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AAdvantage has launched its “be a Holiday Hero” promotion where you can receive up to 50,000 bonus miles for completing partner activities. The promotion runs through December 31, 2018, and to participate you need to register. The promotion is structured like a game, and the more activities you complete with various partners, the more bonus points you will earn.
Key Terms
- Promotion is valid through December 31, 2018, 11:59 p.m. CT
- You need to register to earn up to 50,000 bonus AAdvantage miles
- You need to complete tasks with AA partners to earn various levels of bonus miles
- Earning is cumulative, so once you have earned 10,000 miles to complete the first levels, you only need to earn a further 15,000 to reach the 25,000 miles target for the second level
- Purchasing miles counts as a partner activity. However, only 50,000 miles can count towards the promotion
Promotion Structure
The promotion has four tiers: Multitasker, Go-getter, Boss, and Hero. To achieve each level, you will need to complete the following:
Multitasker:
Earn 2,000 bonus miles when:
- Downloading the AA app
- Earning 10,000 miles from partners
Go-Getter:
Earn 5,000 bonus miles when:
- Earning 25,000 miles
- Earning miles by donating to select partners including Susan G. Komen, Stand Up To Cancer, National Foundation for Cancer Research
Boss:
Earn 10,000 bonus miles when:
- Earning 50,000 partner miles
- Purchasing and flying a Premium or Economy cabin
Hero:
Earn 33,000 bonus miles when:
- Earning 100,000 partner miles
- Purchasing and flying a premium cabin
Partner Activities
The list of participating partners is large and diverse, and earning with all of the following qualifies for the promotion:
- Vinesse Wines
- The AAdvantage® Dining Program
- BankDirect
- Sprint
- AAdvantage® eShopping
- American Airlines car rentals
- LifeLock®
- American Airlines hotels
- Buy miles
- Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
- Teleflora
- Simplisafe
Our Take
This promotion could be quite lucrative if you were already planning on making some purchases with AA partners. However, before you jump into the deep end, you need to read the terms and conditions carefully since AA has made this promotion pretty complicated!
Source: One Mile At A Time
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is it worth it?
sounds too much effort for the bonus.
Agreed, not worth pursuing if one is not already planning to complete the qualifying activities… for those that are though, could be quite lucrative.
This is crazy complicated.
But I’m guessing that buying 50K miles during a bonus promo would tick off the first three levels? (app, charity and a flight being relatively straightforward)
I’ll be lucky if I can get past the first one – have to earn 10K in miles in such a short period. But we shall see….
I agree. Not sure I could meet all the criteria that is required.
Unrealistic for me. I did try the Vinesse Wine when they offered a bonus. The wine was good and it was worth it, as long as you’re like me, and never forget to cancel. Have an email reminder set up just in case.
This is a complicated promotion and the list of partners you are required to use is really not that extensive. Seems like too much work for too little reward.
As mentioned in the blog, it is a great deal if we are already planning on buying from AA partners. Otherwise, it doesn’t seem to worth the effort, especially when the rules are not straightforward.
I like the Bank Direct promotion. That one seems the easiest. Just park some money there and earn points!
I looked at that a while ago, and, it seemed that the. keeping your money in a bank in the high interest range was worth more than the miles,
Not bad if you are already planning on doing some of these.
I agree with others. Good promotion if one had already planned to do most of the activities listed. Too much otherwise.
We just registered, although I don’t know how much if any we will do.
Curious, are there any bonus points for just downloading the app? Or are the only bonus points associated with the app, if, you also garner another 10K from partners?
I agree with what many others have said; this is a complicated promotion and likely not worth the effort for most folks.
lots of requirements.. I hope some folks can capitalize on the deal!
I recall the holiday promotion last year seemed easier to meet. The one this year is complicated.
AA promotions never fail to please us 🙂 Though I’m sure it will be hard to meet all the requirements
Nope. Not for me. I always have too much going on over the holidays to worry with one more thing to babysit.
As much as I love to get AA miles, this is too complicated
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Wow, it’s great that AA provides quite a great deals of offers to earn bonus miles. This is definitely one of the good motivations to plan a journey with AA.
Quite difficult to fulfil the conditions for the bonus.
Moreover, the number of partners is very limited.
Makes me long for the Old US Air Grand Slam promo…..
I’m confused – do you have to go tier by tier????
I like the game nature of these kind of promotions!
Agreed. It does seem too much work, too little return unless already planning to purchase from the promoting companies.
I signed up for this promotion, but I agree with most of the posters that it is really too complicated. I’ll just continue with my normal points-earning activity and if I happen to earn a few extra points through this bonus, it will be great.
So what happens if you already have the AA app??
Too much effort, too little return.
Not so easy to reach.
I’m confused – do you have to go category by categoty?
Nice that they do promotions, but the thresholds seem very high considering that a hotel stay yields only 250 miles.
Just did shopping with a lot of extra bonus miles (some at 10X) with AAshopping. Lo and behold – I got those extra miles. It was actually easier than I thought with some strategic use of the AAshopping portal.
If you need to extend your expiration date, it’s worth the effort
Or just leave a comment on the AwardWallet blog. Even easier.
do you get any miles for just downloading the app???
thx
It seems you do not get any miles for downloading the app. Feel that would have been a good first tier.