Home Hardware purchases earn 1 mile for every $2 spent pre-tax so weigh your options as were you to pop-in to a store and buy something for the house for, let's say, $6 - $8 you'll only earn max.4 miles whereas if you were to buy miles using a current promo $30 nets you 1,650 miles.

If you have tons of miles and don't need any more and just need a single AP mile to keep you account active then buying something cheap at Home Hardware is one option but you could spend a little more however bank far more miles.

Good luck and yes, welcome to FT!