One of the easiest and really pain free ways to earn miles on United, without the obvious of flying, is to take advantage of online shopping portals. Do you need to buy some new clothes for work? Some new electronics? Or just some random items that you know you will need to purchase soon?
Well you should make your way over to the MileagePlus shopping portal site. If you create an account and tie it to your United MileagePlus account it is very easy to get started. After you register you can search for the appropriate store by interest area (i.e. electronics, mens clothing, flowers, etc.). Once you find a set of stores that will have what you need look to see what their earning rate is. Each store will give you a points per dollar amount for your purchase. They will also have a set of fine print that will tell you what you can and can't earn points on (i.e. giftcards are almost always excluded). Make sure you will earn points for your purchase and when you have found the retailer you are the most comfortable with (the one that's offering the biggest points per dollar for me) click through to shop on their site.
Around different holidays (everything from Thanksgiving to Mothers/Fathers Day) watch for specials at different retailers. They will consistently offer a large points per mile bonus around these holidays so if you can hold off on your purchase till a holiday...wait and see what you might be able to take advantage of!
The important step here is clicking through to the site from the United shopping mall page. This allows the shopping mall to track your spending so it knows how many points to award you down the line. If you simply go to the retailer's site and don't log in, you will not receive the spending bonus!!!
The great thing about shopping portals is that that don't cost any extra money out of your pocket. You will still get those same items that you were going to go to the brick and mortar retail store for, but you will earn a points bonus on top of your purchase...just for clicking an extra button! That's great bang for your buck and it only take a small change in your buying habits.
Happy Shopping!
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