 per 1,000 miles, which is 4¢ a mile. Forty percent off that rate is 2.4¢.
The purchase is for a seat you have already found. Upgraded Points and One Mile at a Time both put a one-way first-class award between Asia and the Americas or Europe at 130,000 COSMILE miles. At 2.4¢ that award is $3,120 of miles, before the taxes the ticket still charges. The yearly cap is 150,000 miles, which is $3,600 at the sale price, and that cap is also the maximum on a single transaction. Buying the cap and then looking for a seat is a $3,600 bet.
STARLUX business is a different question. Upgraded Points says business class has generally been easier to book with Alaska Atmos Rewards points, and that long-haul first class has been practically impossible to book with miles. Search Atmos for the business seat before you pay cash for COSMILE miles you would only use there.
Before you buy miles: Run your spending through the credit card rewards calculator. A buy-miles sale does not fix a wallet that should be earning a transferable currency. No bank currency on this site transfers into COSMILE. Bilt transfers to Atmos Rewards at 1:1, and Marriott Bonvoy transfers at 3:1. For a STARLUX business seat Atmos can already see, move points you already hold. Buy COSMILE miles for a first-class award you have already priced.
The promo, without the fluff
Log in and open the STARLUX mileage purchase page. The total on that screen is the offer. The public terms page still prints the published rate. It does not print the 40% window.
| Detail | What the sources say |
|---|---|
| Window | 00:00 October 15, 2026 through 23:59 November 9, 2026 (UTC+8), in the promotion terms LoyaltyLobby quotes. Upgraded Points and One Mile at a Time both end the sale on November 9, 2026 |
| U.S. clocks | November 9, 2026 is after the U.S. change back to standard time on November 1. 23:59 UTC+8 is 15:59 UTC, which is 10:59 a.m. ET and 9:59 a.m. CT. The sale opens at 00:00 October 15 UTC+8, which is 12:00 p.m. ET and 11:00 a.m. CT on October 14, while the U.S. is still on daylight time |
| Published rate | USD 40 per 1,000 miles (4¢), on STARLUX’s mileage-purchase terms. One Mile at a Time describes the same unsold price as a flat four cents |
| Sale price | 2.4¢ a mile. Forty percent off 4¢ is 2.4¢. LoyaltyLobby, Upgraded Points, and One Mile at a Time all print 2.4 cents |
| Who gets 2.4¢ | Disputed below 3,000 miles. See the next section. At 3,000 miles and up, the sources agree |
| Steps | 1,000 miles. Minimum 1,000. Maximum 150,000 per transaction. STARLUX’s terms and the promotion terms LoyaltyLobby quotes say the same thing |
| Yearly cap | 150,000 miles per COSMILE member per calendar year. The same 150,000 is the transaction maximum, so one max purchase is the whole year |
| Who sells them | Points.com. The promotion terms say the charge appears as “COSMILE by Points” |
| Currency | A Taiwan address in the COSMILE profile is charged in Taiwan dollars. Every other address is charged in U.S. dollars. The 2.4¢ figure is the U.S. dollar price |
| Canada | GST/HST/QST for a Canadian billing address, on STARLUX’s terms and in the promotion terms |
| Foreign fees | STARLUX says Points.com processes the sale and overseas banks acquire it. The card issuer can add a foreign transaction fee. That fee is the cardholder’s |
| Refunds | Non-refundable once the transaction is complete, on STARLUX’s terms and in the promotion terms |
| Posting | The promotion terms LoyaltyLobby quotes say purchased miles post within 72 hours |
| What you bought | Award miles. They do not count toward membership renewal or an upgrade qualification. They are valid 36 months from the purchase date. They are non-transferable once they are in the account |
| Stacking | The promotion terms say the discount applies to Buy Miles on starlux-airlines.com through the Points platform, and it cannot be combined with another Buy Miles offer |
This sale is listed with the other active sales on the point sales page. COSMILE is not a transfer partner of the banks on this site, so there is no transfer-bonus row for this purchase.
The cents above are the U.S. price before any tax or foreign transaction fee the receipt adds. A Canadian checkout is higher once GST/HST or QST lands. A card that charges a foreign transaction fee is higher again. Do not use 2.4¢ as your price if the receipt shows another line.
What you pay per mile
Every U.S. dollar figure below is $24 per 1,000 miles when the 40% discount applies, and $40 per 1,000 when it does not. $24 / 1,000 is 2.4¢. $40 / 1,000 is 4¢.
The sources do not agree on a purchase under 3,000 miles.
- Upgraded Points, updated October 16, 2026: buy 3,000 or more miles and the price is 2.4¢. Purchases still start at 1,000 miles, so 1,000 and 2,000 can be the published rate.
- One Mile at a Time, October 16, 2026: the 40% discount applies no matter how many miles you purchase.
- The promotion terms LoyaltyLobby quotes: a 40% discount on the published rate during the window, in increments of 1,000, minimum 1,000, maximum 150,000. Those quoted terms do not mention a 3,000-mile floor.
- STARLUX’s public mileage-purchase page, checked October 20, 2026: the standing price is USD 40 per 1,000 miles. The page does not print the 40% window or a 3,000-mile floor.
Read the total on the signed-in page. The table uses both readings for 1,000 and 2,000 miles. From 3,000 miles up, the readings are the same.
| Miles you buy | Cash if 40% applies | Cash at the published 4¢ | Cents per mile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 (the minimum) | $24 | $40 | 2.4¢, or 4¢ if the screen withholds the discount |
| 2,000 | $48 | $80 | 2.4¢, or 4¢ |
| 3,000 (where the sources agree) | $72 | $120 | 2.4¢ |
| 130,000 (the first-class award the reports cite) | $3,120 | $5,200 | 2.4¢ |
| 150,000 (the transaction maximum and the yearly cap) | $3,600 | $6,000 | 2.4¢ |
130 × $24 = $3,120. 150 × $24 = $3,600. 150,000 × 4¢ = $6,000, which is the same 150,000 miles with no discount. The 40% cut on that purchase is $2,400. Buying 150,000 miles does not get a better rate than buying 3,000. It gets more miles at 2.4¢, and it uses the entire calendar-year allowance.
A 1,000-mile top-off is the awkward case. If your screen follows Upgraded Points, those 1,000 miles cost $40, which is 4¢, and stepping to 3,000 to catch the discount means buying miles the ticket does not need. If your screen follows One Mile at a Time and the quoted promotion terms, 1,000 miles cost $24. The page you are signed into decides it. Pay the total it prints.
Price the first-class seat, then buy the gap
Search the award on STARLUX before a dollar goes to Points.com. One Mile at a Time says the chart changed on October 1, 2026, and a one-way first-class award between Asia and the Americas or Europe is 130,000 miles. Upgraded Points prints the same 130,000. That is the price when your search says so.
| What the reports price | Miles | At 2.4¢ | What else they say |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-way first class, Asia–Americas or Asia–Europe | 130,000 | $3,120 | One Mile at a Time puts taxes and fees at around $300 one-way. Upgraded Points puts cash first class between the U.S. and Asia at often about $12,000 |
| The yearly maximum | 150,000 | $3,600 | One purchase. It leaves nothing under the 150,000-mile calendar-year cap |
$3,120 is the miles. It is not the ticket. Add the tax line on the award you are about to book. If that line is the around $300 One Mile at a Time cites, the out-of-pocket total is about $3,420. If your search shows a different tax, use that tax.
The cash comparison depends on which fare you would actually buy. Upgraded Points says STARLUX first class between the U.S. and Asia often costs about $12,000, and calls $3,120 a large discount against that fare. One Mile at a Time, writing about the period before the program sold miles, says the best long-haul first-class cash fare he had found was about $8,700 one-way, and that flying the airline within Asia was around $2,500, which he separates from the long-haul first-class trip. Price the flight on the screen. A $12,000 fare and an $8,700 fare are both in the reports. A cheaper cash ticket is a reason to pay cash.
One Mile at a Time also says first-class award space has been easy to find, which fits an expensive cabin the airline has had trouble selling, and that a Los Angeles departure includes access to the Private Suite, which he prices at about $1,300 on its own. Both are his report of the product. They are not a reason to buy 130,000 miles before the seat is in your search.
The miles have to be in the account before you can ticket. The promotion terms allow 72 hours for the miles to post. Buy while the seat is on the screen, with enough slack to ticket after the miles show up. The purchase is non-refundable if the seat disappears.
Purchased miles do not move you toward status. STARLUX classifies them as award mileage, and they cannot be used toward membership renewal or an upgrade qualification. A status plan does not run through this checkout. The miles expire 36 months from the purchase date, and they are non-transferable once they post. STARLUX says a Family Account follows the COSMILE program rules. That sentence is not a promise that purchased miles can be moved.
Business class is an Atmos question
The sale’s published sweet spot is first class. Business class is where another program already works.
Upgraded Points says booking STARLUX business with Alaska Atmos Rewards points has generally been more accessible, and that booking the long-haul first-class cabin with miles has been practically impossible. One Mile at a Time describes Alaska as the program’s airline partner and says a redemption on STARLUX is generally better from Atmos Rewards than from COSMILE. LoyaltyLobby’s writeup of this sale points at the author’s own intra-Asia STARLUX business awards, booked with Alaska miles.
Search that business seat on Atmos before you buy COSMILE miles for it. This site does not have a published Atmos price for a specific STARLUX business award, so the price is the one in your search, plus the taxes that search shows. If the seat is there and you already hold the points, buying COSMILE miles at 2.4¢ is the expensive way to cover a ticket Atmos can already issue.
Two currencies on this site transfer to Atmos. Neither transfers to COSMILE.
| Program | Ratio into Atmos Rewards | What this site lists |
|---|---|---|
| Bilt Rewards | 1:1 | 1,000 Bilt points become 1,000 Atmos points |
| Marriott Bonvoy | 3:1 | 60,000 Bonvoy points become 25,000 Atmos points: 20,000 from the 3:1, plus the 5,000-mile bonus Marriott pays on a 60,000-point transfer to this partner |
The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations, which every MaxPoints tool uses, put Bilt at 2.2¢, Marriott Bonvoy at 0.75¢, and Atmos at 1.55¢. Those are planning figures. A transfer spends points you already have. It does not spend the $3,120 this sale would charge for 130,000 COSMILE miles, and it does not book STARLUX first class. Upgraded Points treats that cabin as the redemption miles have not been able to reach.
The Points Guy does not publish a COSMILE value, and COSMILE is not in the calculator. The point sales page uses 1.5¢ as a MaxPoints editorial estimate. The sale price is 2.4¢, which is above that estimate, so the hub’s verdict on this row is that the miles cost more than the estimate. The estimate is a planning figure for a mile with no seat attached. It is not the cash fare. A first-class ticket whose cash price is higher than the receipt can still clear. A balance you hope to use later does not clear it, because 2.4¢ is the price you paid and 1.5¢ is the estimate of what an uncommitted mile is worth.
Live card transfer bonuses, for Atmos or for anything else you already hold, are a separate list. See all active transfer bonuses →. This purchase does not improve those transfers.
When to buy
Pay Points.com only when all of these are true:
- The seat is already in your STARLUX search. A specific flight, cabin, date, mileage price, and tax line. The 130,000-mile figure is the award Upgraded Points and One Mile at a Time are writing about. It is the price when your search says so.
- The screen shows 2.4¢ on the number of miles you still need. From 3,000 miles up, the reports agree. Under 3,000, Upgraded Points still has you at 4¢. A 4¢ checkout is $40 per 1,000, which is the published rate with the sale missing.
- The cash fare loses. The cash price of the trip you would actually buy is greater than the purchase total, including any GST/HST, QST, or foreign transaction fee on the receipt, plus the taxes the award still charges. On the reports, $3,120 of miles plus about $300 in taxes is the comparison against a long-haul first-class cash fare of about $12,000 or about $8,700. Your fare is the one on the screen.
- You are buying first class, or a cabin Atmos cannot see. For STARLUX business, search Atmos first. Bilt at 1:1 and Marriott at 3:1 can cover a gap with points you already hold.
- The purchase is the gap, in 1,000-mile steps, inside the cap. 150,000 miles is $3,600 and it is the whole calendar year. Miles you already bought in 2026 count against that cap. The program has been selling miles since August 2026, so an earlier purchase can already be sitting on the counter.
- The fare can survive the posting delay. The promotion terms allow 72 hours. The discount follows a purchase completed by 23:59 on November 9, 2026 (UTC+8), which is 10:59 a.m. ET. The seat does not have to wait with you.
- The card you use is one you would want for a non-travel charge. Upgraded Points says a Points.com purchase typically does not earn a travel-category bonus. STARLUX says overseas banks acquire the charge, so a foreign transaction fee is possible. Put it on a card with no foreign transaction fee. Which card that is, for your categories, is the calculator’s question.
The clean yes: you are short a known number of miles for a first-class award you have already priced, the purchase page shows 2.4¢ on a buy you will actually redeem, Atmos does not cover that cabin, and the cash fare is higher than the receipt.
When to leave the cash alone
Skip the sale if any of these are true:
- Nothing is bookable. Buying 150,000 miles because a headline says 40% off, then searching an empty calendar, is $3,600 for miles you hope a future award will price kindly. At the 1.5¢ editorial estimate, that stash is worth about $2,250, which is less than you paid.
- The seat is business class and Atmos has it. That is the redemption Upgraded Points and One Mile at a Time both point at Alaska for. Transfer Bilt or Marriott points you already hold, or use Atmos points you already have.
- Your screen does not show 40% off. A 1,000-mile or 2,000-mile purchase at the published rate is 4¢. That is the price STARLUX’s public terms page still prints, with no sale attached.
- The cash fare is the ordinary one. A long-haul first-class fare near $8,700 or $12,000 is the comparison in the reports. A cheaper ticket, including the within-Asia flying One Mile at a Time separates from the long-haul product, is a ticket to price in dollars.
- You would be buying status, or buying miles to give away. Purchased miles do not count toward renewal or an upgrade qualification, and they are non-transferable once they post.
- The cap is already used. 150,000 miles per calendar year is the terms’ ceiling. A checkout that will not sell you the miles is a different offer from the headline, and a completed purchase is non-refundable.
- The fare is fragile and the miles have not posted. Seventy-two hours is the published window. A second purchase is a second non-refundable charge.
- The receipt adds a tax or a foreign fee you left out of the 2.4¢. Canadian GST/HST/QST, and a foreign transaction fee from the issuing bank, both raise the price. A Taiwan-address account is charged in Taiwan dollars, which is a different checkout from the U.S. dollar examples.
The verdict
Buy COSMILE miles in this window only for a first-class award you can already find, at 2.4¢ on your own purchase page, after an Atmos search has covered the business-class seat you might have bought miles for instead.
The clock is 23:59 on November 9, 2026 (UTC+8), which is 10:59 a.m. ET and 9:59 a.m. CT the same morning. The published rate is $40 per 1,000 miles. The sale price the reports agree on, from 3,000 miles up, is 2.4¢. A 130,000-mile one-way first-class award is $3,120 of miles. The yearly cap is 150,000 miles, which is $3,600, and it is also the cap on one transaction. Under 3,000 miles, Upgraded Points still has the discount starting at 3,000, and One Mile at a Time has it on any amount. The signed-in page is the price.
The point-sales estimate for a COSMILE mile is 1.5¢, so 2.4¢ does not clear a valuation by itself. It clears a fare whose cash price is higher than the receipt. The Points Guy does not value this program. Bilt and Marriott can feed Atmos, which is the path the reports give for STARLUX business. They cannot feed COSMILE.
Find the seat. Read the taxes. Read the total on your purchase page. Then buy exactly the miles that ticket requires.
Before you earn the next mile toward a STARLUX award, run your spending through the credit card rewards calculator.
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Atmos, Bilt, and Marriott Bonvoy figures are The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations, the same ones every MaxPoints tool uses. COSMILE is not in that table. The 1.5¢ figure is the editorial estimate on the MaxPoints point-sales page.
Disclaimer / sources
This article reflects the STARLUX COSMILE buy-miles promotion reported for October and November 2026. Checked October 20, 2026. A logged-in purchase page was not available for this check. Confirm the discount, the tax, the cap, and the award on your own account before you pay.
- LoyaltyLobby, STARLUX Buy Miles 40% Off Sale Until November 9, 2026, October 17, 2026: the program’s first miles sale, at 2.4 U.S. cents a mile. The promotion terms quoted there: 40% off the published rate from 00:00 on October 15, 2026 to 23:59 on November 9, 2026 (UTC+8); Buy Miles on starlux-airlines.com via the Points platform, not combinable with another Buy Miles offer; increments of 1,000, minimum 1,000, maximum 150,000 per transaction; 150,000 miles per member per calendar year; purchased miles are award mileage and do not count toward renewal or an upgrade qualification; foreign transaction fees and exchange rates are set by the card issuer; GST/HST/QST for Canadian residents; processed by Points.com; non-refundable; posted within 72 hours; the charge appears as “COSMILE by Points.” The same writeup points at the author’s STARLUX business awards inside Asia, booked with Alaska miles.
- Upgraded Points, Buy STARLUX Airlines Miles With a 40% Discount, updated October 16, 2026: 40% off through November 9, 2026; 2.4¢ from 3,000 miles up; purchases start at 1,000 miles; up to 150,000 miles per transaction, which is also the yearly maximum; the previous price was 4¢; 150,000 miles cost $3,600; STARLUX business has generally been more accessible with Alaska Atmos Rewards points; long-haul first class has been practically impossible to book with miles; 130,000 COSMILE miles one-way in first class between Asia and the Americas or Europe, which is $3,120; cash first class between the U.S. and Asia often about $12,000; sold through Points.com, so the purchase typically does not earn a travel-category bonus.
- One Mile at a Time, Starlux Airlines Selling Miles With First-Ever Promo, October 16, 2026: the program’s first promotion, October 15 through November 9, 2026; 40% off at any purchase size, 2.4¢ against a standard 4¢; 1,000 to 150,000 miles per transaction, and 150,000 per year; processed by Points.com; Alaska is the airline partner he names, and a STARLUX redemption is generally better from Atmos Rewards; the award chart changed on October 1, 2026; 130,000 miles for one-way first class between Asia and the Americas or Europe, which is $3,120 at 2.4¢; taxes and fees around $300 one-way; the best long-haul first-class cash fare he had found before miles were for sale was about $8,700 one-way; flying the airline within Asia was around $2,500 and is not that long-haul trip; first-class award space has been easy to find; a Los Angeles departure includes Private Suite access he prices at about $1,300. The program began selling miles in August 2026, which is why an earlier 2026 purchase can already sit against the yearly cap.
- STARLUX mileage-purchase terms, Mileage Purchase, fetched October 20, 2026: USD 40 per 1,000 miles; increments of 1,000; minimum 1,000; maximum 150,000 per transaction; 150,000 per calendar year; Taiwan addresses charged in TWD and all other addresses in USD; Canadian billing addresses pay GST/HST/QST; purchased miles valid 36 months from the purchase date; award mileage, excluded from membership renewal and upgrade qualification; non-transferable once credited; Family Account management follows the COSMILE program; non-refundable; processed by Points.com and acquired by overseas banks, so a foreign transaction fee is possible and is the cardholder’s. The public page does not print the 40% promotion or a 3,000-mile threshold.
- Clock. 23:59 at UTC+8 is 15:59 UTC. On November 9, 2026 the United States is on standard time, because daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday in November, which is November 1, 2026. 15:59 UTC is 10:59 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) and 9:59 a.m. Central Standard Time (UTC−6). 00:00 on October 15 at UTC+8 is 16:00 UTC on October 14, which is 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) and 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time (UTC−5).
- Arithmetic. 4¢ is $40 / 1,000. 2.4¢ is 4¢ × 0.6, which is $24 / 1,000. $24, $48, $72, $3,120, and $3,600 are 1, 2, 3, 130, and 150 times $24. $40, $80, $120, $5,200, and $6,000 are 1, 2, 3, 130, and 150 times $40. $2,400 is $6,000 − $3,600. About $3,420 is $3,120 plus the around $300 in taxes One Mile at a Time cites. About $2,250 is 150,000 × 1.5¢. The 1.5¢ estimate is the value on the point sales row, used because COSMILE is not in the calculator and The Points Guy does not price it.
- Transfers and values. Bilt at 1:1 and Marriott Bonvoy at 3:1, including 60,000 Bonvoy points becoming 25,000 Atmos points, are how this site’s transfer-partner pages list Atmos Rewards as of October 2026. No page in that set lists COSMILE. Point values are The Points Guy’s October 2026 valuations: Bilt 2.2¢, Marriott Bonvoy 0.75¢, Atmos 1.55¢.
- Related MaxPoints pages: point sales, transfer bonuses, Bilt transfer partners, Marriott Bonvoy transfer partners.
Offers can end early. Confirm the discount, the tax, the cap, and the award on your own STARLUX account before you pay.
