If you like both Airbnb and airline miles, a handful of airlines are ready to reward you for booking Airbnb stays through them—or for becoming an Airbnb host.
Delta has a dedicated Airbnb booking site, where you can earn 1 SkyMile per $1 for all Airbnb stays worldwide. You can also earn bonus miles:
Any SkyMiles® member who opens a new Airbnb account will also receive $25 in Airbnb credit toward a first booking of $75 or more. Visit
deltaairbnb.com
to request a coupon. Additionally, new guests are eligible to earn bonus SkyMiles® for completing their first Airbnb trip. Earn 1,000 bonus miles for a first stay totaling $150 or more, or 500 bonus miles for a first stay totaling at least $75.
Plus, you can earn up to 25,000 bonus SkyMiles by becoming an Airbnb host.
Australian airline Qantas also has a dedicated Airbnb booking site, and you can earn 1 Qantas point per $1 on your Airbnb booking. You’ll earn 500 bonus points if it’s your first Airbnb booking with Quantas, and you can earn up to 20,000 bonus Qantas points if you become an Airbnb host.
ANA, a Japanese airline, will give you 1 ANA mile for every JPY 200 spent on Airbnb, if you follow the instructions on its Airbnb “Live There” promotion site. (You’ll need to visit Airbnb and enter your ANA Mileage Club number, along with a special code.) First-time Airbnb users receive additional rewards:
Get an Airbnb coupon (3,000 yen/person) to use for a new Airbnb reservation!!
You can also enjoy a special rate of 2 miles for every JPY 200 you spend!
However, these aren’t the only ways to earn airline rewards from Airbnb bookings. If you have an airline credit card (or a travel credit card that lets you transfer points to your favorite airline), you can generally earn at least 1 point/mile per dollar spent on Airbnb stays.
If you really want to maximize your Airbnb rewards, however, The Points Guy suggests using travel credit cards that offer more than 1 point per dollar on Airbnb bookings. The Chase Sapphire Preferred and Chase Sapphire Reserve cards offer 2 and 3 points per dollar spent on travel, respectively, and those points can be transferred to a variety of airlines—though you may want to redeem those points through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, because the point value increases when you book travel through Chase Ultimate Rewards.
What’s your favorite Airbnb-related travel hack? Do you use sites like Delta’s Airbnb portal to make bookings, or do you prefer using a travel credit card to maximize your Airbnb rewards?