How long does it take for miles to post after a purchase?

For those you wonder how long it takes miles to post after you purchase something (for example I did a Groupon for 20% off +3emiles/dollar), here was the response.

"There is a 45 business day waiting period for the credit to be reflected in your account; as mentioned in the offer the 45 days begins after the close of the month in which the order was placed."

That means - it can be up to 3 months. Personally, it's not a big deal for me. However, if you are counting on the purchase to put you over the top in a short time frame, I'd plan accordingly.

That's why I don't bother with e-miles purchase opportunities. Ebates posts your 6% Groupon rebate within 5 days, American Airlines 3 miles per $ through their Shopping Mall within 3 days.

Annoyance of the day- I was at 497 miles and I think they do a single sweep for IHG redemptions at the end of the month.

Solution- scroll down to 'recent offers' or something like that and just keep clicking on links until I find another 5 pointer, meaning that my 500 miles for 750 IHG points is hopefully on the way shortly.

I joined up recently and completed numerous surveys last night but today I checked my survey history section and Ithe states I have only completed one survey even though I saw after each survey the congratulations page, is this normal for e mlies or something you get used to?

They only update them once or twice a week. Sometimes it takes a few days but so far all of mine have eventually posted.

E-miles [Master Thread]
 

When will we hear about the winner of the 100,000 mile giveaway that they spammed my inbox about?

I just redeemed my e-miles for Southwest points yesterday, how long do they usually take to post? I'm looking to book a flight within the next week or two and am wondering if I'll get them in time.

Sorry, e-miles updates miles/points once a month usually on the first day of the month so, chances are, you won't see them post until the first week of April.

Hilton posting time/schedule
 

Does anyone have any experience with how frequently and on what schedule Hilton points post? I did an e-rewards redemption that was instant, and I was hoping e-miles posting would be similar, but it has now been about 10 days. I know that with a lot of the participating programs, e-miles/e-rewards post once a month around the end of the month/beginning of the next month, so I am hoping the points post tomorrow or over the weekend. But, I don't want to wait much longer than that for the points to post, and I think today is the last day to buy Hilton points at a discount. TIA for any information.

Points will show up once a month in your account between the 2nd and the first weekday after the 1st, with a posting date of April 1st (no joke :p), no matter when you redeemed them.

Ive been reading a lot about e-miles, is it truly worth the effort?

It is relatively painless way to keep alive low-use accounts which expire with no activity in 12 months, as the 5 points click add up to 500 in ~7-10 months.

Despite my hostility towards the e-miles enterprise, I'm trying to get to (crawl my way to) 500 points so I can move to Hilton and be done. (I know, hardly worth the time and effort, but....)

In the past many months, virtually all of the offers were ones where you didn't get points simply for reading and answer the standard few questions, but had to actually click through and accept/sign up for/buy, whatever.

Today I got the "You have new offers" email, I yawned, went to the site and found SIX offers that gave me five points each simply for reading.

Can't remember when that happened last.

Hey Cblaisd, I'm a member of their UA version, which now offers transfers to miles at the 250 level. Check out whether their HH version offers the same, so you can get out early!