eMiles Shutting Down
Jun 14, 2018 | 11:47 am
#16
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Can someone answer how long it takes to get the Amazon gc? I requested on 6/7 and says 5 days, but nothing yet. I requested Starbucks gc at the same time, and I think it also said 5 days, and it was available 6/12.
Jun 14, 2018 | 1:03 pm
#17
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It told me that it would take 45 days.
Mike
Jun 14, 2018 | 2:55 pm
#18
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United miles - mixed results. If successful, takes 5 days, or will show FAILED.
Starbucks gc - received successfully in 5 days
Amazon gc - received successfully in 7 days (updated)
So if I had to redeem e-miles for United as my only option, I would open the E-rewards account and get the 1000 e-miles pts converted to $50 e-rewards which can be redeemed for 1000 United miles, same as e-miles, and hope for better customer service that e-miles.
Last edited by pakle; Jun 14, 2018 at 9:46 pm
Jun 14, 2018 | 3:09 pm
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I hope somebody out there gets mad enough to file a class action lawsuit against this fraud of a company.
It seems like a huge part of their business strategy revolves around the fact that they can scam thousands of people out of ten or twenty bucks worth of awards and no single individual will get pissed off enough about it to sue.
It seems like a huge part of their business strategy revolves around the fact that they can scam thousands of people out of ten or twenty bucks worth of awards and no single individual will get pissed off enough about it to sue.
Jun 14, 2018 | 6:07 pm
#20
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Requested mine on May 29th and it showed up on June 11 or 12 (not sure exactly which day, and I have deleted the email).
Jun 14, 2018 | 9:45 pm
#21
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Seattle, WA
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Family members all cashed out on the same day 6/7. One got United miles credited on 6/12, and the 2 others got "FAILED" message for United miles redemption (no reason given). United miles were the only redemption option and both had redeemed successfully previously so the MP # is correct. Contacted customer service, of course no response. So the data points for us are:
United miles - mixed results. If successful, takes 5 days, or will show FAILED (Redeposit back to e-miles account in ~11 days)
Starbucks gc - received successfully in 5 days
Amazon gc - received successfully in 7 days (updated)
So if I had to redeem e-miles for United as my only option, I would open the E-rewards account and get the 1000 e-miles pts converted to $50 e-rewards which can be redeemed for 1000 United miles, same as e-miles, and hope for better customer service that e-miles.
United miles - mixed results. If successful, takes 5 days, or will show FAILED (Redeposit back to e-miles account in ~11 days)
Starbucks gc - received successfully in 5 days
Amazon gc - received successfully in 7 days (updated)
So if I had to redeem e-miles for United as my only option, I would open the E-rewards account and get the 1000 e-miles pts converted to $50 e-rewards which can be redeemed for 1000 United miles, same as e-miles, and hope for better customer service that e-miles.
Last edited by pakle; Jun 16, 2018 at 12:24 pm
Jun 15, 2018 | 5:19 am
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Jun 16, 2018 | 12:23 pm
#23
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Family members all cashed out on the same day 6/7. One got United miles credited on 6/12, and the 2 others got "FAILED" message for United miles redemption (no reason given). United miles were the only redemption option and both had redeemed successfully previously so the MP # is correct. Contacted customer service, of course no response. So the data points for us are:
United miles - mixed results. If successful, takes 5 days, or will show FAILED (Redeposit back to e-miles account in ~11 days)
Starbucks gc - received successfully in 5 days
Amazon gc - received successfully in 7 days (updated)
So if I had to redeem e-miles for United as my only option, I would open the E-rewards account and get the 1000 e-miles pts converted to $50 e-rewards which can be redeemed for 1000 United miles, same as e-miles, and hope for better customer service that e-miles.
United miles - mixed results. If successful, takes 5 days, or will show FAILED (Redeposit back to e-miles account in ~11 days)
Starbucks gc - received successfully in 5 days
Amazon gc - received successfully in 7 days (updated)
So if I had to redeem e-miles for United as my only option, I would open the E-rewards account and get the 1000 e-miles pts converted to $50 e-rewards which can be redeemed for 1000 United miles, same as e-miles, and hope for better customer service that e-miles.
Jun 17, 2018 | 5:19 pm
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Jun 18, 2018 | 9:59 am
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So I'll just sit here and derive a small amount of pleasure that this entire scam seems to be cratering for good.
Jun 21, 2018 | 6:03 am
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Because the magnitude of my damages is about five bucks. I'm mad enough to rant about it on an anonymous Internet forum, but not mad enough to really do anything about it.
So I'll just sit here and derive a small amount of pleasure that this entire scam seems to be cratering for good.
So I'll just sit here and derive a small amount of pleasure that this entire scam seems to be cratering for good.
Jul 2, 2018 | 9:46 am
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Jul 2, 2018 | 8:05 pm
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