Update: Barron’s has been removed from the portal’s.
The Offer
Lots of newspaper subscriptions will give you bonus miles for signing up. The key is to find when they offer near $0 introductory rates, then you can signup via the portal, cancel before the introductory rate is over, and net the free miles.
Both Barron’s and Wall Street Journal are currently offering a $1 option for a 3-month subscription. You can choose the digital-only option or the paper + digital option – both have the $1 rate.
Check out the best portal deals on Cashbackmonitor for Barron’s:
And for WSJ:
There are lots of choices to go about this, as shown above.
- Buy 2,600 AAdvantage miles for $2
- Buy 1200 United miles and 1100 Southwest miles for $2
- Buy $15 from Barclay and $12 from Shopathome for $2, and net $25
- Any combination of the portal options of your choice
Past Subscriber’s
We’ve mentioned the WSJ idea a couple of times in the past. Those who have done these introductory deals within the past 180-days are not eligible for the $1 offer. This shouldn’t affect the portal – just the $1 offer.
As far as I understand, you can get the introductory offer on each of the two – WSJ and Barron’s – though the both are published by Dow Jones and Company (and they may even share login details?).
Our Verdict
I did the WSJ deal in the past, but I never did the Barron’s so I jumped on this opportunity now.
Be sure to notate your calendar to cancel the subscriptions if you aren’t interested in keeping them.
HT: Reddit and Milesperday on Twitter – follow him if you don’t already
