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There are new airline shopping portal promotions out today from American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping and United Mileage Plus shopping. While these portal bonuses are relatively small, it’s always worth knowing about these so you can account for the extra miles when comparing shopping portal rates. Keep in mind that while American Airlines miles earned from the purchase itself (the payout shown for the specific store you choose) count as both redeemable miles and Loyalty Points, general portal bonuses (like the extra 1,000 miles for $400 in cumulative spend across all stores) are redeemable miles only (you will not receive 1,000 Loyalty Points).
American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping: Earn up to 1,000 bonus miles
- Link
- Expires 1/15/24
- Spend $200, earn 500 miles
- Spend $400, earn 1,000 miles
Key Terms:
- LinkDuring the “New Year Bonus” offer, which runs from 1/8/2024 through 1/15/2024 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will earn a one-time bonus of up to 1,000 AAdvantage® miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the base AAdvantage® miles earned from shopping online through the AAdvantage® eShoppingSM mall.
- This one-time bonus award will be determined based on Member’s cumulative qualifying purchases made during the Bonus Period using one of the following tiers:
- Tier 1 bonus: 500 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $200; or
- Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of $400 or more.
- “Qualifying purchases” do not include returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products that are not eligible for bonus miles.
- Please see the AAdvantage® eShoppingSM mall site for details on product eligibility and other restrictions.
- Please allow up to 10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus miles to post to your AAdvantage® eShoppingSM account.
- The Tier 2 bonus provides the maximum number of miles that will be awarded.
- Void where prohibited by law.
- Unless specified, AAdvantage® miles earned through this promotion/offer do not count towards AAdvantage® status qualification or AAdvantage Million Miler™ status.
United MileagePlus Shopping: Earn up to 1,000 bonus miles
- Link
- Expires 1/17/24
- Spend $150, earn 500 miles
- Spend $300, earn 1000 miles
Key Terms:
- During the “New Year Bonus” offer, which runs from 1/8/2024 through 1/17/2024 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will earn a one-time bonus of up to 1,000 MileagePlus® bonus award miles on qualifying purchases made through the MileagePlus ShoppingSM mall or from purchases made through MileagePlus Shopping in-store offers.
- This one-time bonus award will be based on Member’s cumulative qualifying purchases made during the Bonus Period using one of the following tiers:
- Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150; or
- Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles for qualifying purchases of $300 or more.
- “Qualifying purchases” do not include returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products that are not eligible for bonus miles.
- Please see the MileagePlus Shopping mall site for details on product eligibility and other restrictions.
- Please allow up to 10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your MileagePlus Shopping account.
- The Tier 2 bonus provides the maximum number of miles that will be awarded.
- Void where prohibited by law.
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Would booking a hotel thru AA shopping for a later stay count?
Will buying gift cards from giftcards.com trigger the bonus? Or is that not allowed?
Sure it would. There’s no restriction as to which store you can or cannot buy from in order to trigger the bonus.
I should add that if you purchase gift cards, you should also check out the Capital One shopping targeted offers. I have pretty regularly been targeted for 9 to 12% back at gift cards.com.