New NWA partner promo: Pile on the Miles
Jun 12, 2009, 10:23 am
#91
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50 Possibilities... I think
I think I have interpreted this correctly. I believe there are 50 possible qualifying partners for the NW Pile On The Miles promo.
Promotion Partner List:
Promotion Partner List:
- Hilton HHonors® (one stay among Hilton®, Conrad® Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotel®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand VacationsTM, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, the Waldorf AstoriaTM or the Waldorf Astoria CollectionTM)
- Marriott (one stay among Marriott® Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott® Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance® Hotels & Resorts, Courtyard by Marriott®, Fairfield Inn by Marriott®, Springhill Suites by Marriott®, Residence Inn by Marriott®, TownePlace Suites by Marriott®, Marriott Vacation ClubSM International, or Marriott Executive Apartments®)
- InterContinental (one stay among Candlewood Suites®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Hotel Indigo®, InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts or Staybridge Suites®)
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts (one stay among Aloft, Element, Four Points by Sheraton, Le Meridien, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton®, St. Regis, W or Westin® hotels)
- Hyatt (one stay among Park Hyatt®, Andaz, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt Place® or Hyatt Summerfield Suites®)
- Wyndham Hotel Group (one stay among Baymont Inn & Suites®, Days Inn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Howard Johnson®, Knights Inn®, Microtel Inn & Suites®, Ramada® Worldwide, Super 8®, Travelodge®, Wingate® by Wyndham or Wyndham Hotels and Resorts®)
- Best Western International
- Choice Hotels (one stay among Ascend Collection, Cambria Suites®, Clarion®, Comfort Inn®, Comfort Suites®, Econo Lodge®, MainStay Suites®, Quality Inn®, Rodeway Inn®, Sleep Inn® or Suburban Extended Stay Hotel®)
- Carlson Family of Hotels: (one stay among Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM, Park Inn®, Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Regents Hotels and Resorts or Radisson® Hotels & Resorts)
- Accor (one stay among Sofitel, Novotel, Pullmann, MGallery or Mecure)
- New Otani Hotels
- Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts (one stay among Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts or Tokyu Hotels)
- JAL Hotels (one stay among Nikko Hotels International or Hotel JAL City)
- WORLDHOTELS
- Okura Hotels and Resorts
- Shangri-La Hotels (one stay among Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts or Traders Hotels).
- Alamo®
- Avis
- Budget
- Checker Sedan,
- Dollar Rent A Car
- Hertz
- National Car Rental®
- SuperShuttle
- Thrifty Car Rental.
- e-Rewards (one e-Rewards currency redemption for miles)
- e-Miles®
- Energy Plus
- FTD
- 1-800-Flowers.com
- Track It Back
- Teleflora's Flower Club
- Travelling Connect
- Vinesse LLC
- Dining For Miles®
- Thanks Again
- SkyMall Inc (only one Buy in the Sky or online purchase will count as an eligible activity)
- Bensinger's Fine Cleaners.
- Buy Miles
- Gift Miles
- Transfer Miles (Only the purchaser of the miles will be credited the unique partner activity.)
- WorldPerks Wireless.
- LendingTree
- 21st Century Auto Insurance
- iNest
- Sentry Insurance
- HomeLoanCenter.com
- LifeLock.
- Cruise Locators®
- NWA WorldVacations® .
Jun 12, 2009, 10:57 am
#92
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Yaaaay! Thanks Evan!
There definitely doesn't seem to be as many possibilities (at least for me) on this list.
Couple of questions.
1) I bought a restaurant.com cert on Thanks Again for $0.60. I know this was enough to get miles in the Delta promo as they were paying 5 miles/$, so for a $0.90 purchase I got 4 miles. However Thanks Again on the NW site only gives 1 mile/$. Should I be redoing this one being careful to spend over $1 or will they round up my purchase?
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
What I have so far for this promo is:
There definitely doesn't seem to be as many possibilities (at least for me) on this list.
Couple of questions.
1) I bought a restaurant.com cert on Thanks Again for $0.60. I know this was enough to get miles in the Delta promo as they were paying 5 miles/$, so for a $0.90 purchase I got 4 miles. However Thanks Again on the NW site only gives 1 mile/$. Should I be redoing this one being careful to spend over $1 or will they round up my purchase?
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
What I have so far for this promo is:
- Starwood
- Avis
- Dining for Miles
- 21st Century Auto insurance quote
- Marriott (next week)
- Thanks Again (may have to redo if $0.60 wasn't enough)
Jun 12, 2009, 11:11 am
#93
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Yaaaay! Thanks Evan!
There definitely doesn't seem to be as many possibilities (at least for me) on this list.
Couple of questions.
1) I bought a restaurant.com cert on Thanks Again for $0.60. I know this was enough to get miles in the Delta promo as they were paying 5 miles/$, so for a $0.90 purchase I got 4 miles. However Thanks Again on the NW site only gives 1 mile/$. Should I be redoing this one being careful to spend over $1 or will they round up my purchase?
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
What I have so far for this promo is:
There definitely doesn't seem to be as many possibilities (at least for me) on this list.
Couple of questions.
1) I bought a restaurant.com cert on Thanks Again for $0.60. I know this was enough to get miles in the Delta promo as they were paying 5 miles/$, so for a $0.90 purchase I got 4 miles. However Thanks Again on the NW site only gives 1 mile/$. Should I be redoing this one being careful to spend over $1 or will they round up my purchase?
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
What I have so far for this promo is:
- Starwood
- Avis
- Dining for Miles
- 21st Century Auto insurance quote
- Marriott (next week)
- Thanks Again (may have to redo if $0.60 wasn't enough)
2 - Since you have six now a purchase from SkyMall won't benefit you unless you find an eighth partner. If you purchase the MP3 case for 5 bucks (plus shipping ??) and then buy the least amount of miles from NW you will spend $5 (SkyMall) + $56 (buy WP miles) = $61. If you add the extra miles you are getting by going from 6 to 8 partners, 2K plus the 2K you get from buying miles you will net 4K more miles. $61/4,000 = 1.5 cents per mile. Not very good IMHO.
If NW were running a bonus promotion on purchased miles then it might be worth it but I know of no such promo going on right now.
Do you have no flower needs coming up in the next few months? You can buy flowers from 1800Flowers now even if the delivery is past the promo period. My SkyMiles posted to my account before the Mother's Day flowers were even delivered.
Can you think of someone you know you will give a Christmas gift to? If so, why not buy it now and hold on to it until December? You could get a Sky Mall partner out of it. Just a thought.
Jun 12, 2009, 12:19 pm
#94
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My husband's Thanks Again activity has posted- but it shows NO DATE. Has this happened to anyone else?
In looking further, it does appear that it counts as an activity based on the points summary...but it makes me a little nervous!
In looking further, it does appear that it counts as an activity based on the points summary...but it makes me a little nervous!
Jun 12, 2009, 3:22 pm
#95
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1 - It will round up and you will get 1 mile
2 - Since you have six now a purchase from SkyMall won't benefit you unless you find an eighth partner. If you purchase the MP3 case for 5 bucks (plus shipping ??) and then buy the least amount of miles from NW you will spend $5 (SkyMall) + $56 (buy WP miles) = $61. If you add the extra miles you are getting by going from 6 to 8 partners, 2K plus the 2K you get from buying miles you will net 4K more miles. $61/4,000 = 1.5 cents per mile. Not very good IMHO.
If NW were running a bonus promotion on purchased miles then it might be worth it but I know of no such promo going on right now.
Do you have no flower needs coming up in the next few months? You can buy flowers from 1800Flowers now even if the delivery is past the promo period. My SkyMiles posted to my account before the Mother's Day flowers were even delivered.
Can you think of someone you know you will give a Christmas gift to? If so, why not buy it now and hold on to it until December? You could get a Sky Mall partner out of it. Just a thought.
2 - Since you have six now a purchase from SkyMall won't benefit you unless you find an eighth partner. If you purchase the MP3 case for 5 bucks (plus shipping ??) and then buy the least amount of miles from NW you will spend $5 (SkyMall) + $56 (buy WP miles) = $61. If you add the extra miles you are getting by going from 6 to 8 partners, 2K plus the 2K you get from buying miles you will net 4K more miles. $61/4,000 = 1.5 cents per mile. Not very good IMHO.
If NW were running a bonus promotion on purchased miles then it might be worth it but I know of no such promo going on right now.
Do you have no flower needs coming up in the next few months? You can buy flowers from 1800Flowers now even if the delivery is past the promo period. My SkyMiles posted to my account before the Mother's Day flowers were even delivered.
Can you think of someone you know you will give a Christmas gift to? If so, why not buy it now and hold on to it until December? You could get a Sky Mall partner out of it. Just a thought.
Jun 12, 2009, 9:50 pm
#96
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 377
In the Thanks Again portal, you can earn miles for Itunes purchases. So hopefully my purchase of a song costing $1.29 should count as a qualifying activity.
Jun 12, 2009, 10:48 pm
#97
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Jun 15, 2009, 1:52 pm
#98
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 8
Originally Posted by margarita girl
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
From the T&C:
Purchases with Bose, Sealy, SkyMall Inc, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion. Purchases on the WorldPerks Mall® do not qualify for this promotion
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
From the T&C:
Purchases with Bose, Sealy, SkyMall Inc, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion. Purchases on the WorldPerks Mall® do not qualify for this promotion
Jun 15, 2009, 4:41 pm
#99
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Originally Posted by margarita girl
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
From the T&C:
Purchases with Bose, Sealy, SkyMall Inc, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion. Purchases on the WorldPerks Mall® do not qualify for this promotion
2) Did anyone find anything cheap to buy on SkyMall Inc.? After perusing pages and pages, the cheapest I found was an MP3 case for $4.99. A bit rich for something I don't need. Anyone find a better deal?
From the T&C:
Purchases with Bose, Sealy, SkyMall Inc, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion. Purchases on the WorldPerks Mall® do not qualify for this promotion
My T&C look different. There are only two places on the T&C were the "Mall" appears.
Purchases on the WorldPerks Mall® do not qualify for this promotion.
andDining, Retail & Other Partners: e-Rewards (one e-Rewards currency redemption for miles), e-Miles®, Energy Plus, FTD, 1-800-Flowers.com, Track It Back, Teleflora's Flower Club, Travelling Connect, Vinesse LLC, Dining For Miles®, Thanks Again, SkyMall Inc (only one Buy in the Sky or online purchase will count as an eligible activity), and Bensinger's Fine Cleaners.
So where did you find the quote: "Purchases with Bose, Sealy, SkyMall Inc, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion." ??
I see almost the same on the T&C:
"Purchases with Bose, Sealy, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion."
FYI, I am looking here.
Jun 15, 2009, 5:08 pm
#100
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My T&C look different. There are only two places on the T&C were the "Mall" appears.
"Purchases with Bose, Sealy, SkyMall Inc, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion." ??
I see almost the same on the T&C:
"Purchases with Bose, Sealy, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion."
FYI, I am looking here.
Purchases on the WorldPerks Mall® do not qualify for this promotion.
andDining, Retail & Other Partners: e-Rewards (one e-Rewards currency redemption for miles), e-Miles®, Energy Plus, FTD, 1-800-Flowers.com, Track It Back, Teleflora's Flower Club, Travelling Connect, Vinesse LLC, Dining For Miles®, Thanks Again, SkyMall Inc (only one Buy in the Sky or online purchase will count as an eligible activity), and Bensinger's Fine Cleaners.
So where did you find the quote: "Purchases with Bose, Sealy, SkyMall Inc, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion." ??
I see almost the same on the T&C:
"Purchases with Bose, Sealy, Tesoro, MyStockFund, or 1-800wine do not qualify for this promotion."
FYI, I am looking here.
Evan,
It appears as though the T&C have changed.
I have a printout of the original T&C when I signed up on April 22. That printout has the language quoted by jpatrick.
Now, the new T&C you quoted is what appears on the website when I pull it up.
NWA must have changed their mind on inclusion of SkyMall purchases.
Jun 15, 2009, 5:16 pm
#101
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Jun 15, 2009, 5:35 pm
#102
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Evan,
It appears as though the T&C have changed.
I have a printout of the original T&C when I signed up on April 22. That printout has the language quoted by jpatrick.
Now, the new T&C you quoted is what appears on the website when I pull it up.
NWA must have changed their mind on inclusion of SkyMall purchases.
It appears as though the T&C have changed.
I have a printout of the original T&C when I signed up on April 22. That printout has the language quoted by jpatrick.
Now, the new T&C you quoted is what appears on the website when I pull it up.
NWA must have changed their mind on inclusion of SkyMall purchases.
Now maybe I can hit the next level...
Jun 16, 2009, 1:36 pm
#103
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.I am not sure if it will count.
Jun 16, 2009, 1:51 pm
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Jun 17, 2009, 2:20 am
#105
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I notice the Promo Ends June 22.
I have a Hertz rental car, pickup 19, dropoff 22nd.
Marriott Hotel - arrive 19th, check-out 22nd.
If the above two happen with Hertz and Marriott, I should be good with this promo based on other point activities (other hotels and rental cars).
Anyone think I'll have a problem getting my points with the above two?
I have a Hertz rental car, pickup 19, dropoff 22nd.
Marriott Hotel - arrive 19th, check-out 22nd.
If the above two happen with Hertz and Marriott, I should be good with this promo based on other point activities (other hotels and rental cars).
Anyone think I'll have a problem getting my points with the above two?