How quickly do Southwest miles post?
 

I was wondering how long does it take to get Southwest miles redemptions into the account?

The site says 4 to 6 weeks, but also it says it takes only 30 minutes to get the redemption confirmation. Not clear on what this means.

I've only redeemed for magazine subscriptions. Does it really take this long for miles? If so, it seems really useless to use eRewards for quick redemptions.

The only airline redemptions I've done have been UA and AA, and they both have taken about a week. tls

+1 .... have also done US and Delta (when Delta was a partner).

Miles showed up in my account within 3 - 10 days.

The only truly instant airline redemption I've come across is for Opinion Miles Club, and they're United-only. For the rest of them, I'd expect 2-3 weeks to post and be pleasantly surprised if the miles/points showed up early.

I've received an email for an $8 survey taking 30 minutes 10 to 15 times. I took it the 1st time I got the email, and got the $8. Thereafter I continue to get this email, altho it won't let me take the survey again. Is this happening to anyone else? Kind of annoying to keep getting this email. Wonder if their site was hacked? tls

Transferred from E-rewards uk to Avios.com and BAEC last Wednesday, Avios.com showed up yesterday (Tuesday sweeps?)

Nothing on BAEC

BAEC Avios post once per month, usually at the beginning. Avios.com Avios post once per week, on Tuesday. Iberia Avios used to post once per week too, but the last time it took 2 months.

Thanks, that would explain why I don't see the British airways points...

Received it yet again today. tls

Interesting I am receiving multiple emails from e-rewards with "quick tips" and frequent pop ups on my iPhone from e-rewards mobile.

As am I with both the "quick tips" e-mails and the mobile app pop-ups (and speaking of the mobile app, it is <inserting my Boston accent> wikid slow on my iPhone :td:)

I received the $8.00 email for a 30 minute survey 2x today. Their site must have been hacked. Must have been badly if they don't want to tell us ... tls

I get the notifications, but when I get to the mobile app, there's nothing there. Has anyone had any success with this?

I had the same problem. There's a new app that has to be downloaded. The surveys show up there.

I don't think the app is worth it. When I first downloaded it, I would get the usual $4 surveys which were fine. By late November, they were offering $1 for answering questions about each store you shopped in on Black Friday.

Now, I either get "Just for Fun" questions that pay no money or surveys that promise me a quarter. Seriously, what's the point? I'm not about to stay hunched over my phone, tapping away for five minutes, for 25 cents of e-rewards currency!

Especially when you can hit a fair number of five minute surveys on Opinion Miles Club that give you 50 actual UA miles.

And again today ... tls

Got my first survey of the year completed today. Pay wasn't much but it was just enough to cash out for another 4K IHG points. Now to see if they still post as elite-qualifying in 2014...

The quarterly bonus for former Delta participants posted in my account today. I think that's the last one of those.

Been getting a lot of surveys for the UK Avios program, but it has been showing expired the last week only. I've tried multiple proxies on hidemyass, the anonymox firefox addon, but no dice.

Haven't been able to do a single survey. Any suggestions?

My Hertz points posted in 2 days!
 

Looks like eRewards has Hertz posting down pat now .... at least for me.

My last 2 eRewards Hertz points redemptions posted at Hertz in 2 days!

My 10-02-2013 eRewards redemption posted in 2 days at Hertz on 10-4-2013 (with a posting date of 10-3-2013)!

My 01-08-2014 eRewards redemption posted in 2 days at Hertz on 1-10-2014 (with a posting date of 1-9-2013)!

Nice!

I use my iPhone and pay $2.99/ month for Surfeasy VPN app. Works flawlessly and erewards alone pays for the fee given all the extra surveys I get to take that I wouldn't otherwise be able to (for US & UK based surveys, as I'm currently in South America!)

Has anyone recently redeemed e-Rewards currency for a Starbucks gift card? I'm wondering how long it typically takes to arrive in the mail. The confirmation e-mail said it takes up to 30 days -- is that a generous estimate or about on target?

I've redeemed for Starbucks gc's twice. When you redeem, it says it will take up to 30 days. However, both times I redeemed, the gc's did not come within 30 days, and I was forced to contact e-rewards. After contacting them, I did get the gc's fairly quickly (maybe a week). So it was a pain in the neck, but I did get them. tls

Interesting. Thanks for the info!

I no longer see USAir miles as a possible redemption in e-rewards. When did that disappear? I wonder if it's as a result of the merger. I was planning on redeeming $25 just to extend the expiration date of my miles, but that's no longer an option for me. tls

I've still got USAir showing up as a redemption option. Wonder why there's the weirdness for you.

Just my luck .... tls

E-rewards [Master Thread]
 

Just got a $23 survey from Harvard on smoking- took less than 10 minutes =)

Can someone please send me an invitation for e-Rewards? I can PM you my e-mail address. Please and thank you guys!

There are lot's of public invitations. Depends what you want to redeem to. Hilton, British Airways Avios, AA come to mind.
Go to the FF program website, the partners page and look for e-rewards, the invitation is there.

E-rewards [Master Thread]
 

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E-rewards [Master Thread]
 

I just signed up for e-rewards through Alaska Airlines website but Alaska Airlines is not a redemption partner in my account? Ahhh

that's extremely strange

finally reached $25 to enable me to "cash out" for some miles. Waiting till they post, then will delete my account. For me, e-rewards just doesn't offer enough to bother with. JMHO.

Looking at it with regard to credit awarded per time spent, no, of course it's not. IMHO, you're crazy to think it might be. It's useful as a way to keep miles/points alive without having to lose value by generating activity some other way, such as by redeeming for something you don't want.

None, I agree completely. This program is worthless (to me, at least) now.

Do not accept being dumped by a major corporation like IBM who are trying to steal data by allowing respondents to complete an entire survey including wrap-up questions, and then say they have enough respondents to avoid paying miles. Only if we challenge this will it change!

After a years experience this still remains the only real scam involved, one which United Opinion Miles restricts very tightly helping earn me a Europe trip just from answering their surveys. But eRewards has no real feedback program to tighten up their program to weed out these corporate thefts, which is a slap in the face of their members. So I tend to avoid them or expect to be ripped off about half the time.

Be aware that these opinion gathering organizations are all members of professional associations to whom you can file complaints which will call into question their certification and force their highest execs to respond to ethics charges, of which stealing data from respondents is ranked very serious. They even shield the consumers from backlash. A major university study is now being conducted on this and will be releasing a report this year on the worst offenders.

Here is a sample email I send to the survey's authoring company when I am ripped off after completing an entire survey and then dumped so that a corp like IBM doesn't have to pay miles, with copies sent to the Airline miles VP, eRewards (who never respond) or Opinion Miles (who reply the next day), and Professional Associations who govern these ethics:

"I answer surveys for American Airlines eRewards program. Today I spent 30 minutes answering dozens of detailed Questions for a survey on my home electronic devices for IBM SPSS Data Collection. At the end of the survey as I was being asked the final questions I was dumped out of the survey saying that "We already have enough respondents." This is a theft of my time under the guise of being paid with eRewards dollars for that time.

It is also being discussed in forums like FlyerTalk where respondents are being studied by university researchers who are gathering data about unethical thefts like the one your client perpetrated on me stealing my time tonight under the pretense I was being paid.

You must surely be aware that you belong to professional associations who will sanction this kind of unethical behavior of which stealing data is the most serious. In fact I intend to follow it up to see to it that this happens."

While some of it may be deliberate it may also be gross incompetence. Often the survey company will respond with a sales call to me asking if I am wanting their services. Never underestimate the corporate Peter Principle. But never put up with their theft either. It is pennies to them whether I fly around the world on it or not.

Where can I sign up to get Hertz as a redemption partner in the UK?