Update 2/18/19: Deal is back, maximum is now 2,000 miles instead of 1,500. Hat tip to reader RM
9/12/18: These offers are back again today.
The Offer
- You can currently get a 12 week subscription to The Economist for $1 per week. In addition you can get up to 1,500 miles when you sign up
- American Airlines: 2,000 miles
- United Airlines: 1,600 if you’re a credit card holder otherwise 800 miles
- Southwest: 1,400 points
- Alaska: 1,400 miles
- Delta; 1,200 miles
The Fine Print
- Eligible on one (1) subscription per loyalty account number.
- Only eligible on new subscriptions.
- Only eligible on first month for pay by month subscriptions.
- Subscription must be active for at least 60 days.
- Not eligible on subscription renewals.
- Not eligible on any free products, trials, services, subscriptions and memberships
- . Not eligible on all retailer marketing subscriptions.
- Not eligible on purchases made with coupon or discount codes that are not found on this site.
- Not eligible on gift cards, gift certificates or any other similar cash equivalents
Our Verdict
Keep in mind the account must stay active for 60 days, after the 12 week trial you are automatically subscribed to the regular pricing so make sure to cancel between that 60 day and end of the 12 week period to avoid staying subscribed. Update: You can e-mail in to cancel, this comment has the full details. I assume cancelling requires a call in, as it does with similar WSJ deals. If you’re organized and value miles highly then these deals can be good value. Personally I find it a bit too much work for the miles involved but everybody is different.
Hat tip to reader Matt W
View Comments (56)
Alaska is only showing 550 miles. Darn. Missed the boat.
can't virtual cc numbers be our friend with deals like this?
No, because you're still liable for the amount owing and could be sent to collections.
lol United Portal takes me to a "page not found" on the Economist site. I'll take that as a sign to pass on this deal.
I can't get Payment Method section in AAdvantage portal. Tried different browsers. Not sure what is the problem.
https://ibb.co/hm1dTg2
UA is only at 1000 now but AS is still 1400. In for AS!
Got confirmation email of my shopping trip from AS a few hours later.
Got confirmation yesterday miles would post to my AS account. Miles showed up today with a posting date of 2/19.
This is a good choice for the Delta targeted promo.
So spend $12 and get 2000k points? Or is it $12 for each week?
I just did this end of last year. So I can do it again?
I decided to try it out and it worked again (for AA). Last time I did it was Nov of 2017, and went through the AA portal on Feb 18th. I already see in my account summary that it has posted. Soon it will be transferred over to my AA account.
@will
Yes, it's common to do these types of deals multiple times with a different address each time.
Don't think so
@will - this offer is back today with a higher maximum (2000)
Argh, just signed up last week @ 1,100 AS miles. Such is life I suppose.
Or you can get a portable charger with your subscription. (Groupon)
https://subscription.economist.com/DA/AFF-GLB-PH/NAMPOWERBANK/PH?utm_source=publisher_couponads1_uk&utm_medium=referral&cid1=d/af/n/n/n/n/paid/n/n/PH/n/Subscriptions/n/n&partnerize_clickref=1101l5EBVtIF