the cynic in me is looking for a definition of "shortly"

is that defined in terms of dog years, human years or turtle years? :D

Response from MCR
 

The response to my question regarding the DL 500-mile error message was as follows:

"Dear wsflyer,

Our Technical Support team is aware of the "Out of Stock" error message
and we are working in cooperation with the appropriate management to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience."

I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Looks like it is good for anything Blockbuster sells. Hopefully, it is good for the Netflix like subscriptions Blockbuster offers.

I hope they do a better job of stocking this time. If we could clean them out in 3 weeks, and if people like me are still going to enter codes in anticipation, I imagine we could clean them out again if they aren't careful

The last time I had a Blockbuster gift card from a hotel stay promo, I stocked up on microwave popcorn and coke. It lasted quite awhile!

JudyJFLA

I understand your point but there is another way to look at how quickly they were exhausted.

Remember, the DL awards, and then the meaningful Hilton awards after them -- were exhausted, as I recall, rather rapdily last time.

I am sure that my behavior was no exception in that I was husbanding my points for the launch of the new rewards, especially since we received word that the points would be permitted to be carried over into this new launch year.

Therefore, there were likely many people like me that were just itching to redeem alot of points at the get go.

I have now largely drained my available stock of points, so that if and when the rewards are re-introduced, they likely will last for a bit longer -- so long as the amount of new DL awards equals the amount they had when the new program was launched about a week ago.

In any event, two things should be learned from the above -- if not from the earlier experience -- redeem as soon as possible for there is no reason to wait to redeem a 5,000 mile award when you can do in a sequential manner up to 10 500 awards since there is no Coke point discount for doing so, and second, there will be more DL awards at some point, which is more than there was last time around. ^

Has anyone opened an account for a family member in order to enter more than the 10 codes a day? Would this have to be done on a different computer or isp, or does it matter as long as the email addresses are different? Mom has a Delta account too and we have alot of codes to enter.

JudyJFLA

I think I answered this Q in the DL forum, but you can use the same computer for multiple accounts. Just log out and log back in.

Absolutely works, as long as you have different email addresses. I have been entering codes for 3 MCR accounts on the same computer, so as to speed up the enter-and-redeem process (now on hold until more Delta awards show up.)

And if you're really trying to enter a lot of codes, remember that you can open a MCR account for someone in the family even if they don't have a Delta account--after all, you will get an award code that will be deposited into the Delta account of your choosing. You could open a MCR account in a grandparent's name if that grandparent has an email address. You could set up a Yahoo account solely for this purpose. Then when the Delta codes come in, just deposit them in whatever account is appropriate. (Assuming, of course, that grandma isn't already accumulating Delta miles for herself. ;) )

The 100pts/500 DL mile award has left the building....

Hopefully only temporarily.

Any promo for Coke's 121st birthday? It's today....

This is the answer I received from them:

:td: :td:

Confirming what others have posted. This question can be answered by clicking the "rules" link at the bottom of any page on the MCR web site. What they prohibit is the opposite behavior: multiple people consolidating codes into one account.
Nothing in the rules prohibits multiple "enrollees" in one household.

To directly answer your question: Yes. That's how the beloved Harpo and I accumulated enough sonystyle gift certs for a new camcorder just in time for Christmas, not to mention new walking shoes with shopadidas certs (all bought via AAdvantage retail partners of course). Want to see the ones and zeros of the Zeppette at Disney World?

My daughter and I both have one and we enter our codes on the same computer. Our email addresses are different, however.

Has anyone actually redeemed one of the pirate offerings? I had enetered the code and chose the pirate book but the site gave me an error message and kicked me off. When I checked the status it justs says offered. Does this mean the reward may still be coming? Any response would be appreciated.