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Sep 9, 2010, 8:33 pm

#781

lkar

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: PHX

Posts: 4,787

FWIW, after finding out my gift card doesn't count on dividend miles shopping mall, I went for the $1.08 chap stick at Wal-mart. With tax and $.97 shipping, it comes to $2.15.

Sep 9, 2010, 9:53 pm

#782

heffa

Join Date: Apr 2006

Location: IAD

Programs: UA GS, Avis CHM, Marriott & SPG & PC Plat., Hyatt & Hilton Diamond

Posts: 4,547

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkar

FWIW, after finding out my gift card doesn't count on dividend miles shopping mall, I went for the $1.08 chap stick at Wal-mart. With tax and $.97 shipping, it comes to $2.15.

You can still do a printable/emailable iTunes card, which earns 2 US/$

http://www.skymall.com/usairwaysmile...1&nav=category

Sep 10, 2010, 12:53 am

#783

starflyer

Join Date: May 1999

Posts: 1,627

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynowens

For those of you who have played this game before, do you think US Air will honor the Gaiam purchase that were done before they pulled it? Or do we need another for insurance?

What got pulled? Gaiam is still listed as a valid merchant at the Dividend Miles Shopping Mall. In my experience last year purchases with them took about 12 days to post.

Sep 10, 2010, 3:14 am

#784

Tiki

Join Date: Apr 2004

Programs: AA, UA, SQ, VA, QF, AF, BA

Posts: 2,865

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivany

Actually for the Dividend Shopping Mall check out the Lonely Planet store.

You can download individual chapters of their travel guides for $4.50 US per chapter. No shipping costs since it's an e-download (and hey, it'll be useful when you use the points from your grand slam hits for your next trip!).

Nice find! I already have the ones for this trip but I will need some for next year's trip.

Gaiam is back but it did go missing for a day or so. Last year it took 12 days to post.

My mother is LOL at getting a special delivery box from Officemax about twice the size of a shoebox full of foam packing and one box of crayons for the grandkids!

Sep 10, 2010, 3:37 am

#785

Tiki

Join Date: Apr 2004

Programs: AA, UA, SQ, VA, QF, AF, BA

Posts: 2,865

Asia Miles is working on Points.com now, swap went through instantly to US!

Sep 10, 2010, 4:28 am

#786

peachy3

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: Perth, Australia

Programs: Hilton Diamond, QFF WP, Velocity Gold

Posts: 647

Thanks so much for the Greenpoints suggestion. Worked easy!!!

Just wanted to ask people. Track-it-back is now posted on the Grand Slam promotion page. However, the cheapest item on the "US Dividend Miles earning" page is $19.99 + shipping. I tried to put in the digital tags for $15.99 however it doesn't give me an option to put my US Dividend miles number in, so it seems like it's not mileage earning.

Ideas? Advice?

Thanks again !

Sep 10, 2010, 5:57 am

#787

beltway

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: On strike

Posts: 8,135

Quote:

Originally Posted by starflyer

What got pulled? Gaiam is still listed as a valid merchant at the Dividend Miles Shopping Mall. In my experience last year purchases with them took about 12 days to post.

Gaiam disappeared for a day or two -- but in the past day or so they returned. Let the tree-buying commence!

Sep 10, 2010, 6:39 am

#788

nickfromct

Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: Florida

Programs: Marriott Rewards-Lifetime Titanium, Priority Club-Platinum, Hilton-Diamond, United-Silver

Posts: 403

Quote:

Originally Posted by peachy3

+1 on the S&H Greenpoints. That required minimal effort and the transactions posted immediately.

Sep 10, 2010, 6:56 am

#789

philippa

Join Date: Aug 2010

Programs: DL,US,UA

Posts: 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by skimple

Like a lot of other people, I was having trouble getting Icelandair or Midwest Miles to register on points.com. However, I was able to sign up for an S&H Greenpoints account and make the following swap.

53DM -> 18 GP -> 1 DM

Took about 30 minutes to sign-up, exchange one-way, and then exchange back. Transfer is already showing in my US Air account!

Good luck!

Thank you, thank you! This worked for me, and as you say, immediate transaction.

Thank you for helping me with this hit.

And thank you for making it possible for me to never have to visit points.com again.

Sep 10, 2010, 8:33 am

#790

skimple

Join Date: Aug 2007

Posts: 558

Amex -> SPG now 20% bonus

For those of you looking to top-off your SPG accounts to get enough points to transfer to US Airways:

Amex is now offering a 20% bonus on transfers to SPG. You get 400 SPG points for 1000 Amex. It's not a great deal, but better than the usual 333 SPG points.

So if you have no SPG points, it would cost you 7000 Amex points to get 2800 SPG points. 2500 SPG points is the minimum transfer to US for a non-elite SPG member and equates to 2500 DM. So you go from 8000 MR -> 2664 DM (3:1) to 7000 MR -> 2800 DM (2.5:1)

Happy Juggling!

Last edited by skimple; Sep 10, 2010 at 9:02 am

Sep 10, 2010, 9:05 am

#791

miffSC

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: CAE,AGS

Programs: AAExP, Hyatt Globalist, HHonors Gold, IHG Spire, Marriott Plat

Posts: 3,124

Quote:

Originally Posted by skimple

I can't sort out your math here. Maybe it's too early in the day.

But, that being said, I just went to order a magazine and noticed that Woman's Day is no longer available (?) at 300 miles - I think the least showing now costs 400 miles - so it was This Old House for me.

Sep 10, 2010, 9:10 am

#792

GoodOmens

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: Washington DC

Programs: AA Nothing, Marriott Gold

Posts: 581

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkar

The "merchant specific information" for the apple store on the DM shopping site says (at least for me): "Miles will not be awarded for iPhone 4, gift card, iTunes, one to one mac training and gift wrapping purchases."

You need to go to the itunes store and not the apple store (two separate shops in the "mall"). They are currently offering 2 miles for every $1 spent in the itunes store.

iTunes Shopping Mall Store link

Oh and my Women's magazine posted today, even though I changed the shipping info to my mother. I hope she likes it haha....

Sep 10, 2010, 9:20 am

#793

kthan

Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: chicago, IL

Posts: 122

For those who used sharebuilder (from ING), how long does it take to post the miles to your DM account once you have a fund deposited to your sharebuilder account (not even before buying a stock)? I just made a deposit this morning and wonder about the time frame. Or, anyone who didn't get the miles with the deposit only? Then, I need to consider to buy one share of a stock.