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Feb 14, 2012 | 5:07 pm
#106
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I read somewhere on FT that there is a website out there that tells you which eshop (United, UA, CO, BA, AA, DL...etc) is currently offering the highest number of miles for a particular merchant (amazon, groupon, b&n..). Does anyone have a link to such a website?
Feb 14, 2012 | 6:51 pm
#107
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evreward.com
Feb 16, 2012 | 6:47 am
#108
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I've not used evreward, but I do use rewardsdb.com.
Feb 17, 2012 | 8:06 pm
#109
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unposted miles
But when this actually happens (and if it even does) is not really known by anyone, including the God or Godz of whomever people in here may believe...
According to many peoples' reports I have heard, this is not really true. Many people have installed a few Cartera mall toolbars in their day and the loosely tracked ratio is pretty bad as what posts and what does not. Plus, if the toolbar has some sort of download or initial bonus for setting it up, most will say: "Good luck with actually getting that. Ever."
Or 60 or 90 or even into the next year in some cases! But hey, sorry--must have been the customer's fault.
Now, many people will suggest that one is sure to write in at least 10 times, call a few times, fax, mail and submit through possible legal means if and where necessary--just to be SURE they got your messages about any missing miles. It has been found by many that even if you make them a spread sheet outlining all your missing miles with each item detailed exactly like they ask (as stated above) there's no guarantee of WHEN these things will be gotten to or WHO will 'own' the issue for you there. And, if someone does get to emailing with you, it is ALWAYS a good idea to be sure to keep detailed copies of EVERYTHING because some companies such as this one have been known to forget what they said and so you have to remind them of it.
While many believe that in such a situation, Cartera ought to have within its vast retail and airline means the ability to front you the miles once you have done such work to prove your case and then do their 'research' later, you will sadly find this does not happen. You may find you pretty much get nothing, and certainly nothing extra for having had to jump through hoops and do THEIR work for them on YOUR time just to get these multi-month old missing miles from something you will now tell your friends to never ever do, trust or sign up for again.
Finally, should Cartera actually post the miles into your shopping mall account, it now STILL has to move to the airline account itself, which can take another x number of weeks (or months) depending on how many teeth you wish to pull here. You may one day actually SEE all the transactions posted to your pending shopping area, but to get the miles to show up in the airline account may be a pipe dream.
As a result, many people think that the best bet is to actually avoid doing ANYTHING with ANY airline shopping mall... at least not with those run by this entity named Cartera.
Many believe they do not do a through job and should not be in business saying they do. Hence, they lie or they are just plain inept. One or both.
Should they actually fully address these issues and change many of their ways, then yes, people could possibly love the shopping experience online. But for the most part, those who shop many times have probably been burned at least a few of them, and those who claim to have never had a missing mileage problem are just darn lucky. Because it will come. Oh yes, it will come.
FreeCause, however, runs a few other airline malls but they are said to be pretty bad at times themselves. The only one said to have it right is Chase Ultimate Rewards shopping. So far reports are that people get what they go for and it posts rather quickly with no pains.
I dunno, I just figured this post might at least help a few FTers be careful when trying to get miles or save $.
Good luck!
MM
According to many peoples' reports I have heard, this is not really true. Many people have installed a few Cartera mall toolbars in their day and the loosely tracked ratio is pretty bad as what posts and what does not. Plus, if the toolbar has some sort of download or initial bonus for setting it up, most will say: "Good luck with actually getting that. Ever."
Or 60 or 90 or even into the next year in some cases! But hey, sorry--must have been the customer's fault.
Now, many people will suggest that one is sure to write in at least 10 times, call a few times, fax, mail and submit through possible legal means if and where necessary--just to be SURE they got your messages about any missing miles. It has been found by many that even if you make them a spread sheet outlining all your missing miles with each item detailed exactly like they ask (as stated above) there's no guarantee of WHEN these things will be gotten to or WHO will 'own' the issue for you there. And, if someone does get to emailing with you, it is ALWAYS a good idea to be sure to keep detailed copies of EVERYTHING because some companies such as this one have been known to forget what they said and so you have to remind them of it.
While many believe that in such a situation, Cartera ought to have within its vast retail and airline means the ability to front you the miles once you have done such work to prove your case and then do their 'research' later, you will sadly find this does not happen. You may find you pretty much get nothing, and certainly nothing extra for having had to jump through hoops and do THEIR work for them on YOUR time just to get these multi-month old missing miles from something you will now tell your friends to never ever do, trust or sign up for again.
Finally, should Cartera actually post the miles into your shopping mall account, it now STILL has to move to the airline account itself, which can take another x number of weeks (or months) depending on how many teeth you wish to pull here. You may one day actually SEE all the transactions posted to your pending shopping area, but to get the miles to show up in the airline account may be a pipe dream.
As a result, many people think that the best bet is to actually avoid doing ANYTHING with ANY airline shopping mall... at least not with those run by this entity named Cartera.
Many believe they do not do a through job and should not be in business saying they do. Hence, they lie or they are just plain inept. One or both.
Should they actually fully address these issues and change many of their ways, then yes, people could possibly love the shopping experience online. But for the most part, those who shop many times have probably been burned at least a few of them, and those who claim to have never had a missing mileage problem are just darn lucky. Because it will come. Oh yes, it will come.
FreeCause, however, runs a few other airline malls but they are said to be pretty bad at times themselves. The only one said to have it right is Chase Ultimate Rewards shopping. So far reports are that people get what they go for and it posts rather quickly with no pains.
I dunno, I just figured this post might at least help a few FTers be careful when trying to get miles or save $.
Good luck!
MM
Feb 18, 2012 | 8:47 am
#110
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I had a hard time getting miles posted. Lack of response from them to my inquires was the worst. I was ready to submit a formal complaint everywhere and when I mentioned that, they finally answered and posted them. I've done many times online shopping just to obtain miles. I'm familiar with the required procedures. This was the first time that it took 5 months to get the mileage posted and now I'm kind of scared to use again these shopping channels. How can I trust this again?
Aa, ua, us, dl and co til its gone are all cartera malls. I believe hilton may be as well.
I will always avoid those til they change their ways. Its clear this isnt going to happen any time soon. However, a good first step would be for that cartera rep to answer all the points in my earlier posts on this thread. Then i can think of a few people in the company who should resign, and finally, they need to implement a whole new way of doing online shopping.
I actually presented a detailed idea i had to the company on two occasions...it was heard by the cs director. It involved a method whereas a customer can get miles fronted immediately as a shopping transaction is complete (like when one converts my coke rewards to pc points, its immediate!) This is not perfect but the idea would be that cartera and its malls can go take 4-6-8-20 weeks to get their miles from the store, but we customers already got miles from the mall without having to wait. In doing this, id be willing to get less miles per dollar, but they are going to post, not go missing.
Freecause (fc) runs the mall for hawaiian airlines and theirs isnt so great either. So id stick with chase ultimate rewards mall for now, or no mall. See, if you do a mall purchase and nothing posts, you gave someone free commission. Better to not even shop.
Jul 6, 2012 | 8:37 am
#112
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There isn't one and should not be one, as too many people started jumping in line, posting their link without using the prior one. If you read this entire thread, you'll see where referral links were deleted and such, because of people jumping in line, to the extent that all referral links were deleted from the thread.
Sep 22, 2012 | 12:52 pm
#113
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Groupon - $50 Brookstone voucher for $25 B&M and online
if you happen to be in the market for some overpriced gadget this deal might be for you! thanks Uhlmanator at SD!
$25 for $50 to use at more than 300 Brookstone stores nationwide or online for unique gifts and innovative products
voucher expires 11/1/2012, limit 1 per person.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-brookstone?c=all&p=0
thanks Uhlmanator at SD!$25 for $50 to use at more than 300 Brookstone stores nationwide or online for unique gifts and innovative products
voucher expires 11/1/2012, limit 1 per person.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-brookstone?c=all&p=0
Sep 22, 2012 | 3:25 pm
#114
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if you happen to be in the market for some overpriced gadget this deal might be for you! thanks Uhlmanator at SD!
$25 for $50 to use at more than 300 Brookstone stores nationwide or online for unique gifts and innovative products
voucher expires 11/1/2012, limit 1 per person.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-brookstone?c=all&p=0
thanks Uhlmanator at SD!$25 for $50 to use at more than 300 Brookstone stores nationwide or online for unique gifts and innovative products
voucher expires 11/1/2012, limit 1 per person.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-brookstone?c=all&p=0
Jan 9, 2013 | 5:45 pm
#115
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Jan 9, 2013 | 8:09 pm
#116
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Jan 9, 2013 | 9:08 pm
#117
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https://www.saveology.com/deals/national/itunes-special
Jan 14, 2013 | 5:56 pm
#118
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This is a rant...
Back to Groupon for a moment...
I had quite a frustrating experience last week. There's a sushi restaurant that has gone back to the well several times. Actually, everytime an issue of Groupons expires, they introduce another. I love this because the restaurant has become my favorite -- quality, regardless of price. However...
Something new: I printed off my newest one, and confidently took it for lunch as I always have. $15 for $30, as in several previous rounds. Time to pay. The server pointed out that it said "...for two" For one, it would cover the paid value, $15. "Wha--?" He went to speak with the manager on my behalf, and she made a one-time courtesy exception. When I spoke with her directly, she said that most restaurants taking Groupons are switching to this policy.
I have myself to thank. Perhaps this will alert you kn case you were headed into the same situation, and you might thank me, too.
Beware.
I had quite a frustrating experience last week. There's a sushi restaurant that has gone back to the well several times. Actually, everytime an issue of Groupons expires, they introduce another. I love this because the restaurant has become my favorite -- quality, regardless of price. However...
Something new: I printed off my newest one, and confidently took it for lunch as I always have. $15 for $30, as in several previous rounds. Time to pay. The server pointed out that it said "...for two" For one, it would cover the paid value, $15. "Wha--?" He went to speak with the manager on my behalf, and she made a one-time courtesy exception. When I spoke with her directly, she said that most restaurants taking Groupons are switching to this policy.
I have myself to thank. Perhaps this will alert you kn case you were headed into the same situation, and you might thank me, too.
Beware.
Last edited by Firewind; Jan 14, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Jan 15, 2013 | 5:25 pm
#119
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Back to Groupon for a moment...
I had quite a frustrating experience last week. There's a sushi restaurant that has gone back to the well several times. Actually, everytime an issue of Groupons expires, they introduce another. I love this because the restaurant has become my favorite -- quality, regardless of price. However...
Something new: I printed off my newest one, and confidently took it for lunch as I always have. $15 for $30, as in several previous rounds. Time to pay. The server pointed out that it said "...for two" For one, it would cover the paid value, $15. "Wha--?" He went to speak with the manager on my behalf, and she made a one-time courtesy exception. When I spoke with her directly, she said that most restaurants taking Groupons are switching to this policy.
I have myself to thank. Perhaps this will alert you kn case you were headed into the same situation, and you might thank me, too.
Beware.
I had quite a frustrating experience last week. There's a sushi restaurant that has gone back to the well several times. Actually, everytime an issue of Groupons expires, they introduce another. I love this because the restaurant has become my favorite -- quality, regardless of price. However...
Something new: I printed off my newest one, and confidently took it for lunch as I always have. $15 for $30, as in several previous rounds. Time to pay. The server pointed out that it said "...for two" For one, it would cover the paid value, $15. "Wha--?" He went to speak with the manager on my behalf, and she made a one-time courtesy exception. When I spoke with her directly, she said that most restaurants taking Groupons are switching to this policy.
I have myself to thank. Perhaps this will alert you kn case you were headed into the same situation, and you might thank me, too.
Beware.
Feb 26, 2013 | 6:26 am
#120
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