How To Earn Bonus United Miles For Holiday Purchases Through MileagePlus Shopping

Shopping for gifts through your credit card portal is fine, but we typically do not recommend that you use your points and rewards or miles to purchase these gifts. However, the holidays are here and your favorite airline (maybe your favorite airline, I don’t know you) is offering a sweet deal on shopping through their portal, likely in an effort to get their customers into it to spend a bit of money. Right now, United is offering additional miles for you to use toward anything you’d like in their program when you shop with their partners. Essentially, all my last-minute shoppers need to head over to the MileagePlus Shopping portal and choose those last-minute Christmas gifts wisely as many retailers are significantly increasing the number of miles they’re offering to their customers through Christmas Eve.

Right now, your favorite retailers are giving you the chance to earn a lot of miles when you make purchases you’re probably already making this time of year as it is. I’ll break them down for you so that you know what you’re getting and how to get them. Remember, though; you have until Christmas Eve to take advantage of these sales and then they are gone forever. Earn those free miles the easy way; shop for those last-minute gifts now.

All United credit card holders will earn even more points with every purchase using their United card.

Free Shipping and Bonus Miles

The following stores are offering bonus miles that are significantly more than what they usually offer to those who are shopping through the United Portal, and they are offering the discounts along with free shipping to make your life that much simpler.

• Barneys is offering double the miles on all purchases so you earn 4 miles instead of 2 with every dollar spent
• Toys R Us is offering double the miles on all purchases so you earn 2 miles instead of 1 with every dollar spent
• Dell is offering double the miles on all purchases so you earn 4 miles instead of 2 miles
• The Finish Line is offering double miles on all purchases so you earn 8 miles instead of 4 miles
• Kmart is offering double miles for all purchases so you earn 4 miles instead of 2 miles
• Bed, Bath and Beyond is offering triple miles so you earn 3 miles instead of 1 mile
• Bloomingdales is offering double miles for 6 miles instead of 3 miles
• Nordstrom is offering additional miles so you earn 6 miles instead of 4 miles
• com is offering double miles so you earn 10 miles instead of 5 miles

Buy Online Pick up in Store

If you have items you want to order online but pick up in person, do it through United to earn some serious points with these promotions.

• Neiman Marcus is offering 10 miles rather than 5 miles
• Sears is offering 4 miles rather than 3 miles
• Walmart is offering 2 miles rather than 1 mile
• LL Bean is offering 2 miles instead of 1 mile
• Jos A. Bank is offering 10 miles instead of 5 miles
• Apple store is offering 2 miles instead of 1 mile
• Cabela’s is offering 6 miles instead of 3 miles

eGift Cards

This late in the holiday shopping game, most of us are just looking to pick up last minute gift cards for our loved ones, and United has them online so that you can order them now and email them to the recipient. The good news is that you can also earn more points when you pick them up right here.

• Rosetta Stone is offering 10 miles instead of 6 miles
• Home Depot is offering 2 miles instead of 1 mile
• LivingSocial is offering 4 miles instead of 2 miles
• Groupon is offering 6 miles instead of 3 miles
• com is offering 15 miles instead of 6 miles
• Gilt City is offering 3 miles instead of 1 mile
• REI is offering 4 miles instead of 2 miles
• Bergdorf Goodman is offering 8 miles instead of 3 miles

At the end of the day, you have to buy gifts so you might as well get a little something for yourself, too. With these exceptional mileage options, you’re going to find that it’s easy to earn miles for every dollar you spent. Additionally, if you do not already have the United MileagePlus Explorer card and you want to take advantage of even more miles for every dollar spent, apply for it now. You’ll also earn an additional 30,000 bonus points if you are able to spend $1,000 in three months, which makes this promotion even more enjoyable for those who want to earn free flights through United.

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