Buy WestJet Dollars with a 40% Discount

WestJet has released its latest promotion for purchasing WestJet Dollars (WSD), during which members can buy WestJet Dollars with up to a 40% discount. The sale is in effect as of July 10, 2023, and runs through to July 31, 2023.

In some cases, buying points during a sale can make sense; however, due to the way the WestJet Rewards program is structured, it doesn’t really ever make sense to buy WestJet Dollars, even during a sale like this.

Buy WestJet Dollars with a 40% Discount

Outside of sales, you can normally buy WestJet Dollars at a rate of 1 WestJet Dollar = $2 (CAD), excluding taxes.

During this promotion, you’ll receive a bigger discount as you purchase more WestJet Dollars, starting with a minimum of 100 WestJet Dollars.

The breakdown of discounts during this promotion is structured as follows:

• Buy 100–400 WSD and get a 20% discount (1 WSD = $1.60 CAD)
• Buy 500–900 WSD and get a 25% discount (1 WSD = $1.50 CAD)
• Buy 1,000–1,300 WSD and get a 30% discount (1 WSD = $1.40 CAD)
• Buy 1,500–2,300 WSD and get a 35% discount (1 WSD = $1.30 CAD)
• Buy 2,500–3,000 WSD and get a 40% discount (1 WSD = $1.20 CAD)

Even with a 40% discount, the cost of purchasing WestJet Dollars comes in well above our valuation of $1.02/WestJet Dollar (CAD). 

If you buy WestJet Dollars with a Canadian billing address, you’ll also have to pay GST/HST on the amount of the purchase, too. This further erodes any value of this sale, and drives up the cost even higher.

Therefore, if for any reason you want to buy WestJet Dollars, it’s best to do so with a US billing address, since Canadian taxes won’t be levied on the transaction.

You can purchase up to 3,000 WSD in a calendar year, which is also the maximum possible amount you can purchase during this sale. 

However, before you proceed with making a purchase, it’s important to consider if it’s a good idea in the first place.

Is Buying WestJet Dollars a Good Deal?

Before you consider taking advantage of this promotion, it’s important to take stock of the WestJet Rewards loyalty program, and the value you can get from redeeming WestJet Dollars.

WestJet Dollars can be used to offset the cost of a WestJet flight at a rate of 1 WestJet Dollar = $1 (CAD). Note that you need to redeem a minimum of 15 WestJet Dollars per guest and per direction of travel.

WestJet Dollars can only be used against the cost of a base fare, which means that…