Topguest additional points for checkins [Update Jan 2014 - program has ended]
#196
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 65
#197
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: DFW
Posts: 413
--wes
#199
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: DFW
Posts: 413
To be honest, it's not that far fetched. I could easily check into these four locations and drop the Virgin check-in and it'd be legit for a mon-fri thing. These locations are all within 1000 meters of my work location.
I'm going to start checking into the four locations that are right there on a mon-fri basis and see if that allows them to reinstate my account. It's worth a shot I suppose.
The locations near me are a Doubletree, Wingate Inn, Quality Inn and a Holiday Inn select. However, for some reason the Wingate has never posted any points, so perhaps I'll cut that one out as well.
--wes
#200
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, IHG PL, SPG G, MR G, HH G, CC G, AMEX PL
Posts: 1,465
"The aim of the Topguest service is to.encourage sharing of actual visits to venues on users' social networks through the incentive of points. Please let us know when are you willing to engage in this behavior rather than checking in every day at a venue in rapid succession.
Regards,
Topguest."
"Rapid succession" for those morons are check ins half an hour or more apart. I can walk from one location to another from where I work in 10 min. They are just bunch of asses.
#201
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, AS 75k, AA Plat, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, Hyatt Explorer, IHG Plat, ...
Posts: 16,854
You may think they are morons and ba$tards or a bunch of asses, but while I don't claim to understand their business model, I think it's pretty obvious that their idea isn't to just throw free miles/points at people who think they deserve them for clicking a few buttons/links in a browser.
It all boils down to the same thing each time... greed kills the deal.
#203
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,044
I guess I'm comparatively low-key, and I'm not banned.
I do maybe three or four check-ins a day, and one or maybe two (rarely) are for points-earning situations.
Seems to be fine, but I'm making slow progress.
I do maybe three or four check-ins a day, and one or maybe two (rarely) are for points-earning situations.
Seems to be fine, but I'm making slow progress.
#205
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, IHG PL, SPG G, MR G, HH G, CC G, AMEX PL
Posts: 1,465
But do you walk from one location to another in 10 minutes? I'd bet you don't because it wouldn't be worth your time.
You may think they are morons and ba$tards or a bunch of asses, but while I don't claim to understand their business model, I think it's pretty obvious that their idea isn't to just throw free miles/points at people who think they deserve them for clicking a few buttons/links in a browser.
It all boils down to the same thing each time... greed kills the deal.
You may think they are morons and ba$tards or a bunch of asses, but while I don't claim to understand their business model, I think it's pretty obvious that their idea isn't to just throw free miles/points at people who think they deserve them for clicking a few buttons/links in a browser.
It all boils down to the same thing each time... greed kills the deal.
#206
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Bay Area, CA
Programs: BA, UA, US, AA
Posts: 49
I can tell you how I was using the service before being banned:
-doing all my check-ins at once, rapid-fire, once a day.
-sometimes checking in from a distance, not in the immediate vicinity of the destination. Foursquare allows you to check in from twenty miles away if you so choose, unlike Facebook Places and Gowalla which just don't show places further away than a couple of hundred metres.
The relevant section of their terms and conditions that this behaviour violates is:
C. Topguest Rules.
By sharing a check-in at a place with Topguest, you represent and warrant that you are actually at that location. Topguest reserves the right to refuse to give rewards for checkins that Topguest, at its sole discretion, determines to be fraudulent or otherwise inauthentic.
My boyfriend's account has escaped the ban so far, and we've both begun checking in ONLY when actually at places or within very close range. His points are still accruing and I'm hoping to be reinstated.
#207
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: BZN
Programs: AA:LT Platinum DL:LT Gold UA:1P MAR:LT Titanium
Posts: 8,291
I can tell you how I was using the service before being banned:
-doing all my check-ins at once, rapid-fire, once a day.
-sometimes checking in from a distance, not in the immediate vicinity of the destination. Foursquare allows you to check in from twenty miles away if you so choose, unlike Facebook Places and Gowalla which just don't show places further away than a couple of hundred metres.
The relevant section of their terms and conditions that this behaviour violates is:
C. Topguest Rules.
By sharing a check-in at a place with Topguest, you represent and warrant that you are actually at that location. Topguest reserves the right to refuse to give rewards for checkins that Topguest, at its sole discretion, determines to be fraudulent or otherwise inauthentic.
My boyfriend's account has escaped the ban so far, and we've both begun checking in ONLY when actually at places or within very close range. His points are still accruing and I'm hoping to be reinstated.
-doing all my check-ins at once, rapid-fire, once a day.
-sometimes checking in from a distance, not in the immediate vicinity of the destination. Foursquare allows you to check in from twenty miles away if you so choose, unlike Facebook Places and Gowalla which just don't show places further away than a couple of hundred metres.
The relevant section of their terms and conditions that this behaviour violates is:
C. Topguest Rules.
By sharing a check-in at a place with Topguest, you represent and warrant that you are actually at that location. Topguest reserves the right to refuse to give rewards for checkins that Topguest, at its sole discretion, determines to be fraudulent or otherwise inauthentic.
My boyfriend's account has escaped the ban so far, and we've both begun checking in ONLY when actually at places or within very close range. His points are still accruing and I'm hoping to be reinstated.
#210
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Alabama
Programs: PC Platinum, DL Gold, CO Gold, HH Gold, Starwood Gold
Posts: 33
I check-in each weekday at a Wingate, Holiday Inn and Comfort Suites that I pass on my drive either to or from the office. I pass within 200 meters of each property and check-in from my IPhone using Foursquare or occasionally Facebook. The check-ins are typically all within a three minute time frame. I have never had any problem with being issued credit for the check-ins.