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After emailing back and forth between my eBay account manager they finally got a response from the people who run the program at eBay. Here's copy of the response.

Hello holtju2,

I just wanted to update you on the anything points issue you emailed in about earlier. I have heard back from one of our anything points specialists and they have informed me that Priceline changed the point structure to the following:

1 - 2 star hotels earn 500 points
2.5 - 3.5 star hotels earn 1000 points
4 - 5 star hotels and resorts earn 1500 points

I apologize for the confusion. Thanks again for your patience and thank you for using eBay.

Regards,

XYZ.
eBay Customer Support

holtju2,

thanks again for the accurate ebay info! you should start auctions that sell correct answers to all your ebay customer service problems!! you would make a fortune!

rich

Thanks holtju2!!

holtju2:

Thanks for posting this.
I have talked on the phone with eBay and Priceline .. none of the reps mentioned this.

2.5 - 3.5 star hotels earn 1000 points

Can you provide an example of a PL 3.5* hotel??

Can you provide an example of a PL 3.5* hotel??

I've never seen a 3.5* - perhaps this is the Boutique rated ones?

That rings a bell... I think 3.5* is the inofficial rating for a Boutique Hotel, and 4.5* is the inofficial rating for a Resort.

In the HTML source code, you can see that Priceline uses Boutique for a 3.5* hotel and Resort for a 4.5* hotel.

In the HTML source code, you can see that Priceline uses Boutique for a 3.5* hotel and Resort for a 4.5* hotel.

I remember seeing this information some time ago in another thread.

My travel has not permitted Pl as of late. Is this per "stay" or per "night" (regardless of booked all at once or booked each individual day)?

chobby100, the points are awarded per booking, based on hotel star rating. A 1 night stay at 1* earns the same amount as a 10 night stay at the same 1* if made under the same booking.

Can someone advise who we talk to about missing ebay anything points for a priceline stay booked 8/5? Thanks.

I'm missing points for an August 5 stay also. Booked the same day. Where should we take our questions?

I also made a PL hotel reservation on Aug 5, until this point I had been accustomed to receiving an email from ebayanythingpoints@ebay.com entitled "You've Earned eBay Anything Points!" telling me that my points had posted but in this case I never received the email. HOWEVER when I actually went to my PayPal account the points had indeed posted by Sat Aug 7.

For those of you that are missing points is it possible that you are waiting for the "You've Earned eBay Anything Points!" email that never came instead of actually going to your PayPal account to check if the points posted? Just a thought...

In addition to the July 27th snafu i am missing points from Aug 5th. They are not in my paypal account. Priceline confirmed that i am owed 1500 points but need to wait 30 days for the points to post.

rich

I also made a PL hotel reservation on Aug 5, until this point I had been accustomed to receiving an email from ebayanythingpoints@ebay.com entitled "You've Earned eBay Anything Points!" telling me that my points had posted but in this case I never received the email. HOWEVER when I actually went to my PayPal account the points had indeed posted by Sat Aug 7.

For those of you that are missing points is it possible that you are waiting for the "You've Earned eBay Anything Points!" email that never came instead of actually going to your PayPal account to check if the points posted? Just a thought...
I have never once gotten an email, "You've Earned eBay Anything Points!" and I've earned MANY Anything Points.

No, I check my account balance directly and look through the individual transactions. And I'm missing one (and only one) rental car transaction for 500 points.

I've never received any of these confirmation emails either, but I get my points. Interesting.

I have received all the points as well but never received a single "confirmation" email either. eBay's and PayPal's confirmation emails are notoriously unreliable so you never can count on receiving them.

Since some of you haven't received one of these emails this is what an ebay anything email looks like:

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 15:01:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: eBayAnythingPoints@ebay.com Add to Address Book
To: xxxxx@xxxxx.com
Subject: You've Earned eBay Anything Points!


PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL


Hello xxxxx

You've just earned eBay Anything Points!

Activity eBay
Anything Points Earned
Priceline hotel reservation 1,500




IMPORTANT: To claim your Points, you need to be registered in the eBay
Anything Points program. Register at http://anythingpoints.ebay.com!

Use your points to get more buying power on eBay!

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The eBay Anything Points program is designed so you can bid and buy
more on eBay. One Point is equal to $.01 of buying power on eBay. The
more Points you earn, the more you can buy!

It's easy to earn eBay Anything Points; Here's how -

- EARN FROM PARTNERS by participating in valuable offers
<http://anythingpoints.ebay.com/getpoints.html>
- EARN FROM EXCHANGING your airline miles and frequent flyer points
<http://ap.ebay.com/static/pointsxchange.html>
- EARN FROM SELLERS who offer Points
<http://anythingpoints.ebay.com/earn.html>
- EARN FROM SPECIAL OFFERS from eBay
<http://anythingpoints.ebay.com >
- GET THE eBay MBNA MasterCard and earn 1 Point per dollar spent!

<https://wwwa.applyonlinenow.com/USapp/Ctl/redirect?CV_sourceCode=QFL8&CV_MC=A000001FU3>

Plus, Points can also be used to pay Sellers fees

Each month, you'll receive an online statement of your Points balance
along with announcements about special promotional offers and partner
highlights.

After you've enrolled, all the Anything Points you have earned will be
added to your PayPal account. Track your balance as well as redeem
your Points for your eBay purchases on PayPal. Access your Points balance
from the PayPal Profile Summary Page by clicking on the "Redemption
Codes" option. The Profile Summary page is found by clicking the 'Profile'
sub-tab from your Account Overview page. If you don't have a PayPal
account, simply register for one at www.paypal.com.

Thanks for your participation in the eBay Anything Points program and
Happy Bidding!

Sincerely,


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