Jack Burton

Hey all. I didn't see anyone post this yet,...

Looks like United has just, or very recently, added a Shopping portal toolbar.

https://www.mileageplusshopping.com/...rdownload.aspx

No signup bonus currently being offered, but that may change if this indeed brand new.

If curious,...the United toolbar and shopping portal more closely resembles the AA toolbar and portal than that of US Air.

Like existing shopping toolbars, this one is also run by FreeCause. Same rules apply, as far as I can see,...

Q. How do I earn Mileage Plus award miles for Yahoo! searches made through the toolbar?
A. When the toolbar is active you'll earn 1 mile for every 3 valid searches you perform. Up to 100 Mileage Plus award miles per month can be earned by performing 300 valid Mileage Plus Shopping Toolbar searches powered by Yahoo! Search.

FYI,...I have 3 toolbars installed on Firefox,...AA, US Air and now United. All 3 play nicely together.

Looks like every airline is jumping on the bandbagon with these things, which is nice. Going forward, no one should ever be in the position to allow their miles to expire ever again.


JB

Jack Burton

MODS,...if you feel this thread is better suited for MilesBuzz!, rather than for the United forum, then please feel free to relocate it.

Thanks,

JB

ZenFlyer

I for one was very happy to this here; it's absolutely germane to MP and I don't check MilesBuzz very often. Thanks for posting!

stanscan

I think this thread is appropriate here as well. It is new info (to me) and I did not know about it before. OP makes a great point about not worrying about expiring miles ever again (more important for some family members that myself!).

eerickso

+1 ^

Thanks for posting!

iceman77_7

Man, I wish they had something that worked with Google Chrome. I went Chrome a while back and can never go back to IE or FF.

FullTimeFlyer

Not even for miles?

Thanks for posting. I have downloaded for Mrs FTF's computer and got her going for this month - had to hurry and finish another airline to do it.

Trying to decide whether to go ahead and download for myself now or wait to see if there will be a download bonus. You'd think it would be there up front if so - that is, if you believed Vesdia or Freecause were competent. Guess I'll give it a few days, since both the AA and US toolbars debuted with download bonuses. And of course, I'll watch this space! ^

FTF

saaws

I am sorry - there already WAS a download bonus of 250 miles. I downloaded it while they had the sign and apparently they are not offering the bonus miles anymore. If they feel that not enough people are downloading it they may offer it again, but THEY ALREADY OFFERED THE INITIAL DOWNLOAD BONUS PROMOTIONS.

Jack Burton

Thanks, but when was this? I've been on the United website many times over the past few weeks and only noticed it yesterday.

Portolan

Got an email about the toolbar this morning. The link goes to https://www.mileageplusshopping.com/...wnload250.aspx where it still states there is a 250 mile bonus after first use before April 30th. Downside is that the bonus posts up to 10 weeks after the end of the promotion which I take to mean mid-July!

Watch the last installation page which, by default, offers to hide all of your other toolbars!

Jack Burton

Question,...when you take the link it mentions the 250 bonus, or does it only state the bonus in the email you received?

When I take your link, I don't see the bonus info mentioned. Then again, I have already installed it, so maybe I wouldn't see it.

Thanks!

FullTimeFlyer

I only saw the 250 miles offer once I signed in; the page title from the link with the 250 in it sent by Portolan changed to something generic. But it's BS - the offer doesn't print either by pdf or screen shot. (Like everything Vesdia touches, it sucks technically.)

Maybe it'll come up again in a way I can copy. The last couple have posted, although of course it took 5 months for them to do US. So it'll probably work, but given their record I'd prefer I could prove the offer.

FTF

Portolan

Interesting. I see, quite clearly, an offer for 250 points. The scary thing here is to believe that a United web site has the sophistication to discriminate between those linking via an email (which also promised the 250 miles) and those accessing the link directly. Since I received the email announcing this just this morning, I'd have been perturbed if the link didn't follow through on that offer a couple of hours later. So, maybe this was targeted with some degree of web site competence.

Jack Burton

Ok, I can now confirm the 250 mile bonus offer as well. Screen shot included for those that want/need proof. The offer was clearly noted at the top of the page, but ONLY when I logged back in.

The bonus offer was definitely NOT displayed when I signed up yesterday. Maybe I caught them in the middle of their update,...seeing the "NEW Toolbar" on the updated main page, but signed up before the toolbar page was updated with the bonus info. Since emails are being sent out today, it would seem to make sense. Funny though, I did not receive the email myself, so not quite sure how or why this offer would be targeted,...very odd.

Anyhow,...Thanks guys. Further proof that FT works best when we all work together.


JB

demkr

I now have two toolbars installed. Pretty soon my entire browser will be airline toolbars!