Originally Posted by
sbm12
I believe that paying by gift card will count. I think there's a pretty good opportunity to triple dip on this deal, buying a gift card via the UA MileagePlusX app and then using that to pay for the purchase.
As for the timing, Amazon reports numbers to affiliate partners on a monthly basis. I receive mine 60 days after the close of the month where the activity took place (e.g. on December 1st I received data for September 2016). JetBlue would then have to process that data and credit the points. I would not expect the timing to be too much faster for them.
As for the 24-hour window to complete a transaction, that's also tied to the way Amazon runs its affiliate program. Make sure you're not using an ad-blocking utility that blocks tracking cookies or you can also expect to not receive the points.
Thanks for the info. That brings a bit more light to the 60 day window. However, the JetBlue fine print says we should receive the points
within 60 days AFTER your purchase has been shipped. If we get the miles 60 days after the close of the month then it would be impossible for JetBlue to ever deliver within that 60 day window. I wonder if that means they accelerated the affiliate timeline by a month. That would line up with the 60 day window. A purchase on the 1st of September would post ~60 days later on the 1st of November.