Make the best of all of your online shopping

This post may be a bit too late for Christmas shopping, but it can be something to keep in mind going forward.  If you plan to purchase anything online, be sure to link to the website that you are going to purchase from through an incentive site.  

Here is what I mean:

This year I went to www.mileageplanshopping.com prior to purchasing any online gifts.  Many retail websites (such as rei.com, macys.com, etc.) can be accessed through that website, and I earned Alaska Airlines frequent flier miles just by linking to the sites this way.  It’s an easy thing to do, and allows you to get additional credit for making online purchases that you would make anyway.

Check out the shopping link at your favorite airline frequent flier site to do this.  Or, some banks and credit card companies offer similar incentives to link to online retailers through their sites (usually by allowing you to accrue additional points, or even cash back, if you use their debit or credit cards).

One online retailer that never seems to linked through these incentive sites is www.amazon.com.  

If you are motivated to take an extra step to save additional money, I recommend checking out www.retailmenot.com or www.dealcatcher.com to obtain discount codes which you may be able to use when making an online purchase.

 

Posted via web from Bankermom’s Money Saving Tips

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