Get "UNLIMITED" AA miles for less than $0.01 per mile
Apr 13, 2004, 3:55 pm
#16
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: ATL
Posts: 386
If the GC could buy Anything Points then we would be in business. Not sure it can.
Apr 14, 2004, 4:51 am
#17
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 259
log in at your paypal account, scroll down to the bottom and click on giftcertificates/points. on the next page then appears the following:
"To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points."
So according to paypal the purchase of GC qualifies to ears points. The question is, how many points you earn/$.
At the ebay help pages (http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/anythingpoints.html) the following is listed:
"What are eBay Anything Points worth?
One (1) eBay Anything Point equals US $0.01 towards the payment of any eBay item paid for through PayPal that meets the following criteria:
Seller accepts PayPal as a payment method.
Item was originally priced on an eBay Web site in one of the following currencies: US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros.
Item must be paid for through PayPal within 10 days of the listing ending.
Item was bought on an eBay Web site using the same eBay account that was used to register for the Anything Points account.
Anything Points apply only to the final price (or final value) of an eBay item, and they are not applicable to shipping, sales tax, or insurance fees. "
Theoretically, GC would match these criteria........
So give it a try and see how many points will show up on you account.
BearFan....keep us informed about the success of your GC purchase. Somewhere I read that it takes 24 hrs to post the points. And it takes 1-4 bussiness days to post the miles at AAdvantage.
Sorry, but I found no confirmatin of the fact that these miles count towards MM status, but we will know soon....
No bad deal if this works out as described by MazdaMP.
Anyhow, tanks MazdaMP for pointing this out!!!
"To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points."
So according to paypal the purchase of GC qualifies to ears points. The question is, how many points you earn/$.
At the ebay help pages (http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/anythingpoints.html) the following is listed:
"What are eBay Anything Points worth?
One (1) eBay Anything Point equals US $0.01 towards the payment of any eBay item paid for through PayPal that meets the following criteria:
Seller accepts PayPal as a payment method.
Item was originally priced on an eBay Web site in one of the following currencies: US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros.
Item must be paid for through PayPal within 10 days of the listing ending.
Item was bought on an eBay Web site using the same eBay account that was used to register for the Anything Points account.
Anything Points apply only to the final price (or final value) of an eBay item, and they are not applicable to shipping, sales tax, or insurance fees. "
Theoretically, GC would match these criteria........
So give it a try and see how many points will show up on you account.
BearFan....keep us informed about the success of your GC purchase. Somewhere I read that it takes 24 hrs to post the points. And it takes 1-4 bussiness days to post the miles at AAdvantage.
Sorry, but I found no confirmatin of the fact that these miles count towards MM status, but we will know soon....
No bad deal if this works out as described by MazdaMP.
Anyhow, tanks MazdaMP for pointing this out!!!
Apr 14, 2004, 6:23 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Austin
Posts: 4,629
Originally Posted by fluegelwesen
log in at your paypal account, scroll down to the bottom and click on giftcertificates/points. on the next page then appears the following:
"To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points."
So according to paypal the purchase of GC qualifies to ears points. The question is, how many points you earn/$.
At the ebay help pages (http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/anythingpoints.html) the following is listed:
"What are eBay Anything Points worth?
One (1) eBay Anything Point equals US $0.01 towards the payment of any eBay item paid for through PayPal that meets the following criteria:
Seller accepts PayPal as a payment method.
Item was originally priced on an eBay Web site in one of the following currencies: US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros.
Item must be paid for through PayPal within 10 days of the listing ending.
Item was bought on an eBay Web site using the same eBay account that was used to register for the Anything Points account.
Anything Points apply only to the final price (or final value) of an eBay item, and they are not applicable to shipping, sales tax, or insurance fees. "
Theoretically, GC would match these criteria........
So give it a try and see how many points will show up on you account.
BearFan....keep us informed about the success of your GC purchase. Somewhere I read that it takes 24 hrs to post the points. And it takes 1-4 bussiness days to post the miles at AAdvantage.
Sorry, but I found no confirmatin of the fact that these miles count towards MM status, but we will know soon....
No bad deal if this works out as described by MazdaMP.
Anyhow, tanks MazdaMP for pointing this out!!!
"To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points."
So according to paypal the purchase of GC qualifies to ears points. The question is, how many points you earn/$.
At the ebay help pages (http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/anythingpoints.html) the following is listed:
"What are eBay Anything Points worth?
One (1) eBay Anything Point equals US $0.01 towards the payment of any eBay item paid for through PayPal that meets the following criteria:
Seller accepts PayPal as a payment method.
Item was originally priced on an eBay Web site in one of the following currencies: US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros.
Item must be paid for through PayPal within 10 days of the listing ending.
Item was bought on an eBay Web site using the same eBay account that was used to register for the Anything Points account.
Anything Points apply only to the final price (or final value) of an eBay item, and they are not applicable to shipping, sales tax, or insurance fees. "
Theoretically, GC would match these criteria........
So give it a try and see how many points will show up on you account.
BearFan....keep us informed about the success of your GC purchase. Somewhere I read that it takes 24 hrs to post the points. And it takes 1-4 bussiness days to post the miles at AAdvantage.
Sorry, but I found no confirmatin of the fact that these miles count towards MM status, but we will know soon....
No bad deal if this works out as described by MazdaMP.
Anyhow, tanks MazdaMP for pointing this out!!!
Apr 14, 2004, 7:31 am
#19
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: BOS
Posts: 2,315
[QUOTE=fluegelwesen]log in at your paypal account, scroll down to the bottom and click on giftcertificates/points. on the next page then appears the following:
"To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points."
So according to paypal the purchase of GC qualifies to ears points. The question is, how many points you earn/$.
I'm not sure where you are reading that the purchase of a gift certificate earns points. Even if it does, the point earnings are typically 1-10 points per dollar spent, so a $100 gift certificate would earn 100-1000 points, not 10,000 points as had been suggested.
The $ .01 value you refer to is the monetary value if you want to use points to make a purchase. In other words 1,000 points could be used for a $10 purchase. A $10 purchase does not get you 1,000 points!
"To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points."
So according to paypal the purchase of GC qualifies to ears points. The question is, how many points you earn/$.
I'm not sure where you are reading that the purchase of a gift certificate earns points. Even if it does, the point earnings are typically 1-10 points per dollar spent, so a $100 gift certificate would earn 100-1000 points, not 10,000 points as had been suggested.
The $ .01 value you refer to is the monetary value if you want to use points to make a purchase. In other words 1,000 points could be used for a $10 purchase. A $10 purchase does not get you 1,000 points!
Apr 14, 2004, 8:16 am
#20
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Southern California
Programs: AA EXP - 6 MM | Amex Platinum | Hyatt Globalist | Hilton Diamond | IHG Spire Elite | Bonvoy Plat.
Posts: 765
I haven't even bothered to go check the site. Usually I stick to the old adage...if it sounds too good to be true it usually is. Good luck.
Apr 14, 2004, 8:29 am
#21
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: AA EXP
Posts: 1,109
I like the US Airways point transfer scenario. However, I'm waiting for something like the 2450 Mypoints for a $1.25 Amtrak ticket to pop up again, then push 1:1 to HHonors! 
Apr 14, 2004, 8:29 am
#22
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 8
I checked this morning and no points on ebay have posted. I'll give it let you guys know if anything does.
Apr 14, 2004, 11:11 am
#23
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 259
Very BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD news:
talked to somebody offical at ebay, and got the following information:
to earn anything points when buying GC you have to use the ebay anything master card.
and if you use the ebay anything master card to buy a GC, you only get one point per 1 $.
That´s it.....
talked to somebody offical at ebay, and got the following information:
to earn anything points when buying GC you have to use the ebay anything master card.
and if you use the ebay anything master card to buy a GC, you only get one point per 1 $.
That´s it.....
Apr 14, 2004, 12:04 pm
#24
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: MHT/BOS <--> World
Programs: AA Plat 2.8MM
Posts: 4,629
This can't work as described, but....
A) It is a good deal for the points plus membership - for a few cheap AA miles.
B) Are there any credit cards that give a Ebay Anything Points sign up bonus? I thought I had seen them in the past, but all on see on Ebay now are free CC with no sign up bonus.
C) There is a more a convoluted way (involves multiple people, incl. Ebay seller, and several steps) someone could earn some Ebay points for transfer to AA at a reasonable cost. I'm not sure I should spell it out.
B) Are there any credit cards that give a Ebay Anything Points sign up bonus? I thought I had seen them in the past, but all on see on Ebay now are free CC with no sign up bonus.
C) There is a more a convoluted way (involves multiple people, incl. Ebay seller, and several steps) someone could earn some Ebay points for transfer to AA at a reasonable cost. I'm not sure I should spell it out.
Apr 14, 2004, 12:51 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: YOW
Posts: 150
Originally Posted by fluegelwesen
"To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points."
To earn more points, go to the eBay Anything Points offer page. (Period. Pause. Here's a link to...") Purchase Gift Certificates, or learn how to redeem Gift Certificates and Anything Points.
i.e. the two are unrelated.
Apr 14, 2004, 2:29 pm
#26
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Where is MazdaMP to explain further?
Hello!!!!!!
Hello!!!!!!
Apr 14, 2004, 2:57 pm
#27
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: DFW AA PLT
Programs: SPG HHonors
Posts: 1,045
Good deal in combo with Sharebuilder
Thanks for the tip, MazdaMP. I just signed up. Remember to sign up for the 2100 ebay points as your enrollment bonus, NOT the 650 AA miles.
I also signed up for Sharebuilder and will get 5000 ebay points for this after making one trade (cost $4). Sharebuilder is really cheap and does not include any min. usage fees or inactivity fees. You get the ebay points 3 weeks after your first trade. So, if this works out, I should get
7100 ebay points
7400 AA miles
total cost: $25 ($21 for points.com and $4 for sharebuilder).
Awesome deal! :-:
I also signed up for Sharebuilder and will get 5000 ebay points for this after making one trade (cost $4). Sharebuilder is really cheap and does not include any min. usage fees or inactivity fees. You get the ebay points 3 weeks after your first trade. So, if this works out, I should get
7100 ebay points
7400 AA miles
total cost: $25 ($21 for points.com and $4 for sharebuilder).
Awesome deal! :-:
Apr 14, 2004, 3:24 pm
#28
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Scarsdale, NY USA; LT PLT AA; AA 3 mm (4 mm will never happen); Hilton Diamond, Marriott Silver, AA is clueless why I fly
Posts: 754
Originally Posted by MazdaMP
Step 1) Open a points.com account with the "ebay anything points" sign-up offer, you get 2100 ebay anything points for $19.95
I DID THAT
Here is what posted to my account for the initial $19.95:
04/11/04 POINTS 3RD BIRTHDAY BONUS 0 1,221 1,221
04/11/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 977 0 977
I DID THAT
Here is what posted to my account for the initial $19.95:
04/11/04 POINTS 3RD BIRTHDAY BONUS 0 1,221 1,221
04/11/04 POINTS.COM MILEAGE TRANSFER 977 0 977
Apr 14, 2004, 7:12 pm
#29
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Another option is to forego the $19.95 membership fee - Fairmont Hotel Presidents Club members are entitled to a free PointsPlus membership ( www.points.com/fpc ) - and then do the Sharebuilder deal for the 5,000 eBay points. 2,326 AA miles for only $4.00. ^^
Apr 15, 2004, 10:15 am
#30
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: UA, AA Gold, Delta, HHonors Diamond, Marriott, Starwood
Posts: 214
Originally Posted by ScottTexas
Thanks for the tip, MazdaMP. I just signed up. Remember to sign up for the 2100 ebay points as your enrollment bonus, NOT the 650 AA miles.
I also signed up for Sharebuilder and will get 5000 ebay points for this after making one trade (cost $4). Sharebuilder is really cheap and does not include any min. usage fees or inactivity fees. You get the ebay points 3 weeks after your first trade. So, if this works out, I should get
7100 ebay points
7400 AA miles
total cost: $25 ($21 for points.com and $4 for sharebuilder).
Awesome deal! :-:
I also signed up for Sharebuilder and will get 5000 ebay points for this after making one trade (cost $4). Sharebuilder is really cheap and does not include any min. usage fees or inactivity fees. You get the ebay points 3 weeks after your first trade. So, if this works out, I should get
7100 ebay points
7400 AA miles
total cost: $25 ($21 for points.com and $4 for sharebuilder).
Awesome deal! :-:
I cannot find where it says that you get 5000 ebay anything points for signing up with Sharebuilder. Can you please provide more information on this? Thanks.