vadershero Wrote:
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> First, it definately states it clearly in thier
> guidlines if you read them that you should refer
> to yourself as analyst. Here is the exact
> wording:
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> These comments should be written in sentence
> format. Refer to yourself as the Analyst (capital
> A) and write in the third person – as an observer.
> This is to protect you, the Analyst and your
> identity.
>
> Second, don't plan on getting paid on 3/2. In
> fact, don't plan on getting paid 3/16. You will
> get paid, I always have and have always done the
> report right. However, every time I do a job for
> them, and I do many, I put a calendar reminder to
> pop up 12 weeks after to alert me to the fact that
> I need to write in. I copy the shop info from
> Prophet in my completed jobs in the email and
> shortly thereafter I get paid.
>
> I love the debrand jobs though because they pay
> more and require less. You can go online and check
> out the hotel ahead of time anyway. I've stayed at
> some places definatly needed help, which is why
> they are no longer in the rewards program, but
> others just changed chains. I stayed in a
> beautiful Holliday Inn Express this way not too
> long ago. I book these in places I am already
> going to and so would have paid for a room anyway.
> So I'm out the money for a 2-3 months, but I would
> be out the money entirely if I didn't get
> reimbursed. $40 sure pays the interest for those
> few months I have were to have that on a credit
> card! They even give you an extra $5 when they pay
> late, which is always.
> Freeman's are MUCH easier than casino or Coyle
> shops for sure and take only a short time to
> create the report.
> IMO they are worth it if you are going to the area
> or have one next to home.
Hi Vader. Thanks for the more experienced view. Mind you, I didn't say that using "the Analyst" was NOT in the guidelines, I said I didn't remember SEEING it in the guidelines. Since they were 56 pages long, I think I could forgiven that oversight, and was just trying to give a heads-up to others.
I also said that *according to their own stated guidelines* I expected to be pad between 3-2 and 3-16. And I do, as far as they are concerned, but I don't personally from everything I have read about them here. What I personally expect is that as of 3-16 I'll be emailing them to politely but firmly request payment due.
I do agree that the reports, despite their length, are easy as pie. Why? Because you can take it along with you and fill it out on-site. And I don't mean on a laptop. I print the paper form and bring it tucked in my overnight bag, and fill it out while watching Dog the Bounty Hunter or Jurassic Park III. (Yes, on last night's form, under the question about TV/remote control function, I actually wrote, "Both TV and remote control appeared to function properly. The hotel cannot be held at fault for lack of quality programming."
And I also agree with your reasoning about the reimbursement. If one must rent a hotel room somewhere anyway, one might as well be reimbursed. But there is another angle as well, if one is patient enough to await the reimbursement. Points for the "W" program count whether your stay is reimbursed or not. So if one is a "W" member, as I am, one can pad one's points by staying overnight at a local hotel (for which one gets reimbursed...eventually) and in the process, earn free stays at other hotels.
And since I use my credit card to pay for the upfront cost, I also earn airmiles to travel to those other hotels where I'll stay for free later. It's not at all a bad deal if one is patient enough.
D'Agosto
"What does it mean? You ask. I answer not/For meaning, but myself must echo, What?/And tell it as I saw it, on the spot."