We really liked the fact that Newspaper Partners provides a user-friendly website that lets you search for discounts on the newspapers you read regularly. The most popular local and national titles are posted on the website homepage, and complete lists of offers by location can be found by entering your zip code into their search engines. Savings of 50 percent and more can be found using this site.

• Wide range of national and local newspapers available.
• Special offers listed by zip code and location.

There is, however, a downside to Newspaper Partners. Say you pay for the subscription using the site and you don't get your paper... Can't contact the company to complain because their email submission form isn't working. That's a big problem.

In our opinion, Newspaper Partners offers some great deals. The numerous options for delivery dates and subscription terms are very attractive. If the site would improve its customer service we'd be inclined to give it a glowing review. However, with the lack of ability to contact the company, we have to say proceed with caution. They earn 4.5 Stars!

The Newspaper Miles homepage makes a good first impression. After all, getting miles for subscribing to newspapers you already buy or redeeming miles for papers you want is an attractive idea. However, the follow-through of the concept isn't delivered well by this company.

• Earn up to 1,000 United Mileage Plus Miles for each newspaper subscription.
• Redeem miles through the well-known company United Airlines.

After entering the website, we were able to access lists of Frequently Asked Questions detailing Newspaper Miles’ services. We thought this was a helpful feature that provides straightforward information to customers that are not familiar with the workings of this revolutionary new business. Once we were in the site, however, things changed.

We found that some of the content was outdated (about four years outdated) and the information provided about the services was inaccurate. We were disappointed to discover that Newspaper Miles is currently only offering one newspaper title, and is only partnered with one major airline company.

We also did not understand why there was no customer service was available outside of e-mail support, and email support never got back to us in the first place. It seems that Newspaper Miles could benefit from revamping its website and doing a better job of proving to customers that it is a reliable and trustworthy company, not to mention expanding its selection to include the 60 titles it promises and not just The Wall Street Journal. We give them 3.5 Stars!

On the surface, Newspaper Direct appears to provide a quality service. The website offers a number of ways to access your desired publications, including reading them from your computer or mobile Internet device, having hard copies delivered, or having them sent to you via e-mail.

• Continually expanding list of over 650 titles offered.
• Publications available from 73 countries.
• Print-On-Demand feature available for receiving out-of-market papers.

The surface, however, is where the attraction ends. It was very confusing to us that there was no up-front pricing and the website was less than user-friendly. The fact that there was  no online help section included in the site content didn't help matters.

Overall, it seems that Newspaper Direct offers a great concept, but no follow-through. The website pages are slow-loading, there is no pricing information, title availability is really limited based on your location and customer service leaves much to be desired. We give them 3.0 Stars!