But when this actually happens (and if it even does) is not really known by anyone, including the God or Godz of whomever people in here may believe...
According to many peoples' reports I have heard, this is not really true. Many people have installed a few Cartera mall toolbars in their day and the loosely tracked ratio is pretty bad as what posts and what does not. Plus, if the toolbar has some sort of download or initial bonus for setting it up, most will say: "Good luck with actually getting that. Ever."
Or 60 or 90 or even into the next year in some cases! But hey, sorry--must have been the customer's fault.
Now, many people will suggest that one is sure to write in at least 10 times, call a few times, fax, mail and submit through possible legal means if and where necessary--just to be SURE they got your messages about any missing miles. It has been found by many that even if you make them a spread sheet outlining all your missing miles with each item detailed exactly like they ask (as stated above) there's no guarantee of WHEN these things will be gotten to or WHO will 'own' the issue for you there. And, if someone does get to emailing with you, it is ALWAYS a good idea to be sure to keep detailed copies of EVERYTHING because some companies such as this one have been known to forget what they said and so you have to remind them of it.
While many believe that in such a situation, Cartera ought to have within its vast retail and airline means the ability to front you the miles once you have done such work to prove your case and then do their 'research' later, you will sadly find this does not happen. You may find you pretty much get nothing, and certainly nothing extra for having had to jump through hoops and do THEIR work for them on YOUR time just to get these multi-month old missing miles from something you will now tell your friends to never ever do, trust or sign up for again.
Finally, should Cartera actually post the miles into your shopping mall account, it now STILL has to move to the airline account itself, which can take another x number of weeks (or months) depending on how many teeth you wish to pull here. You may one day actually SEE all the transactions posted to your pending shopping area, but to get the miles to show up in the airline account may be a pipe dream.
As a result, many people think that the best bet is to actually avoid doing ANYTHING with ANY airline shopping mall... at least not with those run by this entity named Cartera.
Many believe they do not do a through job and should not be in business saying they do. Hence, they lie or they are just plain inept. One or both.
Should they actually fully address these issues and change many of their ways, then yes, people could possibly love the shopping experience online. But for the most part, those who shop many times have probably been burned at least a few of them, and those who claim to have never had a missing mileage problem are just darn lucky. Because it will come. Oh yes, it will come.
FreeCause, however, runs a few other airline malls but they are said to be pretty bad at times themselves. The only one said to have it right is Chase Ultimate Rewards shopping. So far reports are that people get what they go for and it posts rather quickly with no pains.
I dunno, I just figured this post might at least help a few FTers be careful when trying to get miles or save $.
Good luck!
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