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[gm5271]

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Try setup for us use as Main thread as they do with codes.... maybe it'll work either way I'm grateful for all who post info sure helps out Thanks! 

Ginger :  ) 

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[jd5928561]

I think we are all looking to get "something for nothing" because it's fun ! I think we need to separate the good works of AARP such as education and information from the way to entice us into viewing the content.  I view the second part as a symbiotic relationship - companies get some advertising and goodwill by having their gift cards available, AARP helps us by providing videos and the company running the platform gets paid by ad sponsors.  I don't see a free lunch for anyone here.  As to the structure (18 year old members ?!) there are a lot of state rules about sweepstakes and drawings. I know that even for our church raffles, we have to provide a free ticket to anyone who asks.  Possibly during the pandemic, companies found this a cheap way to entice us to shop, but many no longer need to do so.  It's all big business - not a way to give away free stuff to us seniors .....  pls don't get me wrong, I'm just as frustrated as the rest of you at fighting to get a $5 Amazon card, but since this is still a free country, we can decide how we spend our time in order to get what we want.  Lots of other platforms are more lucrative, but not too many give us good information videos as a benefit.  At one point during the pandemic, I had over a million points because i enjoyed watching (and doing!) the exercise videos every day.  Never won anything via the sweepstakes, but it certainly was fun (and beneficial!)  Please continue to post your ideas and suggestions, because it seems they clearly are listening !

[al45009948]

Hello everyone 🤗. I hear you. Just give it a little time and let's see how you feel. You mentioned that the Companies that make their gift cards available for advertising and goodwill 🤔. Give me a minute to think about that. I hope you know that companies buy these gift cards in Bulk at a Big Discount. Wish you could have been around when AARP Rewards Program was only for 50+ people that really need help and let's not talk about the economy today. You mentioned that you had around 1,000,000 points and did you win anything? Back in the day there was Auctions which was real fun and you had to keep your eye on your monitor and try to get your bid in at the very last second. A lot of us have learned a thing or two, but ask yourself what is or what was AARP's goal and reason for this organization. I'm just saying 

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[gm5271]

Hello there

Reading your post brought back to memory that I had to wait to join AARP - back in 2008 was 50 years old at that time you had to be 50 to be a member... in line with how most Senior Centers you have to be 60 or 55 .... indeed there are alot of boomers but once AARP dropped age requirement that really increased membership plus added more members to Rewards program Not sure what year they removed age requirements but think in last 10 years possibly last 5... Anyone recall when? 

AARP was really known as group for Seniors which was founder Ethel goal/idea in 1958... so reckon few of us may recall those times & have witnessed lots of changes through the years which is how life is Always changing whether we desire it too 😯😫🤷‍♀️🤗😍

I recall Sweepstakes back then & I'm not up on rules to know whether that's why program changed to allow everyone??

I've always stated all that AARP offers and information available plus support of Seniors with AARP Foundation I'd always be a paying member regardless of what becomes of Rewards program & grateful for 🍒'cherries on top'🍨 when get a usable gift card for points... guess getting anything is truly icing on cake 

Thanks for sharing... really a blessing to have our community here

Enjoy your day⚘

Ginger  ;  )

[jserramcorder]

In the early 80's my mother had joined AARP but passed away soon after.  I was in my 20's.  Among mail she got over the next several months was from AARP for auto insurance.  I mailed it back to them, marked deceased, but it kept on coming.  Finally, in desperation after having done this several times, I crossed out all he info and inserted mine.  They sent me auto insurance!  It was a year policy for a way better price than I was already paying for the standard 6 month policy.  I got the insurance and even took the 55 Alive Defensive Driver course and got a 10% rebate on the insurance as well.  The next year, upon renewal, they sent me a notice saying I was not old enough and would be dropped.  I asked them why did they take me in the first place, I gave them all valid info so they knew I was no where near 50.  They said they were dropping everyone who did not qualify.  So I guess they did this to many people.  They told me I could reapply for insurance (and presumably AARP) when I turned 50.  20 plus years later, they stated sending me invites so they once again had all my info.  I did not get auto insurance but signed up for AARP.  In all the correspondence they now tell me "Thank you for being a member for 29 years"! --

MEMBER SINCE:

Jan. 01, 1984

So I guess once you are in their system they keep that as your baseline.

[RuthW135973]

I agree with most of your comments, but I am not sure if they are listening to any of the suggestions for making changes.  I wasn't a member of the old AARP program, but I've seen other rewards programs I belong to make "improvements" which were really just improvements for the company and not for the members of the program.  But as you say, it is up to us to decide how we want to use our time, and these companies don't owe us anything, it's up to them to decide how they want to get our business.  When I first joined AARP rewards last year, I was excited about the rewards and spent quite a bit of time on the site earning points.  Now that I've seen it isn't very easy to use my points to get things I can really use, I am spending much less time on this rewards program.

[JoLo49]

The new AARP Rewards program started favorably with "points only"  GC's ranging from $10 to $25 for popular vendors like Panera Bread, Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Target, and Williams Sonoma, to name a few.  It was great to be able to redeem 3 rewards from the same vendor back then, and the number of points per dollar value for redemption was much less.  Now a $5 Amazon GC could go as high as 25K points.  In the beginning, there was 1 Daily Instant game with 100 winners per day instead of the 7 Instant Win games we now have.   AARP made it harder for us to win the Instant Wins, plus we have to use up more points to play 7 games now.  There used to be a weekly Instant Win for $50-$100 GC's when the program started, but soon eliminated.  As time went on, the new rewards program was changed, and not for the better for us paying members.  AARP started "take aways" by eliminating the higher dollar value GC's, limiting redemption rewards to 1 vendor per month, and making earning points more difficult by changing some of the daily earning videos to weekly and monthly videos.  Allowing membership to the rewards program for anyone 18 years or older, I don't see this reward program getting better for the paying senior members.  AARP is the acronym for  American Association of Retired Persons and the intent of AARP is to focus on seniors age 50+ years,  so why does an 18-year old qualify to join a program meant for "retired" persons??  I just don't get it!

[al45009948]

Hello everyone 🤗 I just have a picture to share with everyone. This is how my community page loads in the beginning. ( Kind of fast) REWARDS FOR GOODS. Then the AARP Rewards shows up. 

I'm just saying 

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[JoLo49]

Hi Ginger,

I agree, those were the good ole days!  The Rewards 4 Good was fun, and I also looked forward to the 3 p.m. Daily Deals. I never got involved with the auctions, but enjoyed the free magazine subscriptions and other perks.

JoLo49

[OneDayMatisyahu]

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[JoLo49]

I remember at the start of the "new" rewards program, there were "points only" gift cards available with values as high as $20-25 after completing the Extra Credit activities.  Now these gift cards have been reduced to $5.  The 3 rewards per month would be adequate if the dollar value of the gift cards could be increased for members to at least $10, and allow the non-members the lower $5 gift cards.

AARP has been conducting an ad campaign to recruit new members, so there are a lot more people in the program. It is so much harder to redeem for the more popular rewards with so many more people competing to get the rewards. My complaint is that  AARP is allowing anyone 18 years or older to join the rewards program.  The rewards program should be a "reward" for seniors age 50 years or older, however, as it stands, the sky is the limit as to the number of participants in the program.  I presume most of the younger participants are non-members, and they are competing for the same rewards as the paying members.

[al45009948]

Hello everyone 🤗. Yes Yes 👍. I've been saying this for quite some time. AARP has joined the Let's get everything we can and don't worry about the complaints. As long as they feed the members a few bread crumbs ( 5% - 10% discount) and crusaders for seniors rights ( as far as I'm concerned, I don't see it) . AARP a non profit organization 🤔 ? Management sits back and collect their salaries and bonuses off the money we spend for membership and watching ads when watching videos. I gave the Rewards Program kudos a little to quick. These people and 18 year olds that don't pay anything to enjoy and aquire the same benefits as paying members is a big Slap in Our Faces. It's all about the Benjamin's . A lot of the Benefits that we as members receive ( just my opinion) aren't all that Beneficial. I know that for a lot of people it's a way to connect with others and aquire knowledge ( which they can find on the Internet ) but, as I've noticed with the quizzes and videos, they are the same ones over and over. We get points and AARP gets paid for the ads ( which after half of the ad has played you can skip the ad) . I Sa Share The Wealth. I'm just saying 

[OneDayMatisyahu]

Question to all the 'old timers' here...

When did the AARP Rewards start? 

When I came into AARP in Nov. 2020, I think I saw the last remnants of the bigger rewards and the ability to get more than just one per item.

I was busy trying to earn a lot of points for what I expected, but it slowly de-evolved to what we have now - the 'short/ shorter end of the stick' ; while the non-paying/ non subscribed are seemingly getting 'a better deal/ per value'

$10.00 g.c. for every one; and just only $5.00 g.c. for us paid 'Member's Only' 😠

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[RuthW135973]

I'm a fairly new member, but from what I see of GC options, there are about equal distribution of $10 and $5 GC for members and non-members (mostly $5 GC and a few $10 GC). For me, the types available for members are much better than the ones available for non-members. But I've said this before (so I'm sorry to sound like a broken record), but my big problem with the program is that I almost never get the popular GC (for both members or non-members) because they sell out so fast and I don't have time to check for new rewards every hour of the day. If they want to make the program even a little bit better, they should offer more of the popular GC so they don't sell out so fast and more people can get them.

[KellytheBelly]

I see a lot of people here that registered back in 2009. Maybe it's been since then. I've also seen mentioned something about 'auctions,' and I surely wasn't here for that! I remember the 3 redemptions (in 2020), too, and you could take 3x 25.00 GCs and apply it to one vendor (ie, PetSupplies.com, etc.). Now, it's 10.00 or less, and only one redemption per vendor (note that some vendors have GCs restrictions of how many can be applied at the time of checkout, as well).

Great points here! 😊

[rednexsrus]

How about 3 X $25 Omaha Steaks redemption’s back in the day. That was a true reward. Sadly we won’t ever see that again with this administration. 😱 😱 😱

[JoLo49]

The newer AARP Rewards program started at the end of September 2019 when the Rewards for Good program ended.  Looking back, the Rewards for Good seem to have better perks, but at the time, AARP admin promised a "better and greater" rewards program.   In the older Rewards for Good,  there was a Daily Deal offering @ 3 p.m. EST.to "win" $5 gift cards for various vendors or merchandise offerings. It was something to look forward to each day.  

At the start of the new AARP Rewards, we were able to redeem 3 rewards for the same item, if we wanted to.

[gm5271]

@JoLo49 everyone

Hey yes I planned my days around 3PM back then.... even recall stopping in rest area on trips back to family to try win items offered back then...I have lots nice jewelry and knives & kitchen gadgets & sports items I gave gifts of things to my family... most times had pay little something but well discounted & worth cost... liked most everything ever got at times some were FREE also magazines Free 

Plus Auctions & Sweepstakes which back then I won dozen or so times I've not ever won Sweeps in new Rewards 

Hey just recalled we didn't know what would be offered each day... only popped up item minutes b4 be offered so that increased excitement and participation & it ended when sold out wasn't a 2 hr window setup for it

I miss the merchandise... we had an inkling of it offered months ago travel bags & such Daily Deals went fast took skill & luck much like ones today but only discounted gift cards now so rarely try for em

Also there was an actual store to buy jewlery clothing shoes and gift cards lots of stuff didn't always require points 

'Rewards for good' was around when I joined 2008 & do believe Jolo correct New began Sept 2019 was b4 Pandemic 

I spent hrs everyday earning points many had millions of points Points expiration didn't begin till after new Rewards up & going so desire to earn & receive things was great

Always issues with points not being rewarded... believe that to be way is with anything setup way is

There are a greater number of quizzes & videos than used to be

But early in New Rewards getting 3 of any $$ amt Walmart or Sam's & Amazon gift cards was really great they sold out fast but with increase in membership since then has caused them reduce to 1 of each cause no longer can last way used to 

Reckon like rest of life... always pluses and minuses to way was and way is

It's definitely different & I am no longer as interested as use to be bbbuuutttt 5+ new members surely makeup any loss from my participation 

As was said... those were good ole days !

Grateful for all blessings... may you be blessed today in some wonderful way! 

Ginger  :  >

[rednexsrus]

Those were the days 😢 😢

[al45009948]

Hello everyone 🤗. I'm some what pleased with the $10 gift cards ( here now and then gone) I got the DSW gift card but missed the Old Navy. Maybe next time. I don't check out the Rewards Program website all day and night but I'm glad to see others snatching them up. KUDOS to those who post them. For the moment I have to give Kudos to the AARP Rewards website for putting up more $10 gift cards. Now if only they would give the members some $15 ( extra for being a member) gift cards. Just like they give us extra points for quizzes and videos. That seems fair doesn't it? All those in favor Stand up and let AARP Rewards Program administration know how we feel about members only getting short changed. I see 2 $5 gift cards for members only and 2 magazine subscription and that Members Only Trust & Will gift. So when they post $10 gift cards, everyone can claim them. Not fair 😡. AARP Rewards you still have a ways to go before your members will feel that they're benefiting more than non members. I'm just saying 

[KellytheBelly]

How about first advocating for the removal of incredibly old (points only) GCs, maybe every two weeks? For example, these two GCs (shown below) have been in the rewards catalog for way too long! That's two spots for new GCs to be introduced, which I think makes a difference in the excitement of the rewards program, and for it to be 'freshened' every two weeks. Also, there should be as many GCs available as there are Instant Wins, 7 GCs at all times. At least something to look forward to, although it will be the usual 5.00 GC regurgitation. I'm only speaking of those points only GCs that do no sell out before the two weeks are up. We all know that AARP has released 10.00 GCs, they are few and far between, but in no way would AARP release 15.00 GCs, nor would they give us 4 redemptions every month (instead of 3), although it's a nice thought. I just don't think those things are ever going to happen, unless they made the 3 to 4 redemptions for members only. If you are a non-member you'd get 3 redemptions, if you are a member, 4 redemptions.

Overall, something like this...remove old GCs every 2 weeks, have at least 7 points only GCs available at all times, 4 redemptions for members only. There! That's my input. Seems good to me! 🙂

@AARPJanelleM  Pass this on, please. 🙂

[RenateW69623]

My biggest disappointment in this program is how fast the popular gift cards sell out, even the ones for members only.  I really wish they would offer more of those, so more people could get them.  I don't have time to check the rewards website (or this discussion) all the time to find out exactly when the popular gift cards become available, so I almost never get them before they are sold out.  I end up using my 3 rewards on gift cards that aren't ones I would really like to get, or sometimes I don't even use my 3 rewards for the month, which is really annoying.

[Karyn8]

I like the rewards up for a full month, two weeks is too short. The reason I like the whole month is because if there's nothing I have used all my redemptions on I will get a stand by rather then waste a redemption. The idea of 4 redemptions for members only is a really good idea.

  I would LOVE to see a drop down box for all the greeting cards and get them out of the redemptions page for points. 

[KellytheBelly]

I understand the 1 month, but you'd have rotation every two weeks, thus still having the opportunity to redeem something before month's end, maybe something you'd prefer more? I do not agree with having the same GCs up for a full month. I think the rewards program should be more exciting, with fresh rotation. 🙂

[Karyn8]

I have advocated for 4 rewards per month which would equate to one a week. Although free is free there's nothing to do with a $5 certificate because the tax alone on some things would exceed the $5.

[RenateW69623]

Before getting 4 rewards, I really wish they would offer more of the popular gift cards. There are times I don't even use my 3 rewards, because the gift cards that I would like to get are sold out before I even see them on the rewards site.  The ones that last longer are ones I can't use (restaurant or store not in my area), or ones that I wouldn't use so won't waste my points on them.