Online Shopping Portals
If you’re looking to earn points or miles and you ever shop online, signing up for a shopping portal is a no-brainer. Airlines, hotels and some credit card issuers offer these online programs, which earn you rewards when you sign up and click through to a retailer from the portal (rather than simply going to a store’s website directly).
The number of bonus points or miles you’ll earn depends on the retailer you’re shopping with as well as the shopping portal you use. Bonuses tend to be awarded as a multiplier of how many dollars you spend, though some partners like Dish and T-Mobile offer a set amount of rewards (usually in the thousands) when you click through a portal to sign up for a specific service.
Like dining programs, shopping portals are a great way to double-dip, and it’s always worth taking the extra few seconds to sign up and then click through for all your subsequent online shopping sprees. Choose the portals that will earn you points or miles in your loyalty programs of choice, and don’t be afraid to sign up for more than one and compare earning rates at a specific store before you click through. Also note that you can end up with an especially impressive rewards haul during holidays like Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day, when most shopping portals offer special bonuses.
Here’s a list of the most popular shopping portals offered by travel brands:
Airlines
- Aeromexico: Mall Premier
- Air Baltic: PINS e-Shop
- Air Canada: Aeroplan eStore
- Air France: Air France Flying Blue Shopping
- Alaska: Mileage Plan Shopping
- Alitalia: MilleMiglia Mall
- All Nippon Airways: ANA Mileage Mall
- American Airlines: AAdvantage eShopping
- British Airways: Gate 365
- Cathay Pacific: Asia Miles iShop
- Delta: Sky Miles Shopping
- e-Miles: e-Miles Market
- Etihad: Etihad Guest Earn Mall
- Finnair Plus: Finnair Plus Shop
- Hawaiian Airlines: HawaiianMiles Online Mall
- Japan Airlines: JAL Shopping Americas
- JetBlue: ShopTrue
- KLM: Shop@KLM
- Miles & More: Miles & More Online Shopping
- Qantas: Qantas Shop
- Singapore Airlines: Krisshop
- South African Airways: Miles for Style
- Southwest: Rapid Rewards Shopping
- United: MileagePlus Shopping
- US Airways:Dividend Miles Shopping Mall
- Virgin America: Elevate Fly Store
- Virgin Atlantic: Shops Away
- Virgin Australia Velocity Frequent Flyer: velocity eStore
Hotels
- Choice Hotels: Choice Privileges Mall
- Hilton: Hilton HHonors Shop-to-Earn Mall
- Marriott Rewards: Shop My Way
Other
- Amtrak: Amtrak Guest Rewards
- Barclays: Barclays RewardsBoost
- Chase: Shop through Chase
- MyPoints: MyPoints Shopping
- Upromise: Upromise