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

Rewards Canada Team Uncategorized

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