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Update 1/14/20: Alaska Airlines added, that one is good through 1/22/21.
The Offers
- American/United shopping portals currently have spend bonuses. They are as follows:
- American Airlines:
- Spend $150, earn 500 bonus miles
- Spend $300, earn 1,000 bonus miles
- United Airlines:
- Spend $150, earn 500 bonus miles
- Spend $300, earn 1,000 bonus miles
- Alaska Airlines:
- Spend $150, earn 500 bonus miles
- Spend $300, earn 1,000 bonus miles
- American Airlines:
The Fine Print
- During the “Treat Yourself Bonus” offer, which runs from 1/11/2021 through 1/19/2021 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® 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; or Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles for qualifying purchases of $300 or more. “Qualifying purchases” do not include returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products that are not eligible for bonus miles.
- Please see the MileagePlus® Shopping mall site for details on product eligibility and other restrictions.
- Please allow up to 10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your MileagePlus® Shopping account.
- The Tier 2 bonus provides the maximum number of miles that will be awarded. Void where prohibited by law.
Our Verdict
As always use cashbackmonitor to compare to other portals to ensure you’re getting a good deal (airline portals can offer way worse rates in some cases, even with the bonus miles).
Fine print is to be believed? YMMV?
I guess they realized they made a mistake. I’ve gotten two emails since that say 7 miles/$. I guess that 15 was too lucrative for them. I should have jumped on it when I first got it.
American is hit or miss. They sent an email last week with Under Armour 15 miles/$ but when you clicked the offer it was 7 miles/$. They’ve done this on more than one occasion.
Had you clicked on the link after a day?
That was the problem I waited a day or two before deciding to use it and it had changed to 7. I still have the email showing 15. I emailed them about it, but no answer.
This isn’t just American, the other airline shopping portals do this also.
The 10+ miles/$ advertised in emails often are only valid that day. It’s crappy because they don’t send out emails until mid-morning then after midnight EST the offer goes back down to <10 miles/$.