Originally Posted by
Flying Buccaneer
Clearly 250% of the miles.
Why am I so sure?
If it were on $ spent, there would be no bonus from some of the participating merchants, such as 21st Century Auto Insurance, which does not require you to purchase anything to get the 200 miles. Sharebuilder and NetFlix are a couple of other examples.
Originally Posted by
BoeingBoy
Say you spent $100 with one of the merchants. What would be "50% to 250% of the dollar value of your purchase"? $50 to $250? Obviously US isn't going to give you even 50% of your money back, much less 250%. So that leave miles as the bonus, but how many per dollar? I'd say it would be based on the miles you received from the merchant for "the dollar value of your purchase." That would seem to be the reasonable interpretation - no value (in miles) is specified for each dollar spent other than that specified by the merchant.
Jim
I agree with both of these views on the subject - the bonus will be based on the miles awarded for the activity, whether or not the activity includes or requires a purchase (see Sentry Insurance, 21st Century Insurance, etc. - where no spend is necessarily required to be awarded miles).