I was wondering how e-miles was going to do it. I was hoping that e-miles opened up to ALL redemptions, and not just AA...

I signed up originally with DL although I seldom collect skymiles elsewhere. I don't recall that I've ever had a choice to redeem otherwise. I think this was cast in stone from the start. I'm surprised you have been able to play the field.

That's interesting. I was emailed by them via Ticketmaster years ago. I guess I spent a lot on concerts that year and they offered me a chance to join. Hadn't heard about them previously. So my redemptions are open to all. I didn't even realize there were some who could only redeem for 1 thing.

I signed up with Northwest and I remember being given no choice of switching at the merger; was automatically given only Delta as the only airline option. Only became a program free agent when Delta dropped out and they didn't require us to pick another single airline at that point.

As long as IHG posts as elite qualifying, I'll probably stick with them anyways.

When I first joined, US was my only option but as time went on, all the other airlines became available - in the email that I received telling me that AA would be my only choice, the word EXCLUSIVE was in big bold letters.

Yep, I'm not happy about this either. I generally transfer to Iberia or Etihad, neither of which will be an option after this weekend.

Has anyone ever successfully done a survey while you are travelling overseas (outside US) ?

Last month I went to Hong Kong to see families, then a personal trip to Singapore, all the surveys I tried to open when I was in those cities said it is either expired or reach capacity.

Is it they have some tracking device and recognize my computer wasn't in used in the US to complete the survey ?

I was quite upset that I missed several of those about smoking and cigarettes surveys, which I know I would be able to finish those surveys and get full credit, as not many cigarette smokers nowadays.

I have no idea how I initially applied; been too long ago. I have not seen that email so maybe I will be able to keep all my options. I too use it for topping off and keeping accounts alive -- although I did give up my Frontier account after they became a LCC and stopped flying the one route I took annually. Guess I will top off a few accounts earlier than normal just in case.

They do track by IP location. There's discussion upthread somewhere about which services do an do not work if you want it to look like you're still in the States for eRewards purposes.

I don't why they don't just say, "You can't do surveys when you're out of the country" or some such. Instead they say "expired" + BS.

Surely most people have a permanent internet connection at home these days? Setting up a machine at home to VPN or proxy into is pretty easy. (And also required for all those streaming services, nbc.com, hulu.com, etc.)

My mistake. I was confusing e-rewards with emiles. I am locked into DL with emiles. I have switched e-rewards redemptions back and forth between HH and UA. It would suck to get stuck into a single program, especially if that turns out ot be DL.

DL withdrew from both e-miles and e-rewards. tls

Thanks. It's been a while. I wonder what they'll do with my next emiles redemption. I'm at 495 miles. That ought to be quite soon.

I just checked. I'm now locked into Hilton with emiles which is fine. It was probably my choice and I just don't remember having to make it.

I have done it from abroad but it only works with a VPN. I got a paid one and now I can do lots of things while traveling that I wouldn't otherwise be able to do.

I had four (4) of these type of free-bee programs.

1) E-Rewards
2) E-Miles
3) MyPoints
4) My Coke Points.

I happily dropped E-Miles and MyPoints. Soon MyCoke Points will bite the dust. E-Rewards, I'm staying with.

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Just got an email that my e-miles account (US Air) is being changed to AA. Cool!

Ditto .... also cool!

Kind of makes sense, though, right? I still can't recall how I went from DL to Hilton.

I don't drink coke, but I've been in the other 3. I too will keep e-Rewards and drop the others.

Same with my account! I have been redeeming mainly for Iberia Avios, but I got that same email. As of yesterday, all airline options other than AA are gone :td: ! But I can still get any hotel points I want.
BamaVol, those who are invited by an airline can normally redeem for all non-airline points but miles only of that airline, while those invited by a hotel co. are shut out of other hotels' points. I guess that we USAirways joiners just got lucky the past few years!
I have $19.xx of e-r, so I intend to hit $25, grab 500 AA, then quit!

+1 on both, Bobunf!

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I just got an e-miles offer, 100 e-miles for signing up for ERewards. I signed up, and, The primary redemption is to e-miles... Which is weird. I think this is new

Just new for you .... I got this a couple years ago. Bummer of a redemption choice; no airline redemptions, just e-miles. I use this one strictly for Hertz redemptions.

Like jgxtrav1 says, it's been around for at least a couple years - my wife's account is like that. It's not necessarily a problem, depending on how your e-miles account is set up. For example, her main e-miles redemption is United, so she redeems e-rewards for e-miles (which goes through in 5 mins), then she can redeem those for United when it goes through. Of course, those don't go anywhere until the end of the month, but at least she can do the e-rewards redemptions whenever they are ready.

Her bigger problem with e-rewards is their limitation of redemptions. She's usually ready to redeem in about 2.5 months and e-miles redemptions, like (all?) the others, are limited to once every 3 months. So takes a couple weeks off, not wanting to pile up rewards she can't use - their loss.

FTF

^^ some redemptions are once every quarter, but also, most airline redemptions are once every month.

Also, if you're mostly interested in airline miles, I would suggest signing up for E-rewards through a hotel, like Hilton. And then you'll have Hilton + about 10 different airlines.

VERY disappointed. IMHO the program has been gutted. Gone is my favorite xfer partner--SWA. Sad.

I just checked my account and I still have Southwest. But I signed up for it through the link on Southwest. Do you have another email address you can use? If so open a new Erewards account using that email address through the Southwest website. Then any surveys after that will have Southwest as an option for redemption.

Gutted is kind of a dramatic word considering everything has stayed the same lol:rolleyes:

Outrageous, E-Rewards!!

$25 Level
1,000 Hilton HHonors® Bonus Points (Out of Stock)

$50 Level
2,500 Hilton HHonors® Bonus Points (Out of Stock)

$75 Level
4,500 Hilton HHonors® Bonus Points (Out of Stock)

$125 Level
7,000 Hilton HHonors® Bonus Points (Out of Stock)

This happens to me on occasion as well but the rewards usually show back up as available within a week to 10 days

Is anyone able to redeem for a Starbucks or Best Buy gift card anymore? The logos are still listed under "Rewards" but I get this message when I click on it.

"Thank you for your interest in this Reward.
Unfortunately, there are no Best Buy offers available at this time."

System seems like it will let me redeem for Best Buy. I've also got Starbucks listed as available rewards, but not enough e-Reward dollars to see if it looks like a redemption will work.

Thanks for checking. I'll give it a few days and see if anything changes.

I saw the same thing. I will wait to see what happens before deciding what to do.

E-rewards [Master Thread]
 

Research Now Group, Inc., which operates the e-Rewards Opinion Panel, has merged with RNow Merger Sub, Inc., a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Holdings (DE), Inc., to form Research Now Group, Inc.

As a Member, nothing will change for you, but we wanted to let you know since there was change in our corporate structure and ownership. The terms of our Privacy Policy have not changed and the existing e-Rewards Privacy Policy will continue to govern the information that you have provided to Research Now.

Actually, they got bought. The merger was just part of the transaction.

More info here:

http://www.researchnow.com/en-US/Pre...-complete.aspx

Interesting , this is scary though;

"permission-based access to millions of deeply profiled consumers"

I know I would qualify as one of those "deeply profiled consumer" - ahh!

I found reading the Research Now website to be deeply educational. For example, I had not realized that since 2010, e-Rewards and e-miles have been co-owned.