The AAdvantage shopping mall currently shows 83,871 American Airlines miles for buying a $59.99 MOTOROKR S305 Bluetooth Stereo Headphones from the Verizon Wireless store.
It’s the fourth item in this list.
I think the offer is supposed to be 2 miles per dollar spent, and I don’t have an interest in these headphones at $60, but I’ve gone ahead and purchased one anyway. If they’re offering almost 84,000 American Airlines miles at $60, I’m certainly in.
I’ve made screen shots and .pdfs of the offer for myself. I’ve made the purchase via American Express, which I’ve had good luck in purchase disputes when needed in the past. I recognize that the Verizon Wireless store has a tough return policy (14 day, I believe there’s also a $35 re-stocking fee).
In the end, I’m not being greedy on this one, I’ll go for it once and hope it gets honored but my guess is that the chance is less than 20%. Your mileage may vary.
(HT: >Rick)
Update: I’ve changed the title to be ‘83,000 American Airlines Miles for $5?’ because Nabeel in the comments points to this item with the same mileage offer, free shipping, but that costs only $4.97. (They do make you select your phone device to make sure this item is compatible, I picked a PalmOS device and that worked.) Of course given the $35 re-stocking charge, I wouldn’t plan on returning it…
Update: And… gone. Update: Back…???? Seems to be working again indeed, at least for the charger/paper weight at 5:30pm Eastern.
oooooh im tempted but my past experience is that im never successful with these mistakes…although those have been price mistakes, not mileage mistakes. very tempted…
If you click through to the product details, you’ll see “Estimated Reward: 13 miles”, so I doubt you have success with this one. Darn.
Yeah, I’m giving this a shot.
“Your mileage may vary.” Did you do that on purpose? 🙂
I doubt it as well. Given how these ‘deals’ proliferate over the internet these days, I highly doubt anyone will get more than 13 miles. I have seen 1/2 dozen blog posts on this already.
I am not bothering.
Dang, I was going to go ahead and do it but the “13 miles” part of the click-thru is not encouraging at all
I was going to order the headphones, but don’t really expect to get the 83,871 miles, so I passed.
I would have ordered the headphones if I had a use for them, but don’t want to be bothered with having to return them.
Even better: https://www.aadvantageeshopping.com/online-results.aspx?catVisible=false&salechannelid=2&searchtext=Touchstone+Standalone+Inductive+Desktop+Charger+Touchstone+Standalone+Inductive+Desktop+Charger
Thanks for the tip – though I will pass as well.
On the final checkout page “Easy Return Policy
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, you can return your merchandise for a refund. A $35 restocking fee ($70 for netbooks and tablets) will apply (excluding Hawaii).”
This is all messed up, the deals page says earn 1258 miles but doesn’t say how or what, you just blindly click through to the Verizon page. I guess you’re just playing the lottery to see how many miles post to your account.
i bit, i never saw the 13 miles? wouldnt it be 120 miles anyway…2 miles per dollar? anyone want some headphones?
If you do a search by Verizon Wireless, there are a ton of products that give you the 83,871 miles:
https://www.aadvantageeshopping.com/online-results.aspx?catVisible=false&salechannelid=2&searchtext=motorola&merchantid=1977
And how will the 14 day return policy help out if the miles don’t post for up to 8 weeks?
Q: After I make a purchase from an AAdvantage eShopping retailer, when will the AAdvantage miles be credited to my account?
A: The miles will typically be posted to your account within 8 weeks from purchase date.
I had to try as I don’t want to see Gary smile on stage in OCT in ORD and tell about this and have not done it! Worth the risk for me!
I bought it. It clearly says 83,871 miles. I also used AMEX. And I wrote to the shopping mall to ask hoe long before the miles post. The page has been up for how many hours?
ebay has some that sold for $5.50 on 8/4, doesn’t make the restocking fee sound too crazy 😉
@Nicole…that’s hilarious since there are a few $19.99 items on for the same mileage!
ok, the $5 one got me. I couldn’t justify $60 but I can spare $5 for a mistake. Anybody want a desktop charger thingy?
@Alan, who cares about $19.99, see the $4.99 item I posted above.
@Steve is gonna be one unpopular guy : ” I wrote to the shopping mall to ask hoe long before the miles post. ” 🙂
how do you save the screen shot with 83k miles? every time i print the page it omits the mileage.
If you look under product detail is also shows credit of 13 miles for the headset the same as the charger! I dunno i took a picture with my iphone with the date and time on my laptop to show thats what they were offering. Hopefully they give us the miles
@Boraxo try ‘print screen’ then copy into Paint or other graphics program to save
@ Steve: NOOOOOO grrr for emailing them.
but it does bring something up…when down the road these miles dont post do we complain to Verizon or AA shopping mall?
LoL, I missed the $4.99 one!
@Mike, complain to the shopping mall. And if any grief is given about the restocking fee just dispute it with AMEX that the advertised deal wasn’t honored, you’ll get that restored too…except that the return policy is 14 days and the miles have up to 8 weeks to post…
When it doesn’t work are you planning on complaining to AA or Verizon??
ALT + Print Screen then paste into Word (or other word processor) or a paint program. Save the doc and you’re done. If your email program (like Outlook) uses a word processor as its text engine then you can easily paste it there too.
Well, I’m in for $5.44
When Gary says he’s in, I get out my credit card……
it’s never failed yet.
I found this in the FAQs:
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Q: After I make a purchase from an AAdvantage eShopping retailer, when will the AAdvantage miles be credited to my account?
A: The miles will typically be posted to your account within 8 weeks from purchase date. Some exceptions do apply. See participating retailer offer information on the AAdvantage eShopping mall for complete information.
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I bought the headphones, knowing it won’t work but figuring arguing it out with AA or Amex will be a challenge!
I bought the charger, $5.38. If I don’t get the miles at least I will have a unique paperweight! LOL!
For $5.41… I’m in to try.
I jumped on this as well and saved screen shots of each screen through the process.
I’m in for a charge @ $4.99, too – fingers crossed!!!! Thanks for the tip!
I’m in, can’t wait to see what happens!
If I buy 2 things, do I get double the points?
@hobo13 I’m in for the fun, as I said, “hope it gets honored but my guess is that the chance is less than 20%”
Ok, I ordered the $5 charger. Now I will wait for my 83k miles. Sweet.
@Alan
But the AMEX protection is good for 90 days after purchase. If miles post within 8 weeks – that still gives you some time to get return protection under AMEX.
Looks like any arguments are going to have to be taken up with verizon:
We are not responsible for setting or maintaining the number of the Miles awarded by any Participating Merchant in connection with a Qualifying Purchase or for the requirements of any Participating Merchant’s program or offer. Each Participating Merchant has reserved the right to change at any time, and without notice, the number of Miles offered as well as the terms and conditions of any Qualifying Purchase. Your
and also:
Accordingly, we do not represent or warrant, or give any assurances, that any Participating Merchant will provide Miles for any particular transaction even where such transaction would appear to qualify for such a mileage award under Participating Merchant statements. Further, your participation in offers or promotions of, or correspondence with, any Participating Merchant is solely between you and that Participating Merchant. We do not assume any liability, obligation or responsibility for any part of any such correspondence, offer or promotion, including without limitation the withdrawal or modification of any such offer or promotion. Also, no Participating Merchant assumes any liability, obligation or responsibility for our conduct with respect to the Program.
@Rob S – that’s right, not sure how I forgot that!
Purchased the item, let’s hope for the points! If not, good thing there is a Verizon store 2 blocks away from me.
A little more than $5 for a chance to get the miles or not. Oh, why not. Thanks again, gleff.
In for one!!
Given my track record with the clowns at AA Shopping, you’ll be lucky to get ANY miles. AA’s is THE WORST shopping portal.
thanks for all this great info.
For $4 it’s a better deal than the lottery.
Both myself and my husband are looking forward to our new paperweights and our 83,871 miles.
This may be a dumb question.. but can any one tell me how to buy this product.. Verizon website does not seem to show a “buy” option.
Any one going to try for buying both items and getting 83871miles X 2 ??
I’m in on this too now. I figured that spending $5 on a less then 20% chance of getting a gazillion miles is still better odds then buying $5 worth of lotto tickets that my co-workers were trying to get me to buy into.