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Additional Info about MyPoints
UA occasionally goes out of stock, but usually returns within a few days.
UA occasionally goes out of stock, but usually returns within a few days.
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#197
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Norway, Maine
Programs: United Silver and HH Diamond
Posts: 1,474
I still get 2-4 a day everyday. Perhaps updating your profile will help? Also, have you purchased anything from them recently? I think they send more emails out to people who respond to some of their offers.
#198
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: South Bend, IN
Programs: Caesars-Diamond Hilton-Diamond IHG-Plat MGM-Gold Wyndham-Diamond Hertz-PresCircle National-Exec
Posts: 658
#199
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 138
But the real benefit is the promotions that come randomly every once in a while (500 points x2 for buying yourself $10 starbucks gift cards; 500 points for buying yourself $5 target/olive garden gift cards around christmas; 5,000 points for opening an optionsXpress brokerage account with $100, to transfer out later; and this last week, 1,100 points to open up a "betterment.com" account with a $10 deposit).
It's not incredibly lucrative, but if you pay a little attention, you can get $100-$200 a year out of it for very little time/money/effort. Personally, I love it.
Last edited by Aaron20; May 15, 2011 at 4:01 pm
#200
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Either at the shooting range or anywhere good beer can be found...
Posts: 51,057
I've actually set up a separate filter in my email so that any MyPoints emails go into one folder that I clean out every few days.
#202
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: Delta Plat, BMI Gold, Subway Sandwich Mustard and was UAL 1K for 2010, now 1K for 2011 too :)
Posts: 1,234
Hi
can 2 seperate accounts put miles into a single UAL milage plus account ?
So can my girlfriend work her points up and change points to UAL miles and put them in my UAL account , and then when I get enough points I convert mine and also put them in my UAL account ,
She spends a lot more $$$$ at places that you get MyPoint points from ,
I spend my extra money on car parts !
Thanks for your thoughts
Rally
can 2 seperate accounts put miles into a single UAL milage plus account ?
So can my girlfriend work her points up and change points to UAL miles and put them in my UAL account , and then when I get enough points I convert mine and also put them in my UAL account ,
She spends a lot more $$$$ at places that you get MyPoint points from ,
I spend my extra money on car parts !
Thanks for your thoughts
Rally
#203
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Either at the shooting range or anywhere good beer can be found...
Posts: 51,057
Hi
can 2 seperate accounts put miles into a single UAL milage plus account ?
So can my girlfriend work her points up and change points to UAL miles and put them in my UAL account , and then when I get enough points I convert mine and also put them in my UAL account ,
She spends a lot more $$$$ at places that you get MyPoint points from ,
I spend my extra money on car parts !
Thanks for your thoughts
Rally
can 2 seperate accounts put miles into a single UAL milage plus account ?
So can my girlfriend work her points up and change points to UAL miles and put them in my UAL account , and then when I get enough points I convert mine and also put them in my UAL account ,
She spends a lot more $$$$ at places that you get MyPoint points from ,
I spend my extra money on car parts !
Thanks for your thoughts
Rally
#204
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Home
Programs: AA, Delta, UA & thanks to FTers for my PC Gold!
Posts: 7,676
Hi
can 2 seperate accounts put miles into a single UAL milage plus account ?
So can my girlfriend work her points up and change points to UAL miles and put them in my UAL account , and then when I get enough points I convert mine and also put them in my UAL account ,
She spends a lot more $$$$ at places that you get MyPoint points from ,
I spend my extra money on car parts !
can 2 seperate accounts put miles into a single UAL milage plus account ?
So can my girlfriend work her points up and change points to UAL miles and put them in my UAL account , and then when I get enough points I convert mine and also put them in my UAL account ,
She spends a lot more $$$$ at places that you get MyPoint points from ,
I spend my extra money on car parts !
What I do know is when Mypoints closes your account for whatever reasons, it will be close to impossible to have them reopen it or prove your "innocence."
#205
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: Delta Plat, BMI Gold, Subway Sandwich Mustard and was UAL 1K for 2010, now 1K for 2011 too :)
Posts: 1,234
Hi
Thanks for your advise , I did not know , Girlfriend will never get enough points to get a flight , I guess she can get gift cards
Rally
Thanks for your advise , I did not know , Girlfriend will never get enough points to get a flight , I guess she can get gift cards
Rally
#206
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SF CA USA. I love large faceless corporations. And they cherish me in return (sometimes). ;)
Programs: UA Premier Gold/disappointed 1MM, HH Gold, IHG Plat, MB Gold, BW Diam Sel
Posts: 17,575
Or, if for some reason she doesn't want to do any of those things, there are also tons of ways to redeem whatever miles she has accumulated -- even small amounts (e.g., magazine subscriptions, donations). Go to www.united.com , click on "Mileage Plus", click on "Use Miles."
(Also, earning or redeeming United miles by whatever means will postpone the expiration date on the remaining miles by 18 months.)
#208
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SF CA USA. I love large faceless corporations. And they cherish me in return (sometimes). ;)
Programs: UA Premier Gold/disappointed 1MM, HH Gold, IHG Plat, MB Gold, BW Diam Sel
Posts: 17,575
As has already been posted numerous times, the gift cards of various popular retailers (e.g., Amazon, Target, etc.) often go out of stock (either in a particular denomination, or occasionally in all denominations), then reappear within a few weeks.
(But, perhaps I should not expect FlyerTalkers to be patient people. )
#209
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: Delta Plat, BMI Gold, Subway Sandwich Mustard and was UAL 1K for 2010, now 1K for 2011 too :)
Posts: 1,234
Hi
How long does it take for points from an Ebay purchase to show up on the MyPoints account ?
This is my first time trying it with Ebay and I just want to make sure I did it right, I did click thru the mypoints.com website to get to ebay,
But I could not figure out from the URL if I was logged in for the points.
Thanks for your help
Rally
How long does it take for points from an Ebay purchase to show up on the MyPoints account ?
This is my first time trying it with Ebay and I just want to make sure I did it right, I did click thru the mypoints.com website to get to ebay,
But I could not figure out from the URL if I was logged in for the points.
Thanks for your help
Rally
#210
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Chicagoland/ORD
Programs: UA Million Miler (Gold), Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,458