Earn 1,000 Bonus United Miles with $250 Purchase from United Shopping Portal

In what looks like a welcome repeat of a previous deal, United Shopping Portal is offering a spending bonus of 1,000 United miles for spending $250 or more through the United Portal.  This is in addition to any United miles you may be earning without the promotion.  That's a minimum of 4x United Miles for that purchase.

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This isn't incredible but if you have a purchase to make that is about $250, might as well use this portal if another portal isn't better than 4x United.


You do not need to spend $250 in one purchase, it is cumulative from now until the end of the promotion which is June 30th


Full Terms and Conditions:
During the “Summer” bonus campaign, which runs from June 21, 2016 through June 30, 2016 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will receive a one-time bonus of 1,000 bonus award miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard miles earned from shopping online through MileagePlus® Shopping. Bonus miles will be issued based on Member’s cumulative qualifying purchases made during the Bonus Period: 1,000 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of $250 or more. Returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products are not included in the bonus award miles eligibility calculation; please see the MileagePlus Shopping site for details on product eligibility and/or any coupon code details or other usage restrictions. Please allow 8-10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your MileagePlus Shopping account. The maximum number of bonus award miles that will be awarded to an eligible MileagePlus Shopping account through the “Summer” bonus campaign is 1,000 bonus award miles. This offer cannot be combined with other offers or promotions. Please check the MileagePlus Shopping site daily for updates to increased earning opportunities. Void where prohibited by law.

Earn 1,000 Bonus United Miles for Spending $250 through Mileage Plus Portal

United Shopping Portal is offering a spending bonus of 1,000 United miles for spending $250 or more through the United Portal.  This is in addition to any United miles you may be earning without the promotion.  That's a minimum of 4x United Miles for that purchase.

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This isn't incredible but if you have a purchase to make that is about $250, might as well use this portal if another portal isn't better than 4x United.


You do not need to spend $250 in one purchase, it is cumulative from now until the end of the promotion which is June 5th


Full Terms and Conditions:
During the “Spring” bonus campaign, which runs from May 30, 2016 through June 5, 2016 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will receive a one-time bonus of 1,000 bonus award miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard miles earned from shopping online through MileagePlus® Shopping. Bonus miles will be issued based on Member’s cumulative qualifying purchases made during the Bonus Period: 1,000 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of $250 or more. Returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products are not included in the bonus award miles eligibility calculation; please see the MileagePlus Shopping site for details on product eligibility and/or any coupon code details or other usage restrictions. Please allow 8-10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your MileagePlus Shopping account. The maximum number of bonus award miles that will be awarded to an eligible MileagePlus Shopping account through the “Spring” bonus campaign is 1,000 bonus award miles. This offer cannot be combined with other offers or promotions. Please check the MileagePlus Shopping site daily for updates to increased earning opportunities. Void where prohibited by law.

Current Shopping Portal Bonuses - United Up to 4.8x and Alaska Airlines Up to 3x!

Update: There is a bonus going on for AA Shopping as well.  You can earn up to 5,000 miles for spending $1,200.  Thanks everyone for pointing that out!


I love shopping portals. They turn good deals into great deals and great deals into fantastic deals and... Well, you get it....


The only thing I like better than shopping portals are when shopping portals have bonuses.  You just extra miles for doing the same thing.  Who doesn't love that!

Well, right night for the holidays a couple of Cartera shopping portals are offering bonuses.

Here is United's Bonus:

That's a bonus of 4.8x miles per $1 spent if you spend exactly $1,250.  Remember that the miles that you normally earn from the portal are added on top of that!  These are a resellers' best friend.  I spend $1,250 in my sleep every night!

Spending is from now until November 24th

Full Terms and Conditions:

During the “Holiday” bonus campaign, which runs from November 8, 2015 through November 24, 2015 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will receive a one-time bonus of up to 6,000 bonus award miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard miles earned from shopping online through MileagePlus Shopping. Bonus miles will be issued based on Member’s cumulative qualifying purchases made during the Bonus Period: 500 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150; 1,500 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $350; 3,000 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $650; or 6,000 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of $1,250 or more. Returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products are not included in the bonus award miles eligibility calculation; please see the MileagePlus Shopping site for details on product eligibility and/or any coupon code details or other usage restrictions. Please allow 8-10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your MileagePlus Shopping account. The maximum number of bonus award miles that will be awarded to an eligible MileagePlus Shopping account through the “Holiday” bonus campaign is 6,000 bonus award miles. This offer cannot be combined with other offers or promotions. Please check the MileagePlus Shopping site daily for updates to increased earning opportunities. Void where prohibited by law.

Increased earning opportunities are for a limited time only and at the discretion of each individual merchant. Miles earned through shopping generally post within 5-7 business days.






Alaska Airlines is offering up to 3x miles and a lower amount but that is still great if you like their miles and many people do:

HT - @Alan - Single Flyer


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You only have until 11/20 to finish the spending for this one.



Full Terms and Conditions:

During the “Holiday” bonus campaign, which runs from 11/10/15 through 11/20/15 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will receive a one-time bonus of up to 1,500 bonus award miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard miles earned from shopping online through Mileage Plan Shopping. Bonus miles will be issued based on Member’s cumulative qualifying purchases made during the Bonus Period: 250 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $100; or 1,500 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of $500 or more. Returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products are not included in the bonus award miles eligibility calculation; please see the Mileage Plan Shopping site for details on product eligibility and/or any coupon code details or other usage restrictions. Please allow 8-10 weeks for bonus award miles to post to your Mileage Plan Shopping account. The maximum number of bonus award miles that will be awarded to an eligible Mileage Plan Shopping account through the bonus period is 1,500 bonus award miles. This offer cannot be combined with other offers or promotions. Please check the Mileage Plan Shopping site daily for updates to increased earning opportunities. Void where prohibited by law. Increased miles earning opportunities are for a limited time only and at the discretion of each individual merchant. Miles earned through shopping generally post within 5-7 business days.


Both of these portals are Cartera portals.  They also run the Southwest and AA shopping portals.  I didn't see any bonuses from them but hopefully it is coming.

United Shopping Now Earning 4x Miles on eBay Purchases

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You can now earn 4x United Miles for eBay purchases when you start purchasing through the United Shopping Portal.  

Multiple Ways to Save at Staples Right Now

Update: Gift card portion is dead. 


I will be on vacation until Wednesday so please forgive me if you email or tweet at me and I don't respond immediately.  There are posts prepared and ready for Monday and Tuesday.

There are multiple ways you can save money at Staples today.

In Store Only - 25% Staples Rewards on One Item

HT - @single_flyer on Twitter

Staples has their 25% back in Staples Rewards on one item this week.  You can find it at Staples.com/coupons

Valid in Staples® U.S. stores only. Membership number must be supplied during purchase to receive benefits. Not valid on prior purchases or purchases made with Staples®Procurement or Convenience Cards. Limit one coupon per customer, nontransferable. Purchase a qualifying item and earn 25% back in Staples Rewards. Standard percent back in Staples Rewards will be excluded. Price eligible is amount paid at checkout after application of all promotions, coupons, instant savings and rewards redemptions and does not include tax or shipping. Not valid on desktop or laptop computers, tablets, netbooks, Amazon products, 

Basically, the coupon is not useful for all the things I normally resell, but that doesn't mean you won't be able to find anythign good.  Think outside the box and check the prices on Amazon as you are browsing.  If you find anything interesting, be sure to comment.

Online - A few ways to save

1) $30 off your purchase of one regular-priced item.  Use Coupon code 68813.  Expires 7/29/2015.  Limit of One.

2) Buy Discount Gift Cards at 15% off - PayPal is selling $200 Staples eGift cards for $170.  You might even get 5x Ultimate Rewards points if you use a chase Ink Card. Be aware that since it is sold by PayPal, there are unknown reasons why the transaction often does not go through.

HT - @gregstarling on Twitter

3) Use a Shopping Portal. You can either use the Upromise portal for 5% cashback or the United Shopping portal for 4x miles + up to 4,000 bonus miles for extra spending.

As always, use a Chase Ink credit card for 5x Ultimate Rewards points as Staples.  Also make sure to use your Staple Rewards # for up to 5% back in Staples Rewards (25% back for the first deal)

Up to 6.66x + 5x On $1,500 of Purchases at Staples

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The United Shopping portal is currently offering 4x miles per $1 spent at Staples.

There is also a United Shopping portal bonus.  If you spend $1,500 at any store, you will earn 4,000 miles.

If you combine the two, you will earn 6,000 united miles + 4,000 bonus united miles for spending exactly $1,500 at Staples.  That's a combined 6.66 miles per $1 spent

Use a Chase Ink to pay and you will earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points.


So you can earn 10,000 United miles and 7,500 UR points (which can be transferred to United) for spending $1,500 at Staples.

Remember that portals don't give out bonuses for tax so the base price needs to be $1,500 before tax.  Chase Ink does give out 5x for the tax as well.



You could always buy $1,500 of eBay Gift Cards or other eGift Cards in anticipation of the next sale (no clue when that will be) or you can buy a $100 Lowe's eGift Card for $90 (HT - Frequent Miler).  No reselling action but if you need to make a purchase at Lowe's this is a good discount.



Have a reselling idea?  Put it in the comments?

Please note that the terms and conditions explicitly exclude gift cards from earning miles through United. That being said, reports have been positive lately and portals have been paying out for eGift Cards purchases at Staples.  If it doesn't track properly, they won't credit you because of the terms.  That is a risk of the deal.

Up to 4,000 Bonus United Miles from United Shopping - All Day Recess Promotion

HT - The Points Guy


United Shopping portal is offering up to 4,000 extra miles for using their shopping portal.  There is also a sweepstakes which you can learn about on the same page.

Here is the breakdown

Spend $125 - Earn 500 miles
Spend $600 - Earn 1,750 miles
Spend $1,500 - Earn 4,000 bonus miles


These increased portal bonus are a great way to rack up miles, we've seen increases from American Airlines and from Southwest as well.  This one requires more spending but offers more miles.

All these miles are in addition to the base miles you earn by shopping at specific stores.


Terms and Conditions:

† During the “Back to School” bonus campaign, which runs from July 21, 2015 through August 12, 2015 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”), Member will receive a one-time bonus of up to 4,000 bonus award miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard miles earned from shopping online through MileagePlus® Shopping. Bonus miles will be issued based on Member’s cumulative qualifying purchases made during the Bonus Period: 500 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $125; 1,750 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of at least $600; or 4,000 bonus miles for qualifying purchases of $1,500 or more. Returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products are not included in the bonus award miles eligibility calculation; please see the MileagePlus Shopping site for details on product eligibility and/or any coupon code details or other usage restrictions. Please allow 8-10 weeks after the Bonus Period for bonus award miles to post to your MileagePlus Shopping account. The maximum number of bonus award miles that will be awarded to an eligible MileagePlus Shopping account through the “Back to School” bonus campaign is 4,000 bonus award miles. This offer cannot be combined with other offers or promotions. Please check the MileagePlus Shopping site daily for updates to increased earning opportunities. Void where prohibited by law.

Fishing for Miles - Macy's eGift Card Purchases - This Might be Huge but It Won't Be

Travel with Grant posted today about a new targeted American Express Offers for You.  He monitors these well so he is a good person to follow regularly.

My mind is a little twisted, but I get real excited when these come out.  How can we game this?  Let's try to figure this out.

I will tell you ahead of time that this is pure speculation and honestly I think it is far more likely to fail than work, but there is nothing to lose other than time and sanity.  The upside potential is fantastic so let's get to work.

Brooks Brothers 10x United Miles Today and Semi Annual Sale - $50 off $200 with American Express Offers for You + Extra 5% off Gift Cards from Raise

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Recently, I posted a deal to buy and resell Brooks Brothers gift cards.  That worked out very well for those who jumped on it quickly.  I don't recommend that anymore as the buying prices have dropped closer to 73% and will likely drop further.

Turnover Tuesdays - An iPad Idea for Your Staples eGift Card Collection

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For those who are not familiar, I started a series four weeks ago called Turnover Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I would like to highlight one item that I have resold. This will include profitable and non profitable sales. I hope that there is always something to learn.

Week 1 - First attempt at reselling
Week 2 - My second straight fail
Week 3 - My iPad mini collection
Week 4 - Bed Bath and Beyond



Lately, there have been a few deals available to buy Staples eGift Cards at heavy discounts. There was the buy 3 $25 gift cards for $60, buy 3 $75 gift cards for $60 and right now you can still buy 2 $75 gift cards for $65.

Since the last deal is still available as of the writing of this post , let's show how I leveraged it for some relatively easy money (hopefully) and you can do even better.