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icurhere2 Jul 22, 2009 7:04 pm


Originally Posted by hs1 (Post 12078231)
Rite Aid sells Amazon gift cards.

This is an incredibly useful bit of information I'll have to take advantage of - I also use the CoinStar for fee-free Amazon gift cards (rather than paying for or wasting time coin counting).

roadwarriorintraining Apr 4, 2010 3:08 pm


Originally Posted by PG (Post 12105847)
if you (and friends and family) shop a lot throuigh amazon, become an affiliate and get cashback or amazon gift certificate for your purchases.

Qualifying Purchases exclude, and we will not pay advertising fees on any of, the following:
* any Product purchased through a Special Link by you or on your behalf, including Products you purchase through Special Links for yourself, friends, relatives, or associates (e.g., personal orders, orders for your own use, and orders placed by you for or on behalf of any other person or entity);

I can personally vouch for the fact that this is enforced.

wanaflyforless Apr 4, 2010 4:30 pm


Originally Posted by PG (Post 12105847)
if you (and friends and family) shop a lot throuigh amazon, become an affiliate and get cashback or amazon gift certificate for your purchases.

Yep, great way to get all your affiliate credit voided.

A friend was doing as you suggest and even though multiple people were using his link, Amazon shut down his account and voided all referral credit.

Aitchly Apr 4, 2010 6:53 pm


Originally Posted by hs1 (Post 12078231)
Rite Aid sells Amazon gift cards.

Many grocery stores sell gift cards, giving a double bonus when it posts as a CC purchase.

jrm68 Apr 4, 2010 6:54 pm


Originally Posted by roadwarriorintraining (Post 13708223)
Qualifying Purchases exclude, and we will not pay advertising fees on any of, the following:
* any Product purchased through a Special Link by you or on your behalf, including Products you purchase through Special Links for yourself, friends, relatives, or associates (e.g., personal orders, orders for your own use, and orders placed by you for or on behalf of any other person or entity);

I can personally vouch for the fact that this is enforced.

you can't purchase stuff using your associate account, BUT your friends and family can purchase through your links and a-stores. I have only had one mystery purchase in two years of being an associate the rest have been from my immediate family and friends, as long as it is a different household on a different account it is normally counted as a good sale with between 4 and 6 % back depending on how many purchases that month (on performance scale). So if your "friend" was to purchase something from your store, you will more than likely get the money from the advertising fees, so if you have a blog or page then it makes sense to apply to become an associate.

farahmorales Apr 7, 2010 9:35 am


Originally Posted by KathyWdrf (Post 12048398)
http://bodybuilderspro.info/customim...088/random.gifI've said it before and I'll say it again: Amazon does NOT permit its affiliates to give rewards or cash back to customers who click through their (the affiliates') links to reach the Amazon site.

This can be verified by looking at Amazon's agreement with its associates, which is publicly accessible here:

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com...ates/agreement

Specifically, under item 4, Referral Fees, see the following at the beginning of the 5th paragraph:



Since one can't (according to Amazon's legal agreement with affiliates) get any rebates/cashback/miles/points, I instead continue to support a charitable organization (KCSM, a public radio/TV station) by clicking through the Amazon link on their website. KCSM gets about 8% of everything I purchase. I recommend that you find a charity you want to support that has an Amazon link on its website! ;)

I'm sure there will be doubters (to put it kindly) who will disbelieve me and argue with me :rolleyes: , but it is what it is. :p

Or you can open your own Amazon affiliate account and support yourself :)

hilmar Apr 18, 2010 3:20 pm

Safeway also sells Amazon GC - get the double miles on Hhoner Amex or other similar cc's (amex has several)

nic3456 May 7, 2010 7:44 pm

In my area Kroger sells Amazon GCs too, but I haven't verified if purchase counts as grocery order (but I know it earns fuel perks)

buena40 May 8, 2010 10:28 am

Benefit charities via links to Amazon
 
I like to support various charities when making purchases on Amazon.

Something like this page: http://www.tbieugene.org/

Max M May 8, 2010 3:01 pm


Originally Posted by hilmar (Post 13796865)
Safeway also sells Amazon GC - get the double miles on Hhoner Amex or other similar cc's (amex has several)

If you purchase from Amazon.com, and have an Amex that gives double points at Pharmacies, consider checking out your local CVS and/or Walgreens for Amazon.com giftcards.

Both Walgreens and CVS in my area offers Amazon.com giftcards [as well as an in-state grocery store chain]; perhaps a pharmacy in your neck of the woods offers Amazon.com giftcards as well. :)

hilmar May 8, 2010 10:45 pm


Originally Posted by Max M (Post 13922901)
If you purchase from Amazon.com, and have an Amex that gives double points at Pharmacies, consider checking out your local CVS and/or Walgreens for Amazon.com giftcards.

Both Walgreens and CVS in my area offers Amazon.com giftcards [as well as an in-state grocery store chain]; perhaps a pharmacy in your neck of the woods offers Amazon.com giftcards as well. :)

+1 I have done this too - and they do post the double rewards :-D (yes, I checked!)

theninjason Oct 7, 2010 3:13 am

Amazon.com partners?
 
I posted a similar thread about ebay earlier, but I was wondering if there were any partners that offered rewards with shopping with amazon. I havent been able to find a single one... and I know amazon is popular enough.

sorry for these type of posts. just a newbie trying to learn

cepheid Oct 8, 2010 3:39 am


Originally Posted by farahmorales (Post 13726301)
Or you can open your own Amazon affiliate account and support yourself :)

You can try, but they're pretty smart about that and won't pay out commissions on personal purchases. You'd have to jump through a few hoops to make it so that their automated system couldn't track you... and if they did an audit, they could reclaim any "mistaken" commissions (that's one reason why you need a CC registered on your account to be an Associate).


Originally Posted by hilmar (Post 13924413)
+1 I have done this too - and they do post the double rewards :-D (yes, I checked!)

Unless your AmEx points are valued at more than 1.5% each, you're better off just using an Amazon.com VISA, since it gives 3% (redeemable for cash, Amazon GCs, or other things) for Amazon.com purchases.


Originally Posted by theninjason (Post 14902115)
I was wondering if there were any partners that offered rewards with shopping with amazon.

Nope. As discussed a number of times in this thread, Amazon's affiliate agreement specifically prohibits affiliates from providing rewards.

godlovesugly Oct 8, 2010 8:36 am

If you buy a lot on Amazon, the Citi Forward card might be a good bet. It doesn't give miles, but does give 5 TY points for restaurant, movie, and bookstore purchases. Amazon counts as a bookstore! If you are getting cashback you get about a 3.5% rate with this card. Another option is to use TY points on a 1:1cent basis to pay for flight tickets (with a ~700 point surcharge) through Citi's Travelocity(?)-based ticketing website. That's a great return, and you get the miles for the flight. ^

gohan403 Oct 20, 2010 6:59 am


Originally Posted by godlovesugly (Post 14909297)
If you buy a lot on Amazon, the Citi Forward card might be a good bet. It doesn't give miles, but does give 5 TY points for restaurant, movie, and bookstore purchases. Amazon counts as a bookstore! If you are getting cashback you get about a 3.5% rate with this card. Another option is to use TY points on a 1:1cent basis to pay for flight tickets (with a ~700 point surcharge) through Citi's Travelocity(?)-based ticketing website. That's a great return, and you get the miles for the flight. ^

Have you ordered books for amazon and actually received the points?

godlovesugly Oct 20, 2010 4:45 pm


Originally Posted by gohan403 (Post 14978636)
Have you ordered books for amazon and actually received the points?

I've ordered books, electronics, gifts, and more. :D I've even received bonus points for Amazon Marketplace purchases every time, even though rumor has it that it's not supposed to count in that case.

josephstern Aug 15, 2011 5:57 pm

Old thread, but new info in case anyone still has a subscription to it:

US Airways and Hawaiian both have Amazon in their malls now. 1 mile per dollar at US and 2 miles per dollar at Hawaiian. Hawaiian has a bunch of ways to transfer miles.

k2o Aug 16, 2011 6:03 pm


Originally Posted by josephstern (Post 16931262)
Old thread, but new info in case anyone still has a subscription to it:

US Airways and Hawaiian both have Amazon in their malls now. 1 mile per dollar at US and 2 miles per dollar at Hawaiian. Hawaiian has a bunch of ways to transfer miles.

Thanks for updating this thread!^ It was nice to come here and find the new info listed.

DLBIZTRAVELER Aug 17, 2011 2:57 pm

Just tried via U S Air Shopping Mall. Will let forum know the outcome. Promise is a meager 1 mile/$, but since I order from Amazon.com anyway, decided to try it.

beltway Aug 17, 2011 3:02 pm


Originally Posted by DLBIZTRAVELER (Post 16942160)
Just tried via U S Air Shopping Mall. Will let forum know the outcome. Promise is a meager 1 mile/$, but since I order from Amazon.com anyway, decided to try it.

Having made a small purchase via this tactic last month, I can confirm that the points will post as promised. Mine took about 1 week from the date of the transaction.

bpo26c Aug 26, 2011 6:30 pm


Originally Posted by JudyJFLA (Post 9206175)
The only thing listed on www.rewardsdb.com is rebates for UK sites. There is a thread here about a 10% donation to Amnesty Intl, but as I mentioned in the earlier thread, I usually go to the rewardsdb.com site to link there to thank Andrew Cram for all the work he has done on that site for all the other miles earning info.

Between he, PGary, and FT we have earned many, many miles!

JudyJFLA

Great site, thank you for sharing.

ByrdluvsAWACO Aug 29, 2011 2:40 am


Originally Posted by josephstern (Post 16931262)
Old thread, but new info in case anyone still has a subscription to it:

US Airways and Hawaiian both have Amazon in their malls now. 1 mile per dollar at US and 2 miles per dollar at Hawaiian. Hawaiian has a bunch of ways to transfer miles.

Thats good news. I can at least earn miles on my book and DVD purchases.

IMH Oct 6, 2011 2:31 pm

I haven't seen an announcement anywhere, but as of today the Dividend Miles shopping mall is only showing 0.5 miles per US dollar spent at Amazon.

Cheapskate Travels Oct 6, 2011 6:17 pm


Originally Posted by IMH (Post 17231550)
I haven't seen an announcement anywhere, but as of today the Dividend Miles shopping mall is only showing 0.5 miles per US dollar spent at Amazon.

Some have posted on the other HA thread that it was 1/$1 on HA and .5/$1 on US as of Oct. 3rd or so... :td:

IMH Oct 7, 2011 7:14 am


Originally Posted by Cheapskate Travels (Post 17232653)
Some have posted on the other HA thread that it was 1/$1 on HA and .5/$1 on US as of Oct. 3rd or so... :td:

Thanks and apologies -- I hadn't been following the threads.

nigelloring Nov 15, 2011 7:44 pm

As of tonight, I don't see Amazon on the Dividend Miles shopping tab at all.

alanh Nov 15, 2011 7:46 pm

No, US has switched to a new mall vendor that doesn't offer Amazon. :(

Vip4me Nov 16, 2011 10:14 pm


Originally Posted by alanh (Post 17457571)
No, US has switched to a new mall vendor that doesn't offer Amazon. :(

So is there anyone left now? I use the Amazon Affiliate program and purchased a new couch and a new TV on it. I thought they paid even if it was the affiliate who bought the items. Waited a few months and no they do not pay. The best thing to do in this case is to use a friends link and go back and fourth. Shame on Amazon for being such cheap-o's and not supporting those who support you!!!!

Otherwise the other next best way is to use a Amazon rewards card. If you have an Amazon rewards card they are doing a promo right now: Use Your Amazon Rewards Card to Get 10% Off All Digital Download Purchases until Dec. 31.

Vip4me Nov 16, 2011 10:18 pm


Originally Posted by wanaflyforless (Post 13708553)
Yep, great way to get all your affiliate credit voided.

A friend was doing as you suggest and even though multiple people were using his link, Amazon shut down his account and voided all referral credit.

You SHOULD be able to do this with most programs when it comes to web hosts and most other e-commerce sites. It's kind of like an employee discount. But yeah will not work with AMAZON. Makes me not want to buy anything from their site.

pvs001d Nov 16, 2011 10:36 pm

I hope they honor the last week purchases.

JudyJFLA Nov 19, 2011 6:17 pm

Hawaiian still gives 1 mile per $1
You can also get Amazon Gift Cards at some grocery stores and get the mileage or hotel point bonus (5 per $1 on Hilton Amex) for Grocery Stores and then the Mile on Hawaiian. They do partner with Delta and Virgin, so there is hope! Here in FL Publix does not have them, but Sweetbay does.

JudyJFLA

josephstern Nov 19, 2011 10:12 pm


Originally Posted by JudyJFLA (Post 17482638)
Hawaiian still gives 1 mile per $1
You can also get Amazon Gift Cards at some grocery stores and get the mileage or hotel point bonus (5 per $1 on Hilton Amex) for Grocery Stores and then the Mile on Hawaiian. They do partner with Delta and Virgin, so there is hope! Here in FL Publix does not have them, but Sweetbay does.

JudyJFLA

Are you sure that works? When I have a gift card balance at Amazon and use that to pay, I don't get any credit for an affiliate referral. I only get the miles if I pay with a credit card. It seems Amazon only awards an affiliate fee, for me at least, when the money first enters their system, not when it is used.

JudyJFLA Nov 21, 2011 3:32 pm

I don't know about affiliate or associates, but I have only purchased on Hawaiian for Amazon with Gift Cards and have received over 4000 miles in 3 months, including 2000 miles for buying gift cards after whining alot. That was awarded for some reason from Amazon uk. Go figure!

JudyJFLA

elusive1 May 28, 2015 8:36 am

Bump


Any new ideas for getting miles on any airline for Amazon purchases?

josephstern May 28, 2015 8:45 am


Originally Posted by elusive1 (Post 24881633)
Bump


Any new ideas for getting miles on any airline for Amazon purchases?

United.

Use the Mileage Plus X app:

https://hub.united.com/en-us/flyerfr....aspx?mobile=0

1 mile per dollar at Amazon currently. Load up your account with credits (basically like gift cards).

elusive1 May 28, 2015 11:06 pm

Thanks, doesn't help me as I want to use a gift card balance


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