Shop and earn FC miles + 500 bonus miles offer

A new section seems to have appeared on the VS web site, similar to the BA shopping site, you can now earn miles as you shop. There's a double miles offer on from tomorrow until the 12 July too:

E.g. 12 miles/1 at Waterstones and 20 miles/1 at IWOOT

Link here.

Also:

quote:Even better, with your first purchase over 25 or $50 you'll earn 500 miles* [y]

[Darren Wheeler]

Nice one. For the true miles whore.

[Nottingham Nick]

quote:Originally posted by Darren Wheeler
..For the true miles whore.


You rang? [:D][;)][:w]

Nick

Thanks Mike [y].
DL

[buns]

Grateful thanks[y][y]

Even more opportunity for Mrs Buns to collect[:w]

buns

Superb... I think I've just earned about 5000 miles !

I noticed if you check the 'My Account History' (found at Information) and then click the link to report missing miles then it takes you to the BA website ! Someone obviously has a sense of humour

[Darren Wheeler]

quote:Originally posted by gameswolverine
Superb... I think I've just earned about 5000 miles !

I noticed if you check the 'My Account History' (found at Information) and then click the link to report missing miles then it takes you to the BA website ! Someone obviously has a sense of humour


Mine doesn't. [?]

[RichardMannion]

quote:Originally posted by Nottingham Nick
quote:Originally posted by Darren Wheeler
..For the true miles whore.


You rang? [:D][;)][:w]

Nick


[:D][y]

Our yes, our very own St Nick of Miles.

quote:Originally posted by Darren Wheeler
quote:Originally posted by gameswolverine
Superb... I think I've just earned about 5000 miles !

I noticed if you check the 'My Account History' (found at Information) and then click the link to report missing miles then it takes you to the BA website ! Someone obviously has a sense of humour


Mine doesn't. [?]


It works okay for me now. However, I still get sent to BA if I click on some of the retailer links on the Click Report section (Comet and Currys both send me to BA, wheras Borders goes to the correct page). Bizarre...

[Scrooge]

So nice, nothing for the US pax again.

quote:Originally posted by Scrooge
So nice, nothing for the US pax again.


It says if you spend $50 you get the 500 bonus miles though!

Lovely jubbly. I may dump my BA mile collection attempts. I'm only at 3000.

Virgin miles, with one return flight under my belt (economy!) and HEAPS of recommendations is just under 15,000!

Argh! I spent 300 on a new netbook via Dixons 2 days ago.... Maybe should return and rebuy to get my points or is that too geeky?

oohhh what a dilema

do I follow the VS links and get a few extra miles or stick with using a cashback site and getting some back.?

I'll have to get the calculator out but I will do one 25 purchase of dvds for the 500 miles.

I noticed that flights are EXCLUDED from the offer by expedia but not opodo

[Scrooge]

Oh ok, now found what I am looking for, I will play with this more once I get home.

I use the BA Miles Store to keep my BA miles topped up - I earned a lot of miles using them to link to the Apple Store!

ok, so have made an order via Play.com, but there is no where to enter my FC number, so how do they link my points across??

quote:Originally posted by carter
ok, so have made an order via Play.com, but there is no where to enter my FC number, so how do they link my points across??


If it is like the BA site, you firstly have to log in to your Flying Club account on the VS site and then click the link to the retailers site from there.

I accessed that way, unless I took too long timed out in the process. Will try again

I tried to do a similar thing at John Lewis.
I bought a bed and mattress for about 3k and then the week after they started to accept Amex! I asked about it but they said I'd have to bring the bed in to get it put through the till.
Am now ordering a case of wine from Tesco for the 500 miles.

This is why I was leaving FC to join BA but now I am not so sure.

quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
I use the BA Miles Store to keep my BA miles topped up - I earned a lot of miles using them to link to the Apple Store!


That's what I've been doing too... and I also have the dilemma of stopping Quidco?

HMmmm...

just bought something on 'i want one of those' (20 miles per pound... hell yeah!)

just wouldnt let me pay with my VS Amex. kept asking for payment method. went through straight time when i used the trusty old visa.

no a major drama... but have missed out on 80 miles

quote:Originally posted by carter
ok, so have made an order via Play.com, but there is no where to enter my FC number, so how do they link my points across??


Next time you click on a link using FC page, you'll see a few really long web addresses appear as it connects. This is registering the referral from your FC account and it goes across that way.

I accessed that way, unless I took too long timed out in the process. Will try again

Signed into my FC account, went thru the shopping partners link and into Play.com, made an order but don't see how this will be then credited to get miles? Surely need to enter my FC number somewhere along the way??