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The Southwest and United shopping portals are both currently offering bonus points/miles when hitting spending thresholds through them. In addition to having almost a month to hit that spend, each portal has its own feature that could make it easier to earn some bonus points or miles.
The Deals
- Southwest shopping portal:
- Spend $50 & get 250 bonus Rapid Rewards points
- Spend $300 & get 1,000 bonus Rapid Rewards points
- Spend $500 & get 2,000 bonus Rapid Rewards points
- Direct link to offer.
- United shopping portal:
- Spend $150 & get 500 bonus miles
- Spend $350 & get 1,500 bonus miles
- Spend $600 & get 2,500 bonus miles
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
Terms below are for the United shopping portal:
- During the “Back-to-School Bonus” offer, which runs from 7/15/2024 through 8/12/2024 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will earn a one-time bonus of up to 2,500 MileagePlus bonus award miles on qualifying purchases made through the MileagePlus Shopping 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; Tier 2 bonus: 1,500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $350; or Tier 3 bonus: 2,500 miles for qualifying purchases of $600 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 3 bonus provides the maximum number of miles that will be awarded.
Quick Thoughts
Many airline shopping portal promo are only valid for 10-14 days, so it’s nice that these ones are valid for four weeks. Each of the portals also has a feature making it easier to hit at least one of those spending thresholds.
For Southwest, it’s the fact that the lowest threshold only requires $50 of spend. I don’t remember ever seeing a requirement that low before as the lowest is usually $100. This could be a good return if you only anticipate a very small amount of eligible online spend over the course of the next few weeks.
The United portal on the other hand has a different feature that might be of interest. That’s because it has an in-store card-linked program and that kind of in-store spend counts towards the thresholds for these promotions. Several of the eligible in-store retailers have corresponding Amex Offers, Citi Offers, etc. that’ll stack, such as ASICS, Cole Haan, Men’s Wearhouse, Pandora, Tommy Hilfiger and more.
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