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6th NWA 10K merchant suggestion

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This is an update to the post on getting 10K Northwest miles the cheapest way.

Merchant #6 is FootLocker. You can search for keyword “sport bands” or look at item directly here.

The cost is $0.99+ tax and shipping is free. While checking out, they will inform you that shipping is $4.99, but select “Standard” and on the final page (before confirmation/purchase) you will see that the shipping becomes $0.00.

So that’s 6 merchants, 4 to go and I’ve confirmed with NWA that all 6 are pending and will post since I’m not returning anything.

How to make this US Airways related? Following the completion of the NWA promotion and Delta promotion I will dedicate an entire post to comparing online shopping malls for major US carriers and Marriott.

Have a nice clicK life,

-Mark

Working with the WorldPerks Mall to get the most miles for the lowest price

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NWA has an enticing promotion where you can get up to 10,000 bonus WorldPerks miles after just 10 purchases. There are quite a few partners out there, but I’m trying to figure out how I can make these 10 purchases spending the smallest amount of money and trying to buy things I can actually use.

So far I’m 50% done. What’s neat is I can earn 1,000 miles after each purchase, not 10,000 after 10 purchases. So in the end, if I can’t utilize partners to buy 10 times, I’ll still get some bonus miles.

  1. Barnes & Noble $10 gift card (+ $0.95 for shipping). Miles earned: 30 base + 1,000 bonus.
  2. Borders $5 gift card (+ $1.95 for shipping). Miles earned: 15 + 1,000 bonus.
  3. Gaiam $1 tree donation certificate (no tax/free shipping). Miles earned: 6 + 1,000 bonus. (link of this item here)
  4. NorthernTool saw/blade ($1.99 no tax/free shipping). Miles earned: 6 + 1,000 bonus. (link for this item here)
  5. Sears $5 (free shipping). Miles earned: 10 + 1,000 bonus.

All this adds up to 5,067 extra miles added to my NWA/DELTA account. Of course, the NWA Mall probably takes the longest of all the airline malls. I won’t see those miles till July or August. Ironically, Delta’s mall posts miles the fastest (generally 5 to 6 days after transaction).

I buy magazines regularly at Borders/Barnes & Noble, so I’m really only spending extra on the shipping which would costs less than if I were to drive or take the bus. With Gaiam, I’m doing a good thing for the planet- I’m donating a tree. Sears has a lot of things like extra nozzles for my Dyson vacuum, so I’m sure I’ll end up using it soon. I’ll put good use of the blade from NorthernTool, I’ll no longer struggle with scissors when cutting boxes! What’s funny is that the blade is backordered. Many FlyerTalkers are probably onto this promotion and that’s the cheapest you can go at NorthernTool.

Have a nice clicK life,

-Mark

Just got my 1,000 AA miles for watching my TV

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Back in late February, I mentioned that RewardTV offers free AA, Delta and Northwest miles during certain “Shopping Sprees”. On March 4, 2009, I was able to make it in front of my computer at the specified time and I “bought” the 1,000 miles using my RewardTV points. It takes up to 8 weeks (though sometimes no more than 4) to get the reward in the mail and I just received my reward today!

You basically get a paper certificate with a personal code which you input on http://www.depositAAmiles.com. The neat thing is you have over 6 months to request the miles so if you don’t do a lot of activity, you can wait it out and claim the miles right before the certificate expires to further extend your mileage expiration date! Although certificate rules require you to be the one who claim the miles, you can deposit them for anyone since the certificate doesn’t specify a name, email, account # or any personal information. An educated guess- I believe the same is true with the Delta and Northwest mileage certificates. Here are some pictures of the certificate’s front and back side. (Notice the RewardTV sticker proving that you can get free miles from RewardTV)

The mileage offers on RewardTV are by far the best free prizes. Since all the other shopping sprees offer $5 or $10 gift cards to great stores nonetheless, 1,000 miles at either American Airlines, Delta or Northwest is a much better choice!

Front of the certificate

Front of the certificate

Back of the certificate- all the terms and conditions are listed

Back of the certificate- all the terms and conditions are listed

Thanks RewardTV. Keep ‘em coming! I promise to announce all RewardTV shoping sprees that give away miles on this blog, so stay tuned. Would be nice if they also did hotel points.

Have a nice clicK life,

-Mark