[REVIEW] AskingCanadians
One of my favourite survey programs in Canada is called AskingCanadians, which is free to sign up. Asking Canadians is a survey program that asks you to share your opinion in return for rewards.
You can earn points with the following programs:
- Air Canada Aeroplan
- VIA Preference
- Petro-Canada Petro-Points
When I first joined Asking Canadians, I was collecting HBC points, but since, I have switched to Aeroplan points instead. The number of points earned for each survey varies, generally depending on the length of the survey. For me, I usually earn between 20 and 100 Aeroplan points per completed survey. Keep in mind that we can only earn one set of points at a time. So every time we do a survey, it automatically banks points into the program of our choosing. If I do not qualify for a survey, I receive 2 or 5 courtesy Aeroplan points. This has been an amazing way to help me boost my Aeroplan account balance.
Survey programs are not for everyone. Personally, I do not play video games, but I see surveys like my video game. The difference is that I earn points doing surveys, rather than paying for a video game.
I just want to warn Canadians about this company. I’ve been with them for several years and I always noticed that I was short of points. It was HBC points, then Air Miles points, the latest was Petro-Canada points. I basically started to write down every survey and the number of points promised, and I discovered that I missed a lot of points. When I contacted Asking Canadians, they did nothing. They kept referring me to Petro-Canada. Only when Petro-Canada requested investigation, they investigated, and I received an email form their IT team admitting that there was a problem with their system, and they credited me with missing points worth of $40+ in gas. I can only imagine how many other customers didn’t claim it and lost them unknowingly. All the partners refused to work with Asking Canadians, Petro-Canada was the latest. Now they have only Aeroplan. But dear Aeroplan members, don’t waste your time and nerves, it’s not worth it. It’ll take 2-4 months for the points to appear on your statement. By that time, you’ll lose track of it. I’m sure Aeroplan will drop them soon, like other partners did. The other problem is you can’t track your own points on Asking Canadians website. You can only see survey numbers which tells you nothing. You don’t know what the surveys were about and how many points were awarded for this survey. And they will never give you a printout or screenshot because they know there is a problem with that. Now they switched me to Asking Canadians points, because there are no other partners anymore. And when I completed one survey for which they promised 1,500 points as stated in their letter, they credited only 800 points. They keep refusing to credit the missing 700 points and they are not providing me with a printout of transactions. There is no other way to track your points. I don’t recommend you join Asking Canadians; they will steal your time and points. It’s not worth it. You’ll have to keep your own records, otherwise you’ll not notice missing points. There are other survey companies where the points are credited right away and you can track your own transactions, like RewardingYourOpinions.ca and others. You can just google them. Don’t waste your time here. I’m surprised that this company still exists.
That’s really unfortunate Serguei. Personally I credit to Aeroplan and it has been going well. I have tried the linking the other loyalty programs like Petro-Canada.