Free Miles

March 21, 2014

1,000+ Free American Airlines Miles!

Well this has been a good week for free miles! First Delta gave away 1,000 miles and now American Airlines is giving away 1,000+ miles for playing its Facebook game!

American Airlines created a Passport Challenge promotion that utilizes Facebook to gain some free AA miles. Some of the activities include:

  • Learn and earn. Up to 700 miles (50 to 100 per activity)
  • Be social and earn. Up to 350 miles (25 to 50 per activity like following American on Twitter, watching a video, and sharing a video with friends)
  • Fly and earn. 500 to 2500 miles for flying on US Airways, US Airways Shuttle, a new domestic route, flying international, a oneworld airline partner, and exceeding qualifying points goals for up to 9000 miles

I say its a 1,000+ miles because you earn the miles in increments of 50-100 miles for playing some trivia, flipping plates in a game, recognizing tail fins and watching videos. You can decide how much (or little) you want to do.

In about 10 minutes of clicking through the games on Facebook, I earned 1,165 miles. If you have any plans to fly American or US Airways in the next few months, you could earn even more miles!

Free 1,165 Miles!

Free 1,165 Miles!

1,000+ miles by itself won’t get you a free flight but for a few minutes of your time, it’s worth it to gain some valuable miles. You never know when you will be 1,000 miles short of an award for a free flight

(h/t  One Mile at a Time)

March 19, 2014

1,000 Free Delta SkyMiles…New Members Only

Delta released details of a new promotion today as they are giving away 1,000 free Skymiles if you open a Delta Skymiles frequent flyer account. This is for new account signups only.

This offer appears to be targeted at Hertz customers however 1) there is no way for them to verify this & 2) chances are maybe you were a Hertz customer many moons ago so technically that would qualify you anyway. In my experience, Delta will honor this promotion for anyone who signs up for it.

Now if you’ve flown Delta before, I hope you already have a Delta Skymiles account. But if not, this is a great chance to signup for their frequent flyer program and earn miles for it. Delta Skymiles do not expire so it doesn’t matter if you have no plans to travel on them anytime soon. Additionally, if you apply for a Delta credit card in the future, you will need to link it to a Skymiles account.

Bottom Line – This is a no-brainer for 1,000 free miles. I would have your whole family signup for an account if they have not done so already – mom, dad, even the kids! It’s never too early to start building your points & miles portfolio.

(h/t Gary at View From the Wing)