E-miles [Master Thread]
Jul 17, 2014, 7:26 pm
#676
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: South Bend, IN
Programs: Caesars-Diamond Hilton-Diamond IHG-Plat MGM-Gold Wyndham-Diamond Hertz-PresCircle National-Exec
Posts: 658
Well, e-miles has just changed its redemption policy for UA miles in some positive aspects. You can now redeem in 250 mile increments, and the miles credit immediately. The new terms are below (and fyi, I just redeemed for 250 miles, and it worked perfectly):
"We've partnered with United MileagePlus to provide real-time processing of your mileage transfer requests. No more waiting 4 to 6 weeks for the miles to appear in your MileagePlus account.
From now until August 31, 2014, you may redeem your e-Miles miles for MileagePlus award miles in increments of 250 miles instead of 500 miles.
Win back any e-Miles miles that may have been expired due to inactivity by engaging with and earning miles on 5 or more offers before August 1, 2014."
"We've partnered with United MileagePlus to provide real-time processing of your mileage transfer requests. No more waiting 4 to 6 weeks for the miles to appear in your MileagePlus account.
From now until August 31, 2014, you may redeem your e-Miles miles for MileagePlus award miles in increments of 250 miles instead of 500 miles.
Win back any e-Miles miles that may have been expired due to inactivity by engaging with and earning miles on 5 or more offers before August 1, 2014."
I also redeemed for 250 miles today and it posted immediately!
Jul 17, 2014, 7:31 pm
#677
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Charleston, SC, USA
Programs: Avis Pref+, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Life Gold, Honors Silver, IHG Plat via MC.
Posts: 6,786
I had 475 points as of June 30, so I paid $2 for a subscription to the Reader's Digest to have 500 to send over for the early-July sweep. To my pleasant surprise, they posted immediately 
! I also got the same email today as Thelostshark did.
This is good news for Blueeagle3 who can now clean out his/her account of 750 miles instead of waiting to reach 1000, then start a new HHonors-earning account!
! I also got the same email today as Thelostshark did. This is good news for Blueeagle3 who can now clean out his/her account of 750 miles instead of waiting to reach 1000, then start a new HHonors-earning account!
Last edited by Brendan; Jul 17, 2014 at 7:38 pm
Aug 6, 2014, 9:00 am
#678
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Recently received 3 points. My account statement says "received email" from Groupon. I'm pretty sure that "received" is all I did with it (ie, I believe I didn't click on it because if I'm remembering correctly, it didn't state that you'd receive points for doing so).
The thing is, unless I get another 3 point email sometime (or at least a 2 point email), then those 3 points will never be worth anything really, since I'll always need a 5 pointer to get me over the redemption limit. I guess there are worse things that could happen than getting 3 points for doing nothing, but I hope this is not a sign that our 5 point emails will start becoming 3 pointers. tls
The thing is, unless I get another 3 point email sometime (or at least a 2 point email), then those 3 points will never be worth anything really, since I'll always need a 5 pointer to get me over the redemption limit. I guess there are worse things that could happen than getting 3 points for doing nothing, but I hope this is not a sign that our 5 point emails will start becoming 3 pointers. tls
Aug 6, 2014, 11:35 am
#679
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Charleston, SC, USA
Programs: Avis Pref+, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Life Gold, Honors Silver, IHG Plat via MC.
Posts: 6,786
+1 TLS! I too got 3 points for Groupon, although I don't remember doing anything. It's the first time I ever got something not in a 5-point increment, so you're right: it's pretty worthless & meaningless!
Aug 6, 2014, 5:22 pm
#681
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Chicago Illinois
Programs: 1MM UA
Posts: 1,753
Recently received 3 points. My account statement says "received email" from Groupon. I'm pretty sure that "received" is all I did with it (ie, I believe I didn't click on it because if I'm remembering correctly, it didn't state that you'd receive points for doing so).
Aug 7, 2014, 10:09 am
#682
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Aug 7, 2014, 6:04 pm
#683
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Chicagoland/ORD
Programs: UA Million Miler (Gold), Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,458
Recently received 3 points. My account statement says "received email" from Groupon. I'm pretty sure that "received" is all I did with it (ie, I believe I didn't click on it because if I'm remembering correctly, it didn't state that you'd receive points for doing so).
Aug 12, 2014, 8:39 am
#686
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Charleston, SC, USA
Programs: Avis Pref+, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Life Gold, Honors Silver, IHG Plat via MC.
Posts: 6,786
My 3 points disappeared a few days ago, too. Must have been an error--or a test--because I never did anything with a Groupon email!
Sep 10, 2014, 7:09 am
#687
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Hmmm, can't log in to my account today. Says I'm either entering the wrong email address or password. But I'm not. Anyone else having this issue? tls
Update:
Hmm, well, it a couple hours later, and I'm now able to log in. Not sure what the problem was. tls
Update:
Hmm, well, it a couple hours later, and I'm now able to log in. Not sure what the problem was. tls
Last edited by thelostshark; Sep 10, 2014 at 10:16 am
Oct 14, 2014, 8:50 am
#688
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Received an email a couple weeks ago saying the promotion was over, and you can no longer redeem 250 e-miles for 250 UA miles. Have to do 500 for 500. I don't recall it being a promotion when they first emailed me about it, although who knows. Not that big a deal, but 250 was nice while it lasted. tls
Oct 14, 2014, 7:40 pm
#689
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
Received an email a couple weeks ago saying the promotion was over, and you can no longer redeem 250 e-miles for 250 UA miles. Have to do 500 for 500. I don't recall it being a promotion when they first emailed me about it, although who knows. Not that big a deal, but 250 was nice while it lasted. tls
Oct 15, 2014, 7:01 am
#690
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego
Programs: UA LTP, AA LTG, DL Plat, Marriott LTT, HH Diamond
Posts: 865
Received an email a couple weeks ago saying the promotion was over, and you can no longer redeem 250 e-miles for 250 UA miles. Have to do 500 for 500. I don't recall it being a promotion when they first emailed me about it, although who knows. Not that big a deal, but 250 was nice while it lasted. tls