e-Miles

One of the passive ways to earn United mile is using e-Miles. I use the word "passive," because you won't get point rich with e-Miles. One can only cash out of e-Mles once earning  at least 500 miles and this takes time. Why bother you might ask? Every point counts and sometimes airlines have bonuses for transferring points into your account. United had a promotion at the end of 2012 that gave one a 25% bonus on partner miles transfer into United MilagePlus accounts.

I have been a member of US Airways e-Miles for a very long time. It was one of the first point earning strategies that I did. I shut that account down to open up a now no longer offered Delta e-Miles account. e-Miles only allows one to have one account at a time.

Under the e-Miles FAQs:

        "What happens if I receive an invitation from another sponsor which I prefer? 

               Member can cancel their e-Miles membership at any time. To re-enroll, you will 
               need to visit e-Miles.com and complete the member enrollment process.

               NOTE: Once you cancelled your membership any e-Miles miles earned that have 
               not already been deposited to your preferred frequent flyer or sponsor account 
               will be lost.

This question gives us valuable information. For one, you are not allowed to have more than one active e-mile account, but more importantly two: you may switch between programs freely. Some people have reported using different email accounts to have multiple e-Miles accounts. I would caution this strategy  At any time, e-Miles might shut all of your accounts for violation of the terms and conditions.

Typically, e-Miles is an invitation only program. However, one can apply here for the United e-Miles program. Under this link, one will earn 100 points from the beginning. Check your email accounts for special offers from United.  Often, they will send offers to join e-Miles with 250 miles automatically deposited into you e-Miles account, meaning you are half way to you first deposit.

At the moment, one can only transfer miles to their preferred airline. However, e-Miles has indicated that changes will be coming to allow for deposits into multiple airlines regardless of your preferred airlines. e-Miles has partnerships with Delta, US Airways, United, AirTran, Southwest, Hilton Honers, Priority Club, Frontier, Alaskan, Southwest and Amazon.

After signing up for e-Miles, you will be taken to a front page with various offers. Many of the first offers will be asking you to create your profile. While creating your profile, I would recommend choosing the first two columns (High Interest or Somewhat Interest.) By doing this, you will increase the number of offers that you get.

Every few days, you will receive an email saying that you have new opportunities available to you. After receiving this email, click on the link to go to your homepage to see the offers. Each offer normally gives you 5 miles + additional miles for signing up for the offer. The only requirement to get the 5 base miles is to click on the"continue" button and answer a few short questions. Again, always try to pick "high interest" and "somewhat interest". 





The time commitment for e-Miles is a few minutes every couple of days. Nothing major.

Once you earn 500 miles, you are able to deposit into your United MilagePlus account. The deposit normally happens within a week of your request. It takes me about 3 or 4 months to hit 500 miles without any major effort of cost

Again, e-Miles won't make you points rich. However, combined with partner bonuses, a few minutes every couple of days may result in a good chunk of miles.

I hope you give e-Miles a chance. 

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