Question: shopping portal + airline credit card
Jun 25, 2013, 11:29 am
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Question: shopping portal + airline credit card
I been searching for this answer and can't seem to find one.
If I go and buy $100 from Home depot from United shopping portal at 2 miles per $ but end up paying with my United explorer card.
Do I only get 200 points or 300?
If I go and buy $100 from Home depot from United shopping portal at 2 miles per $ but end up paying with my United explorer card.
Do I only get 200 points or 300?
Jun 25, 2013, 11:32 am
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) and the credit card will give you 100. 2 different point payers but they will both end up in your United account.
Jun 26, 2013, 11:22 am
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Not directly tied to your question, but i just used my Chase Ink card to buy a $500 Lowes (home imporvement) GC. The Chase Portal had 5pts per dollar at lowes, so i used my GC through there. I wasn't sure if it was going to work because the terms said you had to use a Chase Card to get the 5X, but i used the GC and it worked. so 10pts for my purchase at Lowes.
Dec 12, 2022, 3:24 pm
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I rarely use online shopping portals but would like to top off a FF balance (with a relatively small number of miles). Regardless of credit card used, are miles (or points) credited (from the portal) based on purchase price only? Based on purchase price + tax + shipping? Is the answer the same for all programs? Thank you. (I understand that if an associated credit card is used, the points or miles will be based on the total amount of the charge.)
Dec 12, 2022, 3:41 pm
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Which program?
AAdvantage shopping: Miles are awarded based on the price of goods or services purchased, excluding shipping, applicable taxes and any special handling fees.
Delta shopping:
Do I earn miles on shipping costs?
No. Miles are calculated based on the subtotal amount before shipping fees and taxes. Be sure to visit the free shipping section of the SkyMiles® Shopping site to access free shipping offers.
United shopping:
Do I earn award miles on shipping costs?
No. Award miles are calculated based on the subtotal before shipping fees and taxes. Be sure to visit the free shipping section of the MileagePlus Shopping site to access free shipping offers.
AAdvantage shopping: Miles are awarded based on the price of goods or services purchased, excluding shipping, applicable taxes and any special handling fees.
Delta shopping:
Do I earn miles on shipping costs?
No. Miles are calculated based on the subtotal amount before shipping fees and taxes. Be sure to visit the free shipping section of the SkyMiles® Shopping site to access free shipping offers.
United shopping:
Do I earn award miles on shipping costs?
No. Award miles are calculated based on the subtotal before shipping fees and taxes. Be sure to visit the free shipping section of the MileagePlus Shopping site to access free shipping offers.
Last edited by mia; Dec 12, 2022 at 3:52 pm
Dec 12, 2022, 5:34 pm
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Dec 12, 2022, 5:49 pm
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This was a pretty useful thread in its day for understanding who the dominant players are in the portal business, but not updated since 2017:
[Consolidated]Cartera & beyond: list online shopping portal operators
[Consolidated]Cartera & beyond: list online shopping portal operators