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The Offer
- American Airlines shopping portal is offering the following bonus offer:
- Shop $300+ and get 1,000 bonus miles
- Shop $100+ and get 500 bonus miles
The Fine Print
- During the “Spring Forward Bonus” offer, which runs from 3/7/2022 through 3/14/2022 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 standard 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 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $100; 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 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.
Our Verdict
There’s a similar shopping portal bonus ongoing from Southwest (ending soon). These are nice ways of sprucing up your portal rewards, just always make sure you’re getting the best portal rate by comparing here.
Hat tip to GC Galore
Effective March 1, 2022, AA mileage expiration was increased from 18 to 24 months.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/customer-service/faqs/aadvantage-faqs.jsp
How can I keep my miles from expiring?
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/aadvantage-terms-and-conditions.jsp
General AAdvantage® program terms and conditions
However, our accounts all still show 18 months expiration. Is this happening to you?
Our last activities include May 3 2021 AADVANTAGE 40TH ANNIVERSARY, and later ESHOPPING ON-LINE PURCHASE (latest Mar 21, 2022).
Our expiration dates were just updated.
The account with last activity on May 3, 2021: Miles expire on May 4, 2023.
The accounts with last activity on Mar 21, 2022: Miles expire on Mar 21, 2024.
It’s like the current software is adding 365+366 days, and 2024 is a leap year.
Previous Promotion in Jan 2022 has been clawed back on giftcards.com purchase
That sounds unfair. Did they specifically exclude giftcards.com?
Do these count as Loyalty Points? Anyway to figure it out?
No, bonus points do not count for LP
Does anyone buy products and then return them without losing the AA miles?
Will these bonus miles count as loyalty points?