Frequent Miler's latest team challenge, Million Mile Madness, is happening now! Follow us as Greg, Nick, and Stephen compete to earn 1 Million SAS miles by flying 15 airlines before November 23rd. Who will complete the challenge with the most Speed, Affordability, and Style?
Nordstrom
I went ahead and plunked down over $4200 at Nordstrom thanks to the British Airways 36 points per dollar deal. Just two days later, over 150,000 points already show up as pending! Woo hoo! Now, hopefully I can sell some of this junk…
Cheap Nook!
While the contest to Win a Nook continues, you might be interested in buying one for yourself at a huge discount. Frequent reader (and contributor and Nook story writer) SteelSnow tipped me off to this thread on SlickDeals. The basic idea goes like this:
- Buy a coupon worth $30 off at Staples for about $2
- Use the coupon at Staples.com to buy a Nook
- Staples.com is currently offering an instant rebate (in the form of a $20 gift card) for Nook purchases
- Contact Staples to ask for a price match on the Nook you just bought since it is even cheaper at a store called Quill.com.
The total discount varies depending on which Nook you buy, but it is quite good. Of course, you can do even better:
- Go through the Ultimate Rewards Mall to get 4 points per dollar for your purchase.
- Use your Ink Bold for the purchase to get 5 points per dollar!
Make sure to read the Slick Deals post for more information if you’re interested.
Win a Nook!
Reminder: Until Feb 14th, you can win a Barnes & Noble Nook Color simply by adding a comment to our ever growing story. Visit this page to participate!
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I used the link to buy something at Nordstroms for the 36 Avios points per dollar.
It didn’t work.
Any ideas how I can correct?
It isn’t a ton of miles but I still want them.
thanks!
globalqn: Log onto the BA shopping portal and look for a “contact us” option (or something like that). Report the problem there.
[…] would happen, I wouldn’t have transferred all of those points to BA. Especially now that Nordstrom has given me a bazillion BA miles, I really wish I hadn’t done that […]
Return the products to Nordstrom and get a gift card for the proceeds. Then sell that.
I just saw Nordstrom sells Westin bed products.
@Peter: What exactly are you selling at Plastic Jungle? These aren’t Nordstroms gift cards he’s buying as those aren’t eligible for the 36 Avios per $. He bought $4200 in Nordstroms merchandise that he is planning to pawn off on eBay/CL for as little of a loss as possible.
Not to mention that he didn’t even get his miles credited yet, rather they are PENDING.
Sell @ Plastic Jungle for 13% loss –> $546 for 150K miles credited in 2 days –> Great deal!
Do you even get the AA Sears gift card shopping 10 miles/$? i am still fighting!