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Today through 11/24/2014, the AAdvantage eShopping Portal is offering 8X at Sears. This is stackable with other offers…
This stacks with the portal’s winter promotion. For every $175 you spend through 11/24/2014, earn 350 bonus miles – up to 1050 miles:
5X Credit card earnings
And, don’t forget that both the Chase Freedom card and Discover It card earn 5X this quarter at Sears.com (among other places).
Double dip with gift cards
Sears is unusual among online merchants in that they explicitly allow portal earnings from both buying gift cards and using them. This makes it very easy to double dip: go through the portal once to buy gift cards and go through again to use them.
NOTE: Do not buy physical (by mail) gift cards with your Freedom card as it will be unlikely to earn the 4th quarter 5X bonus (since physical gift cards are sold by Kmart). A better option is to buy e-gift cards, or reload an existing gift card (either e-gift card or physical gift card).
Gift card order verification
With most gift card orders, Sears calls to verify your identity before releasing the purchase. If the process takes too long, you can expedite the process by calling Sears first. Have your order number(s) handy and call this number:
1-888-396-5299
Be prepared to answer a number of questions to prove your identity.
Only 15 gift cards per order
Sears.com will accept no more than 15 gift cards per order when using gift cards to buy merchandise.
25X Example:
- Buy $175 Sears e-gift card, get 8X miles = 1400
- Pay with Freedom or Discover card, get 5X = 875
- Buy $175 worth of merchandise, get 8X miles = 1400
- Earn 700 bonus miles from AAdvantage eShopping promotion
- Miles Earned on $175 Spend: 4375
- Miles per dollar: 25
Nearly 100% back in points
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Oh well, I just ran to the nearest CVS and got some empty Sears cards. Now the 8x is back to 3X. Will save these for later.
The 8 miles are not available today the 24th.
Sorry about that. I’ve updated the post.
I tried to reload but my gift card but it wouldn’t let me. The first time time, I went to the checkout screen and right before the payment. When I tried to continue; it just emptied my shopping cart and the transaction failed without explanation. I didn’t know what happened. The second time, when I entered my gift card number, it should the balance but the section that normally allows reloading was blacked out so I could not read load my card. Has anybody experienced this before? I’ll look for another card.
The website overall seems to be having problems like that today. It might not be your gift card
I had the same problem, with the checkout asking for extra identity verification before loading a gift card. But when I clicked the link for the verification it would just empty my cart… I never got it to work, ended up just getting a new e-mailed gift card.
FM have you ever seen UR mall go higher than 5X for Sears? What do you think the odds are of the Alaska portal jumping back up between now and Cyber Monday?
UR mall: not for a long time. Alaska: I think the odds are good
What is the “Earn 700 bonus miles from AAdvantage eShopping promotion”? I don’t see it.
Earn 350 bonus miles twice thanks to the double dip
How does the SYWR stack? Is your cc charged $50 and your acct receives $40 in SYWR which could be used in the future?
Does spending SYWR points count towards spend within a rewards portal?
Do we know for sure that discover gives 5% back even on gc’s?
Yes
I’m glad you corrected the 39x title, because I couldn’t figure out how you got 39x. But it’s still in the actual post– 39x example
Thanks. Fixed. That’s a the last time I write a post before drinking morning coffee!