Has anyone tried redeeming miles to a family members (UA) account? I want to credit miles to my 3 year old daughters account which will stop her account expiring.

Yes! I've done it many times. Here's how:

Change the eRewards name, address, etc to match her UA account
then
redeem eRewards for UA miles to her UA account (her UA account#)
then
after the miles post, change the eRewards name, address, etc back to whatever it was before

I do this very frequently. You don't even have to change the address of your account (although you can if that makes you feel better), I just always change the name

+1 BANG-ON! Jgx & Mauibaby. Or Englisha can open a Rewards Network account in the little girl's name & UA# with one of Daddy's or Mommy's credit cards, then eat at a member restaurant.

Virtual Private Network used to solve this problem for me, but it doesn't on this trip. Does the Hotspot Shield still work?

At least the message now tells me that I'm in the wrong country, rather than that the offer has expired.

I've not used any VPN product, as a proxy will do. However, I have noticed changes recently. The location check used to just be done by e-ewards.com. Now, it is done also on researchnow.com, surveymyopinion.com and others.

Also, it is possible that they are setting a cookie to ensure that once you are flagged, they continue to automatically disallow you, even if your IP address switches to coming from the USA. (Opinionmilesclub appears to do this.)

Some proxies don't work correctly, that is, if you check using findmyipinfo.com and whatismyip.com, they show different locations. So it's not clear what the survey will see.
Also the surveys hosted at surveymyopinion.com check the location differently than the others. Some surveys check the location inside the survey too, beyond the initial page.
And, some browsers don't work correctly too, I've been rejected on Chrome, besides being physically in the country (really) and allowed if I use IE.

It depends what you mean by "correctly". For example, it is standard to have a "VIA" header inserted by a proxy and a common default for proxies to also include an "X-Forwarded-For" header which gives the IP address of the client. Obviously, a smart address checker will check both of those headers, as well as the incoming IP address that it is talking to. So, "correctly", for our purpose here, is actually "incorrectly", from the view of standards.

I have tried whatismyip.com and various others (with those headers configured off in my proxy) and none of them detect that I am using a proxy at all.

Recently (i.e. in the last 2-3 weeks), I've been getting a few what appear to be eRewards surveys in e-mail which, when I click on them, don't show my name/account at the top of of the eRewards page that comes up.

I've done a couple of those and didn't get any eRewards credit for doing them .... so I've stopped doing them.

Has anyone else had this issue and/or know why it occurs?

Thanks!

Editted to add: =============================

08-19-2013: neuromancer, thanks for the response .... I'll check it out with the next one I get ....

If they are at http://www.surveymyopinion.com/, everything should be fine and I have got credit for them.

SW RR is every 30 days. I redeem either 500 or 1000 miles every month.

Thanks! Yep, it worked this time .... I did the survey and, this time, I got my points .... earlier misfortunes must have been flukes.

Has anybody tried the new redemption option to Multiplus points (TAM Fidelidade)? I tried when they started a few months back, but have not received anything (of course).
And E-rewards customer service is non-existant.

E-rewards [Master Thread]
 

Recently redeemed for the Instant Best Buy $10 gift cards- they really are instant

Redeemed for some Hilton points.

The points showed up instantly, but after a week, they are still not
listed in my Hhonors account when I click on "all activity". In other words I
got the points, but can't show from an online statement the date they
posted. Has anyone else had a similar or different experience?

E-rewards [Master Thread]
 

Good news for those avios collectors:

British Airways is now an erewards partner at least in my account- I used to have to redeem to Iberia and then "combine my avios" from Iberia to Avios to BA. Now you can redeem directly to BA.

12 ereward dollars = 250 avios
20 ereward dollars = 500 avios
35 ereward dollars = 1000 avios

Can redeem once per 30 days however now you can redeem to BA AND Iberia in the same month to double your avios redemptions... Yippee

Though if you've still got the Iberia 3000 Avios for $100 option, it remains a better deal and should probably be first redemption pick.

United
 

I redeeed $100 for 2,000 United miles recently. It took exactly 1 week for the miles to post.

For anyone else getting the 25% quarterly bonus for 2013, mine just appeared in my account.

Thank you for sharing this news! Very helpful!

Redeemed $50 for 2500 HHonors points and it took three days before I saw the item listed with the date of the redemption shown in my Hilton account, although the Hilton account balance had updated immediately after the transaction.

bj-21.

points posted!

After the recent wave of devaluations, what is currently the best value to redeeming e-Rewards points?

Imo Hertz would be the best redemption. That is if you have use for rental cars.

Yes, a similar thing has happened to me in the past each time, but the points are always eventually listed in "all activity." A week seems a bit longer than normal, but I'm sure they'll show up. tls

Thank you rookie10! :)

I have an Executive tier membership with National Car Rental whereby I rent a medium-size car and get to pick any available vehicle on the lot. I got the National Executive tier through Milepoint premium membership.

I am more looking for miles & points with airlines & hotels, any other suggestions for the best value?

I think the Choice Privileges points are a good value. To redeem for one free night requires either 8k or 12k, points, and you get 4k points for $100 in e-rewards, so you can get a free night reasonably quickly. I know that some folks prefer more luxurious hotels than Choice, but I think they're fine, and sometimes there aren't better options anyway. tls

I do have 72K CP points that I don't know what to do with as I don't stay at such properties, maybe transfer the CP to SW airlines?

Kalboz, U can get a 25% bonus if U transfer your Choice to UA in Nov. (must register first at link on UA forum) or up to 20% to Aeroplan by Dec. 9.

So, 17,500 UA miles (which will be devalued soon!) for 70K Choice Privileges points? Is that even a good exchange rate? That will place CP points at less than $4 per 1000.

Maybe not, but is the exchange rate to sWN much better? IDK, because I'm not familiar with their program.

You should status match to Hertz 5*, you will also receive a car upgrade when reserving standard/full size. I would wait until Jan. tx 500 points x2 and you will have enough points for a 1 day specialty vehicle. Keep in mind that Hertz like many other car rental agencies tack on additional fees and surcharges so it really isn't "free". But it is a good deal in any case.

Depending on your account balances, I would not tx to UA with the bonus unless you needed to top off your account for a redemption. Choice has not devalued (yet), and they do have nice redemption's in Europe and the Nassau Bahamas. Nice place to take your family on vacation, plus you get access to Atlantis.

Any experiences NOT receiving reward?
 

I Redeemed a bunch for a $50 Starbucks card on 9/30 - the confirmation said could be 30 days. 11/1 I emailed customer service, got the auto response saying give us 5 days to respond... waited until 11/10, sent another email, no response...

Any others experience no rewards sent (this seems like an actual card, no e-delivery of a gift card) and/or customer service response times like this? I've been emailing their general CS email, any other contacts there? Need my coffee fix! :p

Ha, apparently you spoke too soon! :p http://boardingarea.com/loyaltytrave....tfWg2tqJ.dpbs

You were right, but it took 7 weeks. Suspiciously, it showed up after
the next transaction.

Anyone done a transfer to Iberia and can advise how long it actually takes please?

Iberia avios used to post the next Tuesday after redemption, but the list time it did not work.

Did you chase via E Rewards and were you successful. I notice that they state 6-8 weeks but most redemptions have been handled pretty quickly.

Well, lately you cannot chase until the 8 weeks stated have passed, otherwise they just ignore you, so I haven't yet.

In the same time I have amassed 25,000 miles on Opinion Miles by United answering 3-5 surveys a day, I've just now gotten 500 AA miles on eRewards mostly from consolation points. Every single eRewards survey boots me out more than halfway through. When this happened at Opinion Miles, I reported it enough that it stopped after they determined some survey companies were trying to pump us for info before dropping us to avoid paying miles. From what I can tell this is ALL that eRewards does, and their Support is so abysmal they reply only with a general FAQ email ignoring your specific problem. Contrast this with Opinion Miles (the leading opinion broker in the field if you google them) which corrects any problem to my satisfaction overnight, or explains why not