E-miles [Master Thread]
Feb 8, 2007, 1:49 pm
#49
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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.
Feb 8, 2007, 2:10 pm
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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.
Hope they spin up AA at some point.
MM
Feb 9, 2007, 7:39 pm
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Feb 9, 2007, 7:44 pm
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Feb 10, 2007, 4:49 am
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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.
So, with the right timing, you could switch with minimal mileage loss.
Feb 11, 2007, 8:54 pm
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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) 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.
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