Feb08

United: 1,000 point shopping bonus (parlay into Valentine’s Day bonuses?)

on February 8th, 2012 at 8:02 am

Earlier this week, we mentioned the Valentine’s Day specials going on with the major airlines and hotel chains.  On top of that, you can now earn 500 bonus miles through United Mileage Plus Shopping for spending $50.  And, to make it even sweeter you can earn 500 additional miles for signing up for their email list.  United was already paying 30 miles per dollar spent on FTD purchases through United Mileage Plus Shopping, so stack this deal on top of it, if you are planning on sending flowers to that special someone.

Click here to sign up for their email list and take advantage of the shopping deal.

 

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Feb07

British Airways: 36 miles per $1 spent at Nordstrom

on February 7th, 2012 at 8:44 pm

Simple deal:  Enter code NORDX3 and spend $50.00 or more and you’ll earn 36 Avios points on every dollar spent!  Not a bad deal and just in time for some Valentine’s Day purchases.  To access the deal, visit the British Airways shopping portal right here.

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Feb07

Free Miles For Buying Tax Software

on February 7th, 2012 at 8:36 pm


This is a great example of cashing in on miles when making a normal purchase.  Many of the airline/hotel/credit card shopping portals are offering high points per dollar payouts for buying H&R Block or TurboTax software.  Here are the best deals:

 

H&R Block
Chase Ultimate
10.0 points per $
Citi ThankYou
10.0 points per $
American Airlines 10.0 miles
Delta Airlines 15.0 skymiles per $
Hawaiian Airlines 9.5 miles per $
Priority Club 10.0 points per $
Southwest Airlines 8.0 points per $
U.S. Airways 6.0 miles per $
United Airlines 6.0 miles per $
TurboTax
Chase Ultimate 8.0 points per $ 
Citi ThankYou
8.0 points per $
American Airlines 8.0 miles
Choice Privileges 11.0 points per $
Delta Airlines 5.0 skymiles per $
Frontier Airlines 5.0 miles per $
Hawaiian Airlines 7.5 miles per $
Marriott 10.0 points per $
Priority Club 8.0 points per $
Southwest Airlines 5.0 points per $
United Airlines 4.0 miles per $
U.S. Airways 4.0 miles per $

Update:  You can also earn 1,000 Southwest Rapid Rewards points for purchasing TurboTax via this link right here.

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Feb06

Valentines Day gifts for her/him, free miles for you!

on February 6th, 2012 at 9:10 pm

Valentine’s day is around the corner, which means it is time to start thinking about what you are getting your significant other.  Valentines Day (as well as Mother’s Day) is a time of the year where you can get mega-miles for shopping through the Airline portals.  As of right now, you can earn up to 30 miles per dollar for each dollar spent.  In previous years it has been up to 40.  There is a possibility that we’ll see higher point levels as the day approaches.  Nonetheless, earning 30 miles per dollar spent for any purchase is huge, especially a purchase that you were going to make already anyways.  Here is a chart that shows the payouts by airline mileage mall:

 

Portal FTD 1-800-Flowers Teleflora Proflowers
American 30 7 10 9
AMEX Membership Rewards 10 10 10 3
Chase Ultimate Rewards 10 15 10 15
Delta 9 40 12 12
Hawaiian Airlines 10 10 1000* 6
Hilton HHonors 10 N/A N/A 6
Marriott 10 7 7 7
Southwest N/A N/A 7 N/A
United 30 N/A N/A N/A
US Airways N/A 25 N/A N/A
Virgin America 10 N/A N/A N/A
*1000 Bonus miles, not a point/dollar spent offer

In addition to flowers, there are great bonuses on the shopping portals right now for jewelry, clothing, chocolate and other gifts.  Check it out.   You are going to spend the money anyways, so you might as well earn some points while you are at it.

If you do not understand how to use shopping portals, click here for more information.

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Feb05

Hilton: 1,000 (possible 4,000 more) Hilton HHonors points

on February 5th, 2012 at 2:05 pm

Hilton wants you to register your Visa with them and your cell phone number so they can send you up to two text messages per week with offers.  You can opt out anytime.  By doing so,  you’ll earn 1,000 Hilton HHonors points.  If you spent $100 or more staying at a Hilton and use this card, you’ll earn an additional 4,000 Hilton HHonors points.  You cVery nice promotion.  You have till June 30, 2012 to take advantage of this offer.  Click here to go to to sign up.

 

 

 

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