US Airways 2011 Grand Slam Promotion - Toolbar hit

do we need to download the toolbar for the first time to count as hit? Is it like new customers only?

I have already downloaded the toolbar and got miles for searches but nothing in my account yet.
So I'm hoping to delete it and then re install it to get the miles. I'm also hoping to do it for FF IE9 and chrome.

I have already downloaded the toolbar and got miles for searches but nothing in my account yet.
So I'm hoping to delete it and then re install it to get the miles. I'm also hoping to do it for FF IE9 and chrome.

When I first downloaded toolbar in March I was getting miles posting in weekly increments but from April they have been monthly and always on a Thursday between the 4th and 9th of the following month. I am expecting August miles to post this week on Thursday 9th.

I find the toolbar less flakey on IE than other browsers.

As it is linked to particular accounts I doubt that loading on different browsers will give any increase in miles. My experience is that if you switch between one browser and the next it picks up the count from where the other left off.

We have four accounts all using the same computer and once 100 miles have been earned on one account we log it off and log on the next account. No need to have different computers or browsers.

I am hoping existing users will get a hit when the September toobar miles post early October but will just have to wait and see.

Is anyone able to use this with Chrome? I tried several months ago and then was told it was not available for Chrome yet.

my understanding is as long as you have it downloaded either now, or later as long as you make the searches and get the miles you will get the hit

my understanding is as long as you have it downloaded either now, or later as long as you make the searches and get the miles you will get the hit

where did you obtain that understanding?

ralph

where did you obtain that understanding?

ralph
My guess is that the toolbar/search hit will be awarded when they detect that you have earned miles for a search, not when you earn miles for both a download and a search. Regardless of what any understands or guesses, we'll know once the hits start posting. If you really need to know sooner, you can try asking US Airways.

In the faq (http://www.usairways.com/EN-US/FAQS/GRANDSLAMFAQS.HTML#14) it reads:

Can I use the Dividend Miles toolbar to earn hits?

Yes! Once you’ve downloaded the toolbar to your computer, just complete 3 mileage earning searches and you’ll earn a hit. But you can only do it once for it to count as a hit.


One can read this, that downloading will not get a hit but the searches.

However I agree that the wording in the GS Rules (http://www.usairways.com/en-US/dividendmiles/grandslamrules.html) is a bit different as it is download toolbar and three searches (= one mile).

It's got to be from having miles post to your account from doing three searches. Miles posting to your account from transactions is how every other hit works, there's no way this can be different. I just can't see a way in which US would track when/how you downloaded the toolbar in addition to earning miles from it. The point is that they want you to use it...it's gotta come from the miles.

is it true if you are overseas and download it you dont get the hit?

*what is a qualifies as a "mileage earning search"? (**sorry I'm a QSV)

*what is a qualifies as a "mileage earning search"? (**sorry I'm a QSV)
The toolbar generally displays how many valid (i.e. mileage earning) searches you've performed and how many miles you've earned. The search results screen displays a message when you perform a non-mileage earning search.

*what is a qualifies as a "mileage earning search"? (**sorry I'm a QSV)

It is a search which hasn't been run recently nor one that is pure gibberish.

Welcome to FT ginnstars.

Thanks! It makes sense in my head right now. I'm waiting to download it in 24 hrs. :) More cybertracking, lovely. lol

Thanks! It makes sense in my head right now. I'm waiting to download it in 24 hrs. :) More cybertracking, lovely. lol

If you start searching airport codes AAA through A?? it's easy points. :D

is it true if you are overseas and download it you dont get the hit?

I don't know the answer (yet). However, fact is that the toolbar always shows how many (valid) searches one has and how many miles one gets. Fact is that the miles from my searches never arrived in my US Airways accounts in the past. Neither did the 500 miles from the past promo arrive.

Another interesting thing: When I perform searches from Switzerland, Germany and Austria is shows "invalid search". When I do searches from Poland it shows/seems to show as valid searches.

I must be lost, can anyway tell me the link to download the DM Toolbar?

I must be lost, can anyway tell me the link to download the DM Toolbar?

http://usairways.skymall.com/site/usairways/toolbar

Or you can always do a quick google search for "us airways toolbar" and it would return as the first result.

Does making a purchase (Amazon) through the US Toolbar search results count as a US Mall hit? The toolbar was reflecting 1 mine/$ all the way through checkout.

Hopefully I knocked out the toolbar and the US mall hit with one move. :)

Yes, the toolbar shows eligible shopping mall sites.

The toolbar generally displays how many valid (i.e. mileage earning) searches you've performed and how many miles you've earned. The search results screen displays a message when you perform a non-mileage earning search.

This was very helpful. I thought that I had gotten this hit, but when I read this post I realized that I had not seen any display counting my hits or miles. I went back this morning and realized that, in order to get hits, you must "login" to the toolbar (with your DM accuont number) in order to get qualified hits. I'm sure 99% of folks know that, but in case there are others like me out there I thought I post this.

xlax

Does making a purchase (Amazon) through the US Toolbar search results count as a US Mall hit? The toolbar was reflecting 1 mine/$ all the way through checkout.

Hopefully I knocked out the toolbar and the US mall hit with one move. :)

I think that you would still need to complete at least 3 valid searches through the toolbar, too.

I'm always leery of loading unnecessary software on my computer, but I'm tempted to do so for the free GS hit. From those that have used it, how invasive/obnoxious is the toolbar, and how difficult is it to uninstall once the miles have posted?

I use it on Firefox, and it can be disabled/enabled... or just uninstalled ... as required.

If you downloaded the tool bar last year can you still get the hit this year if you do three searches or if you download the toolbar again on a different computer?

Is it too early to worry that the toolbar searches (for those of us who had previously downloaded the app) won't count as a hit? I received my dividend miles statement this afternoon and it is showing a "buy miles" transaction from yesterday and a points.com transfer from this afternoon. (I had recorded 16 hits by that time.) The statement came very shortly after that points.com transfer. I know some partner hits will take longer than others, but I was thinkin' the toolbar hits would be "in house" so to speak and hit early. I have "earned a mile" many times over since the Slam started.

I know some partner hits will take longer than others, but I was thinkin' the toolbar hits would be "in house" so to speak and hit early.

Toolbar miles may seem in-house, but the toolbar's actually outsourced to another company that takes some time to post. No problem though. I've clocked miles on the toolbar for months now and they all post eventually.

Is it too early to worry that the toolbar searches (for those of us who had previously downloaded the app) won't count as a hit? I received my dividend miles statement this afternoon and it is showing a "buy miles" transaction from yesterday and a points.com transfer from this afternoon. (I had recorded 16 hits by that time.) The statement came very shortly after that points.com transfer. I know some partner hits will take longer than others, but I was thinkin' the toolbar hits would be "in house" so to speak and hit early. I have "earned a mile" many times over since the Slam started.
I think that the toolbar points post in batches now. Monthly?

The toolbar is not built in-house, so I would guess that the points are not "in house" until the third-party company feeds the list over to US.

If you downloaded the tool bar last year can you still get the hit this year if you do three searches or if you download the toolbar again on a different computer?
I believe a toolbar hit will be determined by having completed three searches and earning one mile regardless of when, how, or where the toolbar was downloaded. My recollection is that toolbar miles have been posting as a cumulative monthly total a few days after month end with an activity date of the first day in the month in which a search (or perhaps mile-earning search) was performed. I'm going to wait until a few days after 9/14 before I do any searches in September. If I don't get a hit this way for September, there's still plenty of time to redownload the toolbar and do three searches in October/November.

Weird. For both my account and my wife's, and whether using Firefox or IE, the toolbar count stops incrementing once at 19 searches / 6 miles. Waited over 24 hours and it still won't increment. Might try with my mom's account. Haven't bothered with hers yet since we're not doing the Grand Slam for her but this glitch I'm experiencing has me curious.

Had the same exact issue. I am not too concerned, however, as 6 miles is 5 more than I need.

I believe a toolbar hit will be determined by having completed three searches and earning one mile regardless of when, how, or where the toolbar was downloaded. My recollection is that toolbar miles have been posting as a cumulative monthly total a few days after month end with an activity date of the first day in the month in which a search (or perhaps mile-earning search) was performed. I'm going to wait until a few days after 9/14 before I do any searches in September. If I don't get a hit this way for September, there's still plenty of time to redownload the toolbar and do three searches in October/November.


I can't believe they want you to delete and re-download the toolbar. The sole purpose of having it is to search and that, IMO, is what the hit is based upon. My August searches posted on Sept 9 and my guess is Sept's searches will post on oct 9, so I'll look for the hit on oct 14 when the sweep is run.

I can't believe they want you to delete and re-download the toolbar. The sole purpose of having it is to search and that, IMO, is what the hit is based upon. My August searches posted on Sept 9 and my guess is Sept's searches will post on oct 9, so I'll look for the hit on oct 14 when the sweep is run.

According to the FAQ:
Once you’ve downloaded the toolbar to your computer, just complete 3 mileage earning searches and you’ll earn a hit. But you can only do it once for it to count as a hit.

I read that to mean that it's earning a mile from searches that constitutes the hit.

Remember that it's the listed activity date that matters. My 2 miles for August searches posted on September 8, but with an activity date of August 22, so I think it would be prudent to do 3 mileage-earning searches [on or] after September 14, and if the miles post with a pre-Sep. 14 activity date anyway, to do 3 more searches in October.

According to the FAQ:
Once you’ve downloaded the toolbar to your computer, just complete 3 mileage earning searches and you’ll earn a hit. But you can only do it once for it to count as a hit.

I read that to mean that it's earning a mile from searches that constitutes the hit.

That's exactly what I said in the post you were replying to.


Remember that it's the listed activity date that matters. My 2 miles for August searches posted on September 8, but with an activity date of August 22, so I think it would be prudent to do 3 mileage-earning searches [on or] after September 14, and if the miles post with a pre-Sep. 14 activity date anyway, to do 3 more searches in October.

And that's exactly what I said in the post you were replying to.

Was my post that incoherent?

That's exactly what I said in the post you were replying to.




And that's exactly what I said in the post you were replying to.

Was my post that incoherent?

I was agreeing with you because I thought that others might disagree. I did not know that you were a recognized authority whose posts could not accept corroboration.

Why do all my searches fail to earn miles? I just installed the toolbar, and am logged in, which the toolbar reflects on the far right end with a green checkmark and my DM#. But the gray circle and the words "not earning" do not change. I am typing my search terms directly into the little box on the toolbar, and it is set to Yahoo search.

I was agreeing with you because I thought that others might disagree. I did not know that you were a recognized authority whose posts could not accept corroboration.


The gist of your post gave the idea you interpreted my post incorrectly and were offering a different point of view. Corroboration was not apparent.

If I thought you were agreeing with me my response would not have been curt. Rather I would not have responded at all.

I'm a recognized authority by many, I will just refrain from describing exactly in what and where. :D

Is it too early to worry that the toolbar searches (for those of us who had previously downloaded the app) won't count as a hit? I received my dividend miles statement this afternoon and it is showing a "buy miles" transaction from yesterday and a points.com transfer from this afternoon. (I had recorded 16 hits by that time.) The statement came very shortly after that points.com transfer. I know some partner hits will take longer than others, but I was thinkin' the toolbar hits would be "in house" so to speak and hit early. I have "earned a mile" many times over since the Slam started.

your points.com transfer went through to US DM that quick? Which other program did you switch miles from? I did AA and it's still "under review" after a couple of days even though points have been taken out of AA account.

your points.com transfer went through to US DM that quick? Which other program did you switch miles from? I did AA and it's still "under review" after a couple of days even though points have been taken out of AA account.

I transfered 3 points from my Best Buy Rewards account and the transaction went through in less than a day. I transfered at night and they were in my account the next day. They even put a check mark in a bonus column. Not sure if that check mark signifies as a "hit" or not though.

your points.com transfer went through to US DM that quick? Which other program did you switch miles from? I did AA and it's still "under review" after a couple of days even though points have been taken out of AA account.

Best Buy 3 for 1

Why do all my searches fail to earn miles? I just installed the toolbar, and am logged in, which the toolbar reflects on the far right end with a green checkmark and my DM#. But the gray circle and the words "not earning" do not change. I am typing my search terms directly into the little box on the toolbar, and it is set to Yahoo search.The "not earning" just refers to the DM Shopping websites. If you're at a participating site (like Amazon.com) it will show as "earning".

The searches are separate. Right next to the search button it will say something like "4 searches >> 1 miles". As long as it doesn't say "0 miles", and you earned the first mile on or after 9/14, you're fine.

The toolbar miles tend to post with an activity date of the first day in the month you earned a mile so if you started before 9/14 you may need to earn a mile in October.

I uploaded the toolbar and while getting it up to 5 miles I found Choice Hotels and low and behold it said on the bar Congrads 2 miles per $1 (your purchase at this merchant will reward you)

So will this count as my DM Shopping Mall Hit? it should for 1 of 6 Hotel stays,

I will check-in but since its an Econo Lodge (250 miles) dont know if I want to stay there, theres another Hotel down the block I need for Elite level and want Hotel pts so I just might checkin and stay at the other place if its as bad as I think it maybe

the 3rd hit is getting enough searches on the toolbar to earn miles

how do you log out of the toolbar so someone else in your family can log in??

do you have to unload the thing

how do you log out of the toolbar so someone else in your family can log in??

do you have to unload the thing

Button on far left - "US Airways Dividend Miles" is a button that opens a drop-down menu with a Logoff option.

I have had the toolbar installed a long time. Except for the bonus miles that were offered to do the download (long time ago) I have not seen any of the search miles credited to my account. I see the miles accumulate on my toolbar after every 3 searches but I have not received these miles in my DM account, ever. Anybody experience this? Maybe my browser or something else is messed up? I use MSIE 9 now. I also use the Hawaiian Air toolbar and they have been posting my bonus miles every time.

I have had the toolbar installed a long time. Except for the bonus miles that were offered to do the download (long time ago) I have not seen any of the search miles credited to my account. I see the miles accumulate on my toolbar after every 3 searches but I have not received these miles in my DM account, ever.

From the first page of this thread, some useful information about the posting cycle:
When I first downloaded toolbar in March I was getting miles posting in weekly increments but from April they have been monthly and always on a Thursday between the 4th and 9th of the following month. I am expecting August miles to post this week on Thursday 9th.

[...]

I am hoping existing users will get a hit when the September toobar miles post early October but will just have to wait and see.

Is anyone able to use this with Chrome? I tried several months ago and then was told it was not available for Chrome yet.

This kinda has advantages. The toolbar will hijack the miles from any participating web sites and credit them as a DM shopping mall hit and not a partner hit.

I installed it in IE to get my hits, and do the rest of my browsing with Chrome.

This kinda has advantages. The toolbar will hijack the miles from any participating web sites and credit them as a DM shopping mall hit and not a partner hit.

I installed it in IE to get my hits, and do the rest of my browsing with Chrome.

I am not sure about that, but i do the same just to play it safe!!

I have had the toolbar installed a long time. Except for the bonus miles that were offered to do the download (long time ago) I have not seen any of the search miles credited to my account. I see the miles accumulate on my toolbar after every 3 searches but I have not received these miles in my DM account, ever. Anybody experience this? Maybe my browser or something else is messed up? I use MSIE 9 now. I also use the Hawaiian Air toolbar and they have been posting my bonus miles every time.

Pretty sure the toolbars will step over each other. Disable the other toolbar or install to another browser to avoid a conflict.

I noticed this morning that my "search" and "miles" counts reset, so hopefully they will be posting the accruals soon.

I noticed this morning that my "search" and "miles" counts reset, so hopefully they will be posting the accruals soon.

Same here - good catch!

I noticed this morning that my "search" and "miles" counts reset, so hopefully they will be posting the accruals soon.

Same here about the reset, but my searches today are not being counted and my search and point counts remain at zero after doing several searches today. I tried logging out (to then login again) thinking that even though it showed me as "logged in" that maybe my login had timed out. I got a message indicating that I had logged out, but the toolbar still showed me as logged in (and the dropdown doesn't give me a login option). I'd never used the toolbar before so I'm not sure if these performance issues are normal or not.

This kinda has advantages. The toolbar will hijack the miles from any participating web sites and credit them as a DM shopping mall hit and not a partner hit.

I installed it in IE to get my hits, and do the rest of my browsing with Chrome.


I purchased via ThanksAgain a Restaurant.com voucher. It shows in the toolbar "11 miles per $". The toolbar was on and I got nevertheless the "thanks again" hit @:-)

Same here about the reset, but my searches today are not being counted and my search and point counts remain at zero after doing several searches today. I tried logging out (to then login again) thinking that even though it showed me as "logged in" that maybe my login had timed out. I got a message indicating that I had logged out, but the toolbar still showed me as logged in (and the dropdown doesn't give me a login option). I'd never used the toolbar before so I'm not sure if these performance issues are normal or not.

I noticed the same thing last night. I downloaded the toolbar again and it began to perform normally. I did another few searches to earn another mile just to be on the safe side since my first round hasn't posted yet.

Anita

I noticed this morning that my "search" and "miles" counts reset, so hopefully they will be posting the accruals soon.

Same here!! All "3" of my searches disappeared!!! :D

Same here about the reset, but my searches today are not being counted and my search and point counts remain at zero after doing several searches today. I tried logging out (to then login again) thinking that even though it showed me as "logged in" that maybe my login had timed out. I got a message indicating that I had logged out, but the toolbar still showed me as logged in (and the dropdown doesn't give me a login option). I'd never used the toolbar before so I'm not sure if these performance issues are normal or not.

My searches were reset, but new counts are working without relogging or reinstallation

It clearly says "you have earned 0 miles this month". This toolbar ONLY shows miles earned in current month.

If you perform some new searches, it will yield you miles.

Did anyone else's toolbar reset to 0 today? I'm guessing that means as expected the miles will be posting soon.

Sorry if this is a newbie question, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something.
I just downloaded the toolbar, logged in, and did 3 searches. So now it says I earned 1 mile. That's enough, right? I don't need to "transfer" the miles in any way, right? So now can I log out so that someone else can do their 3 searches?

Sorry if this is a newbie question, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something.
I just downloaded the toolbar, logged in, and did 3 searches. So now it says I earned 1 mile. That's enough, right? I don't need to "transfer" the miles in any way, right? So now can I log out so that someone else can do their 3 searches?

No, you don't have to do anything!! Miles transfer automatically every month!! :)

No, you don't have to do anything!! Miles transfer automatically every month!! :)
That said, he likely missed the cutoff & won't see this post until early November.

That said, he likely missed the cutoff & won't see this post until early November.

:D

This kinda has advantages. The toolbar will hijack the miles from any participating web sites and credit them as a DM shopping mall hit and not a partner hit.

I installed it in IE to get my hits, and do the rest of my browsing with Chrome.

I've been doing GC purchases for the UA month of miles promo as well as Grand Slam. I just realized that the DM toolbar hijacked several of my purchases through the MP shopping mall and credited them do the DM shopping mall:mad:

So I'm a mac user, installed the toolbar on a family members PC. Currently have 9 searches for 3 miles. Can I uninstall it now? Don't want to leave this toolbar thing as it's not my computer.

Ok I unticked the toolbar so it is not displayed but didnt fully uninstall it. Should this be ok?

So I'm a mac user, installed the toolbar on a family members PC. Currently have 9 searches for 3 miles. Can I uninstall it now? Don't want to leave this toolbar thing as it's not my computer.

Ok I unticked the toolbar so it is not displayed but didnt fully uninstall it. Should this be ok?

No, uninstall that pile of ****. It will "steal" all click thru commissions, and the user of that computer will not be able to get miles, points, or cash back from any other rewards sites.

Have miles for toolbar searches during September posted?

Have miles for toolbar searches during September posted?
See post #3, or even post #46.

People, would it really kill you to read through a thread with only 60-odd posts in it, in attempt to find out if the answer is already there?

A suggestion: before you post any question in a thread, read the first 20-30 posts and the last 20-30. It's just common courtesy.

See post #3, or even post #46.

People, would it really kill you to read through a thread with only 60-odd posts in it, in attempt to find out if the answer is already there?

A suggestion: before you post any question in a thread, read the first 20-30 posts and the last 20-30. It's just common courtesy.

Yes, I saw those posts. AND other posts alluded to miles posting. Sorry that I'm not the great know it all.

No, uninstall that pile of ****. It will "steal" all click thru commissions, and the user of that computer will not be able to get miles, points, or cash back from any other rewards sites.

Thank you
Will do so now


Edit: So I don't have to wait for the miles to post first?

No, uninstall that pile of ****. It will "steal" all click thru commissions, and the user of that computer will not be able to get miles, points, or cash back from any other rewards sites.
I have not observed this problem on Windows PCs. I've had the toolbar installed for many months. I simply disabled the US toolbar, and HAVE been able to earn miles, points, or cash back from other reward sites.

I have not observed this problem on Windows PCs. I've had the toolbar installed for many months. I simply disabled the US toolbar, and HAVE been able to earn miles, points, or cash back from other reward sites.

Think that's what he meant. I was talking bout simply hiding it. And he was saying I should uninstall it

See post #3, or even post #46.


beltway, could you please include a hotlink to each post to which you refer so that I don't have to tire my fingers by clicking back through this thread? :D

Think that's what he meant. I was talking bout simply hiding it. And he was saying I should uninstall it

Yes, you can disable or uninstall. Hiding will remove it from view but it's still there. I made the mistake once of hiding the AA toolbar from view and forgot all about it. Couldn't figure out what happened to all my referrals, doh!

beltway, could you please include a hotlink to each post to which you refer so that I don't have to tire my fingers by clicking back through this thread? :D

^

beltway, could you please include a hotlink to each post to which you refer so that I don't have to tire my fingers by clicking back through this thread? :D

I got yer hotlink right HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E4kFolxUuM).
:eek:

I got yer hotlink right HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E4kFolxUuM).
:eek:

BRAVO!!! ^ :D

I got yer hotlink right HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E4kFolxUuM).
:eek:

I was so sure you were going this route:

http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Mine just posted.

9/16/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 5

Mine just posted.

9/16/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 5

Mine too:

9/14/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 6

Toolbar posted for me as well, search only without the Amazon miles it hijacked.

Toolbar posted for me as well, search only without the Amazon miles it hijacked.

Posted and I downloaded on Sept 15th. Plus got extra slam bonus as well. (met a goal)

When I first downloaded toolbar in March I was getting miles posting in weekly increments but from April they have been monthly and always on a Thursday between the 4th and 9th of the following month. I am expecting August miles to post this week on Thursday 9th.

I find the toolbar less flakey on IE than other browsers.

As it is linked to particular accounts I doubt that loading on different browsers will give any increase in miles. My experience is that if you switch between one browser and the next it picks up the count from where the other left off.

We have four accounts all using the same computer and once 100 miles have been earned on one account we log it off and log on the next account. No need to have different computers or browsers.

I am hoping existing users will get a hit when the September toobar miles post early October but will just have to wait and see.
+1 for accuracy of Post#3

My miles posted today for the toolbar search and I know that I did 3 searches but I am only getting 2 miles. Will I get a hit for this? Same thing happened in my husbands account when he downloaded the toolbar. We made sure that 3 searches were registered.

9/21/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 2

Should I downloaded it again and do three more searches?

Thanks.

Crap, mine is 9/13/2011. Oh well, there is 10/13 left
Mine too:

9/14/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 6

My miles posted today for the toolbar search and I know that I did 3 searches but I am only getting 2 miles. Will I get a hit for this? Same thing happened in my husbands account when he downloaded the toolbar. We made sure that 3 searches were registered.

9/21/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 2

Should I downloaded it again and do three more searches?

Thanks.

3 searches -> 1 mile that's all you need for the hit. you got 2 so you had at least 6 searches :)

Mine posted too, which means one less thread to track here :D

Mine too:

9/14/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 6

Crap, mine is 9/13/2011. Oh well, there is 10/13 left
I think somebody posted earlier that this is because the toolbar credit uses the earliest activity/mile-earning date for the month in question. So earn away in October -- for which all dates are valid hits -- and your mile(s)/hit should post a month from now.

9/14/2011 10/06/11 dividend miles toolbar search bonus 3

WOW ! no one is going for 100. I religiously complete 300 searches every month.

I think somebody posted earlier that this is because the toolbar credit uses the earliest activity/mile-earning date for the month in question. So earn away in October -- for which all dates are valid hits -- and your mile(s)/hit should post a month from now.

Mine also posted with a 9/14 date. This is disappointing that this is set up this way. I was hoping to get rid of the toolbar as soon as the miles posted to ensure a GS hit

9/14 is a legal date for the grand slam - so no worries

9/14 is a legal date for the grand slam - so no worries

Thanks- I am not sure why I was thinking GS began on 9/15.

Didn't know when the Toobar hit would post, but it posted after almost 3 weeks:

9/18/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 2

Ah there it is... got mine for all accounts.

In case anyone else only did the three searches I received exactly 1 mile today for the Toolbar.

Mine was posted as 9/2... guess I have to wait for another month for this hit to be settled.

Toolbar hits posted today on two different DM accts as well as shpping mall hits from first three days of GS from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Got the toolbar hits also today. Missed yesterday's sweep though. They might have another sweep next week. Maybe they decided to do it weekly instead of bi-weekly.

Me too - got the toolbar hit and my shopping mall hit posted - FINALLY!

And got another 5k bonus for having 12 hits up

Edit: I'd also like to add - even though US's website is a mess and no one really has any idea what is going on, it seems that everything is getting posted and the promotion is somehow working. It's not perfect, but I'm actually kind of impressed so far with it.

Got my 1 mile too!! And looking forward to my next mile next month.. :D

Got my 2 miles for toolbar...Now I am going to uninstall the toolbar.

I got my 5 miles from the toobar searches!

I've had and used the toolbar on a regular basis for months. In hindsight, I guess I should've refrained from doing any searches in September until at least 9/14:

9/1/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 22

I've had and used the toolbar on a regular basis for months. In hindsight, I guess I should've refrained from doing any searches in September until at least 9/14:

9/1/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 22

If you were using the search on the first of the month why did you end up with only 22 miles? :td::D

It appears that if you have used the toolbar BEFORE the begining of Grand Slam, then your miles will post with an activity date before 14/9 and even though you will get the miles, FT members report that this would NOT count as a hit!!

CHECK the ACTIVITY DATE of your Toolbar Miles

If the activity date is PRIOR to the 14th of September, make sure that you do some searches in OCTOBER too, to get the hit!!

^ to booyaa who brought that up!!!

^ to booyaa who brought that up!!!

Hey that's me! Thanks Nik!

iamthehpt helped me figure that out, otherwise I wouldve thought it was Hilton 850 problem again.

The discussion went like this (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/2011-grand-slam-promotion/1258785-how-many-hits-so-far-44.html#post17265557) + a couple more posts after that.

I've had and used the toolbar on a regular basis for months. In hindsight, I guess I should've refrained from doing any searches in September until at least 9/14:

9/1/2011 10/06/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS 22
Taking note for next year!

Got the toolbar hits also today. Missed yesterday's sweep though. They might have another sweep next week. Maybe they decided to do it weekly instead of bi-weekly.

You had to uninstall the Hawaiian toolbar to finally get any US toolbar miles?

Just wondering here...I just installed the toolbar in a browser I rarely use and did a bunch of searches last week and saw the counter say 3 or 4 searches, so that should count as a hit for me, whenever they get around to posting. I then logged out and logged back in with Mrs. dwcatty's account and did three more searches. That should get her a hit, yes? I did the same for the newly created granddaughter's account as well, so she gets a hit, too, right?

My real question, I suppose, is the way I read the T&C is you get the hit for installing the tool bar and doing three searches, but I only installed it once. Anyone else doing multiple Slams get hits in multiple accounts doing what I just did?

Just wondering here...I just installed the toolbar in a browser I rarely use and did a bunch of searches last week and saw the counter say 3 or 4 searches, so that should count as a hit for me, whenever they get around to posting. I then logged out and logged back in with Mrs. dwcatty's account and did three more searches. That should get her a hit, yes? I did the same for the newly created granddaughter's account as well, so she gets a hit, too, right?

My real question, I suppose, is the way I read the T&C is you get the hit for installing the tool bar and doing three searches, but I only installed it once. Anyone else doing multiple Slams get hits in multiple accounts doing what I just did?

Yes, 4 accounts and a hit earned for each. I just changed the DM number until I had a few miles in each account. Piece of cake.

Yes, 4 accounts and a hit earned for each. I just changed the DM number until I had a few miles in each account. Piece of cake.

Great, thanks. ^

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Yes, 4 accounts and a hit earned for each. I just changed the DM number until I had a few miles in each account. Piece of cake.

Great, thanks. ^

Good info to know for wife's account!

Slightly off topic, but am seeing an interesting thing with the toolbar. I just went to Delta.com to check on some upcoming flights, and I got a notification that I can earn 2 DM for any order with Delta. What?!?! That can't be right, can it?

Slightly off topic, but am seeing an interesting thing with the toolbar. I just went to Delta.com to check on some upcoming flights, and I got a notification that I can earn 2 DM for any order with Delta. What?!?! That can't be right, can it?

I was getting excited when it the tool bar told me that I was going to get 12 miles per $1 for every IHG hotel stay.:cool: It now says 3 miles per $1 - but I cannot find it on the dividend miles shopping, so I do not think that it is correct.

The toolbar also keeps giving me Foley & Corinna when I am on google. At 16 miles per $1, I was looking at buying and reselling on ebay! I rebooted my system and now it is telling me 4 miles per $1. Their website shows them as non-earning.

I think that it is very buggy. I did get the hit for the searches, but I do not trust it on the shopping portion.

It's a lousy toolbar developed by Freecause. As soon as I got the hit, I uninstalled it (which hopefully won't cause any crediting problems). With FT member help, I diagnosed a Firefox loss of functionality problem to Freecause's failure to update their security certificate. I had to go in and reset the date, but later got similar problems until the uninstall.

Against my better judgment, I downloaded the toolbar a few days ago. Many people have indicated that the toolbar shows how many qualifying searches you've done. I am not seeing anything on mine. The "Not Earning" button changes to green on many of my searches and shows how many miles/$ I can earn. Aren't these eligible searches? I don't actually have to buy anything do I? So where can I see if I have done 3 qualifying searches?


TIA

Against my better judgment, I downloaded the toolbar a few days ago. Many people have indicated that the toolbar shows how many qualifying searches you've done. I am not seeing anything on mine. The "Not Earning" button changes to green on many of my searches and shows how many miles/$ I can earn. Aren't these eligible searches? I don't actually have to buy anything do I? So where can I see if I have done 3 qualifying searches?


TIA

This happened to me too. I did sign on/off & enable/disable toolbar several times until it showed.

Toolbar points post only once a month. (Per post #3, between the 4th & 9th for the prior month.) I don't know that we've determined an exact cutoff date, but with the end of October approaching, if you haven't already done your toolbar hit, now would be a Very Good Time to get that done so you'll have a verified hit before the end of the GS period. That way, if your mile(s) don't post, you'll know about the problem with plenty of time to make up the difference by doing the toolbar hit again or by doing an alternative.

This happened to me too. I did sign on/off & enable/disable toolbar several times until it showed.

Can you clarify what you mean by sign on/off? I did reboot my laptop a couple of times, and enabled/disabled the toolbar 5-6 times, and I'm still not seeing anything.


Thanks

I think they meant to say logout / login. To logout you click on the usairways icon to the left of the toolbar and select logout. Not very obvious.

I think they meant to say logout / login. To logout you click on the usairways icon to the left of the toolbar and select logout. Not very obvious.

I don't know if I am dense, or if I have a wonky tool bar! When I click on the "US Airways Dividend Miles" button at the very left of the toolbar, I have 5 options:



Shopping Mall
Help
Send Us Feedback
Clear Search History
Layout Manager


I don't see a Logout option. So is there something missing?

Where on the toolbar does the search count show up?

Thanks for your patience!

Margarita girl - yes - it is confusing, as I do not think that they have the login button in the proper place.

The login button is about 2/3 of the way over from the US Airways button. The layout is:

US Airways Button
Yahoo Search box
Yellow Search Button
Red Login Button (replaced by # of searches >> # of miles after logged in)
Shop Online
Special Offers
Earning/Not Earning Green Button
Red Book Button
Red Daily Deal Button
Amazon Button
Help Button

Hope this helps!

Thanks. I'm a doofus. Never noticed the LOGIN button, and I haven't been logged in since I downloaded the toolbar! I'll go hang my head in shame now.

Thanks for the help guys.

I am logged in and I do see that 'number of searches' and 'number of miles' count going up or occasionally a message popping showing up saying that I didn't perform a valid search. But so far I've not seen anything on my DM account that suggests a toolbar hit. Not sure whom to contact for toolbar hit not showing up.

Per post #118 (see below), points only post once a month. Have you been doing searches since before the end of Sept?

Toolbar points post only once a month. (Per post #3, between the 4th & 9th for the prior month.) I don't know that we've determined an exact cutoff date, but with the end of October approaching, if you haven't already done your toolbar hit, now would be a Very Good Time to get that done so you'll have a verified hit before the end of the GS period. That way, if your mile(s) don't post, you'll know about the problem with plenty of time to make up the difference by doing the toolbar hit again or by doing an alternative.

Oh, I didn't know about that. No, I started playing GS only in October. Although I had played it last year, but didn't realize that this will be a yearly thing. I remember last year I had got an email indicating the start of GS. This time I didn't.

Have I missed the boat for the Toolbar hit? For those of you who already have the miles posted, does it show up as an end of the month date or the actual day you performed the search?

Yes, 4 accounts and a hit earned for each. I just changed the DM number until I had a few miles in each account. Piece of cake.

Great, thanks. ^

I have done this for two accounts. Just wondering if the miles have posted for you?

Activity posts as day of first (or third) search in the month.

Not sure on the activity date on this one. One the date it shows up as 9/1 but when i search by activity date starting 9/14 it still shows up. Guess i will have to hope a sweep runs quick as if thats in i have 12 posted hits.

Not sure on the activity date on this one. One the date it shows up as 9/1 but when i search by activity date starting 9/14 it still shows up. That's because the US website doesn't really filter by activity date, but rather by posting date.

Today my e-miles got posted, but still no sign of Toolbar hit. I see that the count has been reset. Wonder when they'll post.

It's usually within a few days of the beginning of the month.

The activity date is the date of the first mile earned in the month. If your activity is before 9/14 (or your GS registration date) you need to earn another before the promotion end date.

It's usually within a few days of the beginning of the month.

The activity date is the date of the first mile earned in the month. If your activity is before 9/14 (or your GS registration date) you need to earn another before the promotion end date.

My first activity date would be sometime in early October as that's when I started playing GS. I was automatically registered into GS, but was not aware of it as I didn't receive any email. So missed some valuable time. Anyway, after installing the toolbar, I've performed a lot of searches. If I remember correctly, my miles count for October was 22 so that means at least 66 valid searches.

Wonder when they'll post.
Have you read post #3, 118, or 125? It's not as if this thread is unmanageably vast.

Data point. Very, very long-awaited toolbar hit finally posted:

10/6/2011 11/03/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS

Data point. Very, very long-awaited toolbar hit finally posted:

10/6/2011 11/03/11 DIVIDEND MILES TOOLBAR SEARCH BONUS

Looking at the posting stats on the Grand Slam Scorecard (http://www.gsscorecard.com/)we've had the early adopters posting on Thursday 6th October and the Johnny Come Latelys appearing on Thursday 3rd November....apart from one guy who saw theirs yesterday (time zone problem?)

The activity dates are all from the first search, so if you need this hit, you can still start it now. (or re-start it for those of us who forgot to register their wives (I only have one) on the promotion, but were swinging for hits anyway :o (I don't understand baseball:confused:, cricket anyone?))

Sorry about the parentheses overload. I've got my coding head on.

As gnarly says its not too late to get this hit.

Toolbar miles have been posting like clockwork on the first Thursday of the month as long as the first Thursday is a couple of days into the month. When the first Thursday is the first or second day of the month the miles have been posting on the second Thursday.

This means that the next posting of toolbar miles will probably be Thursday December 8 and as long as the activity date is on or before November 14 all will be well.

I downloaded the toolbar last week and did 6 searches. Today, only 2 miles showed up. Don't you also get 500 for just downloading the toolbar?

I'm probably just being paranoid, but I assume the 2 is what triggers the hit, not 500 (for download) plus 2 (searches)?

Can someone confirm?

Thanks.

I downloaded the toolbar last week and did 6 searches. Today, only 2 miles showed up. Don't you also get 500 for just downloading the toolbar?

I'm probably just being paranoid, but I assume the 2 is what triggers the hit, not 500 (for download) plus 2 (searches)?

Can someone confirm?

Thanks.

Yes the miles for searches triggers the hit.
The 500 bonus for downloading the toolbar posts separately.

I would like to get the toolbar hit for 4 of us in the family. If I install and reinstall, will that work for each of us?

I would like to get the toolbar hit for 4 of us in the family. If I install and reinstall, will that work for each of us?

There is no need to reinstall. Simply log out and then log in with the next account. You will notice that the miles counter is tied to the account currently logged in.

It's a lousy toolbar developed by Freecause. As soon as I got the hit, I uninstalled it (which hopefully won't cause any crediting problems). With FT member help, I diagnosed a Firefox loss of functionality problem to Freecause's failure to update their security certificate. I had to go in and reset the date, but later got similar problems until the uninstall.

I look went to my computer add/remove, but don't see to find what this program name?

Thanks!
Lee

How do I uninstall? (http://freecause.force.com/support/tb_usairways?username=6E823C4&toolid=63323&userid=70411867&m=663e2135-0b69-4b58-b05b-c12f3ae10fa5&g=3948072D-28FE-4206-9F7F-2AFF92B24679#q15)

To uninstall, follow these steps:

To uninstall in Internet Explorer: Go to your start menu, then Program Files. There will be a folder for 'Dividend Miles Toolbar'. Click the 'Uninstall' link in that folder.

To uninstall in Firefox: Go to Tools -> Go to the tools menu in Firefox and select "Add-ons". Click on the record for "Dividend Miles Toolbar and choose 'Uninstall'.

I downloaded the toolbar last week and did 6 searches. Today, only 2 miles showed up. Don't you also get 500 for just downloading the toolbar?
I thought the 500 bonus expired a month or two ago?

I thought the 500 bonus expired a month or two ago?

I thought so too though have not been able to find a date of expiry. Certainly I got no bonus for downloading it in late September.

My Toolbar hit finally showed up yesterday after about 3 weeks.

Thank you cvarming!

The activity dates are all from the first search, so if you need this hit, you can still start it now. (or re-start it for those of us who forgot to register their wives (I only have one) on the promotion, but were swinging for hits anyway :o (I don't understand baseball:confused:, cricket anyone?))
Isn't swinging just a variation of having multiple wives?

The activity dates are all from the first search, so if you need this hit, you can still start it now. (or re-start it for those of us who forgot to register their wives (I only have one) on the promotion, but were swinging for hits anyway :o (I don't understand baseball:confused:, cricket anyone?))



So you're advocating multiple partnerships? :D;)

Kiss this free hit goodbye for next year--US has a new store front and they are discontinuing the search for miles function.

Kiss this free hit goodbye for next year--US has a new store front and they are discontinuing the search for miles function.

Why know ya that and who told ya that?

Why know ya that and who told ya that?

See this thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-airways-dividend-miles/1278661-new-dividend-miles-storefront.html).

See this thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-airways-dividend-miles/1278661-new-dividend-miles-storefront.html).

Well, that's downright sad.

As mentioned in the other thread;

If you have the Dividend Miles Toolbar you can no longer earn miles with it. Here’s how to uninstall:
In Internet Explorer: From your Start menu, go to ‘Programs’ and select the Dividend Miles Toolbar folder. Click ‘Uninstall’ in that folder.
In Firefox: Go to the Tools menu in Firefox and select ‘Add-ons.’ Click on the record for Dividend Miles Toolbar and choose ‘Uninstall.’

If you uninstall DM Toolbar and do not install the Shopping Toolbar, do you lose your hit?

I already got my toolbar hit, but started playing my husband's account after Nov 1. I wonder if the searches from Nov will still post? Ugh!

Miles earned prior to the vendor switch should still be valid and post on the same schedule. I've gotten a few postings from the old DM mall today.

Miles earned prior to the vendor switch should still be valid and post on the same schedule. I've gotten a few postings from the old DM mall today.
+1

My latest (and evidently last) Amazon-derived miles posted this morning. Farewell, my lovely. :(

+1

My latest (and evidently last) Amazon-derived miles posted this morning. Farewell, my lovely. :(

Yes, Amazon as a vendor will be missed. Chances for free miles gone. :(

when was this discontinued-i did some shopping mall and toolbar on the 13th it was still showing-will this not post??

when was this discontinued-i did some shopping mall and toolbar on the 13th it was still showing-will this not post??
The email about it being discontinued went out on Nov 15th.

prob safe then

what would i do without sc flier?

prob safe then

what would i do without sc flier?
I think advertising that toolbar use got a hit and then just wiping out any toolbar searches for November would attract some unwelcome attention for US Air so don't think they'd go that far.

When did people last see miles post for the toolbar searches? I did my searching on the 7th of November (pre-email) and just want to make sure they'll post and get me a hit. Haven't had anything show up thus far.

When did people last see miles post for the toolbar searches? I did my searching on the 7th of November (pre-email) and just want to make sure they'll post and get me a hit. Haven't had anything show up thus far.
Toolbar hits always post in the first week of the month, so you're looking at a wait of 10-14 days.

I hope so, as I have one account that is still reliant on a late toolbar hit in order to get any bonus points at all.

I hope so, as I have one account that is still reliant on a late toolbar hit in order to get any bonus points at all.
I guarantee it, or my name isn't Beltway.

I guarantee it, or my name isn't Beltway.

I'd like to see that passport page! Your parents must have had a love/hate relationship with that road to name their child, beltway.

I prefer the rescinded cookie offer. :p

Ok, we're into December. My November toolbar hit/miles posted on the 3rd, which was a Thursday. GSScorecard shows most October and November hits posting on Thursdays.
Today is a Thursday....but is it too soon?

I suspect that we'll see the hit on the 8th, but it could be today.

Ok, we're into December. My November toolbar hit/miles posted on the 3rd, which was a Thursday. GSScorecard shows most October and November hits posting on Thursdays.
Today is a Thursday....but is it too soon?

I suspect that we'll see the hit on the 8th, but it could be today.

It wasn't today, but hopefully soon.

It wasn't today, but hopefully soon.

Yes, I hope so, as this is the last hit that I am waiting for on one of my accounts. (It's already counted on two others).

I can't remember seeing this in the thread, but how does the toolbar communicate with US Airways in order to allocate the miles? e.g. if I have uninstalled the toolbar after an initial burst of activity in November, will US already know about the miles?

if I have uninstalled the toolbar after an initial burst of activity in November, will US already know about the miles?
Yes. I installed, ran searches, and uninstalled in the space of about 10 minutes. Got the hit the next month.

No miles yet from November searches, but they have usually posted for me around the 6th of each month, so I'll know soon. tls

No miles yet from November searches, but they have usually posted for me around the 6th of each month, so I'll know soon. tls

It's late on the 7th and still nothing. My mom's account is in need of this posting and, because of the discontinuation of the searchbar tool, this might take some time to see in the account.

If it happens, I think it'll happen today.
We'll see.

Toolbar posted today for 3 out of 4 of my family's accounts. Not sure how to get the one account credited. Any ideas? Thanks.

It happened today. USDM managed it very well.