Both my wife and I just received this email from E-Rewards indicating that our "currency" won't expire this month:

"A special thank-you for your participation.

To thank you for your ongoing participation in e-Rewards surveys and e-Offers, we will waive our usual currency expiration rules for you. As a result, the e-Rewards currency that you earned in 2003 and 2004 has been rolled over for an additional membership year and will remain available to you for Reward redemptions through June 30, 2005.

If you continue as an active e-Rewards participant over the next 12 months, your status as a member of the Preferred Research Panel may be extended for another year and the expiration date for e-Rewards currency you have earned will be extended for an additional membership year. We'll review your program participation and profile during June 2005 and let you know if you re-qualify for Preferred Research Panel membership. Should you not re-qualify, you will have at least 30 days to use any e-Rewards currency that was rolled over from previous years."

So, no need to rush into a purchase. (We can wait for the 90 day limit on HH to expire!) ^

I want an extension...

How much e-rewards money do you have in your account? How many offers do you particiapte in a week? Did you ask for an extension??

I received one as well. Mine was worded a little different in the beginning.

Congratulations! You have re-qualified as a member of our Preferred Research Panel for 2004. This panel is composed of e-Rewards� members whose stated interests are especially important to our market research clients.

My current balance is $224.00, and I've had two redemptions this year (Hilton).

I suggest that you update your profile. Decision makers appear to be the surveys that pay the most.

Gabby

I also got the message. I don't remember getting one before, but the opening wording is:

"Congratulations! You have re-qualified as a member of our Preferred Research Panel for 2004. This panel is composed of e-Rewards� members whose stated interests are especially important to our market research clients."

I have $60.00 in e-rewards in my account. I redeem for the HHonors points every 90 days. I also get the blockbuster certificates once in a while.

My profile has me for the decision maker for just about everything. In addition...I do make a lot of IT decisions for my business... and therefore get all those surveys too.

-Chris

Thats good! But unless they increase the choices and remove the limit of one redemption per merchant per year your choices are limited anyway. I would have been more happy if they had added more merchants and removed stupid rewards like '1 free day with hertz with 5 day rental' ( u get these anyway in any travel magazine )

I got the "preferred research" letter too! Great Benefit just for answering a few e-mails a month. They did add a new reward - I'm assuming it is available to all. Probably everyone will get this extension as well.

---------------pasted from e-mail------------------
New! Rewards From Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort

Now you can redeem your e-Rewards for exclusive discounts on Lift Tickets and Lodging from one of the United States' premier winter sports vacation destinations. Get $25 off a single day lift ticket and up to $50 off a 3-day lift ticket. Plus, save $200 on a 4-night or longer stay at any of Snowbird's resort properties.

$25 Reward Level: Get $25 Off a Single Day Lift Ticket any Monday through Thursday at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort
$25 Reward Level: Get $25 Off a 3-Day Lift Ticket at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort
$50 Reward Level: Get $50 Off a 3-Day Lift Ticket at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort
$75 Reward Level: Save $200 on a 4-Night Stay at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort
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I received an e-mail titled, "Update your profile and protect your expiring currency."

I followed the link in the e-mail and updated my profile. My account statement now reflects that NONE of my currency expires on August 1, 2004 (my membership year ends June 30).

I'm anxiously awaiting an email. My membership year also ends on June 30 and as of today, I'm up to $56, 75% of which will expire on Aug 1 and I can't redeem for HH until mid August.

I've been getting lots of opportunitys to earn, now, if I could only keep them.

My account was down to $10, with "purchases" of Hilton (quarterly) and one Hertz cert during the last year. My wife's account was almost $50 with "purchases" of Hilton (again, quarterly) and one Blockbuster redemption. We both answer about three surveys per week. Both of us are executives in IT related functions. (No, we didn't ask for an extension.)

It seems to me that this is the "other shoe" that follows the original expiration change. E-rewards now has an "elite" program: it's called "not taking your currency away every year".

The magmall option (50% off) might be a decent alternative. That was the only one (other than HHonors, which I just redeemed in early June) that looked at all appealing as a way to "rescue" most of the $25 in erewards currency I have now.

You could always give the magazine subscriptions as gifts, or use them to renew your existing subs. (Warning: once redeemed, the magmall cert expires in 3 months, I believe. So you have to buy the subscriptions soon.)

I, too, think they need to offer a LOT more redemption opportunites, and put fewer restrictions on how often you redeem them!!!

Hilton is every 90 days, so you can do that 5 times a year (if you redeem your first one between Jan 1 and 6th, and then every 90 days after, you can get in five redemptions by 12/31). Not sure about any others.

I also got the extension email.
And I was worried earlier today that the $18 I have in rewards would have expired tomorrow.

I only redeemed once this year for HH, so obviously I wasnt as active as some others on this board, but active enough to get an extension.

I got an extension also. Have about $26 and have only made one redemption in a year, Blockbuster. I was just assuming that everyone would get this extension. However, I agree that what they really need is better sponsorship offers! Still, I enjoy my free video rentals (since I would do this anyway), for a small investment of time.

Me too. $38.00, Saved at the last mminute. Sweet.

I got the email today, so I guess I get to keep the $110 I was about to burn. A nice perk, it would be even nicer if within the next year they get some even better redemption offers.