Category Archives: United

Joint Gilt and Earn 1,500 United Miles

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Here is a way to earn some United Miles for shopping online. 

Gilt runs sales to members online at up to 60% off. They offer top designer brands in a variety of categories- women, men and babies & kids as well as sales for home, food & wine, experiences/ activities and travel. In order to view the sales, you must be a member.

For signing up with Gilt:
You will earn:

  • 1,500 United award miles with your first purchase of $50 or more
  • Earn 5 miles per $1 spent during your first 6 months
Some Rules:
Offer is only valid to new Gilt members
Gift card purchases are excluded from offer
You mus register for this offer to earn the bonus
United MileagePlus members can earn this bonus one time only

Sign up for the Gilt- United promo HERE to start earning those award miles bonuses!

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Earn 1500 United Miles For Purchasing Bose QuietComfort

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Back in December, I posted about a couple of offers to earn miles with American Airlines and Delta for purchasing Bose products. 

Here is a new offer to earn United miles.

Purchase Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones (link below) and earn 1500 United MileagePlus award miles.

Bose QuietComfort headphones sell for $299.95. Definitely a bit pricey if you ask me and not on my list of things to buy in the future.

I couldn’t see wearing noise cancelling headphones on a flight when flying with Lucas. 
I need to hear what is going on if my little guy is uncomfortable or needs something. 

Some Highlights (according to Bose):

  • Advanced noise reduction
  • Acoustical design for detailed, lifelike music
  • Soft- cushioned, around the ear fit
  • Additional cable with inline microphone and remote for iPhone/ iPod control
  • AAA battery- 35 hours average life 

If you’re looking to buy Bose headphones, click HERE to earn some valuable United miles.

Mile Up: Earn More Bonus Award Miles from United

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A couple of days back I received an e-mail from United Airlines about a new bonus awards offer called Mile Up. 

With the promotion you can earn 25% more bonus awards miles through December 31.
Bonus awards can be earned with United Airline’s shopping, dining, car rentals, hotel partners & more.

According to the e-mail, this offer is only valid for original recipients of the offer residing in the 50 United States. I’d suggest keeping an eye out in your e-mail (and spam folder) for the offer if you are interested in participating.

Registering for this Offer: 

  • Register through the link in your e-mail
  • You must register before earning bonus miles (no retroactive bonuses will be awarded)  
  • Registration ends November 15, 2012

You can earn up to 25,000 bonus award miles from the Mile Up promotion

I registered for the Mile Up promotion but doubt that I’ll take part in it. I usually shop through cash back sites for online purchases.

Some cash back sites with good offers are:

Also, I use EV Reward to decide on which site has the best bonus offers. They show offers for cash back, hotel points and airline miles programs. (Note: Fat Wallet does not come up on EV.)

***If you decide to join one of the cash back sites above with my links, I will receive a small referral bonus 

    Sign Up For Netflix and Earn up to 4,000 Miles with United

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    Here is a great way to earn some miles and watch a bunch of movies.
    Sign up for Netflix (become a paying member) and you can earn up to 4,000 miles on United.
    Kim and I each signed up for Netflix to earn American Airlines miles a couple of years back. I believe we earned 2,500-3,000 miles each for signing up. We then cancelled our plans before paying for a second month.
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    A little about the offer:
    • Earn 2,000 miles when you become a paying member of Netflix
    • Earn an additional 2,000 miles when paying with a United Mileage Plus credit card 
    • Offer valid to new Netflix members only (I’ve heard of people getting this kind of bonus multiple times- try at your own risk! If you decide to open a new account, I’d definitely use a different e-mail account)
    •  Cheapest Netflix plan is $7.99
    Sign up for the Netflix United Airlines bonus offer HERE

    United Mileage Plus-750 Miles For Joining MyPoints

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    Here is an easy way to earn 750 United Miles. 

    Sign up for MyPoints and keep your account active for 30 days and you qualify for the miles.
    A little about MyPoints (from their site):

    MyPoints is the pioneer and leader of online shopping rewards. Through simple online purchases from hundreds of retailers within the MyPoints network, members earn rewards Points from every transaction made. Members can redeem their Points for gift cards, travel miles or cash back. MyPoints has grown into the most established membership rewards site where online shopping and rewards incentives are synonymous with great deals and customer loyalty.

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    I signed up for a MyPoints account and hope that the bonus miles post. I might look a little more into the site and see if they offer better options to some of the other shopping sites like Big Crumbs, FatWallet or the airline eShopping portals. Odds are that I will probably opt out right after I get my bonus.

    Sign up to earn your 750 United MileagePlus miles HERE

    United MileagePlus: 250,000 Miles Away Sweepstakes

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    United Mileage Plus Shopping is running a sweepstakes that is giving away a lot of miles.
    You can earn multiple entries for the contest.

    The Prizes:

    • One Grand Prize of 100,000 Miles (approximate value $3500)
    • One Prize of 50,000 Miles (approx. value $1750)
    • Four Prizes of 25,000 Miles (approx. value $875)

    Open to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia
    Must be member of MileagePlus and at least 18 years old at times of entry
    Sweepstakes ends May 4, 2012

    Enter the contest HERE

    Continental/ United- New Way to Use Miles: MileagePlus Merchandise Awards

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    I received an e-mail earlier today from Continental regarding the new Merchandise Awards redemption option.

    Here is the message:
    Hello Michael,
    Create lasting memories with miles.
    Did you know that you can redeem your reward miles for exciting merchandise? Visit the all new Merchandise Awards® and reward yourself or someone you care about.

    It is definitely great to have more options when it comes to redeeming miles but from the browsing I did on Merchandise Awards, it seems like all of the items are WAY over-priced. The prices also vary per user. At the top of the page it says- You may be eligible for a lower mileage price. Please be sure to log in to see if you qualify. I logged in and did qualify for the lower mileage price but they were still not a good deal.

    To show an example of pricing on Mileage Awards, I will use the iPad 2.
    I can buy a 16gb iPad 2 from Apple for $499. From Merchandise Awards a 16gb iPad 2 is 107,800 award miles. When I log in, I qualify for the lower mileage price which is 75,100 award miles.

    From my estimates, the Merchandise Awards site is charging at least double the price for an iPad 2 if you qualify for the better price. I can’t see myself using this as an option for spending my miles. Will you???

    Check out the award options at:
    MileagePlus Merchandise Awards