Frequent Miler's latest team challenge, Million Mile Madness, is almost done! The last two weeks Greg, Nick, and Stephen competed to earn 1 Million SAS miles by flying 15 airlines. But who completed the challenge with the most Speed, Affordability, and Style?
The American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping portal is offering 10x at Staples.com today. While that probably won’t work on any gift cards, it still makes for a great stack with 5x on office supplies if you use a card that earns one of the best category bonuses at office supply stores and it could make for a nice little infusion of both redeemable miles and loyalty points.
The Deal
- The American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping portal is offering 10 miles per dollar at Staples.com
- Direct link to this deal
Key Terms
- Not eligible on items placed in the Staples shopping cart prior to clicking through from site.
- Not eligible for rewards on purchase of following HP Ink Multi-pack SKU’s (2030323, 2030324, 1148583 and 1148584): HP 933XL CMY/932XL Black, HP 564XL CMY/564XL Black, HP 951XL/950XL C/M/Y and Black High Yield Original Ink Cartridges and HP 940XL High Yield Black and C/M/Y Color Ink Cartridges, downloadable software; business services; auctions; postage stamps; Discount reward certificates; Copy and Print shop orders; Staples Business Advantage; Phone orders; and reserve online, pick up in store purchases.
- Contact with Staples for price matching, sales assistance, etc. will likely cancel eligibility.
- Any return, exchange or other adjustment made at a physical store location for an on-line purchase may result in your purchase being deemed ineligible.
- Not eligible on taxes, shipping, handling, credit card fees, returns or third-party gift cards sold by Staples.com.
- Not eligible on purchases made with coupon or discount codes that are not found on this site.
- Not eligible on gift cards, gift certificates or any other similar cash equivalents.
- Purchases made with a gift card may be ineligible.
Quick Thoughts
As noted at the top, I don’t think portals have tracked any of the gift cards at Staples.com for a long time now, but I guess it’s always worth clicking through just in case.
I would assume that this payout is only valid today. If you were already considering purchasing other things sold by Staples, the return here will certainly enhance the deal. If you value both American Airlines and Ultimate Rewards points at greater than 1c each, the total return here could certainly push you over the edge on a purchase decisions. Some people have also received spending bonus offers on the Citibusiness AAdvantage card – I’m not sure if any of them would stack here, but even if they did I believe you’d only get Loyalty Points for the 1x base points on the card.
Make sure to check the exclusions before placing your order as there are a number of specific products and services excluded.
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they cycle thru their rates fast! 10x is no more
They also have 40% back in rewards on Ink purchases of $75+ or toner of $175+. Ends today, coupon code 69927, limit 12.
$100 of ink thru AA with a Chase Ink Cash would result in:
$40 Staples Rewards (which are worth over $40 because they reduce tax when used)
1000 AAdvantage LoyaltyMiles ™
500 Chase UR points
Not a bad haul if you’re needing ink anyway
Actually in the market for a monitor and a drum kit for my printer.
Anything else stack with this?
I did a test purchase of a visa gift card on 1/1 to see if it would track on AA Eshopping for loyalty points and it did not, so one bit of data that confirms your expectation, Nick. It actually tracked the points and the purchase price but it did not result in any miles being awarded.