I've been with e-rewards since 2007. Until recently, it's been very rewarding to me over that period of time. Before they revamped the program, I would typically be able to make monthly 2,000 United miles redemptions, as well as two Apple and two Best Buy rewards every three months (2 different denominations). I was also able to regularly redeem for 7K Hilton points every two months or so, and an occasional Home Depot, Macys or Target was in the mix as well.

In addition to the usual surveys for a few e-rewards dollars, there were sometimes extended surveys like diaries that delivered several hundred e-reward dollars. (My all-time high for one extended survey was $416.50 in e-reward currency.) Now those types of ultra-high-value survey offerings appear to have vanished, and the few that offer moderately decent points usually result in my being kicked out, sometimes after I've spent a fair amount of time on the survey.

Currently I've found myself reduced to just one United redemption per month, and nothing else. I too am getting more and more frustrated with being offered low-level surveys for just a couple of points that require 25 minutes, and then they frequently kick me out anyway. Data points: In the last two weeks of December I successfully completed only 8 surveys out of 24 attempts, earning 47.5 points, but almost half of that total came from one high-value 22-pointer. And that 22-pointer was one of only three completed surveys earning 10+ points in the last 3 months.

I value the United miles, and that's about the only thing that's keeping me involved with e-rewards. If I can't keep up the one United redemption per month pace without a significant increase in the amount of time being spent answering those surveys, then I may just cash out and close my account.