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You may have noticed that there have been quite a few shopping portal bonuses lately — even more than usual at this time of year, it feels like. We saw bonuses across American, United, and Alaska in November, from Delta earlier in December, and just last week, a limited and somewhat confusing offer from United (only for MileagePlus Chase Cardmembers and first-time shoppers).
Now, United has come out with another bonus for using its shopping portal. This one is far less limited and much clearer than the last one. It’s also open to all MileagePlus members, not just first-time shoppers, and comes at the perfect time for that last-minute online holiday shopping.
The Details
- You must be a MileagePlus member (you can sign up online if you aren’t a member already).
- Make purchases through United’s online shopping portal to qualify for the bonus.
- Spend at least $100 through this shopping portal to earn 500 bonus miles. Spend at least $200 through the shopping portal to earn 1,500 miles. (To be clear, the bonuses aren’t cumulative; 1,500 miles is the maximum bonus amount you can earn.)
- These bonuses are on top of the miles you earn for your purchases. For example, if you spend $250 at a store that offers 1 mile per dollar, you’ll get a total of 1,750 miles (250 for your purchases and 1,500 because you spent over $200).
To take advantage of this offer, make your purchases by 11:59:59 PM ET on December 20, 2016. Be sure to start through United’s shopping portal.
Keep in mind that only your base purchase price qualifies toward the amount you’re spending for the promotion. Taxes and fees don’t count toward the promotional amount, nor does shipping. Cash-equivalent items, such as gift certificates or gift cards, also don’t count toward the amount you’re spending on the promotion.
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I am extremely grateful for online shopping as I’m fairly housebound with eldercare responsibilities, which are a labor of love, but still, it’s confining. Having the opportunity to fluff my mileage account a bit using portals makes me very happy indeed, and the bonuses offered this holiday season are just plain easy fun!
What a pity..I purchased my New iPhone a day before the promotion started. Any chance to refund and re-buy it? 1500 miles…what an awkward number
Yes, but do you really want to return your phone and go through the process of repurchasing?
Yeah..So I decided to let it go. 1500 is not a big deal. If it’s like 5000 then I might need to reconsider.
If you are already a member and use this app currently does this bonus still apply?
First time only.
They had a promotion earlier but payout was not that great. This one is awesome as you are looking at 500 miles for only $100 spend. Very easy.
I like this since this time of year people order a bunch online to get points, etc. I like that it’s not a huge amount like $300 for the 500 mi. A lot of places are doing a higher amount to get anything. I love being able to get miles doing something I already need to do! I really appreciate the info on this. I have a United number but missed this promo.
my last purchase through them had the miles show up in just a few days
They finally got to their senses huh?
I like it when airlines and hotels do stuff like this. It helps people like who doesn’t fly a lot but keep their miles.
Shopping portals are a great way to earn extra miles especially when they run promo bonus mile deals.
meh. not worth the trouble unless u were already buying stuff.
In addition to the shopping portal, the MileagePlus X app really works to get more United miles shopping during the holiday season. I was reluctant to try it at first since it seemed liked it would be a hassle to use when I was shopping , but it turns out it is easy to use and along with the bonuses, quite lucrative. I have a United credit card listed in my account (which then gives me bonus miles) so I don’t even have to use the actual United Airlines credit card card when shopping.
This is a great deal if only United would let me in my account. Grrr
Great bonus! Perfect time for holiday shopping
Any chance the bonus points would be earned on purchase from the UMX app? Or is this online only?
This would be online one. Through MPX app you’d earn any promos specifically targeted for that.
Which airline shopping portal gives the most bang for your buck? Is there a comparison website that shows it all?
The best sites are probably CashbackHolic.com or CashBackMonitor.com
Keep the portal bonus miles coming, I still have plenty of shopping to wrap up.
Thanks for the head’s up. I love stacking bonus points/miles!