100 points at mypoints
Jul 3, 2001 | 8:56 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Houston
Programs: CO AA
Posts: 41
100 points at mypoints
I don't know if I won them or if everybody gets them. I hit the botton at the end of my "Connections" newsletter. It says "See if you earn any of the 100,000 points available". I've always gotten the "...sorry", but this time I got 100 points. So don't delete the email, try it out this month.
Jul 4, 2001 | 4:36 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2001
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 378
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by anz5708:
I think you WON them. I only collected 5 points
Congrats!!</font>
I think you WON them. I only collected 5 points
Congrats!!</font>
http://www.mypoints.com/sape/25101/...
I tried to change it, and have got the following results:
- Congrats for 5 points (3 times)
- Congrats for 10 points (twice)
- Congrats for 100 points (twice)
- Sorry
- Award expired
- nothing (just transferred to Spend points)
- transferred to mypoints.co.uk site
)) (2x)So if you want to experiment, just change numbers in URL (range from 25090 to 25110)...
... but do not be surprised if they deactivate your account ...
Jul 5, 2001 | 12:36 am
#4
Join Date: Feb 2001
Programs: IHG Diamond, HH Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 4,345
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by Absik001:
[B] The different is only in 5-digits number between slashes:
http://www.mypoints.com/sape/25101/...
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[B] The different is only in 5-digits number between slashes:
http://www.mypoints.com/sape/25101/...
</font>
Jul 7, 2001 | 5:31 pm
#5
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Parma, OH, USA
Posts: 149
Thanks for the info on changing the code. I'm a bit skeptical though about the possibility of having my account canceled. I know it's happened to people in the past. Just beware. I was the "lucky" winner of an original 10 point link.
Jul 8, 2001 | 10:53 pm
#8
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Annapolis, MD
Posts: 483
When you signed up with MyPoints you specifically agreed not to tamper with URLs, go check your user agreement if you don't remember. You are violating their rules if you do change your URLs, so expect to have your account canceled at the very least. They actually have grounds to prosecute you for fraud or larceny since you are in effect stealing from them. If you really want to play the URL tampering game you can get thousands of points from MyPoints, but you really are just stealing from them since they don't get any revenue from doctored links. Sure its only 100 points this time, but if you are willing to put aside your ethics for just 100 points, what does that say about you?