yougov.finance bribe

AmityNeon

tg99 said:

When you switch one of the current accounts you have registered with Yougov is it the case that just means when it comes to my next reconsent time I’ll only see 9 not 10 accounts to reconsent and I can add a new one to get back up to 10? Presumably I don’t lose the 500 points from previous reconsent for the one I’m switching?

You'll still see the switched account in the list and you can even try reconsenting, but despite going through the steps to do so, it will silently fail, meaning the 'Reconsent' button will just reappear. You should delete the account manually and then add a new account for 500 points. Points are not lost after being successfully added to your account.

Middle_of_the_Road

masonic said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

It does say if you delete an account you can't re-connect it later though. 

That's clearly not the case, as many of us have done this multiple times given the difficulty renewing some accounts. If you connect the same account before the previous connection could have been renewed, then you should not expect to get any points for doing so.

You'll also only be able to add an account if you have rewards left to claim. These only regenerate after ~80 days.

OK, It may be possible to add the account again and your highlighted comment above is probably accurate, although It actually says "you will not receive points for adding this account at a later date"

ETA.
I've just deleted a TSB account with 27 days left, and added a Halifax account, and will receive 500 points within 48 hours.
It will be a while before I can ascertain if, when I try to connect the TSB account again, whether it is eligible for any points.

pecunianonolet

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

Anyhow, should we discover through trial and error another loophole, which I doubt, it won't last long if discussed in a public forum.

On another note, about uploading viewing history. I upload Netflix data but from an account of a paying family member. OH and I have within that account each our own profile and can upload therefore different data sets each week. For Amazon, the same data/viewing history of one account works with both Yougov accounts. The data is from a Prime membership during lockdown and a few free trials after. Disney+ we watch since almost 2 years more or less for free as there is always a reward somewhere, O2 rewards, or more recently a 12 month free subscription with Samsung (newer eligible phones only). Same here, different profiles within Disney+ and no issues uploading and getting points.

For Apple, we have a 5 month free promotion through Currys, however, Yougov keeps telling me I do not have a valid subscription, when it actually says that I have a free trial in the Apple+ account. Anyone experienced similar problems with uploading Apple data?

masonic

pecunianonolet said:

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

In the beginning, it was advisable to spread out account additions as there was no way of telling which accounts gave rise to points, since the system let you add ineligible accounts, but at that time there was no limit. When the 10 rewards limit was introduced, then it was on the basis that each used reward would regenerate when the consent approached expiry, so those of us who had spread out our connections had them trickle in one or two at a time. After the fix where ineligible accounts wouldn't consume rewards, I deliberately waited this out so I could renew all of mine on the same day.

Middle_of_the_Road

pecunianonolet said:

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

Anyhow, should we discover through trial and error another loophole, which I doubt, it won't last long if discussed in a public forum.

Last week I re-connected 6 of the 10 accounts that were down to 13 days, and received 3000 points.
I also deleted Nationwide and added Barclays for 500 points
Today I had those 6 accounts @ 84 days, 1 @ 83 days, 1 @ 45 days, and 2 @ 27 days, (before I deleted TSB @ 27 days) then added Halifax for 500 points.
Now have 1@ 91  6@ 84  1@ 83 1@ 45  1@ 27  

Not sure what all this proves, except you can delete an account before renewal is available, and gain points for connecting another account.

masonic

Middle_of_the_Road said:

pecunianonolet said:

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

Anyhow, should we discover through trial and error another loophole, which I doubt, it won't last long if discussed in a public forum.

Last week I re-connected 6 of the 10 accounts that were down to 13 days, and received 3000 points.
Today I had those 6 accounts @ 84 days, 1 @ 45 days, and 3 @ 27 days, (before I deleted TSB @ 27 days) then added Halifax for 500 points.
Now have 1@ 91  6@ 84  1@ 45   2@ 27  

Not sure what all this proves, except you can delete an account before renewal is available and gain points for connecting another account.

Main thing is that you need to have the rewards available for the number of accounts you wish to add/renew, and based on what they say it would be unwise to add the same account more than once per authorisation period (though we know it is fine to delete an account and add it back at the time it could otherwise have been renewed).

I'm sure if there was a loophole, someone with fewer than 10 accounts to add would have tried it and mentioned it by now.

Middle_of_the_Road

masonic said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

pecunianonolet said:

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

Anyhow, should we discover through trial and error another loophole, which I doubt, it won't last long if discussed in a public forum.

Last week I re-connected 6 of the 10 accounts that were down to 13 days, and received 3000 points.
Today I had those 6 accounts @ 84 days, 1 @ 45 days, and 3 @ 27 days, (before I deleted TSB @ 27 days) then added Halifax for 500 points.
Now have 1@ 91  6@ 84  1@ 45   2@ 27  

Not sure what all this proves, except you can delete an account before renewal is available and gain points for connecting another account.

Main thing is that you need to have the rewards available for the number of accounts you wish to add/renew, and based on what they say it would be unwise to add the same account more than once per authorisation period (though we know it is fine to delete an account and add it back at the time it could otherwise have been renewed).

That sounds reasonable, but how do we know if rewards are available.. Is it maximum number of points allowed in a given period?

masonic

Middle_of_the_Road said:

masonic said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

pecunianonolet said:

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

Anyhow, should we discover through trial and error another loophole, which I doubt, it won't last long if discussed in a public forum.

Last week I re-connected 6 of the 10 accounts that were down to 13 days, and received 3000 points.
Today I had those 6 accounts @ 84 days, 1 @ 45 days, and 3 @ 27 days, (before I deleted TSB @ 27 days) then added Halifax for 500 points.
Now have 1@ 91  6@ 84  1@ 45   2@ 27  

Not sure what all this proves, except you can delete an account before renewal is available and gain points for connecting another account.

Main thing is that you need to have the rewards available for the number of accounts you wish to add/renew, and based on what they say it would be unwise to add the same account more than once per authorisation period (though we know it is fine to delete an account and add it back at the time it could otherwise have been renewed).

That sounds reasonable, but how do we know if rewards are available.. Is it maximum number of points allowed in a given period?

It tells you how many rewards you've got left under the list of accounts added. The number will go up as consents expire, but the number is handy where you have deleted an account prematurely.

Middle_of_the_Road

masonic said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

masonic said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

pecunianonolet said:

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

Anyhow, should we discover through trial and error another loophole, which I doubt, it won't last long if discussed in a public forum.

Last week I re-connected 6 of the 10 accounts that were down to 13 days, and received 3000 points.
Today I had those 6 accounts @ 84 days, 1 @ 45 days, and 3 @ 27 days, (before I deleted TSB @ 27 days) then added Halifax for 500 points.
Now have 1@ 91  6@ 84  1@ 45   2@ 27  

Not sure what all this proves, except you can delete an account before renewal is available and gain points for connecting another account.

Main thing is that you need to have the rewards available for the number of accounts you wish to add/renew, and based on what they say it would be unwise to add the same account more than once per authorisation period (though we know it is fine to delete an account and add it back at the time it could otherwise have been renewed).

That sounds reasonable, but how do we know if rewards are available.. Is it maximum number of points allowed in a given period?

It tells you how many rewards you've got left under the list of accounts added. The number will go up as consents expire, but the number is handy where you have deleted an account prematurely.

I can't see any of that on-line or in the App. All I see is a "see your spending" tab.

Clicked "add another account" from the dropdown list and-

Account limit reached

You have reached the limit of 10 bank accounts. Please delete some if you wish to add another account, but bear in mind you will not receive any additional points if 10 rewards have already been redeemed in the last 3 months.

masonic

Middle_of_the_Road said:

masonic said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

masonic said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

pecunianonolet said:

Do they not claim that you can only have 10 rewards within a 90 day window? Perhaps it's more like 77 days as you can usually reconsent with 13 days left?

Otherwise, imagine you have 15 current /credit card accounts, you connect 10 and get the 5000 points. Now, you wait 6 weeks, delete 5 and reconnect the other unused 5. You won't get any new points. Perhaps different if you started and linked 3 accounts, a week later another 3 and another week later another 4. This would trigger rewards eligibility on a more rolling basis, rather than 10 accounts every 77 days

Anyhow, should we discover through trial and error another loophole, which I doubt, it won't last long if discussed in a public forum.

Last week I re-connected 6 of the 10 accounts that were down to 13 days, and received 3000 points.
Today I had those 6 accounts @ 84 days, 1 @ 45 days, and 3 @ 27 days, (before I deleted TSB @ 27 days) then added Halifax for 500 points.
Now have 1@ 91  6@ 84  1@ 45   2@ 27  

Not sure what all this proves, except you can delete an account before renewal is available and gain points for connecting another account.

Main thing is that you need to have the rewards available for the number of accounts you wish to add/renew, and based on what they say it would be unwise to add the same account more than once per authorisation period (though we know it is fine to delete an account and add it back at the time it could otherwise have been renewed).

That sounds reasonable, but how do we know if rewards are available.. Is it maximum number of points allowed in a given period?

It tells you how many rewards you've got left under the list of accounts added. The number will go up as consents expire, but the number is handy where you have deleted an account prematurely.

I can't see any of that on-line or in the App. All I see is a "see your spending" tab.

Clicked "add another account" from the dropdown list and-

Account limit reached

You have reached the limit of 10 bank accounts. Please delete some if you wish to add another account, but bear in mind you will not receive any additional points if 10 rewards have already been redeemed in the last 3 months.

Hmm, I was sure it was displayed on the Manage Accounts screen, right where the "See Your Spending" button is, but it isn't there now. I can't check the add another account page as, like you, I'd have to delete one or more accounts to access it, but didn't think it was there. I've held 10 accounts continuously for several cycles, and was previously able to check how many rewards I had at any time.