This deal has expired, view more American Airlines deals here or more WSJ deals here.
The Offer
- The American AAdvantage shopping portal is offering 1,000 bonus miles when you shop through the portal to purchase a $1 2-month Wall Street Journal subscription.
The Fine Print
- Valid through October 15, 2018
- The trial subscription purchase must remain active (i.e., may not be cancelled) for at least 45 days
- Offer is limited to one (1) trial subscription per loyalty account
Our Verdict
All of the other portals only give the bonus with a $12 subscriptions, but the AA portal has an exclusive to get 2 months + 1,000 miles with a simple $1 subscription.
This kind of deal comes up on a semi-frequent basis. Be sure to mark your calendars to cancel. Note, you do have to call in to cancel.
There’s also an interesting note from Viewfromthewing that, apparently, when putting your subscription on hold, you may still retain access to the online version to bypass the paywall.
Hat tip to Frequentmiler
Any reason why I can’t cancel now? Points already posted to AA and I have no interest in keeping the $1 WSJ subscription.
Accidentally did 12$ subscription ,can I cancel and redo with 2 month 1$ sub,and still get bonus?
Think if I apply bonus to 2 seperate accounts I can combine points after?
Think I can sign up using different accounts and combine aa points into one account after?
Anyone have luck using a VGC or similar so that there is no worry about renewal charge?
When are we supposed to cancel? within 2 months?
After 45 days.
What is VGC?
Ive never had one of these track in the 2 times i did them. Not worth emailing the airlines and calling WSJ to cancel. Seriously. Its like 15 dollars for 1 dollar and 20 minutes of emailing and 20 minutes of phone cancellation.
Quick cancelation tip/workaround: as other readers have mentioned, living in California means you can easily cancel through the website instead of having to call. State requirement.
TWJ bases this residency off of billing address given at signup. Some virtual burner card services (such as Privacy) let you use *any* address for the billing address. Added benefit is you can set the card for one-time use only in case you forget to cancel online in time.
I did this last time it came up and did not have to call to cancel. It was very easy to cancel online.
Do you live in California?
Yes.
It’s a CA law to be able to cancel online.
Are you able to cancel online once you login?
doc do we need to wait 45 days to cancel before miles post?thanks
Yes, I see that now in the fine print. I’ll add.
When can I cancel my subscription and still qualify for the miles?
45 days