One of my miles and points sayings is that it’s important to get your miles and points from several sources. While most of my miles come from credit card signup bonuses, another potentially lucrative source of miles is making your online purchases through shopping portals
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(SEE ALSO: Earning miles through shopping portals)
United shopping portal bonus
All of the shopping portal sites are run by the same company (Cartera), so it’s not really a huge surprise when many of them run similar promotions at the same time. Last year, there were FOUR very similar “back to school” promotions being run at different shopping portals, though this year I have only been able to find one, run by United. It is possible that the other airlines will run similar bonuses later on in the summer. The United bonus runs through August 12th at 11:59pm ET
- 500 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least 250
- 1,500 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $750
- 2,000 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of $1,000 or more
If you’ve got a few purchases to make online, this could be a great way to get some extra bang for your buck!
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This may be off topic but of general interest to parents of young children. For the latest on “unaccompanied minor” travel read Friday’s (07/22) Summer Hull’s “Mommy Points” blog detailing her 6 year old daughter Cate’s experiences. I don’t often refer to other blogs but I’ve never saw it discussed here. Lots of current info. –
I have been waiting for Southwest to offer the summer bonus, to do a bit of shopping. Last year it started on July 15th. Hopefully they are just starting it late.