Unwanted Gift = 500 Bonus Miles

RocketMiles is offering a weird bonus. Once of the weirdest bonus that I have ever seen.

Got unwanted gifts from the holidays? Rocketmiles will take one off your hands in exchange for 500 additional miles on your next stay.

The terms and condition state that you must mail the unwanted gift to the following address by January 15th:

                                    560 W. Washington Blvd - Suite 310, Chicago, IL 60661

I haven't used Rocketmiles before, but I am tempted to jump in on this promotion. This promotion is just crazy enough for me.

Have no idea who or what Rocketmiles does? I wrote about them here and they explain themselves here.

Grandmom's ugly sweater, Nephew's art project, Office Secret Santa, you may be headed to Chicago!

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Pick the Winner Earn Extra Points

Rocketmiles is a company that pays you airline miles for booking hotels through them.

Frequently, they run promotions tied to current events. Being March Madness, Rocketmiles has a promotion for college basketball fans.

Pick the winner of the NCAA basketball tournament and win extra miles on your next stay. The number of miles you win is based upon the seed number of the winner.  For instance, pick a #2 seed and they win,          you earn 2 x 1,000 miles on your next stay.

To enter, fill out this survey. You have until 11am Central on Thursday March 20th to fill out the survey.

The survey has 2 questions:

1) Who is going to win the tournament?

2) What is the email address of your Rocketmile's account?


The catch is that if you win, you have to make a participating stay to earn the bonus miles. But what do you have to lose by entering.

Who did I pick?

Reigning Champion Louisville Cardinals! A number 4 seed.

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Recap of 31 Days of Earning United Miles (Posts So Far)

Since we are 3/4 of the way through July, here is a recap of all the posts so far. The links below take you to that day's article.

Day 1: Flying

Day 2: Insurance

Day 3: e-Miles

Day 4: Buy / Transfer Miles

Day 5: Exchange Gift Cards

Day 6: Shopping Portals

Day 7: Tickets to Shows

Day 8:  Social Media

Day 9:  Credit Cards

Day 10: Mortgages

Day 11: Hotel Stays

Day 12: Super Shuttle

Day 13: Buy Wine

Day 14: Amtrak

Day 15: Renting Cars

Day 16: Peapod

Day 17: Eating Out

Day 18: Electricity Bills

Day 19: eRewards

Day 20: Transfer from Hotels

Day 21: Gilt

Day 22: RocketMiles (PointsHound broke up with United...no longer a way to earn)

Day 23: Investments

Day 24: Thanks Again

Day 25: Send Flowers

Day 26: Points.com

I hope this series has helped you to see that there are many ways to earn United/Airline miles.

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Earn Miles Through Booking Hotels on Rocket Miles or PointsHound

                       
Update: Pointshound and United broke up. You can't United miles throuh them any more :(

If you have some hotel stays coming up and are looking for a way to earn miles beyond the general bonuses that you can earn with hotel programs check out the websites, Rocket Miles and PointsHound.                                                                                    
These new websites allow you to book hotels in certain cities that will allow you to earn miles in your participating airline partner, in our case United. There are some good reviews out on both RocketMiles and PointsHound and their value. It never hurts to check to see what rates you might be able to find and the potential extra United miles you can earn by simply going through these different portals.

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