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Old Sep 5, 2025 | 1:19 pm
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Many technical errors and disqualification the past 2 weeks. At least now they would manually issue credit, though sometimes only partial credit if the system does show you spend considerable time on the survey. That is a bit better than previous practice that completely denied credit when disqualification happened at the end of the survey.
May be they are trying tactics when participants becoming too discouraged and no longer taking surveys as frequently as in the past therefore not enough survey results to fulfill their contracts.
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Old Sep 5, 2025 | 3:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
Many technical errors and disqualification the past 2 weeks. At least now they would manually issue credit, though sometimes only partial credit if the system does show you spend considerable time on the survey. That is a bit better than previous practice that completely denied credit when disqualification happened at the end of the survey.
May be they are trying tactics when participants becoming too discouraged and no longer taking surveys as frequently as in the past therefore not enough survey results to fulfill their contracts.
Lately when I complain about the survey having issues they don't offer any more credit and just blame me. Even though it's their site and surveys fault.
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Old Sep 5, 2025 | 3:34 pm
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Originally Posted by brabb12
Lately when I complain about the survey having issues they don't offer any more credit and just blame me. Even though it's their site and surveys fault.
That was the case several weeks ago. Then we totally stopped doing any survey for about 10 days and only resumed it sporadically. Their approach suddenly changed. I suspect the system has a "scoring" mechanism. Try to go hiatus for a while and see if things improve to a more tolerable scenario.
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Old Sep 17, 2025 | 7:08 pm
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Old Oct 21, 2025 | 11:17 am
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So I got a email the other day saying that my account has been suspended due to fraud and all that BS. It wasn't from e-rewards but from AA milesforopinions. Ive been with them for a long time and was always in good standings with them. Anything you guys suggest to write to them to hopefully get my account back up and running???
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Old Oct 22, 2025 | 7:52 am
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Originally Posted by brabb12
So I got a email the other day saying that my account has been suspended due to fraud and all that BS. It wasn't from e-rewards but from AA milesforopinions. Ive been with them for a long time and was always in good standings with them. Anything you guys suggest to write to them to hopefully get my account back up and running???
This is confusing. You've posted on the e-rewards thread that you received a suspension notice, but the notice came from AA miles for opinions, which is NOT e-rewards. So which account has been suspended, e-rewards or the AA opinions account?
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Old Oct 22, 2025 | 9:25 am
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This is confusing. You've posted on the e-rewards thread that you received a suspension notice, but the notice came from AA miles for opinions, which is NOT e-rewards. So which account has been suspended, e-rewards or the AA opinions account?
There is not a milesforopinions thread on the forum this is the closest thing. Also its run by the same company.
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Old Oct 22, 2025 | 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by bob12403
I'm starting to notice a pattern of the relatively higher point (4 or more) offers disappearing, and seeing a lot more 2.5, 1 and too many <1 pointers. Maybe just a dry spell, or perhaps this is the start of another devaluation?

Oh, yeah, and I received this magnificent "special offer" this morning: "Enjoy an easy 3 points with Offers. Your next reward just got closer! Complete 3 goals in a Special Offer within 6 days and earn 3 points." Be still my quivering heart.

8/21/25 EDITED TO ADD: And just like that, in the last 3 days I've completed a 6, a 5, and five (!) 4 point surveys. Maybe there is hope after all...
What I've noticed lately, is instant kickouts even before getting to the Survey, especially some 8 pointers that regularly show up, but click on it and get a sorry.

Some of these special offers seem interesting though, with double points or something.
I saw one for SoFi or Chime saying like 1200 pts or something, for Alaska that would be like 25000 miles...
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Old Oct 22, 2025 | 4:29 pm
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Originally Posted by brabb12
There is not a milesforopinions thread on the forum this is the closest thing. Also its run by the same company.
As someone who has had unjustified suspensions from both programs, I can tell you that it makes a big difference which one suspended you. Two somewhat similar programs being run by the same company does not necessarily mean the same treatment of the account holder if they suspect fraud, whether or not the suspected fraud is real (which in my case it wasn't). My e-rewards account was reinstated each time, my Opinion Miles account was closed. (Not a great loss, IMHO.)

So that's why if you want some advice from the FT members, it might prove helpful to you if you're clear about the actual program in your request, given that you're posting on the e-rewards thread.
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Old Oct 22, 2025 | 4:40 pm
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Originally Posted by archstenton
What I've noticed lately, is instant kickouts even before getting to the Survey, especially some 8 pointers that regularly show up, but click on it and get a sorry.
A while back I posted a response that I received from e-rewards about this annoying issue. They took some time to explain that the surveys sometimes go out in waves, and it's entirely possible that by the time you receive one of those highly desirable 8 pointers, enough people have jumped on them that the quota has been filled even before you see your offer. Frustrating for sure, but at least it's a plausible explanation of why the instant kickout.
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Old Oct 22, 2025 | 9:33 pm
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Originally Posted by bob12403
As someone who has had unjustified suspensions from both programs, I can tell you that it makes a big difference which one suspended you. Two somewhat similar programs being run by the same company does not necessarily mean the same treatment of the account holder if they suspect fraud, whether or not the suspected fraud is real (which in my case it wasn't). My e-rewards account was reinstated each time, my Opinion Miles account was closed. (Not a great loss, IMHO.)

So that's why if you want some advice from the FT members, it might prove helpful to you if you're clear about the actual program in your request, given that you're posting on the e-rewards thread.
What did you write them to get re-instated?
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Old Oct 23, 2025 | 6:07 am
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Originally Posted by brabb12
What did you write them to get re-instated?
The truth. That I was a very long-time member, very regular participant, and I had done nothing that would be considered fraudulent or a violation of the rules. I was polite, expressed my appreciation for the program, as well as any help they could give me in reinstating my account. E-rewards did, Opinion miles did not. Of the two programs, losing e-rewards would have been a much greater loss.

Here's my caveat: This is going back several years, so no telling if either program is currently receptive to a request for review. I do recall that at least one of the incidents seemed to be the result of a technical problem on their end, but they never explained what happened, just that I was reinstated.

EDITED TO ADD: I'm a pretty fast reader, and it's my understanding that some of these survey programs will ding you if they think you're blowing through the survey without giving much consideration to your answers, so that might have tripped me up, not sure. I have since made an effort to slow things down a bit when I answer surveys, just to be safe.
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Old Oct 25, 2025 | 3:26 pm
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Originally Posted by archstenton
What I've noticed lately, is instant kickouts even before getting to the Survey, especially some 8 pointers that regularly show up, but click on it and get a sorry.
Yes, experienced many instant kickouts from even 4pters. 1 out of 5 8pts proceeded to a very long survey. Personally I would rather do the much shorter 2.5pts 3 times than the 8pts which makes me sleepy towards to the end.
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Old Oct 25, 2025 | 3:31 pm
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Recently there are 2 very annoying items on the surveys

1) A surveyor which I forgot its name now but it always has a long list of Least Important / Most Important choice screens that I have never been able to get thru no matter what subject it might be - buying a house, a car, or whatever. NEVER manage to finish the screening. Towards the tail end of the screening it is very hard to decide which to choose because each item has shown before, more than once. I always stumble on that.

2) Several short surveys would direct you to Swagbuck sign up screen when you are about to finish the 5 - 7min 1pt survey. WTH is that? Is this just a fishing hook to induce you to sign up?!

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Old Oct 25, 2025 | 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by bob12403
As someone who has had unjustified suspensions from both programs, I can tell you that it makes a big difference which one suspended you. Two somewhat similar programs being run by the same company does not necessarily mean the same treatment of the account holder if they suspect fraud, whether or not the suspected fraud is real (which in my case it wasn't). My e-rewards account was reinstated each time, my Opinion Miles account was closed. (Not a great loss, IMHO.)

So that's why if you want some advice from the FT members, it might prove helpful to you if you're clear about the actual program in your request, given that you're posting on the e-rewards thread.
What were the suspensions reasons if you dont mind to share? Like redeeming too many 2K miles rewards?
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