{"id":272,"date":"2015-12-14T00:42:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2018-12-20T00:11:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T00:11:10","slug":"step-4-shopping-portals-and-dining-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/step-4-shopping-portals-and-dining-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 4: Shopping Portals and Dining Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next you&#8217;ll want to log in to your preferred airline&#8217;s shopping portal and dining programs for extra easy miles.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366\">Shopping Portals<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Shopping portals allow you to earn extra miles on your online purchases. \u00a0First, login to the portal. \u00a0Second, search for the store that you want to shop from. \u00a0Third, read the fine print. \u00a0Fourth, click the link to the store&#8217;s website and start shopping. \u00a0Several times throughout the year the shopping portals will run promotions where you can earn bonus miles for spending a certain total amount through the shopping portal in a given time period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AA-shopping.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-275\"><img data-attachment-id=\"275\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/aa-shopping\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/AA-shopping.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"989,769\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AA shopping\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/AA-shopping-300x233.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/AA-shopping.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-275 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/AA-shopping.jpg\" alt=\"AA shopping\" width=\"989\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/AA-shopping.jpg 989w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/AA-shopping-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(This picture is a screen shot from the American Airlines shopping portal. \u00a0The companies listed here are a small sample of the offers\u00a0available\u00a0on a shopping portal)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Links to shopping portals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aadvantageeshopping.com\">American<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskaair.com\/MileagePlanShopping\/SignIn\">Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skymilesshopping.com\/\">Delta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rapidrewardsshopping.southwest.com\/\">Southwest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shopping.mileageplus.com\/\">United<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few things to watch out for. \u00a0Most portals\u00a0say that purchases made using coupon codes not listed in the portal and the purchase of gift cards are not eligible for additional miles awarded through the shopping portal. \u00a0In practice, the portals have a spotty record in enforcing the fine print rules so proceed at your own peril. \u00a0Once I purchased a gift card through a shopping portal\u00a0from\u00a0Sears and received both the 6 miles\/ dollar and a bonus 300 miles for the shopping portal&#8217;s back to school promotion, even though the portal stated it would not award miles for the purchase of Sears gift cards.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366\">Dining Programs<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Dining programs allow you to earn extra miles (usually 3-5 miles\/ dollar spent) at various restaurants and cafes. \u00a0First, you log into the dining program for your preferred airline. \u00a0Second, you link one of your credit cards to the program. \u00a0Third, go to a restaurant that participates in the program and pay with the credit card that you linked to the program. \u00a0You&#8217;ll receive miles through the portal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">and<\/span> what ever rewards your credit card offers. \u00a0Note: you most likely cannot link the same credit card to more than one dining program. \u00a0I tried it for American and United&#8211;it didn&#8217;t work. \u00a0The dining programs usually offer\u00a0signup promotions where you receive 200-6,000 miles for your first purchase at a participating restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Links to dining programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aa.rewardsnetwork.com\/\">American<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mileageplan.rewardsnetwork.com\/\">Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skymiles.rewardsnetwork.com\/\">Delta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidrewardsdining.com\/\">Southwest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mpdining.rewardsnetwork.com\/\">United\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetravelingmillennial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/aa-dining.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-278\"><img data-attachment-id=\"278\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/aa-dining\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thetravelingmillennial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/\/sites\/76\/2015\/12\/aa-dining.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1031,834\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aa dining\" data-image-description=\"\" 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\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(This is a screen shot from the American Dining Program. \u00a0The flags represent participating restaurants in DC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next you&#8217;ll want to log in to your preferred airline&#8217;s shopping portal and dining programs for extra easy miles. Shopping Portals Shopping portals allow you to earn extra miles on your online purchases. \u00a0First, login to the portal. \u00a0Second, search for the store that you want to shop from. \u00a0Third, read the fine print. \u00a0Fourth, click the link to the store&#8217;s website and start shopping. \u00a0Several times throughout the year the shopping portals will run promotions where you can earn bonus miles for spending a certain total amount through the shopping portal in a given time period. 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