Originally Posted by lin821
This may not be a good strategy, in my humble opinion.
Every survey I received indeed specified the 7-10 b-days (or longer like 15 b-days) posting timeframe in the invitation email. However, in the last two months, I would say roughly 60% of the survey that I was qualified for, instant credits were posted. No wait at all. ^
The point being there's no way of knowing whether this survey is an instant "gratification" deal or a wait-and-see game. I do keep a record of my pending credits in case I have to follow up after 2-3 weeks. I may have been lucky in the past. I occasionally had to go through the follow-up route and it would take no more than 2 emails. Most of the followup were just 1 email. I can only hope their customer service can only go upwards. (Keep my fingers cross!)
Thanks for pointing that out.
However, I invest very little time and still get enough points for a few HHonors rewards per year. I suspect the rate of return on my effort is greater than for those who actually fill out those (somewhat lengthy) surveys. @:-)