PointAuctions.com vs Points Events: A Fair Comparison

If you search for point auction sites, you will find two trackers doing the same core job: PointAuctions.com and Points Events (pointsevents.com). Both aggregate loyalty-program auctions and experiences, the Marriott Bonvoy Moments, Delta SkyMiles Experiences, and Hilton Honors Experiences of the world, into one browsable place so you do not have to check a dozen program sites by hand. Both are worth knowing about, and if you are trying to decide between them, this page is our attempt at an honest side-by-side.

One thing up front: we run PointAuctions.com, so read this knowing where it comes from. To keep ourselves honest, every claim about Points Events below is based on what their site published as of September 3, 2026, and we say so explicitly wherever it matters. Right now we are tracking 1,717 live listings, drawn from the 19 loyalty programs we cover, and everything on our side of the ledger comes from the same live database that powers the site.

Side by side, as of September 3, 2026

The rest of this page unpacks the two lines that matter most to a bidder: the closing-price archive, and how each site helps you find things.

Where Points Events is strong

Credit where it is due, because there is real craft in what Points Events has built.

First, transparency about freshness. Every listing card we looked at on their Marriott page carried an "Updated 3h ago" style stamp, so you always know how recent the data is. That is a genuinely user-respecting detail.

Second, coming-soon tracking. Their homepage counted 110 coming-soon experiences on September 3, 2026, and their program pages show "Coming Soon" badges with opening dates. If you like to plan your bidding before an auction even opens, that is a useful feature we do not offer today.

Third, transfer-partner context. Their program pages note which credit card points transfer into each program (their Marriott page says "Transfer from Amex, Chase, or Bilt"), and their site copy describes filtering by transfer partner. For someone sitting on flexible bank points, that framing is handy.

And it is free, with clean, fast program pages. If all you want is a well-organized window into what is live across the major programs, Points Events does that job well.

Where PointAuctions.com is different

The biggest difference is what happens after an auction ends. On PointAuctions.com, closed auctions never disappear. We keep a permanent archive of closed auction results, 3,005 of them as of September 3, 2026, and we go back to the source after each close to confirm the winning bid. 88% of those results are verified final prices; where we could not verify, we clearly label the last bid we observed instead of calling it a sale. Points Events now publishes past events too: 312 of them on September 3, 2026, each showing a last-seen bid rather than a price confirmed with the program. If you want to know whether 48,000 points is a good bid for a suite night package because you can see what similar auctions actually closed at, that history is the reason to use us. We wrote up what the closed-auction data reveals about each program if you want the numbers.

Here is what that archive looks like in practice, pulled live from our most-tracked program:

Second, editorial. We publish guides on how these auction programs actually work, starting with how point auctions work, plus program-by-program data write-ups, 83 published pieces so far. Points Events has an FAQ; its sitemap shows no guide or blog content as of September 3, 2026.

Third, alerts and the newsletter. Browsing is free on PointAuctions.com, forever. If you want the site to watch for you, Premium adds up to 20 custom email alerts for $5/month (or $50/year), so you get an email when a listing matching your program, keyword, or category filters appears. There is also a free weekly newsletter with notable closes and what is live.

Fourth, coverage. Alongside the programs both sites track, PointAuctions.com also covers Qantas Points Exclusives and Capital One Entertainment, neither of which had a program page on Points Events as of September 3, 2026 (their FAQ lists Capital One Entertainment as rolling out soon). Points Events has since added World of Hyatt, which we also track.

Which should you use?

Honestly: use both. Points Events is free and well built, and checking two trackers costs you nothing. If you mostly want to browse what is live and see what is coming soon, either site will serve you, and their coming-soon list is something we do not have.

Where we think PointAuctions.com earns a permanent tab is the moment you move from browsing to bidding. Price history changes how you bid. Knowing what similar auctions closed at, and whether those numbers were verified, is the difference between guessing and bidding with a plan. And alerts change how you find things: instead of remembering to check, you get an email when something matching your filters drops.

Start with what is live right now, skim the closed-auction archive before your next bid, and if a specific kind of listing is what you are waiting for, let it come to you: