Airline Shopping Portals
Shop through an airline's own portal and the rebate arrives as frequent flyer miles rather than cash. For anyone saving toward a specific award seat, miles can beat the equivalent percentage back, and rates climb during promotions. Hotel chains once ran the same thing and nearly all of them closed their malls years ago, so in practice this category is airlines plus one hotel booking site. Each portal covers a few hundred US retailers with overlapping but not identical rates, which is why it pays to check two before clicking. Retailer count and typical miles per dollar at everyday stores lead the ranking, with how quickly miles post as the tiebreak.
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A hotel booking platform where travelers choose their airline loyalty program and earn airline miles or points on hotel stays based on the nightly rate.
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A unified shopping portal for Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines members where clicking through to over 1,100 online stores earns Atmos points.
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An online shopping portal where Delta SkyMiles members earn miles by clicking through to over 1,000 retail partners before making purchases.
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Southwest's online shopping portal where Rapid Rewards members accumulate points by clicking through to over 1,100 retail merchants before making purchases.
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United Airlines' shopping portal with 1,100+ retail partners where MileagePlus members earn bonus award miles on purchases by shopping through the portal.
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American Airlines' online shopping portal connecting over 1,200 retail partners where AAdvantage members earn bonus miles on purchases by clicking through before shopping.
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JetBlue's online shopping portal where TrueBlue members earn points by clicking through to many retail partners and making purchases.