Buying Apple and getting points [includes hardware and iTunes]
Dec 10, 2013, 2:16 pm
#213
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 182
Apparently you can go through upromise, buy Staples Gift Cards, get 5%, then use those gift cards to go back through upromise to get another 5% when buying the ipad.
If you use Ink, you get another 5% on top of that. And if you are smart about splitting everything up on the gift card purchases, you can get plink points too
If you use Ink, you get another 5% on top of that. And if you are smart about splitting everything up on the gift card purchases, you can get plink points too
Dec 11, 2013, 10:12 pm
#214
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Programs: AA, DL, AK, UN, CN
Posts: 967
Beware that with gift cards you don't get the benefit of a double warranty you get with your credit card. My Macbook Air battery recently went bad along with one of the keys on my keyboard. 1-year warranty expired. With the credit card I get a 2-year warranty. No worries, called Capital One and they cut me a $280 check for the repair.
Dec 12, 2013, 4:23 pm
#215
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
I know American Express has great warranty coverage, but do Visa and MasterCard also have good coverage? Also, Ink Bold gets 5X at Staples, but I've heard that business cards tend not to have as good protection as personal cards. Is this true?
Aug 1, 2014, 5:37 pm
#220
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Boston/Chicago
Programs: UA, Hyatt
Posts: 100
Best place/time to buy Apple computer to get points/miles
Not sure if this is the right forum, and search turned up nothing.
I'm going to be buying a new Apple computer sometime in the next year. I know if I screw it up I could end up getting 1-2pt/$, but I was wondering the best place/way to purchase. I'll be spending around $3000 so the difference in pts/$ is definitely worth some research & planning imho.
I'm looking to get Chase UR points or United miles.
For example, I just bought an iPad Air from Staples through the Mileageplus Shopping portal using my Chase Ink card, so I got 9pts/$. That's a huge difference, and with a computer it would be an even more important difference.
Problem is office supply stores don't sell Apple computers, only some of their devices. The Apple Store (not the iTunes store) is on MileagePlus shopping and Chase UR portal for 1 point usually (every now and then 2). I've never seen it higher than 2.
Also they don't sell Apple gift cards at office supply stores, so right now it's looking like the best I could get is 3.5 miles (2 from a portal when there's a "sale" and 1.5 from the United club card). I'm looking to hopefully get 5+/$ if possible.
My cards:
Chase Ink
Chase Freedom
United Club Card
Thanks!
I'm going to be buying a new Apple computer sometime in the next year. I know if I screw it up I could end up getting 1-2pt/$, but I was wondering the best place/way to purchase. I'll be spending around $3000 so the difference in pts/$ is definitely worth some research & planning imho.
I'm looking to get Chase UR points or United miles.
For example, I just bought an iPad Air from Staples through the Mileageplus Shopping portal using my Chase Ink card, so I got 9pts/$. That's a huge difference, and with a computer it would be an even more important difference.
Problem is office supply stores don't sell Apple computers, only some of their devices. The Apple Store (not the iTunes store) is on MileagePlus shopping and Chase UR portal for 1 point usually (every now and then 2). I've never seen it higher than 2.
Also they don't sell Apple gift cards at office supply stores, so right now it's looking like the best I could get is 3.5 miles (2 from a portal when there's a "sale" and 1.5 from the United club card). I'm looking to hopefully get 5+/$ if possible.
My cards:
Chase Ink
Chase Freedom
United Club Card
Thanks!
Aug 3, 2014, 2:24 am
#221
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Home
Programs: AA, Delta, UA & thanks to FTers for my PC Gold!
Posts: 7,676
Not sure if this is the right forum, and search turned up nothing.
I'm going to be buying a new Apple computer sometime in the next year. I know if I screw it up I could end up getting 1-2pt/$, but I was wondering the best place/way to purchase. I'll be spending around $3000 so the difference in pts/$ is definitely worth some research & planning imho.
I'm going to be buying a new Apple computer sometime in the next year. I know if I screw it up I could end up getting 1-2pt/$, but I was wondering the best place/way to purchase. I'll be spending around $3000 so the difference in pts/$ is definitely worth some research & planning imho.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...re-itunes.html