SimplyMiles and earning AAdvantage miles - Scam? Good? Bad?
Oct 1, 2019, 5:24 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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SimplyMiles and earning AAdvantage miles - Scam? Good? Bad?
Anyone else get this e-mail today? Thoughts on this?
Introducing SimplyMilesTM — a new way to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® miles like never before.
Simply register your AAdvantage® credit card and travel sooner by shopping at your favorite stores.
It's easy to get started:
Join SimplyMilesTM
Add an AAdvantage® card
Activate offers and earn miles
The more you shop, the more you earn for flights, upgrades, vacations and more.
Introducing SimplyMilesTM — a new way to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® miles like never before.
Simply register your AAdvantage® credit card and travel sooner by shopping at your favorite stores.
It's easy to get started:
Join SimplyMilesTMAdd an AAdvantage® cardActivate offers and earn milesThe more you shop, the more you earn for flights, upgrades, vacations and more.
Oct 1, 2019, 5:35 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Programs: AAdvantage Exec Platinum, Hertz #1 Club Gold Five Star, IHG Platinum, Marriott Gold, HHonors Silver
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Oct 1, 2019, 6:15 pm
#6
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: AA EXP, AA LT Gold, SPG Plat 75
Posts: 890
This is similar to Amex Offers or Chase offers but for cobranded AA credit cards (both CIti and Barclays).
That being said the offers, well to be blunt -- suck. For example 250 miles for spending $75 at Olive Garden, 650 miles for spending $50 at Teleflora, or 2.5 miles per dollar spent at Aeropostale.
All offers must be activated before you can get credit. No accidental bonus miles here.
That being said the offers, well to be blunt -- suck. For example 250 miles for spending $75 at Olive Garden, 650 miles for spending $50 at Teleflora, or 2.5 miles per dollar spent at Aeropostale.
All offers must be activated before you can get credit. No accidental bonus miles here.
Oct 1, 2019, 9:36 pm
#9
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Location: home = LAX
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They do say to check back later this week for more offers, and some offers look like placeholders (just blank graphics, no clue as to who the merchant is or what the offer is), but I have very low hopes that offers held back for later this week will better than the lousy (for most people) offers so far.
Oct 1, 2019, 10:21 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: DFWex-BOS
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Posts: 1,456
Seems like a gimmick to drive people back to brick and mortar shopping, and away from online. Why anyone would want to go back to that is beyond me, but they should at least throw a little "wow factor" into the bonuses, if so.
I do just about all my shopping online; first choice is AAdvantage Eshopping, for the miles. If I can't find what I need there, on to Amazon Smile. AAdvantage Dining is a shell of its former self, I'm usually surprised to see that I accidentally earned miles that way anymore, and I don't actively seek out locations the way I used to. I drive an electric car, so gas stations are irrelevant.
I do just about all my shopping online; first choice is AAdvantage Eshopping, for the miles. If I can't find what I need there, on to Amazon Smile. AAdvantage Dining is a shell of its former self, I'm usually surprised to see that I accidentally earned miles that way anymore, and I don't actively seek out locations the way I used to. I drive an electric car, so gas stations are irrelevant.
Nov 13, 2019, 3:50 am
#12
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 75
First, offer doesn't stack, I tested it out with another offer at exxon.
Second, the program is not reliable, I made BB purchase 7 days ago and received no miles. There is no phone number you can call to contact them, and they don't respond to your email in any substance.
Hopefully the thing is not a scam, but I would be careful making large spending for any offer you see on their website.
Nov 15, 2019, 11:47 am
#13
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,904
When trying to register, I get an error that I don't have an AAdvantage mastercard which is incorrect. Anyone else see this error? To make matters worse, when I tried contacting customer support I see, "500 Whoops, something went wrong on our servers." Seems like they're not ready for this.
Nov 15, 2019, 1:27 pm
#14
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Nov 15, 2019, 3:11 pm
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