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Additional Info about MyPoints
UA occasionally goes out of stock, but usually returns within a few days.
UA occasionally goes out of stock, but usually returns within a few days.
MyPoints [Master Thread]--NEW
Feb 27, 2014 | 10:47 am
#916
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 476
Feb 27, 2014 | 11:05 am
#917
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
Programs: AA, UA, WN, HH, Marriott
Posts: 7,293
I'm not happy when they raise the redemption rate either, but it really is no different than when a store or restaurant or hotel raises their price for something they sell. To be honest, I don't understand why people don't understand that this is to be expected and why they get so upset when it happens.
This program is a giveaway. Yes, you spend time, but the rewards are so small compared to the time you spend that you would not do it unless you had spare time to burn. It is not as if you could calculate that you are being rewarded for your time, because if you really looked at it that way, you surely would never do it.
This program is a giveaway. Yes, you spend time, but the rewards are so small compared to the time you spend that you would not do it unless you had spare time to burn. It is not as if you could calculate that you are being rewarded for your time, because if you really looked at it that way, you surely would never do it.
Feb 27, 2014 | 4:50 pm
#918
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 526
I'm not happy when they raise the redemption rate either, but it really is no different than when a store or restaurant or hotel raises their price for something they sell. To be honest, I don't understand why people don't understand that this is to be expected and why they get so upset when it happens.
This program is a giveaway. Yes, you spend time, but the rewards are so small compared to the time you spend that you would not do it unless you had spare time to burn. It is not as if you could calculate that you are being rewarded for your time, because if you really looked at it that way, you surely would never do it.
This program is a giveaway. Yes, you spend time, but the rewards are so small compared to the time you spend that you would not do it unless you had spare time to burn. It is not as if you could calculate that you are being rewarded for your time, because if you really looked at it that way, you surely would never do it.
The new United redemption prices probably won't change our pattern given how we use those points on a specific route. The miles cost us about $0.007 per mile when getting them through MyPoints and we get about $0.06 when we redeem them. It works for us given the specific itinerary we fly that we use these miles for.
That doesn't mean I am happy with the increase. But we will continue on.
Feb 27, 2014 | 7:00 pm
#919
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Platinum, Delta SM, Atmos Silver, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 8,165
And it's more than just surveys and e-mail click-through. I went through MyPoints instead of e-bates for more than $2500 worth of hotel bookings for this summer because I wanted the miles instead of the rebate. So I booked expecting to get X number of miles when I finish the trip in June, and now I'm not. There are other times when it's a choice between using MyPoints and Swagbucks as a shopping portal, and while I don't find SB's Southwest GCs as useful as miles in a more widespread program, SB has actually made redemptions cheaper in the past year and a half, not made them more expensive.
Mar 2, 2014 | 10:23 am
#920
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
Programs: AA, UA, WN, HH, Marriott
Posts: 7,293
Four leaf clover
Here's a quick way to make up for some devaluations. If anyone finds the four leaf clover on the website each day, please post. Thanks. I will start looking today.
Mar 3, 2014 | 10:29 am
#922
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
MyPoints [Master Thread]--NEW
Great news fellow mypointers:
Purchase any participating Toilet Gel product OR Scrubbing Bubbles® Fresh Brush Starter Kit at a Walmart Store receive 1,000 Points. (Once)
Purchase a second Scrubbing Bubbles® product at a Walmart Store and receive a total of 2,000 Points.* (Once)
Hopefully we are able to double and triple dip like the past:-) fight the devaluation!
Purchase any participating Toilet Gel product OR Scrubbing Bubbles® Fresh Brush Starter Kit at a Walmart Store receive 1,000 Points. (Once)
Purchase a second Scrubbing Bubbles® product at a Walmart Store and receive a total of 2,000 Points.* (Once)
Hopefully we are able to double and triple dip like the past:-) fight the devaluation!
Mar 5, 2014 | 10:10 am
#926
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JFK, BUR, YVR
Programs: AC, AS (PLT), BA, DL, HH (G), MR (TIT/LTP), UA (*S), UScAAre (1,94MM), WN
Posts: 5,332
Mar 5, 2014 | 10:12 am
#927
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JFK, BUR, YVR
Programs: AC, AS (PLT), BA, DL, HH (G), MR (TIT/LTP), UA (*S), UScAAre (1,94MM), WN
Posts: 5,332
Also...
I'd like to engage in some speculation. Recently, I was on the website and noticed that cash back rates were posted side-by-side w/ point rates. Perhaps MyPoints.com is getting ready to switch over to "MyCash.com"?
Mar 5, 2014 | 10:23 am
#928
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Platinum, Delta SM, Atmos Silver, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 8,165
Mar 5, 2014 | 10:39 am
#929
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
I have noticed this recently as well. Interesting.
