The American Airlines, United and Southwest shopping portals all launched new promotions yesterday giving the opportunity to earn bonus miles/points on top of your standard earnings.
The Deals
- There are new promotions for the following shopping portals:
- American Airlines
- Spend $200 & earn 500 bonus miles
- Spend $800 & earn 2,000 bonus miles
- Direct link to offer.
- Expires May 13, 2024.
- United
- Spend $100 & earn 500 bonus miles
- Spend $400 & earn 2,500 bonus miles
- Direct link to offer.
- Expires May 13, 2024.
- Southwest
- Spend $100 & earn 500 bonus points
- Spend $200 & earn 1,000 bonus points
- Direct link to offer.
- Expires May 20, 2024.
- American Airlines
Key Terms
- “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 allow up to 10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your account.
- The Tier 2 bonus provides the maximum number of miles that will be awarded.
Quick Thoughts
There’s a bit of a range of value propositions here. The United and Southwest offers are fairly similar in terms of the per-dollar earnings if spending at the exact thresholds, although the United portal offers the highest return overall if spending $400.
The American Airlines portal is offering less generous returns, although you might prefer their portal over the others if you’re trying to earn Loyalty Points towards status. However, be aware that although you’ll earn Loyalty Points on your base earnings through the portal, you won’t earn a corresponding number of Loyalty Points from the 500 or 2,000 AAdvantage miles you’ll earn from their promo.
With the United portal, they have an in-store feature where you can earn bonus miles when paying with a linked card at eligible retailers. Those purchases count towards the spending thresholds for the promotion in addition to online purchases.
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