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Alternatives to United Mileage Plus X
Been using MPX to do some MSing, but not terribly fond of UA miles... Does anyone know of any similar app? The way I understand it, UA is able to offer miles for the discounts because they are getting them below face value from the merchants.
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How are you MS'ing via MPX?
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combination of bonus spend on certain cards, increased rates with united card, and reselling relationships.
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Originally Posted by esdot
(Post 29362843)
How are you MS'ing via MPX?
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Originally Posted by makelab
(Post 29364463)
combination of bonus spend on certain cards, increased rates with united card, and reselling relationships.
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How is MPX different for your purposes from, say, the Alaska Airlines shipping portal?
https://www.alaskaair.com/MileagePla...hopearn-signin |
Originally Posted by mia
(Post 29367196)
How is MPX different for your purposes from, say, the Alaska Airlines shipping portal?
https://www.alaskaair.com/MileagePla...hopearn-signin I just wish Alaska would copy United's app and give me some more options :) |
Originally Posted by hi55us
(Post 29365997)
Yeah I was more thinking along the lines of another airline offering something similar. For instance I'd much rather churn up the miles with Alaska.
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Buying MPX gift cards using Platinum Amex
Originally Posted by hi55us
(Post 29368034)
MPX Codes as Travel, my guess is buying a merchant GC through the Alaska portal won't achieve this.
I just wish Alaska would copy United's app and give me some more options :) I didn’t know MPX codes as travel... Does that mean I’ll earn 5x Amex points if I use my Amex platinum card to buy MPX gift cards? 😊 |
Originally Posted by Rachelrobinson
(Post 29368986)
Hi, I didn’t know MPX codes as travel... Does that mean I’ll earn 5x Amex points if I use my Amex platinum card to buy MPX gift cards? 😊 |
MPX does not code as travel with Chase (at least, not on my CSR). It codes as whatever category the store is in. So if I buy a starbucks card through MPX is codes as dining (3x pts on my CSR) but if I buy a Google Play gift card it codes as "other" and I get 1 pt.
On the other hand, with my Amazon Visa (also from Chase), Amazon GCs through MPX do NOT earn 3x pts (they come through as "other purchases"). Presumably they are looking at the payment processor to determine the bonus -- if it's not Amazon, no bonus. Of course Amex may do things differently. But any broad statements about whether they count as travel or something else is dependent on, at least, the credit card company, and, more likely, the actual card. My suggestion is to buy a small-valued GC for somewhere where you shop anyway, and see how it codes, and don't expect it to be consistent across all your CCs (so if you don't like the result, try a different card) |
Originally Posted by VegasGambler
(Post 29369412)
MPX does not code as travel with Chase (at least, not on my CSR). It codes as whatever category the store is in. So if I buy a starbucks card through MPX is codes as dining (3x pts on my CSR) but if I buy a Google Play gift card it codes as "other" and I get 1 pt.
On the other hand, with my Amazon Visa (also from Chase), Amazon GCs through MPX do NOT earn 3x pts (they come through as "other purchases"). Presumably they are looking at the payment processor to determine the bonus -- if it's not Amazon, no bonus. Of course Amex may do things differently. But any broad statements about whether they count as travel or something else is dependent on, at least, the credit card company, and, more likely, the actual card. My suggestion is to buy a small-valued GC for somewhere where you shop anyway, and see how it codes, and don't expect it to be consistent across all your CCs (so if you don't like the result, try a different card) |
Originally Posted by VegasGambler
(Post 29369412)
MPX does not code as travel with Chase (at least, not on my CSR). It codes as whatever category the store is in. So if I buy a starbucks card through MPX is codes as dining (3x pts on my CSR) but if I buy a Google Play gift card it codes as "other" and I get 1 pt.
On the other hand, with my Amazon Visa (also from Chase), Amazon GCs through MPX do NOT earn 3x pts (they come through as "other purchases"). Presumably they are looking at the payment processor to determine the bonus -- if it's not Amazon, no bonus. Of course Amex may do things differently. But any broad statements about whether they count as travel or something else is dependent on, at least, the credit card company, and, more likely, the actual card. My suggestion is to buy a small-valued GC for somewhere where you shop anyway, and see how it codes, and don't expect it to be consistent across all your CCs (so if you don't like the result, try a different card) |
Originally Posted by krazykanuck
(Post 29369748)
For Visa and Mastercard credit cards, the underlying merchant category is passed through, but not the specific merchant. That's why Amazon GC's don't earn an Amazon bonus on your card, because it's not recognized per se as Amazon. So a gift card through MPX for a restaurant like Dominos Pizza, or whatever will earn the respective category bonus for restaurants of whatever card it's charged to. If it's a Chase freedom during restaurant quarter, it'll earn 5x, if it's a CSR it's 3x, and so on and so forth. And yes I know this from personal experience. I like mediocre cheap pizza when it comes with a side of bonus miles.
1. Dominoes is great cheap pizza 2. CPK is pretty good for something that looks healthier but probably isn't. |
In my experience:
Citi AT&T Access More is 3x for everything on MPX Amex PRG is 3x on everything Amex BGR is 3x on everything if you select airfare as your 3x category Amex Platinum is 5x on everything The rest of Visa/MC/Discover depends on a category of the merchant from which they buy GC. |
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