cactuspete

See AAdvantage's post above:

chix, that lasty post is a bit unwieldy - - would you mind redacting it?


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travelour

Hi MIKESILV,
Thanks for the information about your wife's AOL Advantage partner purchases, as I was curious if they posted under their respective names (officemax, petsmart, etc.). Just one question, since I've never made purchases through AOL Advantage partners: Did you click through to Officemax
using the AOL Advantage website? I ask this because I just want to make sure I do it right to get AA miles credit and AOL Advantage partners do not seem to have any info about entering your FF account # anywhere on their onlineorder forms. Thanks.

travelour

Okay, just when we thought we were confused enough, here's a reply from [email protected] that i received when I inquired whether AOL Advantage partners count as one or if they count separately:

"...Unfortunately, AOL AAdvantage doesn't know anything about this offer and therefore our partners are not included. Additionally, I would encourage you to contact AA again, and have them clarify the terms and conditions of the offer if you have any additional questions or concerns."

Well, we know this isn't true, since at least some (if not all) of the AOL Advantage partners ARE INCLUDED in this promotion.

MIKESILV

Hi travelour

All purchases were made by clicking through at the AOLAdvantage site. (I made purchases there over the weekend for Time-Warner, OfficeMax.com, Carparts.com and Orvis.com.
using the same method)

First you select the vendor and click a red button that says ACT NOW at that time and EVERY TIME you access a vendor site you are asked for your AAadvantage number and your password, after you enter your are told how many miles you will get for a site purchase.
As I said before Speigel and Petsmart miles did show up under vendor name on the AA.com statement. Will post as soon as the recent purchases I made show up and how they are listed.
Mike
P.S.
One thing I did notice after I posted this message was the AOL site said something to effect that "this offer for AOL service subcribers only " I wonder if the site looks different to other members using a different ISP.




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travelour

Thanks for the update. My understanding about AOL Advantage is they have "regular" mileage offers and special "AOL" promotions, where extra miles are offered exclusively to AOL subscribers. So, where a non-AOL individual might receive 3 miles per dollar spent on a purchase from one of the AOL Advantage vendors, an AOL subscriber might receive 4 miles per dollar spent.

nologic

Do purchases of sharper image gift certificates qualify?

Eddie Bauer?

rspading

How do you do this.??? I signed up for the 500 miles, but didn't see the Alaska Plus part???

Thanx!

tvl4free

rspading,

It's called MyAlaska Air and can be accessed via:
www.myalaskaair.com


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rspading

tvl4free,

THANKS!!!

dgordon

Aadvantage Fund Raising is listed as a partner. If two donations are made to two different organizations is it one or two partners? If you order two magazines from Time, is it one or two different partners.
AA says that will post the 20,000 miles from 6-8 weeks after achieving 20 partners. Would the first, and subsequent receivers of the bonus start a thread. Then we'll know what really counts. (or will we?)

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DtG

DebBrown

I signed up for Sports Illustrated and People for my husband and myself. Each posted as the specific magazine subscription - not as "Time Warner". I'd assume the worst, however, and not count on 5 magazine subscriptions as 5 partners.

Other ideas that I haven't seen posted here... point transfers from hotel programs with some effort and little expense. I didn't belong to any of these but joined and applied for the credit cards for the bonus points:

Marriott gives you 5000 points for applying for the credit card. Get another 5000 through charges or clickreward transfers then transfer to AA.

Hilton Honors gives you 1000 points for joining, 7500 bonus for the credit card and 1000 each time you update your profile. You only need 10000 to transfer to AA.

You can sign up for Radisson goldpoints through the AOLAAdvantage site. Activate your goldpoints number at the goldpoints site and buy $50 cert by linking through to giftcertificates. This gives you enough points to transfer to AA.

Join Starwood and earn points by eating at a hotel restaurant even if you don't stay overnight. You can upgrade to gold by referral from a platinum member (search threads for more info). Then you get 3 pts per dollar spent and only need 1500 points to transfer to AA. You can transfer clickrewards or Diners club points into Starwood once you've earned some points via Starwood directly.

Good luck!

Bourne

For the purpose of this promotion each participating "brand" not hotel "company" will count as one individual transaction. There are various hotel companies within the AAdvantage program that offer miles at several different "brands" of their hotel. For example, Marriott Hotels is an AAdvantage partner. Members may earn AAdvantage miles at any "brand" of Marriott property: Marriott Hotels, Courtyard by Marriott, Marriott Suites, Marriott Vacation Club, etc. Each "brand" of Marriott Hotels, that awards miles, will count as a different partner * rather than all Marriott Hotel "brands" counting as one partner.

Reading this clarification with context to Time Warner, I guess each mag brand would count as a partner and not one for the company (Time Warner).

SJSharky

Anyone know whether Starwood Direct Deposit of airline miles count as a separate partner for each Starwood chain? (That is showing your SPG card at check-in, and your account is activated for direct deposit of airline miles instead of SPG points. This is different from showing your AA card at check-in and not having your SPG number in the system.)

I'm not sure how it shows up on the AAdvantage statement, but I don't want to have to stay at a 4 points unless it's going to count as a separate transaction from say, a Westin.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Ryan

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milesforlife

Ryan:

I stayed at Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas, Austrailia (my favorite Shearton!) in October, and this is how the direct miles posted to my account:


10/31/2000 STARWOOD HOTELS S/MIRAGE PORT DOUGL

So, I don't know what that would count as "Starwood" or "S/Mirage" = Sheraton Mirage. If it's "Starwood", then probably all direct deposits will count as 1 partner, but who can tell for sure?

BJJ

Thanks FSCHER! I scarfed up the 1500 Alaska miles. I figure I might need to wait a few days for those mile to post to my new Alaska Airlines account, and then I'll transfer them using Points.com.