Anyone use mPoints/mPlaces apps?

[Immadismom]

I just came on here to see what everyone is redeeming for. I just reached enough points for a $5 GC, but can't decide whether I want to redeem or continue saving for a higher amount....

 

[DizMe]

I just came on here to see what everyone is redeeming for. I just reached enough points for a $5 GC, but can't decide whether I want to redeem or continue saving for a higher amount....

I did that too. I decided to go with Starbucks $5 now since I'm going on vacation and am not sure I'll be doing much checking in during that time. I also didn't see a $10 SB gift card and the places that do have both $5 and $10 gcs don't give you a break for waiting for the next level (12,500 pts for $5 and 25,000 for $10) so there was no advantage to waiting and saving more points like there is with Recept Hog, unless there's something I'm missing.

 

[MaMa3Princess]

I will probably do Target until we leave for WDW in November. We usually shop at Target for our snacks and water.
Another question. I have won a few entries into various sweepstakes. has anyone won from their prize box entries only?

 

[DisneyMandC]

I did that too. I decided to go with Starbucks $5 now since I'm going on vacation and am not sure I'll be doing much checking in during that time. I also didn't see a $10 SB gift card and the places that do have both $5 and $10 gcs don't give you a break for waiting for the next level (12,500 pts for $5 and 25,000 for $10) so there was no advantage to waiting and saving more points like there is with Recept Hog, unless there's something I'm missing.

I haven't seen discounts for redeeming for higher gift cards amount either. I'm saving up for that $25 Target gift card!

I will probably do Target until we leave for WDW in November. We usually shop at Target for our snacks and water.
Another question. I have won a few entries into various sweepstakes. has anyone won from their prize box entries only?

I haven't won anything, but have gotten quite a few entries myself. I'm always curious as to whether people actually win something from these and from things like Swagbucks.

 

[Ava]

I'm at about 8200 points right now, but plan to cash out for a $5 Target gc as soon as I have enough points. You never know when these points programs will go belly up, or the number of points needed to redeem will increase, so if there's no incentive to save up for higher value rewards I figure its better to cash out asap.

 

[MaMa3Princess]

I'm at about 8200 points right now, but plan to cash out for a $5 Target gc as soon as I have enough points. You never know when these points programs will go belly up, or the number of points needed to redeem will increase, so if there's no incentive to save up for higher value rewards I figure its better to cash out asap.

That's my philosophy just cashed out for a gift card this morning!

Hey, I just updated my weather Chanel app and it now has the MPoint icon on it. However I originally started with a vacation countdown app. My question is that my vacation countdown app and mplace have the same amount of points. The weather channel app has different points. Has anyone had more than one app with this program?

 

[DisneyMandC]

That's my philosophy just cashed out for a gift card this morning!

Hey, I just updated my weather Chanel app and it now has the MPoint icon on it. However I originally started with a vacation countdown app. My question is that my vacation countdown app and mplace have the same amount of points. The weather channel app has different points. Has anyone had more than one app with this program?

I have Weather Channel and mPlaces and my points are the same for both. I started on Weather Channel before downloading mPlaces

 

[Ava]

I have Weather Channel and mPlaces and my points are the same for both. I started on Weather Channel before downloading mPlaces

Same here. I started with Weather Channel and then downloaded mPlaces through that. Check that you are using the same log in (e-mail or Facebook) for all the apps. You might have ended up with two different accounts by accident.

 

[missbrooke06]

Sigh. This app is really easy but it is KILLING my data.

 

[DisneyMandC]

Sigh. This app is really easy but it is KILLING my data.

Oh really? I'm still on unlimited through Verizon because I REFUSE to upgrade my phone. I just keep taking my FIL's old iPhones since he likes getting the newest iPhone. I don't even know what my data usage looks like month to month. I'm screwed if they ever make me get off of it lol.

 

[monorailsilver]

We have it on 4 phones and my youngest has games on her ipod to help us! We each have a different account. Initially my dh signed up under me with much protest but then he realized and signed back in on his email.

We have been doing it for about 3-4 weeks and it took us a good 1-2 to realize how to effectively do it. I just reached 25000 yesterday & I am in the 26s today and still need to check in to places and open prize boxes from yesterday. I was going to wait to cash out for multiple target gift cards but I guess I will just cash out today. I told my kids this is Disney money so my older 2 with phones are working hard to get as many points as they can.

Games we play are Bingo, Wheel of Fortune, 2048swipe out, a slot machine game when I have no energy to think, Word Streak, I downloaded wheres Waldo but it not thrilling for me so when I am bored I do that one, a memory/card game and I think I have a few others.

And I check into the weather channel too.

Yesterday I was working but I made sure to check in to some high point places knowing I was going out again later and I checked back into those places again. I think I got 4 prize boxes yesterday which is the most I have ever got. I even got a 75 for a gym and my dh was like WHERE and when he looked it was only 10.

I swear if there is a camera in one of the town centers at this boating store they are going to be like "those crazy people are back in the van with the Mickey stickers on the back". It is a spot that we get At&T, BK and starbucks and then I pull into the Walmart parking lot across the street pretty much and lets just say 1/4 mile from the walmart enterance and I get Walmart, game stop and a few other high point ones.

What kills me is that check ins are not at the place. There is this one subway in my town and the check in is about 2 miles away on a dead end road???? And there are 2 subway check ins in another town that are 1/4 mile from one another, one is at a light yet there is only 1 subway.

 

[RS Applecore]

I just cashed out for a $5 SB card, which we'll save for WDW coffee breaks. As others have said, there are no incentives for waiting and stockpiling points; the levels are very straight-forward.

While I liked this app at first, as I've gotten further up the levels, the bonuses and videos, etc. have really slowed to a trickle. And they really flopped on the receipt bonus that had started on the 3rd and was supposed to go to the 9th. I could see how you could take advantage of it (i.e., order for your family at McD's and get a separate receipt for everything), but it still sucked that it crashed early. I don't go to those places often, and it would've been nice for the few that I would have accumulated.

 

[DisneyMandC]

I started my new job today and am in an area now where I can get check ins while sitting at work now! I also have a commute that isn't backroads, so now when I'm at stop lights I can check in. So I expect I should be hitting my 25 a day now.

 

[ThisIsJason]

Another question. I have won a few entries into various sweepstakes. has anyone won from their prize box entries only?

I have! Got a $1 Amazon Gift Card just today. When I got the email stating I had won I though at first I had ordered a $1 card by mistake. Nope, actually won a sweepstakes with a prize box.

 

[DisneyMandC]

How often do your check-ins reset? I notice there's a Subway near me at work that I can get 50 points and I checked in an hour ago and just went back and looked and I can check in again.

 

[monorailsilver]

How often do your check-ins reset? I notice there's a Subway near me at work that I can get 50 points and I checked in an hour ago and just went back and looked and I can check in again.

Every hour. But you only get 25/day. I cringe when I accidentally click a 10 pointer.

I reached 25000 on Sunday, cashed out Monday for a $10 target GC (going towards a Disney one) and I am up to 4000 already. I haven checked in anywhere yet. I am waiting for a lull in the rain to run to the grocery store and do "the route."

 

[DisneyMandC]

Every hour. But you only get 25/day. I cringe when I accidentally click a 10 pointer.

I reached 25000 on Sunday, cashed out Monday for a $10 target GC (going towards a Disney one) and I am up to 4000 already. I haven checked in anywhere yet. I am waiting for a lull in the rain to run to the grocery store and do "the route."

Good to know! I don't have a lot of high value check ins near me, but I'll definitely be hitting this one every hour and then grabbing whatever is left over after that!

 

[MaMa3Princess]

Sigh. This app is really easy but it is KILLING my data.

I am so sorry we are on a grandfather plan from AT&T but I understand on the flip side my kids are eating up our data with their "free" iPhones!!!

Amazon gift card came in 3 days just as promised. I too plan my grocery route to hit the big 50's as I like to call it!

 

[Narnia_girl]

Do you guys actually drive to business areas for the sole purpose of checking in? I feel like that is burning more in gas/time than it's worth. If I am near a business I will check in as much as I can, or pull into a lot and hit a bunch of stores. But to make a special trip out is not something I want to do. Consequently, I rarely make my daily limit on check ins.

Differing opinions?

 

[MaMa3Princess]

Do you guys actually drive to business areas for the sole purpose of checking in? I feel like that is burning more in gas/time than it's worth. If I am near a business I will check in as much as I can, or pull into a lot and hit a bunch of stores. But to make a special trip out is not something I want to do. Consequently, I rarely make my daily limit on check ins.

Differing opinions?

I live in a metropolitan area that has plenty of business. I am a SAHM so my kids have regular activities that I need to drive too. I past the same business and check in the same place. So I check in while running my normal errands. I just happen to live in an area that have plenty shopping strips