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Today there has been a nice sale on the Bose QuietComfort 25 headphones at Amazon.com and BestBuy.com. The sale puts these headphones at $179.00 — $100 off of the regular price. I first saw this sale at Running with Miles this morning. A member of our Frequent Miler Insiders posted to ask if these were good for a resale opportunity. I responded that I didn’t think so for a number of reasons. However, another member of our Frequent Miler Insiders group pointed out an even better opportunity with a new Amex Offer that I hadn’t seen today — though it turned out I had it on my SPG Business card:
Ebags: Spend $125 or more, get $25 back (Expires 1/8/18)
This offer seems highly targeted as I only had it on my SPG Business card (as did Mona in our Frequent Miler Insiders group). As Mona pointed out, that’s great because eBags also has the Bose QuietComfort 25 headphones in sale for $179.99 today. That drops the net cost to $154.99 before tax (though I think eBags doesn’t collect tax in most states). That would bring these into a range where resale may be possible (though somewhat risky) — and it’s a very good deal if you’re looking to own a pair of these.
Most portal terms exclude electronics from eBags in their terms, though some readers have reported success in the past on certain electronics items. I haven’t had success with any electronics from eBags — but there are some attractive payouts today, so it may be worth a shot (please comment if you have made any recent electronics purchases from eBags and successfully earned portal rewards).
And it looks like the claim of these being “$100 off” isn’t just marketing hype. According to camelcamelcamel, this is $100 off of the regular price:
Bottom line
Thanks to the members of our Facebook group for pointing this one out. It was already a pretty good deal. If you have this Amex Offer, it could be a great deal if you’re looking for a pair of these headphones.
H/T: Frequent Miler Insiders (Thanks to Adam for pointing out the deal and Mona for pointing out the Amex Offer / eBags)
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I had the offer on 4 of my cards, used all 4, received e-mails for all 4, but only 2 have posted.
Not that familiar with Amex offers not working. Do I just need to be patient or is this cause for concern?
TIA 🙂
was it cash back that didn’t post. If it was MR points, they post directly to the account
Ha, good point! I forgot 2 of them had the 2,500 offer. Doh! Thank you!!
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I went through the United portal for 20x miles and my mileage did track and post to my United account. 3,580 miles on the purchase + the future 500 bonus miles for spending $150 during the Holiday Bonus period. And I was able to stack that with the $25 off at Ebags AMEX Offer. Also had a few Ebags reward dollars to use on the purchase so my final price will be $157.37 without taking into account the value of the miles earned, nor the approximately $8 in Ebags rewards earned from this purchase.
United Mileage Shopping portal tracked the order.
2,500 MR (Amex offer) + 3,580 United Miles (+holiday bonus) + great price to begin with. Sweet deal!
Thanks for the info!
My purchase tracked. (2 days after purchase)
Bough with one of the airline portals, they should therefore all work
Which one?
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Deal was still live this morning. Used Ebates 6% and amex offer for $25 off. I also received $8.95 of ebags rewards. I’m 2/2 with deals you’ve posted. Thanks again!
Got the offer for 2.5k mr on amex biz gold and everyday amex. Other cards had it as $25 back.
Well, expedited shipping is slower apparently… Weird!
Value Shipping –
Expected Arrival Tue. 11/14/2017
Free shipping!
Ground Shipping –
Expected Arrival Fri. 11/10/2017
Free shipping!
Expedited Shipping –
Expected Arrival Mon. 11/13/2017
Free 2 day shipping!
It’s going to be really cheeky for eBags to deny miles when UA/AA/AS advertise on their site:
Shop all wireless headphones today. Receive free shipping on all orders over $49.
Free expedited shipping on Bose.
The fact that Bose isn’t on the exclusion list of brands is a good sign, I hope.
You’re right that it isn’t on the list of excluded brands, though “not valid on electronics” appears in the terms on all of them. But I’d take a screen shot of the bit about the wireless headphones — you’re right that part is there. I’d hang onto that and certainly try to make the argument later that if wireless headphones were advertised, wired should surely work. If you can get the miles also, it’s a fantastic deal.
As @Matthew notes, there is not just an offer for wireless headphones (and these aren’t wireless), but a separate one specifically for Bose products with free expedited shipping. I used that offer link to link to ebags, so claiming it was ineligible would be pretty shady. I did take screenshots of course.
Just purchased on BestBuy.com for $179, redeeming a 2x Membership Rewards points offer loaded onto my AMEX card, while earning 1 point per dollar spent through the American Airlines rewards portal. Not too shabby 🙂
Can you use multiple Ebags gift cards on a single purchase?
The site doesn’t allow this, but you can call ebags first and get multiple GCs combined into one. Did this a year ago with no problem.
product-wise these suck. Bose has top of the line noise cancellation, but these have the microphone that picks up the noise to be canceled placed in a bad spot. When you lean back against the headrest it picks up all the vibration noise, horrible design flaw. I used them as headphones at the resort with no problems. I could not get them to work worth a darn on the plane unless I leaned forward…which made it impossible for me to sleep…so I returned them and went back to my cheapo Sony headphones for the plane.
Any info on using the american airlines cash back portal, thats what i used, but it says no electronics, if i cancel the order will i still be able to use my amex offer?
GoCashBack doesn’t seem to have any restrictions on electronics, though their T&C are pretty light to begin win.