UPDATE 2/9/2015: This deal is effectively dead. Please see details here: The 1800Flowers deal is dead.
Update: 1-800-Flowers keeps restricting which deals are eligible for this promotion. Additionally, they have added language stating that points earned through this promotion are not eligible for the Companion Pass. Based on numerous past experience I would guess that the points will still count, but it is not guaranteed.
Update 2: In addition to RR36, two new codes have surfaced. Use RR43 for 1,750 Southwest points or TB1750 for 1,750 JetBlue points per order.
1-800-Flowers is offering 1,750 Rapid Rewards points on orders of $29.99 or more with the code RR36. You can find the full details of the offer here.
This deal should stack with either the 40% back in Shop Your Way Rewards or the $15 back on $50 Amex Sync offers.
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It worked. It took a little bit of persistence I got my Companion Pass today!
I did get points but they did not apply to the companion pass.
Same here.
Same
Did anyone receive points from this? Placed 4 orders prior to them changing terms and none have resulted in RR points. Also, in follow up to my login issue. They finally(after 4 calls and 3 emails) said a system issue that can’t be fixed caused my account to not be created with the Passport plan. They then sent me a gift card to use to reorder it…..but the Passport plan can’t be paid for with a gift card. How dumb! I’m now awaiting yet another reply.
What’s the best way to take advantage of the FTD through United for 30/$1
is there a limit on how much you can spend?
thanks
Shawn, While I appreciate many of the deals you’ve drawn our attention to, this one leaves a bad…. smell. What we seem to have here is a nasty bait and switch going on, where folks think they’re getting great rebates and points promos, but I’m less than impressed..
I went to the “regular” 1800flowers web site…. did some shopping there and had a sense what the prices were. (take one simple example, $29.99 for a dozen roses, before vases & shipping)
But for those deals (on the base web site), you can’t enter special codes. (e.g. like the ones for Southwest points, or the SYWR promo) To get them, you’ll pay it appears to be 50% more for comparable products. (e.g., the dozen roses mentioned above? Now $45)
Then there’s the new mention that the promotion might not even count towards the SWA companion pass!!!! (You suggest you thought it would anyway, from past experience, but til we get confirmation, why bother, go through the hassle and take the risk?)
Moreover, let’s say you manage to swing a stripped down no-frills order (off the inflated price promo version of 800Flowers) that with shipping ends up at around $50. We might then get $20 in SYWR credits back (if they count shipping) And then we get a mere 1,750 miles for the time & trouble? (and miles that again, might not even apply to the companion pass!)
I’m more inclined to just transfer over the ChaseUR points to Hyatt and from there to SWA. Those points do count, and they’d be credited almost instantly. (5,000 points from CUR at cost of roughly……. $35, if that, via Staples Visa Debit card/Ink strategies — yielding 2,400 swa points)
Sigh, pardon the rant. What am I missing?
When the deal was originally posted, the language about the points not counting towards the Companion Pass wasn’t there.
I agree that this deal has been frustrating for many and that 1-800-Flowers has tried to stifle people who are trying to use the promotion to get a Companion Pass.
Do you have a screenshot? It could come in handy for those of us that might want to take it up with Southwest in the event the points don’t count towards the pass.
This deal, as with most deals, is definitely a YMMV. Doesn’t mean it isn’t worth trying, just means that you proceed with caution. If it doesn’t work out, it’s tough to blame the bloggers. Greg and Shawn do a great job of posting deals, analyzing them, and trying to warn about pitfalls. But deals change or don’t work out from time-to-time. It’s just part of the overall equation. Before they added this new language, I’ve always had my SWA points count toward the CP. We’ll see this time. They don’t usually post on SWA until a few days after the items are delivered, and I didn’t set my deliveries until 2/13. I got my orders in before the change in language, so I’m hopeful. But I’m certainly not going to blame Greg & Shawn if it doesn’t work out.
The other thing I ran into this time around (after using it a lot around Xmas successfully) was that I bought some of the $25 for $20 gift cards from eBay (using my Ink card). While the order seemed to go through fine with the SWA code, I never got order confirmations and the orders looked funny in the “my orders” section of my 800F account (including showing items that I didn’t purchase). It took me many emails and phone calls to 800F support, but finally I got a helpful person and I THINK it is all fixed now (with SWA miles still promised to be coming to me).
Good luck, everyone. And thanks Greg & Shawn!
I have not been able to add a single item to my cart which qualifies for the promotion. Anyone been able to get anything added recently?
I sure hope the points count towards the pass, it’s the only reason I made the purchases. In the event a fight is necessary, does anyone know where we can find a screenshot of the RR36 promo “small print” that doesn’t say anything about the points being invalid for the companion pass?
Same boat here, to the tune of $1,100 of 1800flowers memorabilia.
According to what the staff member who posted this deal mentioned in a later comment, after rereading his email about the RR36 promotion he noticed that the original small print specifically stated that the points weren’t qualifying.
Would probably not have jumped on this had the article mentioned that the deal “may stack” with the Sears promo rather than “should stack”, which I assumed meant there was some precedence for saying so. Would never have jumped if I’d known the the current verbiage.
Based on other comments, I’ve more-or-less lost hope that the sears points will post and I’m accepting taking a $400+ hit there. Really hoping there is an internal disconnect and the RR points come in as qualifying, but if not I can’t blame anyone but myself for my lack of due diligence. That being said, it’s pretty frustrating that one of the most reputable blogs in the industry would have sent this deal out without checking the terms stated in the original email beforehand, and I wish they would have been a little more cautious on promoting the SYWR portion of the deal.
Either way, fingers still crossed waiting for qualifying points and the first of my 34 deliveries to begin tomorrow.
I made 8 orders, with varying combinations of SW code, SYW registered credit card, paypal rebate, Amazon Local, SPG, etc. Looks like you get either the Shop Your Way 40% rebate (already posted, even though the flowers have not yet been delivered) or the SW points (have not yet posted). Of the eight orders, I didn’t use the SW code on two of them, and those two have shown up on SYW. One of them was a $40 order, with $30 paid by Amazon local certificate and $10 by my SYW registered card: received the $4 SYW credit.
I’m having the same issue. I bought the celebration passport for free shipping and once i cleared my cookies (had too many diff offers), it won’t recognize that I had purchased the passport! Now it won’t let me log in..
Something is way wrong with their site then and it’s not just me. I just tried on a different computer at home(was at work earlier) and same issues. This sucks
After 4 yes 4 calls to 1800Flowers customer service they have created a ticket with support. (first two was transferred then hung up on, 3rd couldn’t understand me and I couldn’t understand them politely let them go, 4th call finally go transferred to Fresh Rewards Loyalty)
Sarah who was super nice in the Loyalty dept says they have these login issues all the time and as long as use the same email I’ll get rewards credit on my orders. I won’t get my passport shipping until they can fix my account(also said it normally takes 5 business days for the passport to be applied to accounts which we all know isn’t true). So I have to email them after each order to remove the shipping fees until they can correct it. Absolutely terrible service that took over an hour of my time.
Anyone having issues with website for 1800Flowers? Made some orders yesterday and went back to do some more today. I can’t login and have tried for 2 hours to get them to send me the email to reset my password. My wife tried to login to her account and same thing, says wrong password and won’t send reset emails.
Just got a SW promo email this morning titled “Earn 1,750 bonus points on flowers from 1800Flowers.com”… and it gives a separate code – “RR43”.
…but scrolling down to read the terms in the email it clearly states “Bonus points will not count toward A-List, A-List Preferred, or Companion Pass qualification.”
So if anyone got that email, be cautious not to accidentally use that new code.
The disclaimer language also said “An order can include more than one item.” Thanks, but not thanks.
I did notice that when keying in the RR36 confirmation code at check out there is no longer a specific mentions of 1,750 miles but, rather, it just gives the generic message “The promotion is successfully applied to the order.” I grabbed screen shots of the offer and recorded checkouts just in case.
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Can anyone confirm the Sears double dip is working? That is the key to this deal for me
I placed orders on 1/31 and I’m still waiting for Sears points. First ordered was delivered on Tuesday 2/3 (also waiting on SW points)
Tried to send nuts for $29.99 tonight. When I entered RR36, the website responded that that promotional code is not valid for any of the items in my cart. Same with the fruit basket. I sent a $29.99 plant to a friend using the code in order to test if it works at all. That order went through, with the code, just fine.
Just had the same experience, except the code is not working for anything – including flowers and plants. Hopefully all my outstanding orders where the code was accepted process normally.
It looks like the cheap party is (largerly) over. I was looking into making more orders, but all of the $29.99 items I find now say “This special offer cannot be combined with Promotion Codes.Click here for gifts that can accept Promotion Codes.”
When I click on the link, there are some items priced at $29.99, but not many that aren’t flowers (assuming you want to donate to charity).