Live Search Club/Bing -earn up to 2500 miles on various airlines
#121
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2004
Programs: DL-Platinum; Hyatt-Diamond; HHonors-Silver, Marriott- Gold
Posts: 625
I'm wondering how much time this took you. I can play Flexicon at a rate of about 10 games per hour - including all the in-between stuff like saving points, retrieving, loading. Since I rarely have to do a search, I think that's about my own personal limit. At 25 points per game, that's 250 points per hour. For each 2500 miles one needs 4300 points - which would take me about 17 hours. So it would take me about 34-35 hours of playing Flexicon to get two 2500 mile awards. I'm at about 2800 points and I'm getting pretty tired of it.
Another calculation - if we use 2 cents/mile for the value of miles, that's $50 for 2500 miles. If I take 17 hours to earn $50, that's about $3/hour.
Another calculation - if we use 2 cents/mile for the value of miles, that's $50 for 2500 miles. If I take 17 hours to earn $50, that's about $3/hour.
#122
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
I just sent my second 2500 miler to AA. I now have 6100 miles in the queue, with the first 1000 due at Delta on Saturday. I wish they had a 5000-mile award, with a lower ticket ratio, of course. 2500 seems too much like peanuts.
I'm hoping to get to 25K on AA before I get too bored with it.
I'm hoping to get to 25K on AA before I get too bored with it.
#124
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,638
one thing i learned through a little bit of searching is that tickets donated to charity are paid at $0.01 per ticket. you can configure your account so that a certain percentage of your tickets go to the charity of your choice (mine is the natural resources defense council). i set mine to 4%, so that i am essentially giving one cent for every flexicon game i play.
#125
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Programs: QF Platinum
Posts: 32
#127
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: WN A-List, Marriott Tit
Posts: 257
Crosswire is fast and mindless: 7 points for first puzzle, 6 points for second, 7 for third; however the third puzzle is the most difficult, so the best strategy is to do the first two quickly, then quit at the third for an easy 13 points. Probably under 5 min. for 13 points (i.e., tickets).
#128
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: HKG
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 541
Redeemed for more miles and noticed this new message:
(Bold mine)
So if your account doesn't reflect new tickets, you've been scre...err, flagged.
The Live Search Club screens game play against criteria meant to identify likely use of bots, macros, or other automated programs to play the games. Those types of activity violate our TERMS AND CONDITIONS. When a user account has triggered these criteria, the Live Search Club cancels any Mileage Plan miles deposit requests and discontinues ticket accruals for the account.
So if your account doesn't reflect new tickets, you've been scre...err, flagged.
#129
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
Programs: AA, UA, WN, HH, Marriott
Posts: 7,288
Crosswire is fast and mindless: 7 points for first puzzle, 6 points for second, 7 for third; however the third puzzle is the most difficult, so the best strategy is to do the first two quickly, then quit at the third for an easy 13 points. Probably under 5 min. for 13 points (i.e., tickets).
#131
Original Member, Moderator: Hotel Deals and MilesBuzz
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 14,256
No miles have posted yet for me but it appears nobody has received miles yet. I'll file this one under "pending" and forget about it for a month or two. I'm sure the miles will eventually post.
#132
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: T82
Programs: AA Gold, HH Gold
Posts: 2,845
#133
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: ALO
Programs: MR Plat, BW Rewards Plat, CP Gold, HH Silver, Delta Skymiles
Posts: 103
Crosswire
I usually do Crosswire. 20 points for completing all three puzzles. Takes me 4-5 minutes tops. Some topics I know, some I just try to match up each item one at a time. Very easy in my mind. I don't know why you would skip the last puzzle and lose the 7 points. The only thing that makes it harder is that there are two topics that don't match and if you choose one, your previous matches are wiped out, but you don't lose.
#134
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: HKG
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 541
Yes, I sent an e-mail (the form on the Live Search Page lead to a dead link )) and then got an instant reply with some FAQs and instructions that if my question was not answered in the FAQs to reply back, which I did but did not hear back yet.
#135
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Phuket Thailand
Posts: 223
I put in for 1,000 miles today, im done until I hear someone is really getting the miles!