The United MileagePlus Shopping portal is offering a back to school promotion.
The Offer
- Spend $250, earn 500 miles.
- Spend $750, earn 1,500 miles.
- Spend $1,000, earn 2,000 miles.
Key Terms
- “Back to School” bonus campaign, which runs from 07/21/16 through 08/12/16 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”).
- During the Bonus Period, Member will earn a one-time bonus of up to 2,000 MileagePlus® bonus award miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard MileagePlus miles earned from shopping online through the MileagePlus® Shopping mall.
- “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 8-10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your MileagePlus® Shopping account.
You can find the full terms here.
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What a bummer gift cards are excluded. Last offer they specifically allowed them thru the promo period. Any thoughts? Worth taking a chance in case the bonus points from say a sears gc purchase post anyhow, as has happened several times before. Trouble is bonus points can take 30 days to post.
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I tried an Extreme Stack, thanks for the inspiration:
-$299 Bose noise-cancelling headphones (cuz you keep posting about crazy coach class fare sales–have 6 hr flight in coach coming up, argh)
-United shopping portal (try to keep daughter’s miles from expiring +500 bonus miles)
-Signed into Staples (or Staples Rewrds? Not sure…)
-VISA check-out to get $25 off
-Used one of those pesky $20 Staples rebate cards
-Chase Ink VISA for 5x UR
Did I miss anything? Wish me luck!