What is your BEST rewards total??

[AdventurerKat]

I guess I should put a time limit on that question as to how long it took you to earn but I am cashing out for my May trip this week and have gotten this so far (since November of last year):

$16.00 and some change from eBates
$70.00 in Disney Dollars (CTTM, Creations, QR)
$75.00 in RFC GCs (MyPoints)
$30.00 in Starbucks GCs (MyPoints - But I give these to my nanny)
$ 5.00 Amazon GC (survey)
$ 4.00 (survey)
$30.00 I** referrals
$25.00 for my I** account

(another $25.00 each for my kids if you count that but I won't...I am leaving that $$ for them)

So that's $255.00...I guess not too bad since November. I don't do test drives or things like that so these are all from RP-ing and surveys. I do tend to shop online however, especially if there is free shipping involved! In any event, I think this is my best six month period yet.

 

[Eilonwy]

I'll have to look them up again, and get back to you on that....


Okay, here are my totals from last year (most of which was used for our trip in December--bought 2-way radios from Amazon for the trip using GCs):

Vividence/Amazon GC = $20
Other Amazon = $4.04
Crayola Rebate = $1
1st Years Rebate = $4
eBates = $51.37
Ford Test Drives (2) = $150
GoZing/PayPal = $2
Greenfield = $83
LuckyPoints/WalMart GC = $15
MasterCard/Amazon GC = $15
MyPoints/Rainforest = $25
MyPoints/Webbies = $175
MySurvey = $40
PCHPoints/WalMart = $15
Pontiac TD/AMEX Cheque = $50
Synovate = $5
Viewpoint = $20.53
and Disney Visa/DDRD = $170


Other 2003 stuff (not related to Disney Trip):

Lands'End/Amazon GC = $30
AT&T Survey/Amazon GC = $10
GoZing/Amazon = $5.50
Mazda TD/Gap GC = $10
Mazda TD/Borders GC = $25
Vividence/Amazon = $15
Harris Poll/Olive Garden = $10
Greenpoints/LLBean = $25

Plus $10 Webbie from Blink and $40 WalMart GC from Memolink that I'll probably never see.


2004 Totals so far:

eBates =$12.09
Greenfield = $16
PCHPoints/WalMart = $15
SurveySpot = $15
Viewpoint = $15.87
Vividence/Amazon = $10
Harris Poll/Olive Garden = $10
ZoomPanel/Baby Einstein DVD ~ $20
Other Amazon GC = $10
and Disney Visa/DDRD = $52


So that all adds up to $845.94 for our Disney Trip in 2003, plus another $130.50 in other GC, or $976.44 total for 2003. (Of course you need to subtract off the $80 or so that I spent on Tupperware.) And $175.96 so far for 2004. I actually had "money" leftover after the Disney trip (Webbies and DDRD) that I ended up spending on clothes for Alina sometime in January. I think our "out-of-pocket" money for the 2003 trip was around $500 for gas, motels/food on the way there and back, and park passes (since my brother covers the room with his DVC points). It will be a while until I can save that much again.

 

[JoiseyMom]

How do you get to do test drives??

Thanks

Merryl

 

[shoppie]

Here's what I got in the last 6 months:

$150.00 Mypoints webbie
$10.00 Cr
$15.00 Lucky points
$140 ING referrals
$50.00 ING Acct (mine & DH)
$50.00 It pays to learn


I still have to cash in:

$25.00 milesource
$10.00 Memolink (from what I hear could be a while)
$10.00 PCH (same as memolink)
enough points for $50.00 @ mypoints

Received free:
walkie talkies(2)
$20.00 for home depot
binoculars
waiting on the free CD player

$510.00 including what needs to be cashed in and the free stuff.. Let's not forget the $700.00 from Ebay!!! And my DH thinks I'm nuts.....look at all the free stuff and I didn't even need a coupon!!!!

 

[Pink Flamingo]

WOW - you guys are good! I don't keep track of mine, but I think I might start doing that. Do you have any special way you keep track of everything you earn?

 

[AdventurerKat]

I keep mine in an Excel spreadsheet along with my budgets for WDW.

How did you get all the "free" stuff shoppie?

 

[Pink Flamingo]

Thanks AdventureKat! I already have an Excel spreadsheet for my household budget. I think maybe I'll add a column for rewards earned & try to start keeping track that way.

 

[shoppie]

AdventureKat:

I joined it pays to learn and signed up for a few of their offers. Like Great fun you get like $4.00 & 90 day trial & the walkie talkies. and yep they do send the promised gift. I am only waiting for the CD player - If it does show who cares, I still got paid for signing up..

try it: www.itpaystolearn.com

I used my paypal debit card so they couldn't charge me "on accident"

 

[jeankeri]

AdventureKat- Did you get your RC GC through MyPoints? If so- when did you request it/ does it have an expiration?
I'll get back with my totals so far- I started last November for out 12/05 trip. It will be interesting to see the totals so far. I've opened a savings acct for any $ to go into.

 

[AdventurerKat]

The ones I got were gift card type. There is no expiration that I can see listed on it. They used to send paper certificates out. Oh, and it was through MyPoints.

 

[momto4obkids]

Here are my totals for our March2004 trip. I started earning in march 2003.


$100 Rainforest Cafe
$160 Marriott Cheques
$70 Gas Cards
$25 Macaroni Grill
$110 Bahama Breeze
$35 Disney Dollars
$150 Cash for Surveys
$10 Wendy`s
$5 McDonald`s
$25 Webbie
$10 LL Bean (used for DD`s Swimsuit)

So about $700 !


Amanda

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Since January this year:

Checks
$6 Giant 1 Check Rebate
$13.86 CD Settlement

Gift Certificates
$10 MyPoints - Exxon/Mobil
$10 My Points - Olive Garden
$5 My Points - Barnes & Noble
$5 My Points - Burger King
$5 Milesource - McDonalds
$15 Memolink - Walmart
$5 E-Poll - Target

Surveys
$2 GoZing Survey

Refunds
$5.15 AT&T Long Distance


last quarter of 2003:
$19 Weis & Giant 1 Check Rebates
$21.50 Survey Spot, Buzz Back (checks), GoZing Surveys (PayPal)
$5 My Points - Barnes & Noble GC


Cash value since I started rewarding in July/August 2003 - over $127. Most, if not all, of the GC's will be used as prizes for our Family Picnic.

 

[jgates]

For some reason I quit keeping track in Feb of this year - probably about the time I started doing taxes & FAFSA's!!!

But I see the following items since 11/03 (some were OLD memolinks that finally came)

$20 MyPoint webbies
$10 Barnes & Noble Mypoints
$10 Mysurvey
$50 Walmart (milesource)
$75 Memolink Best Buy
$10 WalMart Memolink
$10 Greenfield
$19 Greenfield (not marked but I remember the check!)

Plus my Chase iCard webbies!

Plus I receive at least 18 free magazines each month which I look thru and then they go to the seating areas where I work.

 

[Eilonwy]

 

[Maleficent2]

I have not kept track of mine in a couple of years...I need to start again though....

Mal

 

[gdulaney]

Starting in January...

$10 Citgo Cash Card (RewardTV)
$10 Wal-Mart GC (RewardTV)
$ 5 Survey Check (Survey Spot)
$ 15 Olive Garden GC (MyPoints)
$10 Olive Garden GC (Harris Poll surveys)
$30 Check (NFO Rewards)
$20 Check (NFO Rewards)
$10 Wal-Mart GC (Lucky Points)
$10 Olive Garden GC (PCH Points)
$10 Olive Garden GC (Memolink --- haven't received)
$10 Olive Garden GC (Memolink --- haven't received)
$10 Chili's GC (RewardTV)
Sunbeam Heating Pad (Zoom Rewards)
$25 AMEX GC (Mitsubishi Test Drive)
$25 AMEX GC (Mitsubishi Test Drive)
$10 Wal-Mart GC (RewardTV)
$5 Check (American Consumer Opinion Poll)
$5 Check (American Consumer Opinion Poll)
$10 Shell GC (RewardTV)
$10 Olive Garden GC (Memolink ---actually received this one)
$25 Wal-Mart GC (Memolink ---haven't received)
$10 Red Lobster GC (RewardTV)
Sony Headphones (Zoom Rewards)
$10 Olive Garden GC (Harris Poll surveys)
$10 Shell GC (MyPoints)
Walkie Talkie Set (Clever Clubhouse)
$10 Wal-Mart GC (Memolink --- haven't received)
$10 Wal-Mart GC (Memolink --- haven't received)
$25 Wal-Mart GC (Memolink --- haven't received)
$10 Wal-Mart GC (Memolink --- haven't received)
$30 Check (Lipstick Survey/Study)
$5 Check (Buzzback)
$15 Check (Brand Institute Survey)
$10 Shell GC (MyPoints)

Plus, hubby has earned $75 in Olive Garden GC thru a Nextel incentive, we've got enought AMEX reward points for a $50 Home Depot card (I'm waiting a little longer to cash in), and we've got about 65 Disney Dream Reward Dollars from the Disney Visa.

If the Memolink GCs would start rolling in, we'd be doing so great...I think you can use the Wal-Mart GCs for gas a Sam's Club (I've got to check on that). With gas prices so high, I'm trying to focus on Shell, Citgo, etc gift cards. We'll be eating at Bahama Breeze, Olive Garden, and Red Lobster while on vacation. We don't have a Bahama Breeze near us (plus it's kinda pricey) so I'm really excited about that!!

All I can say is THANK YOU to everybody on the Rewards Board. I never realized that a little (okay, sometimes ALOT) of time could pay off!!


Ginny

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Impressive list gdulaney.

 

[gdulaney]

I'm just too lazy to combine the totals..so it looks like alot.

Now...if I only had DSL....

Ginny

 

[eller]

I don't keep track, but between DH and myself we bring in about $200 - $300 a year on free points and surveys. I shop very little.

If you count all the SouthWest plane tickets and Holiday Inn points DH earns when he travels; he ears about 5 - 7 plane tickets each year, plus a companion pass and enough Holiday Inn points for a week or more of free hotels we do okay.

If we had to pay to fly to Orlando from Seattle each time we wouldn't get there as often.

Our trip coming up in September, we will use 4 plane tickets and the companion pass, plus 3 nights at the Crowne Plaza Universal and a dinner at RFC. But that's about it.

Lori

 

[Ohanamom]

with MyPoints just cashed out for $25 Webbie
PCH just cashed out for a $20 Webbie
still waiting on 2 Webbies from Memolink(keeping fingers & toes crossed)
DH just cashed out for a Webbie @ Memolink(don't know why I torture myself)

AND......
so far in TOTAL personal earnings from the PTC/PTR sites that I do:
$47.68 (that's just one months totals~can't wait to see what I have by December )