Promotions

April 16, 2014

750 Free United Miles + Potential for 750 More!

It seems almost every week there is a way to get some free miles out there and this week’s offering includes 750 United Miles for joining MyPoints. You will receive 500 miles for signing up and verifying your account and an additional 250 miles for completing your profile. I did both and it took approximately 5 minutes.

1,500 United Miles!

1,500 United Miles!

MyPoints is an online shopping portal that allows you to earn bonus points or miles for shopping online. So for shopping you might already be doing, you could be earning 2x, 5x or I’ve even seen 40x the amount of points or miles! I plan on discussing the benefits of online shopping portals in a future Points & Miles 101 post but to summarize quickly, instead of heading to say Macys.com or Target.com, you would first log in to your MyPoints account and click through to a store’s website from the MyPoints website. They will track any potential order you make and award you a certain bonus amount of points (typically ranging from 2x-5x) per dollar spent.

So for a quick example, let’s say you need to buy a new bathing suit for the upcoming summer season and Macy’s has a great one at $30. Let’s ignore tax and shipping for a moment – if you were to purchase this bathing suit normally, you might earn 30 points if you use a rewards credit card. However, for a few extra clicks and logging in to MyPoints first and seeing Macy’s is currently offering 4 bonus points per dollar spent, you would earn an  additional 120 points for buying that same bathing suit (4 points x 30 dollars)! 

I mentioned in the title for a potential of 750 more United Miles and you could earn that if you make your first purchase of $25 or more via MyPoints within 30 days of membership. Full terms below.

Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

 

(h/t to Gary  via Mile Nerd)

April 12, 2014

$20 Off your First Trip on Uber…Expires on 4/25!

UPDATE 6/21: The offer is now for $30 off your first ride. Click on this link to sign up.

This isn’t really related to points & miles per se but this is still a great deal I wanted to pass along before it expired. If you signup for Uber directly, there are generally no credits but if you are referred by an existing user you can get $20 in free credits to use on your first Uber ride!

Until, 4/25 Uber is offering new users $20 in credit to take off their first ride if they sign up for Uber by 4/25. If you signup after 4/25, you will only get $10 in credit to use towards your first ride. The best part is you do not need to actually use them by 4/25 to get the $20 credit – you just need to sign up by 4/25.

In short, sign up before 4/25 to get $20 off your first ride with Uber even if your first ride does not occur until afterwards. By signing up now, you are locking in a free $2o credit – if you wait until 4/26, you will only receive $10 in credit.

Since you need to be referred by someone to get the $20 in Uber credits, please consider using my link here to signup. We will both receive $20 in Uber credits – remember if you do not sign up via a referral, you will receive no free credits!

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)