How Many Hits So Far?
Sep 22, 2011, 11:12 am
#151
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: BOS
Programs: AA ExecPlat, SPG Plat, HH Gold
Posts: 255
I am curious about this one - I have the FTD certificate as well, but was worried that it might invalidate the hit. Would love to hear a confirmation when your points post!
Sep 22, 2011, 12:54 pm
#152
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: PIT
Programs: HHonors Diamond, SW A-List Preferred
Posts: 378
I just started yesterday. I'm at 9 with two already posting.
1. Marriott Transfer (10K to 2K). No real cost as these were pretty much orphaned points. I don't stay at Marriott (I'm always Hilton) and I didn't really have enough to do anything else with them. (POSTED)
2. Biscoff - $30 including shipping
3. DM Shopping - Made a $5 donation to PetsMart charities.
4. ShareBuiler - Opened an account. Hopefully the 2,500 miles show and count as a hit without having to trade.
5. Magazines for Miles - -500 DM for Details (POSTED)
6. DM Toolbar Searches (did 9 for 3 miles)
7. SkyMall - Bought a bottle opener that I will actually use.
8. Thanks Again - 500DM for Facebook Like
9. Points.com US-AA-US conversion. The 10US miles are out of my account. Just waiting on Points to convert them so I can convert them back.
I'll have the following in the next few weeks:
10. Hertz rental
11. SuperShuttle
12. DM Dining
Possibles in the future:
13. 1800Flowers
14. Audience Rewards
15. FTD
16. OfficeMax (waiting for the bugs to be worked out)
17. Teleflora
I have a work trip next week (see 10-12 above) and I'm staying at a Homewood Suites. Since their US miles "awarded" is below the minimum for this contest, I'm hoping to get a hotel stay later. With the extra HH points from their double promotion, I'll consider transferring points for a hit. I also have a trip to London next month where I'm staying with a friend, and I may consider staying a night in a Hilton there (although it would be mighty pricey).
Realistically, I'll get to 16 hits. If work travel picks up, and I think it will, with the car rental and hotel hits, 24 might be attainable.
Right now I'm at 0.003469 per mile if everything listed above in 1-9 counts and hits my account.
1. Marriott Transfer (10K to 2K). No real cost as these were pretty much orphaned points. I don't stay at Marriott (I'm always Hilton) and I didn't really have enough to do anything else with them. (POSTED)
2. Biscoff - $30 including shipping
3. DM Shopping - Made a $5 donation to PetsMart charities.
4. ShareBuiler - Opened an account. Hopefully the 2,500 miles show and count as a hit without having to trade.
5. Magazines for Miles - -500 DM for Details (POSTED)
6. DM Toolbar Searches (did 9 for 3 miles)
7. SkyMall - Bought a bottle opener that I will actually use.
8. Thanks Again - 500DM for Facebook Like
9. Points.com US-AA-US conversion. The 10US miles are out of my account. Just waiting on Points to convert them so I can convert them back.
I'll have the following in the next few weeks:
10. Hertz rental
11. SuperShuttle
12. DM Dining
Possibles in the future:
13. 1800Flowers
14. Audience Rewards
15. FTD
16. OfficeMax (waiting for the bugs to be worked out)
17. Teleflora
I have a work trip next week (see 10-12 above) and I'm staying at a Homewood Suites. Since their US miles "awarded" is below the minimum for this contest, I'm hoping to get a hotel stay later. With the extra HH points from their double promotion, I'll consider transferring points for a hit. I also have a trip to London next month where I'm staying with a friend, and I may consider staying a night in a Hilton there (although it would be mighty pricey).
Realistically, I'll get to 16 hits. If work travel picks up, and I think it will, with the car rental and hotel hits, 24 might be attainable.
Right now I'm at 0.003469 per mile if everything listed above in 1-9 counts and hits my account.
Sep 22, 2011, 2:57 pm
#153
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 52,575
Question: does US Airways do periodic sweeps where they email you or include online how many valid hits your have so far? I seem to recall someone saying that they do this every week (or 2 weeks)...
Sep 22, 2011, 2:58 pm
#154
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Finally back in Boston after escaping from New York
Posts: 13,644
Track it Back made it Lucky #18, with nine hits posted. In 50% of the way there, or 25%, depending upon how you look at it. Now at 1.02c per mile.
Mike
Mike
Sep 22, 2011, 5:23 pm
#155
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: NYS
Programs: Days of Our Lives, General Hospital
Posts: 1,495
Bonus miles appeared in "Your Miles" sometime in the afternoon. Last year they sent some email updates as well, but not very quickly or consistently.
Sep 22, 2011, 8:46 pm
#156
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
Roger that last comment. I don't believe I have ever received an email update/notice reporting my numerous Grand Slam bonii.
Sep 23, 2011, 2:24 am
#157
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 49
My hits so far:
01. 9/17 Toolbar
02. 9/18 DM Mall (Amazon Purchase) +25DM
03. 9/18 HHonors x-fer +850DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
04. 9/18 Wyndham x-fer +3200DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
05. 9/19 Biscoff +257DM
06. 9/20 Marriott x-fer +5000DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
07. 9/20 points.com exchange +37DM !!!!POSTED 9/20!!!!
08. 9/20 Skymall Purchase +10 DM
09. 9/20 Thanks Again
10. 9/21 Sharebuilder +2500DM But I didn't make a trade
11. 9/21 Mags for miles -400DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
12. 9/21 Network Solutions +2000DM
13. 9/23 FTD +1050DM
Anticipated miles so far: 29,535
CPM so far: .0059
Anticipating at least 8 more hits. Upgrading my goal to 24 hits.
01. 9/17 Toolbar
02. 9/18 DM Mall (Amazon Purchase) +25DM
03. 9/18 HHonors x-fer +850DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
04. 9/18 Wyndham x-fer +3200DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
05. 9/19 Biscoff +257DM
06. 9/20 Marriott x-fer +5000DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
07. 9/20 points.com exchange +37DM !!!!POSTED 9/20!!!!
08. 9/20 Skymall Purchase +10 DM
09. 9/20 Thanks Again
10. 9/21 Sharebuilder +2500DM But I didn't make a trade
11. 9/21 Mags for miles -400DM !!!POSTED 9/21!!!
12. 9/21 Network Solutions +2000DM
13. 9/23 FTD +1050DM
Anticipated miles so far: 29,535
CPM so far: .0059
Anticipating at least 8 more hits. Upgrading my goal to 24 hits.
Sep 23, 2011, 6:03 am
#158
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum, PC Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 321
At 17 right now. Currently in Germany for a project. Think if I was in a US project (I live in US), I would have been at 30 by now (I switched hotel and cars every day last year)
Sep 23, 2011, 9:23 am
#160
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Boston
Programs: US, UA, CO, AA, Delta
Posts: 154
Points not posting!
Hi,
I started most of my hits on 9/16 and only one has posted so far, and that's the removal of 1,500 points for the magazine. Should I be getting worried that nothing from 9/16 has posted to my US account yet?
On 9/16 I did:
Points.com - 1,001 Frontier Miles to 184 DM
e-miles (500) to DM
Netflix sign up for 1500 points through US
Toolbar download and 3 searches
On 9/17 I did:
US MC purchase
US Visa purchase
Holiday Inn Express one night stay
On 9/18 I did:
Shopping Mall purchase
I've done other hits as well like SuperShuttle no show at DFW on 9/20 and created a Sharebuilder account on 9/20 and DM Dining on 9/21.
Am I just being impatient? I've seen others say that their points.com posted the next day!
I started most of my hits on 9/16 and only one has posted so far, and that's the removal of 1,500 points for the magazine. Should I be getting worried that nothing from 9/16 has posted to my US account yet?
On 9/16 I did:
Points.com - 1,001 Frontier Miles to 184 DM
e-miles (500) to DM
Netflix sign up for 1500 points through US
Toolbar download and 3 searches
On 9/17 I did:
US MC purchase
US Visa purchase
Holiday Inn Express one night stay
On 9/18 I did:
Shopping Mall purchase
I've done other hits as well like SuperShuttle no show at DFW on 9/20 and created a Sharebuilder account on 9/20 and DM Dining on 9/21.
Am I just being impatient? I've seen others say that their points.com posted the next day!
Sep 23, 2011, 9:58 am
#161
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 11
These are my HITS so far...
1.1800Flowers – Rose basket $14.04
2.Biscoff – Anna’s cookies $13.47
3.Dividend Miles Dining – Food $25
4.Dividend Miles Shopping Mall (Not SkyMall) – Itunes $1.25
5.e-Miles – Transferred 1,000 miles $0
6.ING Direct – ShareBuilder – Opened a custodial education fund $
7.LifeLock (annual membership only) – Annual/6 months $54
8.Magazines for Miles – Used points for Details Mag $0
9.Network Solutions – Domain $26.09
10.OfficeMax.com – I needed Sharpie’s $15.48
11.Perform 3 searches with Dividend Miles Toolbar - $0
12.Share miles at usairways.com or points.com – Gave wife 1,000 $40.75
13.SkyMall – Spot cleaner $11.96
14.SuperShuttle & ExecuCar (counts as 1 partner) – No show DFW $10, hope it works
15.Swap other miles or points into Dividend Miles at points.com – 4 Asia Miles 1 Us airways $0
16.Teleflora – Flower gift to mom $44.98
17.Thanks Again – Restaurant.com $10
18.TrackItBack.com – Single Pack $24.94
19.US Airways MasterCard – Various purchases $?
20.US Airways Visa Debit Card – Waiting for card to come in to purchase
21.Dollar Rental – Hawaii Big Island Rental 9/16/11
22.Thrifty Rental – Hawaii Oahu Rental 9/18/11
Furture HITS...
23. FTD or Florist - Plan to send wife some flowers $?
24. Wine Insiders - Might purchase the 12 mixed and give out as gifts $83.88
25. e-Rewards - I currently have $18.75, once I hit $25 I'll transfer 500 miles
26. Netflix - Will cancel my other account and re-sign up on a different e-mail
27. Buy US Airwasy Miles - I might just buy 1k miles to get a hit which is $27.50 + tax
28. Car Rental in Oct
After I hit 28 it will start getting pricey. I just started a few months ago collecting Airlines Miles. I wish I had various hotel points so I can transfer, it would of made it easier to reach 36 Hits.
Road to 36 HITS...
29. Car Rental
30. Car Rental
31. Car Rental
32. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
33. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
34. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
35. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
36. Vinesse - don't know if I want that many wines
Anyway so far with 22 HITS I have spent $256.98. I didn't include my vacation rentals because that HITS so happen to fall on those dates. I'm hoping to spend less than 1k consdering people send $1,400 on buying 100k miles
1.1800Flowers – Rose basket $14.04
2.Biscoff – Anna’s cookies $13.47
3.Dividend Miles Dining – Food $25
4.Dividend Miles Shopping Mall (Not SkyMall) – Itunes $1.25
5.e-Miles – Transferred 1,000 miles $0
6.ING Direct – ShareBuilder – Opened a custodial education fund $
7.LifeLock (annual membership only) – Annual/6 months $54
8.Magazines for Miles – Used points for Details Mag $0
9.Network Solutions – Domain $26.09
10.OfficeMax.com – I needed Sharpie’s $15.48
11.Perform 3 searches with Dividend Miles Toolbar - $0
12.Share miles at usairways.com or points.com – Gave wife 1,000 $40.75
13.SkyMall – Spot cleaner $11.96
14.SuperShuttle & ExecuCar (counts as 1 partner) – No show DFW $10, hope it works
15.Swap other miles or points into Dividend Miles at points.com – 4 Asia Miles 1 Us airways $0
16.Teleflora – Flower gift to mom $44.98
17.Thanks Again – Restaurant.com $10
18.TrackItBack.com – Single Pack $24.94
19.US Airways MasterCard – Various purchases $?
20.US Airways Visa Debit Card – Waiting for card to come in to purchase
21.Dollar Rental – Hawaii Big Island Rental 9/16/11
22.Thrifty Rental – Hawaii Oahu Rental 9/18/11
Furture HITS...
23. FTD or Florist - Plan to send wife some flowers $?
24. Wine Insiders - Might purchase the 12 mixed and give out as gifts $83.88
25. e-Rewards - I currently have $18.75, once I hit $25 I'll transfer 500 miles
26. Netflix - Will cancel my other account and re-sign up on a different e-mail
27. Buy US Airwasy Miles - I might just buy 1k miles to get a hit which is $27.50 + tax
28. Car Rental in Oct
After I hit 28 it will start getting pricey. I just started a few months ago collecting Airlines Miles. I wish I had various hotel points so I can transfer, it would of made it easier to reach 36 Hits.
Road to 36 HITS...
29. Car Rental
30. Car Rental
31. Car Rental
32. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
33. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
34. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
35. Hotel stay - Need to find cheapest stay in San Diego
36. Vinesse - don't know if I want that many wines
Anyway so far with 22 HITS I have spent $256.98. I didn't include my vacation rentals because that HITS so happen to fall on those dates. I'm hoping to spend less than 1k consdering people send $1,400 on buying 100k miles
Sep 23, 2011, 10:00 am
#162
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 668
I'm up to 26, will be 28 by tomorrow. That's counting Officemax though, which I did before it got fixed so I might have to (expensively) repeat that one.
I have 6 hotel stays not counted that are reserved during the promo period, so that leaves me with hopefully just 2 more to go. One more car rental, and one hotel transfer (Choice). Then I may try to do an extra hit just in case, but since so much time is remaining I should be good to go in terms of working out problems.
Total spend is at $325 right now for 26 hits, for all 36 we're looking at $380 or so. That includes all 6 car rentals which I don't need, but excludes my hotel stays (since I was doing those anyways).
I have 6 hotel stays not counted that are reserved during the promo period, so that leaves me with hopefully just 2 more to go. One more car rental, and one hotel transfer (Choice). Then I may try to do an extra hit just in case, but since so much time is remaining I should be good to go in terms of working out problems.
Total spend is at $325 right now for 26 hits, for all 36 we're looking at $380 or so. That includes all 6 car rentals which I don't need, but excludes my hotel stays (since I was doing those anyways).
Sep 23, 2011, 11:22 am
#163
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,904
Points.com can post within 24 hours, but for the others, yes you're being impatient. e-Miles posts in a monthly sweep. I think SuperShuttle posts in a weekly or bi-weekly sweep.
Just to be safe, double-check your points.com account and see if there's a status next to your transaction. The old points.com used to show a "pending" status if something was still being processed or if there was a mismatch in some info.
Just to be safe, double-check your points.com account and see if there's a status next to your transaction. The old points.com used to show a "pending" status if something was still being processed or if there was a mismatch in some info.
On 9/16 I did:
Points.com - 1,001 Frontier Miles to 184 DM
e-miles (500) to DM
Netflix sign up for 1500 points through US
Toolbar download and 3 searches
On 9/17 I did:
US MC purchase
US Visa purchase
Holiday Inn Express one night stay
On 9/18 I did:
Shopping Mall purchase
I've done other hits as well like SuperShuttle no show at DFW on 9/20 and created a Sharebuilder account on 9/20 and DM Dining on 9/21.
Am I just being impatient? I've seen others say that their points.com posted the next day!
Points.com - 1,001 Frontier Miles to 184 DM
e-miles (500) to DM
Netflix sign up for 1500 points through US
Toolbar download and 3 searches
On 9/17 I did:
US MC purchase
US Visa purchase
Holiday Inn Express one night stay
On 9/18 I did:
Shopping Mall purchase
I've done other hits as well like SuperShuttle no show at DFW on 9/20 and created a Sharebuilder account on 9/20 and DM Dining on 9/21.
Am I just being impatient? I've seen others say that their points.com posted the next day!
Sep 23, 2011, 11:44 am
#164
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Boston
Programs: US, UA, CO, AA, Delta
Posts: 154
Points.com can post within 24 hours, but for the others, yes you're being impatient. e-Miles posts in a monthly sweep. I think SuperShuttle posts in a weekly or bi-weekly sweep.
Just to be safe, double-check your points.com account and see if there's a status next to your transaction. The old points.com used to show a "pending" status if something was still being processed or if there was a mismatch in some info.
Just to be safe, double-check your points.com account and see if there's a status next to your transaction. The old points.com used to show a "pending" status if something was still being processed or if there was a mismatch in some info.
Sep 23, 2011, 11:54 am
#165
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: ROC
Programs: Anything CC gives me
Posts: 1,118
Points.com can post within 24 hours, but for the others, yes you're being impatient. e-Miles posts in a monthly sweep. I think SuperShuttle posts in a weekly or bi-weekly sweep.
Just to be safe, double-check your points.com account and see if there's a status next to your transaction. The old points.com used to show a "pending" status if something was still being processed or if there was a mismatch in some info.
Just to be safe, double-check your points.com account and see if there's a status next to your transaction. The old points.com used to show a "pending" status if something was still being processed or if there was a mismatch in some info.