Originally Posted by
metallim
i'm a bit unclear on a couple things. to get a hit for a car rental you need to do a promotion like 1500 bonus miles for a 3 day rental? or could you just do a regular one day rental and it counts as a hit? also, hotel stays are the same, you need to do a particular bonus plan to get the hit? or any single stay will give you a hit? in terms of the wine club that everyone seems to have had issues with... you need to join one of the clubs for a hit, you can't just order something from their website?
Any miles earning activity from the partner suffices (the only caveat being a SPG "stay" requires 100 miles minimum since there's a way to get less just by ordering a beer and not staying there). A typical car rental or a typical hotel stay that earns miles is fine.
The wine clubs - I joined one last year. $10, got some cheap wine, canceled membership. Had to keep begging for miles but they finally showed.
The other wine club - many of us bought a cheap product from the website without joining the club. It said X miles per $1 and didn't say club membership required. However, we had to fight to get those miles since the club didn't want to award miles since we hadn't joined.