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jwillett13 Feb 8, 2007 9:30 am

A month later and still no more addtional surveys

skchin Feb 8, 2007 9:33 am

I got a few today for about 40 points.

ziqch Feb 8, 2007 12:44 pm

its been kinda slow with emiles, i think they are just developing their system so hopefully it will get better with time. We are not getting any surveys yet, what i got today was more like advertisement with minimum miles.

vsevolod4 Feb 8, 2007 1:49 pm


Originally Posted by jayson (Post 7073572)
Seems like a waste. Take a survey and get 10 or 15 miles? Not worth it, IMHO.

Better option is e-surveys where for 15 or 20 minutes you can earn $5 or $10. You can then use this to buy a $25 e-cert from NWA.

I'd spend my time on the other site.

Jayson

I believe you mean erewards.com
a) NWA discount rewards are "out of stock" ... which is a load of toss; they can issue as many certs as they want to.
b) IF you earn $5 or $10, when converted to miles, you're talking 2000 miles for "$100" in erewards ... hence this currency is highly overvalued. 2000 miles are worth, maybe, $20. So your $5 survey gives you effectively 100 miles.
c) The emiles.com system suffers from a severe dearth of opportunity. So what if you "earn" 300 miles by answering 12 one-page "surveys" (basically filling out your profile so they can send you "targeted offers" ... if you can't get it to 500 miles in the quarter, you lose these miles.

Both systems are not quite worth the effort.

Pizzaman Feb 8, 2007 2:10 pm

Along with the initial surveys, I've had 4 or 5 other opportunities, for a total of 355 miles earned so far. Easy surveys, very quick. I think it's worth the time, others may not.

Hope they spin up AA at some point.

Marathon Man Feb 8, 2007 2:58 pm

seems I got 30 more miles putting me at 350.
Ok if this works I will sign up the whole fam!

:)MM

mvoight Feb 9, 2007 7:39 pm


Originally Posted by Pizzaman (Post 7184973)
Along with the initial surveys, I've had 4 or 5 other opportunities, for a total of 355 miles earned so far. Easy surveys, very quick. I think it's worth the time, others may not.

Hope they spin up AA at some point.

Yeah, but you can't switch, can you??

ncdecolover Feb 9, 2007 7:44 pm


Originally Posted by Bangkok Dave (Post 6967609)
Anyone recieved a contact from e-miles, miles for minutes yet? They were supposed to start after the first of Jan.
Dave

Yes, got one yesterday and completed several surveys.

kipper Feb 9, 2007 8:06 pm

I'm at 360 miles, between the 100 miles for joining, the profile questions, and a few "earning opportunities."

imverge Feb 9, 2007 9:50 pm

I'm at 450 :)

jairocon Feb 10, 2007 4:13 am


Originally Posted by imverge (Post 7195718)
I'm at 450 :)

Me too! :)

Pizzaman Feb 10, 2007 4:49 am


Originally Posted by mvoight (Post 7195170)
Yeah, but you can't switch, can you??

Yes, you can. The T&C state that you would have to close your account and open a new one, forfeiting whatever miles you had accumulated but not redeemed (i.e. if you hadn't gotten to 500 yet).

So, with the right timing, you could switch with minimal mileage loss.

gforce Feb 10, 2007 9:28 am


Originally Posted by jairocon (Post 7196495)
Me too! :)

425. :(

imverge Feb 11, 2007 8:00 pm

By chance, I just checked for offers... And sure enough one was waiting from Zales. It also included a coupon for $50 off a $200 purchase.

Check for offer's and see if one is waiting for you!

Ken in Phx Feb 11, 2007 8:54 pm


Originally Posted by vsevolod4 (Post 7184796)
I believe you mean erewards.com
a) NWA discount rewards are "out of stock" ... which is a load of toss; they can issue as many certs as they want to.
b) IF you earn $5 or $10, when converted to miles, you're talking 2000 miles for "$100" in erewards ... hence this currency is highly overvalued. 2000 miles are worth, maybe, $20. So your $5 survey gives you effectively 100 miles.
c) The emiles.com system suffers from a severe dearth of opportunity. So what if you "earn" 300 miles by answering 12 one-page "surveys" (basically filling out your profile so they can send you "targeted offers" ... if you can't get it to 500 miles in the quarter, you lose these miles.

Both systems are not quite worth the effort.

a. They might buy these rewards in advance to secure a cheaper price. If they've had a run on NWA miles (which makes sense because they are vouchers aka transferable) they might want to thin their inventory on othe rairline miles

b. You personally value miles at .01. I know most of us figure we'd pay up to .01 per mile. You would also have to figure in what Erewards would pay for the miles and the profit they would need to extract. Plus, its a fake currency with an arbitrary value. Too many people get wrapped around the axle about this point. If they gave you 1/5 of the value for each question/surveyed you answered, would you feel it was a better value? Instead of $5 surveys they'd be $1.

You have to fill out x surveys to get x miles. You arent doing it to supplement your income. You are doing it because you are addicted to miles and the "scent" of free miles is the lure. We all know that our time is worth something but "no out of pocket money" means its free to most of us. Plus its all part of the game we play.

Ken in Phx


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