diburning

Anyone have a problem with Points International and/or Collinson Latitude? I can never get points to post on the B6 portal. Ironically, I haven't had very many problems with Cartera.

EDIT: I just submitted a missing points claim. It just occurred to me it might be a time zone issue since my click was tracked on 8/22 at ~2:30AM, but the order was placed on 8/21 at ~11:30PM due to the time zone difference between the retailer and myself (I am in the eastern time zone, Rakuten is in the Pacific time zone)

Steph58

Kathiel, re: Marriott mall efficiency vs. Cartera . . . Personally I don't have too many problems with Cartera--maybe out of every 7-8 purchases, 1 doesn't post. Lately it only takes one e-mail to CS to get it posted. Sometimes I go through Marriott when there's not a better source for me. I would say my post rate is about the same, no better or worse. Haven't done any in depth analysis, but it seems like Marriott takes longer to post.

kathiel

Thanks Steph58. My post rate lately with Cartera is about 2 in three, way too much of a headache. They argue that I used a code (posted on their site) or that it was a different portal. It's too much hassle anymore to deal with. Longer is OK if I actually get the award.

deemkaa

http://www.bigcrumbs.com/crumbs/sear...y=ebay&x=0&y=0

diburning

*sigh* My order from BustedTees didn't track either on JetBlue's portal. I give up on them. As much as I'd hate to say this, Cartera is better.

EDIT: As soon as I posted this, I received an email saying that my order from Rakuten is pending. Hmm...

kathiel

I added the AG complaint form to the wiki. I finally filed mine today on Cartera. The evolving excuses are an obvious sign of deception or at the very least total incompetence.

flamingpanties

Aadvantage via Cartera keeps sending me notifications in my list that I'm some kind of big kahuna shopper now:

"Dear flamingpanties,
You're now part of an elite group of members who know how easy it is to turn everyday shopping into everyday earning. We appreciate your loyalty and hope you continue to shop with AAdvantage eShoppingSM - the quickest route to your next vacation!"

Are there actual perks to being a new "elite," or is it a lame effort to make me feel special and shop more? I suspect the latter.

mia

The Merrill Lynch shopping portal is closing in March, 2015. Are other Bank of America portals also going away?

clr4t8koff

I know this thread is a tad older, but it just helped me immensely with the issue I just experienced with Cartera and wanted to let others know how this played out if they're facing a similar problem.

Long story short - I purchased a new MacBook Pro during a promo Skymiles Shopping (run by Cartera) was offering the end of July. The purchase was a little over $2k was going to net me just over 7k Skymiles. I purchased the laptop through their shopping portal which re-directed me to apple.com where I paid for the product, then picked it up in-store later that evening.

After a month of nothing posting to my Skymiles account I reached out via the 'Contact Us' link on the Skymiles Shopping site inquiring about my miles. From that first email it became a month long battle with Cartera repeatedly telling me two things:

1). My order was still pending with the merchant. (This was impossible as I purchased, paid for and picked up my order all in the same day so it was satisfied)

2). Cartera hadn't been paid their commission from Apple, therefor I wouldn't receive my miles until they do so.

Finally, after almost two months of waiting (55 days total) I sent a stern email to Cartera informing them that the non-payment of their commission from Apple was between them and Apple, not between me and Cartera, as well letting them know I'd filed a claim with the Attorney General's Office of Massachusetts, miraculously the miles were deposited into my account a little over 24-hours later. I found the link to the AGO in the Wiki above in this thread. Hope this helps others going through a similar experience.

ENOTTY

Just updated the Airlines and Hotels part of the Wiki.

thehimalayas

Any idea who runs the Sears portal https://www.syweverywhere.com/?

diburning

Good question. I snooped all over the page, but I don't see any sort of indication of who the underlying provider is.

thehimalayas

Any idea who runs the Swagbucks portal http://www.swagbucks.com/shop/?

diburning

Swagbucks appears to be a mix of different programs. I'm unable to pinpoint at particular one though. When I have time later, I'll see if I can narrow it down.