E-rewards [Master Thread]
Oct 18, 2016, 2:20 am
#2536
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Lancashire, UK
Posts: 2,101
Two weeks on and still nothing. Looks like it's going to be March 2016 all over again. No one was getting their rewards.
I really don't like their 'don't contact us for 35 days' rule.
Oct 18, 2016, 6:34 am
#2537
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: DL DM 2MM, Marriott LT Titanium, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 15,206
After the previous two quarters not posting points to Hertz and needing to email a few times after the 4-6wk waiting period to get them, it seems they've corrected the issue. Redeemed for Hertz this month and it posted within a week.
Oct 18, 2016, 7:04 am
#2538
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA LifeTime PLT (2.982 MM, But 3MM+ Total), HHonors GOLD, IHG AMB
Posts: 787
Did a survey for Japan, got the $5.00 as promised-----took about 40 minutes, was told it would be 15 minutes.
Did a political survey, was promised $5.00, got $4.00 instead.
All the other surveys that promised $0.25 or $0.50 partial credit, received $0.00 for all.
E-Rewards tweaked their system to go directly to "another survey offer", claiming they are giving partial credit at the same time.
They have not been giving partial credit. It must be the usual evil Marc Zuckerberg "hide the error" mentality at E-Rewards, I suppose.
Did a political survey, was promised $5.00, got $4.00 instead.
All the other surveys that promised $0.25 or $0.50 partial credit, received $0.00 for all.
E-Rewards tweaked their system to go directly to "another survey offer", claiming they are giving partial credit at the same time.
They have not been giving partial credit. It must be the usual evil Marc Zuckerberg "hide the error" mentality at E-Rewards, I suppose.
Oct 19, 2016, 7:29 am
#2542
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: BA/AA/AS/B6/WN/ UA/HH/MR and more like 'em but most felicitously & importantly MUCCI
Posts: 19,719
email the customer support - they have been quite good to keep you whole in the few incidents I complained about this year. Had one a few days ago, shown 75% complete after 16 min, on a 20 min survey (Beverage). Then the next screen threw me out as not eligible. Emailed the complain immediately. They credited the account the next day with a reply - the system gave $0.25 on the $5 survey and they posted $4.75 manually. 
I'm now so skeptical that these surveys will pay off that if I see anything in the first 20-25 questions that requires deep consideration, I just dump out. I'm so tired of concentrating on handing over a bunch of data detail, THEN being told I don't qualify. If my earnings off this system go down, fine.
Oct 19, 2016, 7:44 am
#2543
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Posts: 10,003
Now that I am earning more points than I can usefully spend, I have started to deliberately disqualify on surveys that do not appear likely to interest me. For example, the other day I answered a question about purchasing men's dress shirts by saying that I had not purchased any in the past year. That is just not a topic that excites me.
Oct 19, 2016, 8:42 am
#2544
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: BA/AA/AS/B6/WN/ UA/HH/MR and more like 'em but most felicitously & importantly MUCCI
Posts: 19,719
Now that I am earning more points than I can usefully spend, I have started to deliberately disqualify on surveys that do not appear likely to interest me. For example, the other day I answered a question about purchasing men's dress shirts by saying that I had not purchased any in the past year. That is just not a topic that excites me.
I stick with a lot fewer surveys these days because so many are poorly or incompetently written.
Oct 19, 2016, 9:34 am
#2545
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,269
Right now, I'm in 'hit everything' mode. I'm just shy of the redemption that will put me over the top for IHG Spire and am so ready to just get that taken care of, lest I have to actually earn my status by paying for a one night hotel stay or something.
Oct 19, 2016, 3:17 pm
#2546
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: CNF
Programs: Priority Club, TAM Fidelidade, BAEC, Marriott Rewards
Posts: 2,184
Well, my avios from Iberia and Avios.com did not post in time either, so it's one of those periods...
Oct 20, 2016, 1:27 am
#2547
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 783
Can i ask what is the issue of going over the top of your spire in points?
Oct 20, 2016, 6:44 am
#2548
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: VPS
Programs: IHG Diamond, Delta PM, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 7,269
My current point balance is already spent down for 2017 travel and if I can sneak a e-rewards redemption in by Monday night when they do 'the sweep', it would get me IHG Spire's 25k amenity bonus and I'd have enough for a quick pointbreak trip over US Thanksgiving when those go on sale a few days later.
Oct 20, 2016, 10:23 am
#2549
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SNA/LAX
Programs: Hertz PC, Hilton DMD, IHG Spire Amb, Bonvoy Titanium Elite & WoH Globalist
Posts: 8,076
Has anyone done time/return analysis on which survey firm is the most rewarding for time /effort spent on these surveys? Is it e-miles, e-rewards, Points For Surveys, or any other website?
Oct 20, 2016, 10:38 am
#2550
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: SJU (live 10 mi. SW)
Programs: AAdvantage, Delta Sky Miles
Posts: 158
IMHO, that (even within the MAJOR OVERHAUL they've been having lately) it would be MyPoints (5 disqualifications cap / day for 25 MyP's or slightly > 15 cents, each disqual lasting < 2 minutes, sometimes < 1). The only completed survey that had me unhappy on MyPoints was an Ipsos one (20-25 minutes for just 49 MyP's or close to 30 cents).
The most satisfying surveys are the WayPoint (pop unexpectedly) ones on eRewards. They always end for me with an error, but they always seem to credit them as fulfilled at the full 4-6 "dollars" (their currency) rate. No much waste of time...
PS: Because of my location (quite often the 00xxx US zipcode will disqualify me) my percentage of qualified surveys may be lower than some, even as sometimes I use one of my relatives' FL one...
The most satisfying surveys are the WayPoint (pop unexpectedly) ones on eRewards. They always end for me with an error, but they always seem to credit them as fulfilled at the full 4-6 "dollars" (their currency) rate. No much waste of time...
PS: Because of my location (quite often the 00xxx US zipcode will disqualify me) my percentage of qualified surveys may be lower than some, even as sometimes I use one of my relatives' FL one...