Customers that switch their provide earn 5,000 miles after their second month as a customer. In addition, customers earn 2 miles for every $1 spent on the suppy side of your electricity bill. MileagePlus card members earn 3 miles for every $1 spent.
I am confused about two parts of this. First, I am not completely sure that the extra mile earn for being a MileagePlus card member isn't the 1 mile per $1 earn with the card anyway. Second, the landing page for this offer states that "as a special offer, MileagePlus credit card embers automatically earn an additional bonus," but it doesn't finish the sentence. One can only assume its 7,500 miles as the graphic next to it says, "up to 7,500 Award Miles." Take a screen shot of the offer page if you decide to participate in this offer.
To further complicate things, according to this flyertalk page, residents in some states might be able to earn even more bonus miles for signing up.
Residents in Texas have a second option to earn miles: Reliant.
The offer for Reliant members is 15,000 miles for signing up and then an additional 500 miles per month for 24 months for a total of 27,000 miles.
I don't pay for electricity (love paying a flat fee each month, reason why my bedroom is always at 60 degrees), so I don't have a way to test this offer out. In the FlyerTalk thread above there has been mixed reaction to the cost of switching providers. Some say the cost is the same or less than their current providers. Others have indicated massive, 200 or 300% increases in the costs. A quick search online shows similar results. All I can say is that participating in this promotion is a gamble, but sometimes you win at gambling and other times you lose....
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Don't do it. Just don't.
ReplyDeleteThe price you end up paying is worse than most other options. So very not worth the risk for a couple thousand points.