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beachmouse Jan 23, 2023 7:39 am

None here- e-Rewards never asked me for my SSN either and I went really heavy on the Accor points last year so that should be an easy cash value for them to calculate if they were going to send me one.

apeortdz Jan 23, 2023 4:50 pm

Anyone else do the Pharmacy live study tonight from 6:00-6:45PM EST? Surprised that the study was 45 minutes rather than 90 minutes as expected.

TommyD2 Jan 23, 2023 7:29 pm

Finished my 3rd survey and it took 10-20 minutes for the $10 to post.

Completely different question - do different people get/see only certain redemption options? For me, my travel redemption options are:
- Alaska
- AA
- BA
- Aeromexico
- Etihad
- Flying Blue
- Frontier
- Hawaiian
- Hilton
- Iberia
- Jetblue
- Southwest
- United
- Virgin Atlantic

Others have posted different programs upthread like Accor, etc. that don't show up for me.

Would also be nice to see a wiki of which programs will extend expiration (where applicable) when you redeem E-Rewards points.

beachmouse Jan 23, 2023 7:35 pm

Which redemption options you get depends on how you signed up. Generally, if you signed up with an airline program, you only get that airline program and every hotel option. If you signed up with a hotel program, you get only that hotel program and every airline program.

Redemption options also vary based on your country.

And then there are those of us who got ‘orphaned’ because the program we signed up under left e-Rewards and the end result is we have all the redemption options available in our country. I signed up under Delta, who stopped participating in e-Rewards somewhere around 2010 so I’m lucky enough to have them all as redemption options.

TommyD2 Jan 23, 2023 7:44 pm


Originally Posted by beachmouse (Post 34951667)
Which redemption options you get depends on how you signed up. Generally, if you signed up with an airline program, you only get that airline program and every hotel option. If you signed up with a hotel program, you get only that hotel program and every airline program.

Redemption options also vary based on your country.

And then there are those of us who got ‘orphaned’ because the program we signed up under left e-Rewards and the end result is we have all the redemption options available in our country. I signed up under Delta, who stopped participating in e-Rewards somewhere around 2010 so I’m lucky enough to have them all as redemption options.

Thanks [MENTION=592127]beachmouse[/MENTION] for the (really really quick) reply.

I really don't do these too often (never enough to get a 1099 at least) but lately have had some more time on my hands so just trying to maximize things. (Like today, for example - can usually get a survey done between boarding and taking off when I can't do much else).

So based on my list above I joined via a Hilton invite (since that's the only hotel on my list).

Can also do other survey programs (I think I have them for United, American, Jetblue and Amtrak) but those seem to be even less rewarding than E-rewards.

Happy Jan 28, 2023 4:04 pm

Haven't done any survey since the 12th, tried to do some today (forgot weekends should be avoided).

Picked the surveys from the account screen because the invitation emails stopped coming since we had a long international trip back in Oct thru Dec, hence could not take survey from the invite. Then it stopped when we were about 2/3 in the journey and never resumes.

Anyway, today I got 4x 0.20 survey then a $5 survey that miraculously went all the way to finish. After that I got 3 unqualified survey with 0 payment. To their "credit", they did say that on the front page, and the disqualification went rather speedy. Though I am not sure next time when I see the 0 payment I would even bother to go thru it, based on last time when I was disqualified as "enough participants" when the survey was 87% completed... Though upon complaint, a rep did credit my account despite she claimed that I was indeed not qualified (but the reason on the screen was "enough participants").

I just hope certain hotel and airline programs would become participants so I can use this as the activity generator to keep accounts alive - that is my main purpose of doing this.

bj2757 Jan 28, 2023 4:29 pm

[QUOTE=Happy;34965842]Haven't done any survey since the 12th, tried to do some today (forgot weekends should be avoided).

Picked the surveys from the account screen because the invitation emails stopped coming since we had a long international trip back in Oct thru Dec, hence could not take survey from the invite. Then it stopped when we were about 2/3 in the journey and never resumes.

Anyway, today I got 4x 0.20 survey then a $5 survey that miraculously went all the way to finish. After that I got 3 unqualified survey with 0 payment. To their "credit", they did say that on the front page, and the disqualification went rather speedy. Though I am not sure next time when I see the 0 payment I would even bother to go thru it, based on last time when I was disqualified as "enough participants" when the survey was 87% completed... Though upon complaint, a rep did credit my account despite she claimed that I was indeed not qualified (but the reason on the screen was "enough participants").


I'm pretty sure I read something on the survey invite saying you can only get five 20 cent credits - then it goes to 0 which is what seems to be happening. I sent them a long scathing email when this started and of course I got a nice response back thanking me for bringing it to their attention....

Justin Does... Jan 29, 2023 10:19 am

I don't think I've noticed this caveat before on the survey start page "*You can only earn this partial incentive up to 5 times per 24 hours." That seems to explain the "$0in e-Rewards Currency if you do not qualify for the study*" message?

bj2757 Jan 29, 2023 10:26 am


Originally Posted by apeortdz (Post 34949196)
I have not yet received my 1099 tax statement yet. Has anyone received theirs yet? (I know the deadline for mailing is 31Jan).

I finished my taxes last night then realized I would probably get a 1099 from Dynata again this year (last year was the first time after years on e-Rewards) for the gift cards I get with e-Rewards. I came on here to see if anyone was talking about it - and you are - so I'll sit back and wait until people start saying they got theirs :-)

theroz Jan 29, 2023 6:20 pm


Originally Posted by bj2757 (Post 34967552)
I finished my taxes last night then realized I would probably get a 1099 from Dynata again this year (last year was the first time after years on e-Rewards) for the gift cards I get with e-Rewards. I came on here to see if anyone was talking about it - and you are - so I'll sit back and wait until people start saying they got theirs :-)


Back in '21 I got a pop up after having cashed in I think 8 times to an airline. The pop up said if I continue with the redemption I will have to provide my SS#+. So DH told me to continue earning the $s and to cashout after 1/1/22, and thats what I did. Except I keep cashing out since that popup never popped up in '22. I had in the double digits the number of times I cashed out, and never supplied my SS# so Im hoping that no surprise letter will be arriving

bj2757 Jan 29, 2023 6:24 pm


Originally Posted by theroz (Post 34968724)
Back in '21 I got a pop up after having cashed in I think 8 times to an airline. The pop up said if I continue with the redemption I will have to provide my SS#+. So DH told me to continue earning the $s and to cashout after 1/1/22, and thats what I did. Except I keep cashing out since that popup never popped up in '22. I had in the double digits the number of times I cashed out, and never supplied my SS# so Im hoping that no surprise letter will be arriving

I've never had them come after me for airline/hotel miles/points - only gift cards.

euromannn Jan 29, 2023 10:56 pm


Originally Posted by Steve in Olympia (Post 34942255)
Today from e-rewards:

Lunar New Year celebrations are set to kick off this Sunday.
So, what better way to HOP into the Year of the Rabbit than with a $10 bonus!


What do you need to do? Just complete 3 surveys by January 31.* It’s that simple.

How do I get this survey sent to me in an email?

bob12403 Jan 30, 2023 7:17 am


Originally Posted by bj2757 (Post 34968738)
I've never had them come after me for airline/hotel miles/points - only gift cards.

+1 here. One year I leaned hard on GC redemptions and I received a 1099. In other years, with the majority of my redemptions in airline miles/hotel points, I have not received a 1099.

bob12403 Jan 30, 2023 7:22 am


Originally Posted by euromannn (Post 34969262)
How do I get this survey sent to me in an email?

You should have received it just by being enrolled in the program. However, I'm not sure it really matters, as there was never a formal registration link, just a link that took you to your dashboard. No guarantees, but I think as long as you simply complete 3 surveys by Feb 4 you should receive the bonus. It shows up in your history as "Punchcard 10".

beachmouse Jan 30, 2023 7:47 am


Originally Posted by bob12403 (Post 34969970)
+1 here. One year I leaned hard on GC redemptions and I received a 1099. In other years, with the majority of my redemptions in airline miles/hotel points, I have not received a 1099.

I suspected that was the case- I’m an e-Rewards power user but it’s all points and miles, even the ones with an easy cash equivalent like Accor and Southwest- and they’ve never asked for 1099 information.


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