Wells Fargo just spammed me that they're doing 3 points/dollar right now. At 1.75c/point, that's not bad (but still not enough to wipe out sales tax for me).

Anyone ever have any luck with claiming miles for transactions as follows:

Buying physical iTune GCs
Opening a airline shopping portal and clicking on iTunes
Entering the GCs to iTunes account
Spending the newly deposited iTunes balance

TIA

I do that literally every time there's a discounted gift card and whenever I buy something on iTunes/app store.

I should say it's a multi step process:
- buy discounted gift card through shopping portal if possible (e.g. staples, best buy, etc. though more commonly ebay)
- and then, literally every time you want something from iTunes, use a shopping portal. This will also work for apps.

I just bought an iMac through the Delta portal and an AMEX card. 3x miles on a special. Every little bit helps.

Cartera stated they would not honor my points due to their interpretation of:

"Not eligible on purchases made with coupon or discount codes that are not found on this site. Only eligible for purchases at the iTunes Store, including e-gift card purchases. Not eligible on physical gift cards or gift certificates."

First time I have received push-back. May try to fight it.

Any Portals for B&H photo? I would like to buy a macbook through them.

BandH.com is pretty good and very reasonable pricing. Got my iPad Air 2 from them.

Looking to buy 2 iphones.
1. United shopping portal offers 3 miles per $ on 10/14 and 10/15.
Read small print and it states that Iphone 7 doesn't qualify.
2. Went to Ultimate Rewards portal.
Same small print. Purchase doesn't qualify.

What other options can you suggest to earn extra miles/points?
1. Buy gift cards at office store and earn 5 points/$ for Chase Ink.
and then use them for purchase.

2. Buy gc at office store via UR portal to get extra 2p/$. But how do I get the gift card - by mail or email?

You'll be giving up an extended warranty protection by using gift cards for this purchase. Make sure that trade-off is worth the extra points.

Thank you for mentioning that. I was aware. But the question remains which portal is best to get extra points for Apple purchase.

Bumping this up. Might have to get a new phone to replace a dying one. Any good points or cash back deals? I've noticed that many specifically exclude the newer models, and other places exclude gift card purchases.

Which ones have you checked? I just looked at the Southwest RR Shopping portal, and the only exclusions are the newest X phones and the gen 4 watch.

MTA: I just bought a new iPhone 2 weeks ago from Costco. It was $50 less than the Apple store. And I get 2% Costco Executive rebate. I know this board is about maximizing points and miles, but sometimes cash is worth a lot more.