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AAdvantage eShoppping by Cartera Commerce
Using, earning miles, problems, etc. (Consolidated thread)

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A related article, highlighting an interview of Cartera Commerce CEO Tom Bercher, is "Secrets of Cartera Commerce Revealed: Inside the Company that Brings You Miles for Online Shopping" by Gary Leff on March 3, 2014. Link.

As described in this thread, AAdvantage Shopping now offers a downloadable button installable on your desktop (not mobile) device to facilitate e-shopping. Link.

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Notes about Giftcards.com:

A separate thread exists for discussing Giftcards.com and likely has more data points than this generic thread.
Purchases from giftcards.com earn miles on the first $2,000 spent in the named calendar month, meaning for example between March 1st and March 31st.
Giftcards.com has had various limits over the years, and it was always by calendar month.
Some data points show the $2,000 monthly limit is not always enforced.
In 2022, larger orders track more slowly, and you may need to wait a full month to see miles.

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Jun 23, 22, 9:33 am

#1066

Mr. BoH

Join Date: Apr 2011

Programs: Marriott Ambassador, AA Plat, Amtrak Select Exec, former WN apologist

Posts: 820

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Originally Posted by Cooper21

During Memorial day there were some codes to save the fees. Does anyone know if those are around, and are they commonly run?

The last one expired in early June. They have been on and off this year, more off than on. Though at 4 miles/dollar I think I can get comfortable with the $5.95 fee

Jun 23, 22, 12:22 pm

#1067

Imarmed

Join Date: Mar 2019

Location: DCA

Programs: AA gold

Posts: 13

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Originally Posted by nk15

Any guesses how long this will last? My buying cycle is early month to early month, but this is so tempting....

Mine is too, but I'm risking it. I have 2 GCs that didn't track this month, so I'm going to buy two more at 4x and then ask customer service to credit the missing 3x ones. So far I'm 100% with customer service filling in all the missing buys. If 4x sticks around, my recently raised goal of hitting PPro seems achievable (4x means an extra 16k LP by February).

Jun 23, 22, 6:46 pm

#1068

nk15

Join Date: Aug 2014

Programs: Top Tier with all 3 alliances

Posts: 8,080

I don't know how we're going to resist that temptation, it is not easy...

Jun 23, 22, 8:32 pm

#1069

Fanjet

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Aug 2008

Location: Usually in SAN or Central Europe.

Programs: AA:EXP/1MM. Accor/Radisson:Silver; HH:Gold; ICH:Plt Amb.

Posts: 22,176

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Originally Posted by nk15

I don't know how we're going to resist that temptation, it is not easy...

This eGiftcard thing is kind of nice little LP "side hustle". I'm buiyng them when they offer the discount codes; paying less than the actual stored value; and using them to pay my bills online. The 1 RDM/LP per dollar spent I previously earned when using my Aviator card to pay my bills is just now replaced by the amount I get by purchasing these virtual VISA cards with my Aviator card. PLUS, I'm getting the additional 3 RDMs/LPs per dollar spent.

Jun 23, 22, 10:39 pm

#1070

VegasGambler

Join Date: Oct 2014

Posts: 7,954

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Originally Posted by nk15

Any guesses how long this will last? My buying cycle is early month to early month, but this is so tempting....

Aaaand it's over.

Jun 24, 22, 7:58 am

#1071

redtop43

Join Date: May 2008

Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)

Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!

Posts: 4,229

"I can resist anything except temptation."

- Oscar Wilde

Jun 24, 22, 10:06 am

#1072

nk15

Join Date: Aug 2014

Programs: Top Tier with all 3 alliances

Posts: 8,080

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Originally Posted by redtop43

"I can resist anything except temptation."

- Oscar Wilde

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Originally Posted by VegasGambler

Aaaand it's over.

Thank God....

Jun 24, 22, 11:44 am

#1073

jamabam

Join Date: Aug 2021

Posts: 165

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Originally Posted by VegasGambler

Aaaand it's over.

I wonder why that was so short lived. Maybe a mistake or maybe it wasn't meant to go up by a mile just yet?

Jun 24, 22, 12:13 pm

#1074

nk15

Join Date: Aug 2014

Programs: Top Tier with all 3 alliances

Posts: 8,080

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Originally Posted by jamabam

I wonder why that was so short lived. Maybe a mistake or maybe it wasn't meant to go up by a mile just yet?

I doubt it was meant to be long-lasting. It was probably used as a short-term incentive to boost sales towards the end of the month (they probably get more traffic early in the month from the regulars...)

Jun 24, 22, 12:27 pm

#1075

jamabam

Join Date: Aug 2021

Posts: 165

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Originally Posted by nk15

Yeah that was what I had thought initially when it went up +1, but puzzled why it wouldn't stay through the end of month if it had to do with boosting sales. Unless they met their quota in a day. I missed out on it, and will probably continue to wait until a discount promo comes out again.

Jun 24, 22, 12:36 pm

#1076

VegasGambler

Join Date: Oct 2014

Posts: 7,954

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Originally Posted by jamabam

I wonder why that was so short lived. Maybe a mistake or maybe it wasn't meant to go up by a mile just yet?

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Originally Posted by nk15

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Originally Posted by jamabam

If you look at the history on cashback monitor, you can see that it used to be that it was regularly 1 mile and then would occasionally get boosted to 3 for a day. So they have a history of 1-day promos.

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Jun 24, 22, 12:55 pm

#1077

Imarmed

Join Date: Mar 2019

Location: DCA

Programs: AA gold

Posts: 13

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Originally Posted by jamabam

I wonder why that was so short lived. Maybe a mistake or maybe it wasn't meant to go up by a mile just yet?

A few sites use the one-day boost technique. E.g., booking.com and tirerack.com, both of which I use, recently had 4x for a day before dropping back to their regular 3x. In addition to the spurt of activity from regulars, this puts them in the "these sites are offering more" list, which presumably more people watch.

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Jun 25, 22, 12:03 am

#1078

redtop43

Join Date: May 2008

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Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!

Posts: 4,229

It's been 3x every time I've bought, which goes back to February 28. I'm buying a little over $2K a month and hoping I can glom up as many LP's as possible before it drops to 1. That would be a big difference for me in terms of requalifying for EXP. (I'll be at PPRO level by next week.)