Good Morning!
I recently joined Hotwire and did not have any trouble as described before. I think it took a couple of minutes at most to get the welcome (?) e-mail. I was able to immediately order from them, but have found that the only thing that will benefit me are the theme park tickets. I have no use for the shopping cards as we live so far away from Target and othere places and I don't use the other businesses for anything. Now I have to call to cancel, I guess. I think their ticket prices are good, but maybe the hassle is not worth it overall as having to call back to cancel if you do not keep up the membership. Unless you really want to use the other benefits, there are other sources, IMO, to order passes from that are written about on these boards. I was very happy with Hotwire, but just don't think in the long run that it will work out for me.