Mileage Plus Shopping - consolidated mileage posting questions / issues
Jun 18, 2018, 11:46 pm
#121
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
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PQM is independent of ticket stock, but PQD isn't. If all UA then it will still be 016 ticket stock and PQD earning. If other airlines involved then it gets more complex but at a minimum the UA operated flights will earn PQDs
Jun 21, 2018, 5:36 pm
#122
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SLC
Programs: United Gold, Hilton Silver, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 768
I booked through Travelocity tonight. It looks like everything worked fine. The website is showing 2 free bags, so that part worked out OK. So the difference is only .5 miles/dollar for the transaction as you stated, but it will also qualify me for the 1,000 mile bonus being offered by Mileage Plus Shopping right now, so worth the bother.
Travelociy does make it pretty clear that their price is for BE, and that you can upgrade at checkout. The inconvenience is that you can't see the regular economy price until that point. Fortunately I already knew the price from searching on United.com. Thanks for the responses.
Travelociy does make it pretty clear that their price is for BE, and that you can upgrade at checkout. The inconvenience is that you can't see the regular economy price until that point. Fortunately I already knew the price from searching on United.com. Thanks for the responses.
Aug 13, 2018, 4:44 am
#124
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Aug 15, 2018, 6:15 pm
#126
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 9,008
Waiting for my points from a recent stay at a Marriott hotel last weekend to post...we'll see how it goes. Because the hotel bookings I have done tend not to be fulfilledfor weeks/months after I have 'shopped' for them, I worry that I am going to end up having to chase down the miles.
Aug 16, 2018, 11:16 am
#127
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SLC
Programs: United Gold, Hilton Silver, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 768
Does anyone have experience with Travelocity miles and how long it takes for them to post after you complete the travel?
Aug 20, 2018, 1:47 pm
#128
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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Waiting for my points from a recent stay at a Marriott hotel last weekend to post...we'll see how it goes. Because the hotel bookings I have done tend not to be fulfilledfor weeks/months after I have 'shopped' for them, I worry that I am going to end up having to chase down the miles.
Aug 20, 2018, 6:15 pm
#129
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 9,008
Aug 20, 2018, 10:51 pm
#130
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SLC
Programs: United Gold, Hilton Silver, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 768
Follow-up again. Travelocity doesn't post miles until after the travel. I just completed my travel last weekend, so I'm interested to see how long it will take before my miles post. In addition, I'm curious as to how well that miles posting will trigger the bonus that I should have earned.
Does anyone have experience with Travelocity miles and how long it takes for them to post after you complete the travel?
Does anyone have experience with Travelocity miles and how long it takes for them to post after you complete the travel?
Aug 21, 2018, 7:47 am
#131
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 70
Magazines.com
Quick question about the using the airline portals to generate miles from Magazines.com (currently 50 pts/$ on UA as well as AA)
Anyone have experience cancelling subscriptions right after 90 days? Terms indicate you'd get to keep all the points from the referring portal and youd' be refunded for all remaining issues, which seems to generous to be true. In other words, for a 2 year subscription of a monthly magazine, you'd be refunded at least 7/8 of your initial purchase (but likely higher since these magazines often take a few weeks to begin a subscription).
Just wondering if Cartera (or Magazines.com) has a history of taking back miles or blocking you from future portal usage if you do it too much? I'm sure this is YMMV but any recent data points would be helpful.
Anyone have experience cancelling subscriptions right after 90 days? Terms indicate you'd get to keep all the points from the referring portal and youd' be refunded for all remaining issues, which seems to generous to be true. In other words, for a 2 year subscription of a monthly magazine, you'd be refunded at least 7/8 of your initial purchase (but likely higher since these magazines often take a few weeks to begin a subscription).
Just wondering if Cartera (or Magazines.com) has a history of taking back miles or blocking you from future portal usage if you do it too much? I'm sure this is YMMV but any recent data points would be helpful.
Aug 21, 2018, 8:47 pm
#132
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And indeed it's back. It would be weird that they'd take it down for the integration—and then put it back while their hair is still on fire—but it'd also be a weird coincidence of timing.
Sep 5, 2018, 1:46 pm
#133
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 1,153
I'm a new user to Mileageplus Shopping. I'm just wondering if my situation is normal.
I purchased $40 of goods from JC Penny online. I have received the points in 2 days and I can see the transaction in my history on the MP Shopping portal.
I made another transaction through New Egg for $500. It's been 3 days and I don't see that transaction in my history (nor have I received the points). Is that normal?
I purchased $40 of goods from JC Penny online. I have received the points in 2 days and I can see the transaction in my history on the MP Shopping portal.
I made another transaction through New Egg for $500. It's been 3 days and I don't see that transaction in my history (nor have I received the points). Is that normal?
Oct 7, 2018, 3:16 am
#135
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Programs: OZ Diamond, LH, AY, HHonors Gold
Posts: 36
A nice feature of MileagePlus Shopping, which doesn't seem to have been mentioned here before, is that it has 0.5 miles/$ for all bookings on Expedia, including flights. This is in contrast to all click-through cashback sites that I'm aware of, which have a small flat reward for flight bookings on Expedia and other third-party booking sites (e.g. $1.25 for Expedia flights on Ebates). For high-priced flights the miles should easily be worth more.
It's not a lot, but it seems like a nice little extra for basically nothing. Do you think this would be enough to justify booking United flights through Expedia rather than directly on the United site?
It's not a lot, but it seems like a nice little extra for basically nothing. Do you think this would be enough to justify booking United flights through Expedia rather than directly on the United site?