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Here are five great deals to earn some extra points with hotel bookings or online shopping. These are limited-time offers, so don't wait!
Earn 6 Lifemiles for Every $1 at Booking.com
Until September 30th, when you use the Avianca Lifemiles and Booking.com partner website, you will get 6 Lifemiles for every $1 spent. Please note that bookings must be completed before the Lifemiles will be received, and it could take up to 10 weeks after your stay for the miles to show up in your account.
There are a few circumstances where proof of booking and stay might be required, so save your receipts, bank statements, etc. Lifemiles won't be received for any cancelled bookings. This deal was launched on August 1st, but isn't retroactive for any bookings made before that date.
To receive your Lifemiles, make very sure to fill in your correct Lifemiles membership number when booking. Booking.com won't be responsible for a missing or incorrect membership number, and you won't be able to get your Lifemiles.
Earn 500 Hyatt Points When You Book on the App
If you're a fan of Hyatt properties, this deal is for you. Until September 30th, anyone booking and completing a stay using the new Hyatt App will receive 500 Hyatt Points on every qualified purchase. Only one booking per property per stay will earn reward points, regardless of how many nights or rooms are booked. You can see more details on the Hyatt website.
Qualifying bookings can be a paid night or a free night award. Reward points will be applied to your account within 4-6 weeks of your booking.
Earn Bonus Miles in the Alaska, United and Southwest Shopping Portals
Alaska, United, and Southwest are offering some nice bonuses in their online shipping portals. The Alaska and United deals apply to “Back to School” purchases specifically, while the Southwest promotion applies to a wider variety of merchants. Bonus Miles are awarded as follows:
Alaska Mileage Plan – Expires August 11, 2019
- Earn 300 bonus miles when you spend $150
- Earn 750 bonus miles when you spend $300
- Earn 1,500 bonus miles when you spend $500
Direct Link: Mileage Plan Shopping Portal
United MileagePlus – Expires August 18, 2019
- Earn 500 bonus miles when you spend $150
- Earn 1,500 bonus miles when you spend $350
- Earn 2,500 bonus miles when you spend $600
Direct Link: MileagePlus Shopping Portal
Southwest Rapid Rewards – Expires August 18, 2019
- Earn 250 bonus miles when you spend $125
- Earn 900 bonus miles when you spend $300
- Earn 2,000 bonus miles when you spend $550
Direct Link: Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal
Thoughts on Bonus Points for Hotel Bookings and Online Shopping
As with all deals, don't forget to compare different programs to ensure you're getting the best deal. The above are only given as suggested ideas and not as guaranteed best options.
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Thanks for the reminder to use the shopping portals. I love it when I can stack points by using my rewards card to buy through the shopping portals! It’s even better with a promotion!
What a great tip! Thanks so much!
Anything that helps with back to school shopping is always welcomed. Thanks for the heads up!
The bonus miles make back to school shopping a little more bearable. I always dread back to school shopping as it signals the end of summer
The Hyatt bonus is particularly nice since they don’t seem to be bookable on any shopping portals. (Unlike IHG, Hilton and Marriott) So I book them via their app or website anyway, normally for no bonus. Thanks
Thanks, I do ned to make some bookings on bookings.com!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
500 point Hyatt app promo has always been per stay in the past. I’ve used it several times but not in a year or two. Totally missed that this was back and am kicking myself.
Wasnt the 500 hyatt bonus per night?
Love those shopping portal spending bonuses. Great extra miles when you were going to spend the $$ anyway.
Can definitely pick up some nice extra points/miles when shopping online. I have to sometimes keep on top of the offers to make sure I receive the proper credit.
ah shopping promos, these are great if you are in the market for a laptop or a computer
Has anyone else had difficulty using the United shopping or dining awards portals? I have tried using the dining portal (to save expiring miles) but the points never post.
Back to school is the perfect time to earn extra mileage. Consider buying extra supplies while they are on sale and put them in the closet and send to the teacher for Christmas!!
I look forward to this these BTS bonus offers every year,, so thank you for the comprehensive list!
The AA shopping portal has Back to School bonus offers as well.
If I book through booking.com for Avianca points, I won’t earn hotel points, right?
Correct, at least with most major hotel chains, 3rd party sites like booking.com are excluded from rewards erning.
This makes me wish I had school age kids. Alaska miles are so valuable to me for Asia in first on partner airlines.
I’m a little confused about the hyatt promotion:
Do the stays need to be finished by Sept 30, or do stays that occur after Sept 30 count as well as long as they are booked by Sept 30?
Looks like the stays need to be completed by Sept. 30, but I could be wrong.
I will try the new Hyatt App to get 500 bonus Hyatt points on future bookings. I like the idea that I can get the bonus on awards stage too.
I love the extra bonus points!! Already have planned purchases to the extra bonus is just icing on the cake!!
Its always nice to get bonus miles, any chance AA might run something like this soon?
The British Airways portal is also offering extra Avios for hotels.com and booking.com.
Thanks for British Airways shopping portal heads up, as I’m focused on them right now.