Groupon expands mileage/point earning to six more airline & hotel programs

Back in May we detailed Groupon's first foray into the world of miles and points with their partnership with fellow Seattle based company Alaska Airlines. Now exactly a year after we met with Groupon to discuss details of them offering points and miles for purchases they have expanded their offerings with six more programs now available. In addition to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan you can now earn points and miles on Groupon purchases with American AAdvantage, Choice Privileges, IHG Rewards Club, JetBlue TrueBlue, La Quinta Returns and United MileagePlus.

Here are all the earning details:

For American Airlines AAdvantage^® program, Alaska Mileage Plan^™, JetBlue TrueBlue^®, United MileagePlus^®:

1. Earn 5 miles or points per $1 spent on Groupon Local
2. Earn 4 miles or points per $1 spent on Groupon Getaways
3. Earn 3 miles or points per $1 spent on Groupon Goods
4. New Groupon customers whose first purchase on Groupon is a Local offer that is $30.00 or greater before taxes will receive an additional 1,000 miles or points in addition to the 5 miles or points indicated above.

For Choice Privileges^®, IHG^® Rewards Club, La Quinta Returns^™:

1. Earn 10 points per $1 spent on Groupon Local
2. Earn 8 points per $1 spent on Groupon Getaways
3. Earn 6 points per $1 spent on Groupon Goods
4. New Groupon customers whose first purchase on Groupon is a Local offer that is $30.00 or greater before taxes will receive an additional 2,000 points in addition to the 10 points indicated above.

After signing into Groupon via the special Loyalty page you'll click on the program of your choice, input your reward program number and once you have you'll be presented with the following (will vary by program):

Make sure you input the promo code at check out, which you can confirm is applied when it states Miles post within 14 days:

Overall this is great news as there are lots of you who use Groupon to save some money on local deals and even travel purchases and now you can earn more miles for doing so! Will you start earning miles and  on your Groupon purchases? Now the question has come up about using an online shopping mall for Groupon purchases since you'll earn miles and be able to use discount codes. The mileage earned through online malls does vary (for example Alaska is 3 miles, so less than the 4 or 5 here potentially) but you can then add in coupon codes to save on the purchases. So the choice is yours but if you have never shopped via Groupon before make your first purchase directly via the Groupon loyalty page to take advantage of the first purchase bonus and then decide on future purchases what the better route is.

Click here to learn more about this partnership and to start earning miles on Groupon purchases

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and Groupon new customer bonus increased to 1,000 miles on first purchase!

You may recall that back in May we were the first to bring you the details of the new Groupon and Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan partnership. Well there is even better news now if you haven't taken advantage of it yet as Groupon has now doubled the new customer first purchase bonus to 1,000 miles from 500!

The earn rates are great with the direct partnership. New Groupon customers will now receive 1,000 miles on their first eligible purchase of over $30 while existing customers will continue to earn 4 miles/dollar on eligible Groupon purchases. That's right 4 miles per dollar! That is a really good earn rate, especially if buying a large ticket getaway! Compare this to 3 miles per dollar via the Mileage Plan online shopping mall and you can see why you want to go direct.

After signing into Groupon via the special Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan link you'll have to input your Mileage Plan number and once you have you'll be presented with the following:

Make sure you input the promo code ALASKAVIP at check out, which you can confirm is applied when it states Miles post within 14 days:

Overall this is great news as there are lots of you who use Groupon to save some money on local deals and even travel purchases and now you can earn more miles for doing so! Will you start earning Mileage Plan miles on your Groupon purchases?

Click here to learn more about this partnership and to start earning miles on Groupon purchases

New Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and Groupon partnership! 500 miles for new customer purchases and 4 miles per dollar for existing customers

You now have one more shopping avenue for earning Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles and its a pretty big one: Groupon. When Groupon approached us last fall via email and then at a conference to discuss the topic of issuing miles for purchases we of course told them yes, yes you should! We discussed more than this of course but for our readers you really just care about being able to earn the miles. Now about 7 months later they have their first partner and it is one we all love, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan! I know you'll say I've already been earning Mileage Plan miles with Groupon via Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan shopping (their online shopping portal) but now you can earn more with this direct partnership.

The earn rates are great with the direct partnership. New Groupon customers will receive 500 miles on their first eligible purchase of over $30 while existing customers will earn 4 miles/dollar on eligible Groupon purchases. That's right 4 miles per dollar! That is a really good earn rate, especially if buying a large ticket getaway! Compare this to 3 miles per dollar via the Mileage Plan online shopping mall and you can see why you want to go direct.

After signing into Groupon via the special Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan link you'll have to input your Mileage Plan number and once you have you'll be presented with the following:

I tested the promo code out on a local purchase, the promo code was applied properly and it even provided a discount (the discount is for a limited time only):

Overall this is great news as there are lots of you who use Groupon to save some money on local deals and even travel purchases and now you can earn more miles for doing so! Will you start earning Mileage Plan miles on your Groupon purchases?

Click here to learn more about this partnership and to start earning miles on Groupon purchases