AA miles for downloading AAdvantage eShopping toolbar, searches etc.
#151
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: west of DFW airport
Programs: AA LT Gold 1.9 MM flying my way to LT PLAT
Posts: 11,074
The AA toolbar is illogical. Sometimes it gives me a search for a newspaper and on other days it does not. Same with products or even stores that are on the AA eshopping WEB site.
If I want to get the blue bar for Overstock.com I havve to go through the AA eshopping site and not just search on the name.
Why?
However all my search AA miles have posted.
If I want to get the blue bar for Overstock.com I havve to go through the AA eshopping site and not just search on the name.
Why?
However all my search AA miles have posted.
#152
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego
Programs: UA LTP, AA LTG, DL Plat, Marriott LTT, HH Diamond
Posts: 863
Hey Evan:
Nice to see you over here.
I see from Evan's post that there is also a US Airways toolbar - I didn't even realize they had one. OTOH, his AA toolbar is now not working. Does anyone have them both installed and working on the same computer?
Is the US Airways version also Yahoo-based (however mutated)? Is it possible they are somehow conflicting? If you have a spare computer, even an old one that you could try loading it on to see if it works (slowly), you could try that and see if having them on the same machine was the problem.
FTF
Nice to see you over here.
I see from Evan's post that there is also a US Airways toolbar - I didn't even realize they had one. OTOH, his AA toolbar is now not working. Does anyone have them both installed and working on the same computer?
Is the US Airways version also Yahoo-based (however mutated)? Is it possible they are somehow conflicting? If you have a spare computer, even an old one that you could try loading it on to see if it works (slowly), you could try that and see if having them on the same machine was the problem.
FTF
#153
Join Date: May 2005
Location: FLL
Programs: DL ♦M MM|HH♦|Marr Slvr|CO UA AA US|Pri Cub Plat|SPG|Avis 1st|Htz 5*
Posts: 5,044
I get around
The US toolbar is quite new AFAIK. Never heard of it until I saw the thread about it in the US forum. It was started earlier this week. My AA toolbar has not worked for some time now... 3 months maybe? I too would like to know if anyone has both installed and BOTH working. OS (+ version) and browser choice (+ version) would be of great help.
Yes, it is Yahoo based.
It is possible. The US toolbar lets me configure it with "settings"
Far left US icon drop-down list > Layout Manager > Settings
I kept all the defaults. Yesterday it was working fine but today it has a glitch. The Login button appears to work and tells me I successfully logged in but the Login button does not go away as it did yesterday. When I logged in yesterday the Login button would change to my search counter.
Darn this is frustrating.
+1
Yes, it is Yahoo based.
It is possible. The US toolbar lets me configure it with "settings"
Far left US icon drop-down list > Layout Manager > Settings
I kept all the defaults. Yesterday it was working fine but today it has a glitch. The Login button appears to work and tells me I successfully logged in but the Login button does not go away as it did yesterday. When I logged in yesterday the Login button would change to my search counter.
Darn this is frustrating.
+1
#154
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: PHX
Posts: 380
Is this still alive? When I go to the original link I don't see anything about 500 bonus miles.
#155
Join Date: Aug 2001
Programs: AA Plat & LTG; QF LTG
Posts: 9,837
I am seeing inconsistent results. In the last few days I have managed 80 or so valid searches, but probably out of several hundred attempts.
I no longer get the little slide-up message saying "congratulation, you have earned a mile" or "sorry, your search was not valid" or whatever the wording is. When searches have posted, the counter increment has been very much delayed, sometimes up to 10 mins after searching.
I do not have the US Air tool installed, so certainly not a conflict between them. As far as I know, I have not added any new toolbars or add-ins to my browser since last month.
I no longer get the little slide-up message saying "congratulation, you have earned a mile" or "sorry, your search was not valid" or whatever the wording is. When searches have posted, the counter increment has been very much delayed, sometimes up to 10 mins after searching.
I do not have the US Air tool installed, so certainly not a conflict between them. As far as I know, I have not added any new toolbars or add-ins to my browser since last month.
#156
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SYD
Programs: |QF Platinum|HH Gold|DL Silver|ALL Silver|
Posts: 1,736
#157
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,265
I am seeing inconsistent results. In the last few days I have managed 80 or so valid searches, but probably out of several hundred attempts.
I no longer get the little slide-up message saying "congratulation, you have earned a mile" or "sorry, your search was not valid" or whatever the wording is. When searches have posted, the counter increment has been very much delayed, sometimes up to 10 mins after searching.
I do not have the US Air tool installed, so certainly not a conflict between them. As far as I know, I have not added any new toolbars or add-ins to my browser since last month.
I no longer get the little slide-up message saying "congratulation, you have earned a mile" or "sorry, your search was not valid" or whatever the wording is. When searches have posted, the counter increment has been very much delayed, sometimes up to 10 mins after searching.
I do not have the US Air tool installed, so certainly not a conflict between them. As far as I know, I have not added any new toolbars or add-ins to my browser since last month.
#158
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego
Programs: UA LTP, AA LTG, DL Plat, Marriott LTT, HH Diamond
Posts: 863
Hmmm...ridiculous that this thing is so variable and unreliable, but I've got still something different.
[] I still score a valid search about 3/4 of the time, but it is now often (but not always) delayed 10 mins or so
[] I haven't had any trouble in recent days when it just didn't let me score searches, but I've had periods of a day or so in the past when that was the case, or when it didn't even seem to be operating - plus it always seems stuck a day or so after the beginning of a new month
[] I'm still getting the "you just got a mile" flag when it is keeping current - which is not often
[] I don't get the "invalid search" much at all
[] On the one plus side, although the posting times and dates have varied I have received all my AA miles as expected
Everyone'e results will be different, I guess!
I guess I'm going to install the US Air one this weekend on my old computer, but my expectations are not high
FTF
[] I still score a valid search about 3/4 of the time, but it is now often (but not always) delayed 10 mins or so
[] I haven't had any trouble in recent days when it just didn't let me score searches, but I've had periods of a day or so in the past when that was the case, or when it didn't even seem to be operating - plus it always seems stuck a day or so after the beginning of a new month
[] I'm still getting the "you just got a mile" flag when it is keeping current - which is not often
[] I don't get the "invalid search" much at all
[] On the one plus side, although the posting times and dates have varied I have received all my AA miles as expected
Everyone'e results will be different, I guess!
I guess I'm going to install the US Air one this weekend on my old computer, but my expectations are not high
FTF
#159
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 98
both AA and US Air toolbars are from the same company, FreeCause. Its the same product rebranded for each program. I wouldn't be surprised if they are tripping over each other.
Certianly doesn't explain why it only works "sometimes"
Certianly doesn't explain why it only works "sometimes"
#160
Join Date: Aug 2001
Programs: AA Plat & LTG; QF LTG
Posts: 9,837
I have never downloaded or installed the US airways toolbar. I only have the AA one installed. So certainly not "tripping over each other" in my case.
#161
Join Date: May 2005
Location: FLL
Programs: DL ♦M MM|HH♦|Marr Slvr|CO UA AA US|Pri Cub Plat|SPG|Avis 1st|Htz 5*
Posts: 5,044
This week some miles posted to my AA account even though the toolbar has stopped reflecting any increments in searches.
#162
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: SAV,JAX
Programs: AA-LT Gold 1.2MM ,DL, Marriott LT TITANIUM; HH Gold, AMEX PLT
Posts: 495
#163
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA, UA, SQ, VA, QF, AF, BA
Posts: 2,865
I put the AA one on the netbook and the US one on the laptop. As of today, the AA one is registering searches though they did gyp us out of one months' points in June. The other months seaches have been posting after a couple months. The US one is posting searches really quickly but I think they stuffed it up somewhere when they ran a script to credit the points but froze the toolbar to getting new points.
#164
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Plat
Posts: 22
Searches on my computer also have stopped incrementing. Curiously, my girlfriend is still getting hers to increment but they only show up in bunches every 15 minutes or so.
#165
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: AA 1MM
Posts: 178
I tried calling FreeCause, but you just get voicemail. Has anyone figured out why counter is no longer working?