Originally Posted by Marathon Man
What if that
SOMEONE was a company or series of companies involved in a deal instead of a person who was telling you about it?
I know many here have heard of it before, but for those who have not, consider the recently botched promo on double +25% miles from Points.com that come from the very badly managed AA/Ebay Anything Points/oints.com deal. (You can find the info on that deal in the AA forum and look toward the end posts of the 'Get "UNLIMITED" AA miles for less than $0.01 per mile'" thread at:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...3&goto=newpost
Many companies have seemingly knowingly ripped off many people on this very board of several thousands of miles! They did not post for many people and these were fo the deals people actually stuck with and bought something from! They did not post in time for others, and for no apparant reason except that points.com admits to having had a technical glitch with their systems that send points to and fro. So why do WE have to pay for that and lose out?
I certainly agree. The miles/points landscape is littered with firms that have advertised miles/points for sign ups, purchase of something, etc., but then never actually delivered on the promises. Aside from the aforementioned Points.com/E-bay promo, which I decided not to participate in (too complex), I can recall the following:
GoldPoints/ValueMags fiasco (all GoldPoints fault in my view)
AT&T & MCI long distance sign-ups
MyReceivables.com (they offered 500 AA miles for leads for their business then claimed it was only for "qualified" leads and didn't deliver)
Office Max
MilesMall (They run hot & cold; one time I had to report them to BBB before I received my miles. Now I shop elsewhere.)
Sheraton Norwood (500 Starpoints for signing up to receive info on their meeting facilities....they reneged..details available on the Starwood forum)
I'm sure there are many others. My view now is to pursue what is owed, diligently, and stop doing business with the offending company if they don't deliver.