This past March, when traveling through Argentina, my Lenovo R500 contracted the blue screen of death. It was clear Argentina would be its last trip and I would search for a new laptop when I got stateside.
After an exhaustive search for the best computer/bonus combo, I decided to buy a Dell through the AAdvantage program. I chose a Dell because I loved their had recently re-designed XPS 15 laptop line (formerly Studio) and from what I remembered with my previous Dell, they had responsive Tech Support.
AA has two unrelated Dell offers, one with the AAdvantage eshopping portal and another on their aa.com "earn miles" page. The AAdvantage eshopping portal was similar to those offered through DL and UA ; 2 miles/$, 1 mile/$ and 1.75 mile/$ respectively. The XPS 15 was $1500 before tax earning, 2*1500= 3000 AA miles. This is not the greatest value, so lets check out the 2nd promo...
In the "earn miles" offer you can earn up to 6,000 points for a top rated computer AND save up to 30% off. For the same configuration that I chose in the first offer I earned 6,000 miles for $1,230 before taxes. Not only did I get almost 5 miles/$, I also saved $269. Valuing 1 mile = 1.2 cents you can extract; $269/.012= 22k miles. Deciding to go with the second deal netted me 28k AA miles instead of only 3,000 miles in the first deal, a 25k mile difference. I recommend the 2nd offer but YMMV.
This purchase also helped me reach my $1500 spend requirement for my 100k BA Chase offer. After one purchase I am 130k oneworld miles richer! Now you see how this can be addictive.
After an exhaustive search for the best computer/bonus combo, I decided to buy a Dell through the AAdvantage program. I chose a Dell because I loved their had recently re-designed XPS 15 laptop line (formerly Studio) and from what I remembered with my previous Dell, they had responsive Tech Support.
AA has two unrelated Dell offers, one with the AAdvantage eshopping portal and another on their aa.com "earn miles" page. The AAdvantage eshopping portal was similar to those offered through DL and UA ; 2 miles/$, 1 mile/$ and 1.75 mile/$ respectively. The XPS 15 was $1500 before tax earning, 2*1500= 3000 AA miles. This is not the greatest value, so lets check out the 2nd promo...
In the "earn miles" offer you can earn up to 6,000 points for a top rated computer AND save up to 30% off. For the same configuration that I chose in the first offer I earned 6,000 miles for $1,230 before taxes. Not only did I get almost 5 miles/$, I also saved $269. Valuing 1 mile = 1.2 cents you can extract; $269/.012= 22k miles. Deciding to go with the second deal netted me 28k AA miles instead of only 3,000 miles in the first deal, a 25k mile difference. I recommend the 2nd offer but YMMV.
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