My 500 Bonus Miles Post

In June, I was offered a chance to earn 500 bonus MileagePlus miles for completing 2 partner offers. I completed my 2 partner offers within hours of receiving the email.

The following month, I was received a similar offer. This time I decided to pass on the offer due to difficulty of the partner offers.

Last week, I received the 500 points in my United Airlines account. Score!

I forgot about the offer, but was pleasantly happy they arrived.

Did you receive your points yet?

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Check Your Email - United Offer

Check your email to see if you received this great offer. United MileagePlus is offering selected members a chance to earn 500 miles for completing 2 partner offers.

There are four partners to choose from:

Each of the four partners offer easy way to earn points and should be in your points earning repertoire. I have written about each of the partners before:

MileagePlus Shopping

MileagePlus Dining

OpinionMiles Club

ScoreBig

For me, I have already did the OpinionMiles Club (survey site) and MileagePlus Dining. I should be 500 points richer in about 6-8 weeks.

Say you just found this offer in your email. There is no need to register for the promotion, but you should be selective in your 2 partners. 3 of the 4 partners offer bonuses for first time use:

MileagePlus Dining - 500 miles for signing-up and another 500 points per dine, up to 5 in the next 30 days 

OpinionMiles Club - 300 or 600 miles for first completed survey 

ScoreBig - 2000 points for purchasing 2 tickets

You have until June 30th to earn points from the partners. 

Check your emails to see if you qualify for this promotion.

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Do It For The Points: Sign-Up For MyPoints

I just got an email offering me up to 1,500 United miles for signing up for MyPoints.

I wrote about the MyPoints/United Partnership here, during the 31 Ways of Earning United Miles.

The offer sent to me in the email is the same one offered on the "Earn Page" on the MileagePlus website. Therefore, I pretty sure this isn't a target offer.

To earn the entire 1,500 miles, you need to do three things:

1) Register for MyPoints - earn 500 miles

2) Create your Mypoints Profile within 30 days - earn 250 miles

3) Complete a $25+ purchase through the Mypoints Store within 30 days - earn 750 miles

The Mypoints store has over 1,200 stores. Spending $25 won't be to hard.

If you don't want to make the purchase, earning 750 miles for signing up and creating your profile is a no brainier. This is a great way to make sure your United mileage balance doesn't expire.

Is MyPoints Legit? Yes, I have been a member since 2005 and earn at least a $1,000 worth of prizes.

Now, go Do It For The Points/Miles!

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Earning Miles for Switching Insurance Carriers

Last month, I received an email offering MilagePlus miles for getting switching one's insurance to Allstate.

At the moment, one can earn 500 miles for switching one's auto and home insurance.

The small print mentions that one needs to provide your local Allstate agent or the 1-800 agents your MilagePlus number from the beginning of your inquiry. In addition, the small print mentions that this offer will expire on August 12, 2013 and is valid in participating states only. However, it doesn't mention which states are participating.

A quick look at the United offer page, shows the offer valid in the following states and territories: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Washington, DC.

The offer page mentions one can earn from 500 to 6,500 bonus award miles for switching your insurance to Allstate. Call a local Allstate Agent or 1-855-514-9043 for your free quote and to find out how many miles you can earn. Therefore, one has a chance to earn more miles for switching to Allstate. This AllState webpage states that one could earn 4,500 miles for switching both your auto (2500 miles) and home insurance (2000 miles). I would recommend taking a screen shot of the page, if you decided to use this offer.

One should always check to see what the price of insurance with the miles and without the miles. I am not definite that the cost of a policy earning miles is more than one that does not. However, one could image a scenario where the policies could be different prices. Allstate has to pay for those miles otherwise.

At the moment, US Airways is the only other airline that allows one to earn miles for getting insurance. The big difference is that one can earn miles for simply requesting a quote.

Everyone needs insurance if they own a car or home, why not try to earn miles by doing it.

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