250 Frequent Flier Mile Bonuses x 3: Delta, American, United
Here are some promotions that can earn you a few extra frequent flier miles. Although not very lucrative, these can be handy if your miles are about to expire due to inactivity.
- 250 Delta Airlines miles – Sign up and vote on the appropriate days. Next one is 8/20. You can actually earn 250 miles per round.
- 250 American Airlines miles – Take a short survey and opt into an e-mail list for a few months (then opt out so you can get more miles later).
- 250 United Airlines miles – Create a Mileage Plus Dining online profile.
By Jonathan Ping | Deals & Offers | 8/18/07, 4:18am
August 18th, 2007 at 10:03 am
250 United Airlines miles – Create a Mileage Plus Dining online profile.
On top of that, when you link in a credit card and pay for meals with it (I use Citi Professional that already gives me 3% back for dining), you can get additional miles from United. They send out a list of local restaurants in the program but I ignore that…sometimes the points appear after I’ve eaten at a restaurant that happens to be in the program, anywhere…
August 18th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Yep, it’s definitely worthwhile to have your card linked to one of these Dining programs. They give you credit without having to do anything. I also ignore the list; most of them aren’t very good.
August 19th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Where do you find this stuff?
August 19th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Some from FlyerTalk.com, but I am also signed up for all the e-mails from all the airlines.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:47 pm
The main problem with getting the frequent flier miles with Delta, American or United, is that your “free” trip will be on Delta, American or United.
I just flew roundtrip on jetBlue from Oakland to the East Coast and now that i know that there really are planes out there with lots of legroom, i don’t know if i’ll ever squeeze in to another Delta or American — unless they add space between the seats. It was nice to be able to put a small bag underneath the seat in front of me and still have room to wiggle my toes…and feet.