michiganflyer

I am 20K short of 90K fixed point redemption and thinking of shopping through thankyou network to get the point. Thankyou network says it takes around~45 days. That's a little bit tricky as the Mar 1st is ~43 days away from now.

Anybody who has shopped via the thankyou network (links to other merchant), can you share your experience with the time frame for the point to appear in your account?

tygirl

The times I've remembered to actually use the links from thankyou.com, the points posted on my next statement just like the regular points. But it's apparently been like seven months since I've used it because I always forget it exists. I could probably be at two business class tickets by now if I'd have remembered!

budblab

My experience has been that the timing of the points posting is unpredictable. Blockbuster did not post at all and I needed to call TYN. I eventually got the points about 6 months after the transaction. Sears.com, REI.com, AmericanEagle.com, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Lids, Eastern Mtn Sports and Kohls all posted within 2-6 weeks, but I cannot remember the specifics on each store. The date of their posting had no relationship to my statement date.
EDIT:
I have found the specifics from my TYN acct:
Date Posted Transaction Description Transaction Date
12/30/2008 Points for Shopping -REI 12/22/2008 
11/14/2008 Points for Shopping -BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO 06/22/2008 
10/29/2008 Points for Shopping -EASTERN MOUNTAIN SPORTS 10/20/2008 
10/2/2008 Points for Shopping -SEARS.COM 09/25/2008 
8/29/2008 Points for Shopping -AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS 08/16/2008 
8/29/2008 Points for Shopping -AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS 08/18/2008 
8/29/2008 Points for Shopping -AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS 08/21/2008 
8/21/2008 Points for Shopping -BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC 08/14/2008 
7/24/2008 Points for Shopping -BARNES & NOBLE 06/05/2008 
7/17/2008 Points for Shopping -BARNES & NOBLE 06/05/2008 
7/3/2008 Points for Shopping -FTD.COM 06/25/2008 
6/12/2008 Points for Shopping -KOHL'S 06/05/2008 
6/12/2008 Points for Shopping -LIDS.COM 06/05/2008 
5/22/2008 Points for Shopping -KOHL'S 05/15/2008 
5/8/2008 Points for Shopping -LIDS.COM 04/24/2008 
5/1/2008 Points for Shopping -VALUEMAGS.COM 04/21/2008 
2/29/2008 Points for Shopping -LANDS' END 12/16/2007 
1/31/2008 Points for Shopping -LANDS' END 12/16/2007 
Zappos.com from 8/08 has not posted at all.

michiganflyer

That's very useful. Thanks
So it does not depend on when the merchant reports the purchase and it is not relevant to your statement date.
I will be careful and will not shop with those that report with a long lag. (like blockbuster)

The Mileage Millionaire

It seems to me that suddenly TYP for shopping are not posting as quickly as they were a month or two ago. My partner and I are due about a dozen postings for shopping over the past 5 weeks. NONE have posted. Before that, the points always posted in 1-2 weeks.

What is up with this? To say the least, I am not happy about this development, especially since we are owed about 30,000 TYP and since most of this shopping was done strictly to reach 90k before March 1.

laurajoyce

I see that this is going to throw a monkey-wrench into my idea of buying an AA giftcard on GiftCertificates.com and getting it to post before 3/1. Does anyone have any experience using GC with ThankYou? They always seem to be rather unreliable and disorganized so I can imagine that it would take months to post.

The Mileage Millionaire

First purchase in October -- posted in 7 days.

Recent purchase -- not posted after 17 days.