American and Alaska Shopping Portal Holiday Promotions 2016
Two days ago United released the details of their very good shopping portal holiday promotion. Now, the Alaska and American shopping portals have matched with very good offers of their own.
American AAdvantage eShopping Holiday Promo
The Offer
Accumulate up to 1,500 AAdvantage bonus miles on your holiday shopping through December 20.
How It Works
- Spend $100, earn 500 bonus miles
- Spend $200, earn 1,500 bonus miles
Key Terms
- Get It In Time Holiday Bonus bonus campaign runs from 12/15/16 through 12/20/16 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”).
- Member will earn a one-time bonus of up to 1,500 AAdvantage® miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard AAdvantage® miles earned from shopping online through the AAdvantage eShoppingSM mall.
- “Qualifying purchases” do not include returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products that are not eligible for bonus miles.
You can see the full terms here.
Alaska MileagePlan Shopping Holiday Promo
The Offer
Be merry. Shop and earn 1,500 bonus miles.
How It Works
- Spend $100, earn 500 bonus miles
- Spend $200, earn 1,500 bonus miles
Key Terms
- Get It In Time Holiday Bonus bonus campaign runs from 12/15/16 through 12/21/16 at 11:59:59 pm ET (the “Bonus Period”).
- Member will earn a one-time bonus of up to 1,500 Mileage PlanTM Shopping bonus miles on qualifying purchases, in addition to the standard Mileage PlanTM Shopping miles earned from shopping online through the Mileage PlanTM Shopping mall.
- “Qualifying purchases” do not include returns, cancellations, shipping and handling, taxes, gift card or other cash equivalent purchases, and certain products that are not eligible for bonus miles.
You can see the full terms here.
Analysis
Just as I said with the United promotion, I love both the earnings per dollar spent and the low spend threshold. Now that we have multiple portals to choose from, I highly recommend hitting the $200 mark and then moving on to the next portal for your spending. I expect many of you will be able to max out this promotion for multiple family members across multiple portals!
Even though this bonus gives you an extra 7.5X on top of your normal earnings at the $200 level, I still suggest checking Cashback Monitor to make sure you are getting the best return possible. Now go out there and get them miles!
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United and American clawed back my miles from the November promo for buying gift cards. Same for others?
Same here. I experienced a claw back on this hack.