Join and Earn: Score Easy Points and Miles for Joining These Airline and Hotel Loyalty Programs Join and Earn: Score Easy Points and Miles for Joining These Airline and Hotel Loyalty Programs

Join and Earn: Score Easy Points and Miles for Joining These Airline and Hotel Loyalty Programs

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Several airlines and hotels offer thousands of bonus points and miles as an incentive for new members to join their loyalty programs. Some bonuses are automatic, while others require completing flights or stays. Here's a roundup of the hotel and airline loyalty programs currently offering bonuses to new members, including new offers from Southwest Airlines, WestJet, and IHG.

Airline New Member Bonuses

Here are all the airline loyalty programs offering bonus miles for new members.

American Airlines AAdvantage

If you aren't already an American Airlines AAdvantage member, you might be able to earn 3,000 miles by signing up, booking and flying two eligible flights, and earning miles with one partner. Note that this is a targeted offer, and you may or may not receive it via email.

Within 30 days of signing up for a new AAdvantage account, you’ll need to head to the promotions tab in your account and register for the offer. Then, book and complete two eligible flights within three months of registering.

In that same three-month window, you’ll also need to earn miles with one eligible partner, such as AAdvantage Dining, AAdvantage eShopping, or SimplyMiles. If you complete both requirements, you’ll earn a bonus of 3,000 miles.

American Airlines and American Eagle Aircraft at the gate in Dallas Fort Worth
Credit: David Syphers/Unsplash

Terms and conditions

  • This promotion is available to members who received an email from American Airlines.
  • Make sure to register before booking your flights or earning miles with partners.
  • Offer only applies to eligible flights marketed by American and operated by American, American Eagle®, Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Japan Airlines, or Qantas.
  • Flights marketed and/or operated by other codeshare partners, or which don’t earn AAdvantage® miles, are ineligible.
  • Airline partners are excluded from the partner requirements of this promotion.
  • Miles earned with American Airlines AAdvantage® credit cards, Buy/Gift/Transfer, Boost & Renew, or miles earned from customer service bonuses won’t count towards this promotion.
  • Bonus points could take up to 6-8 weeks to post to your account.

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WestJet Rewards

WestJet recently relaunched its rewards program, and the airline is celebrating with a new member bonus. As long as you didn't sign up by April 30, 2025, you'll earn 500 bonus points after your first flight. In other words, the bonus is only available to new members who joined after April 30. At this point, there is no end date for this offer.

WestJet 500 point new member bonus
Credit: WestJet

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands

You can join EVA Air Infinity MileageLands as a new member and receive 500 bonus miles. After completing your member profile, you'll receive another 500 miles for a total of 1,000 bonus miles. At present, there's no end date for this new member bonus offer.

Eva Air New Member Bonus
Credit: EVA Air

Related: Do EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Miles Expire?

Qatar Airways Privilege Club

Qatar Airways is offering travelers who sign up for its loyalty program in 2025 a bonus of up to 5,000 Avios. If you're a U.S. resident, join Qatar Airways Privilege Club with enrollment code PCAMER25 through December 31, 2025, and complete an eligible flight by June 30, 2026. Fly business or first class to earn 5,000 bonus Avios, or economy class to earn 3,000 bonus Avios.

Use enrollment code PCAFR25 if you reside in Africa or enrollment code PCAUNA25 if you reside in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, South Korea, or Hong Kong.

Qatar 5,000 Bonus Points New Member Bonus 2025
Credit: Qatar Airways

THAI Airways Royal Orchid Plus

If you want to earn a few Royal Orchid Plus miles, THAI Airways offers a new member bonus. If you sign up through this link, you can earn 2,500 miles after booking and completing an international flight.

Thai Airlines 2500 Points New Member Bonus
Credit: THAI

Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles

For those new to the Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles program, you can earn 1,000 bonus miles just for completing enrollment. There’s no flight requirement to receive the bonus — the miles will be deposited into your account once you receive your frequent flyer number.

It’s not clear how long this offer will last. It sometimes flashes for a few seconds as a pop-up when you click “Sign Up” on the Vietnam Airlines website, but it's also mentioned alongside another promotion just for elite members. However, there's no indication that both offers will end simultanesly on December 31, 2025 — the date the elite promotion ends.

Vietnam Airlines 1,000 Points Sign-up Bonus
Credit: Vietnam Airlines

Hotel New Member Bonuses

And here are the hotel loyalty programs offering new member bonuses.

IHG One Rewards

IHG has a promotion offering 3,000 bonus points as a sign-up bonus to new members joining the One Rewards program. To earn the bonus points, sign up for IHG One Rewards by March 31, 2026. After joining, complete an eligible stay within 21 days.

Eligible stays can be any length, but each night must have a value of $30 or more. Ensure you use your new membership number when booking to earn 3,000 bonus points. Only stays paid for in cash are eligible. You will receive the bonus points within 6 weeks of completing an eligible stay.

IHG new member bonus offer.
Credit: IHG

Best Western Rewards

Through November 30, 2025, sign up for Best Western Rewards and earn 2,000 bonus points after completing your first stay by December 31, 2025. Stay any number of nights at any Best Western property worldwide to claim your bonus points.

Members can only claim this new member bonus once. If you previously claimed such a bonus from Best Western, you are not eligible for this offer.

Best Western New Member Bonus 2025
Credit: Best Western

Hilton Honors

New Hilton Honors members can earn a total of 3,000 bonus points after enrolling and completing three stays. Previously, members could earn 3,000 bonus points after only two stays.

  • This offer is only open to new members of the Hilton Honors program.
  • You must enroll by December 31, 2025. Beyond enrolling, no registration is required for this offer, but you will need to complete qualifying stays to earn bonus points.
    • 500 bonus points after completing one eligible stay.
    • 1,000 bonus points after completing a second eligible stay.
    • 1,500 bonus points after completing a third eligible stay, for a total of 3,000 bonus points.
  • Members must complete stays within six months of the enrollment date.
  • A “stay” is defined as a consecutive number of nights at the same property, regardless of check-in/check-out activity.
  • Only paid stays count for the promotion, not award redemptions.
  • Existing reservations count for this promotion as long as the guest joins Hilton Honors newly before checkout.

One thing to note about this promotion is that you must complete your three stays within six months of enrolling. Plan your stays and enrollment in advance to ensure you meet the offer's six-month window.

Hilton New Member Bonus 2025
Credit: Hilton

Marriott Bonvoy

Marriott revamped its new member bonus, and it's now three times better than before. You can earn 7,500 bonus points after your first two stays. The offer is strange, as it shows up in the Google search results, but the terms say it's a targeted offer, so check your email. Of course, you could try signing up normally to get the bonus points, but you might not receive them.

  • Join the Marriott Bonvoy program.
  • Earn 500 bonus points just for joining and receive 2,000 bonus points after completing your first stay. Receive an additional 5,000 bonus points after completing your second stay within 90 days of enrollment, for a total of 7,500 bonus points.
  • There's no mention of a deadline for your first stay or an end to this promotion.
  • A stay is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/check-out activity. Must book a points-earning rate to qualify.
Marriott New Member Offer
Credit: Marriott

Radisson Rewards

Refer-a-friend bonuses can be a win-win. You earn bonus points for referring a friend or family member, and they earn bonus points, too. That’s exactly how it works with the Radisson Rewards referral program. Just note that this applies to Radisson Rewards — not Radisson Rewards Americas, which has since been folded into the Choice Privileges program.

You and the person you invite will each earn 1,000 bonus points after their first stay. You can earn up to 50,000 points per year through referrals. All it takes is sharing your personalized referral link, which becomes available once you sign up for the Radisson Rewards program.

Radisson Rewards 1,000 Points New Member Bonus Promotion
Credit: Radisson Rewards

Final Thoughts

Travelers have plenty of chances to earn potentially thousands of bonus points or miles just for signing up for a loyalty program as a new member. The best offers don’t require a flight or hotel stay at all. And even when they do, it’s often something you were planning to book anyway.

It’s always worth checking for sign-up bonuses when creating a new account. Some rewards might be modest, but others can give you a meaningful boost toward your next redemption. Every little bit adds up!

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