It was that if you needed to earn miles you had to await promotions keyed to shopping periods: Christmas back-to-school, and the like.
Recently shopping bonuses have been appearing oftentimes, and more frequently without a link to any events. Even though their randomness makes them more difficult to anticipate, their frequency means you won’t have to wait for the next promotion.
Here is the latest in United.
Offer Details
Between June 9 and June 23, MileagePlus members can earn bonus miles when making purchases as follows:
- 500 bonus miles after spending at least 150
- 1,500 bonus miles after spending $350
Deal or No Deal
This is neither the most nor the least generous shopping bonus in recent memory. It’s certainly better than no bonus at all.
More commonly, if you’re not earning miles by shopping in the airlines’ mileage malls, you ought to be. There’s no reason not to. And by making your purchases through the portal site of the airline, you’ll be miles — typically between one and 10 miles per $1 spent — when coping direct throughout the 39, which you don’t get.
Creating a fantastic deal are the bonus promotions, such as this one, that amp up the mileage-earning. So, if you are going to be searching online anyway, it makes sense to do so through an airline’s mileage portalsite, to earn miles for the purchases. And if there are additional bonuses in place, it makes sense.
As always, when searching via the mileage mall of an airline, you must stop in the landing page to log in with your qualifications of the mall. Purchases at any of the mall’s hundreds can be tracked and credited to your accounts.