Skywards miles cost $30 per 1000 miles I.e 3 cents per skywards mile

A better option is to buy starpoints when there is a promotion going on.

Normally 3.5 cents per star point but right now there is a 35 % discount and therefore it is around 2.275 cents per star point.

Though star points can be converted to skyward miles at 1:1 , There is a bonus that 20000 star points gets you 25000 skywards .

( you get 5000 bonus for each 20000 you transfer and therefore 40000 starpoints gets you 50000 skywards)

this brings the cost down to 1.82 cents per skywards if you include the bonus.


There are a few catches like your starwooods account has to be 14 days old and that you can buy only 30000 starpoints per year per account.

Also it can take a few days to transfer from starpoints to skywards..