Superhost relief fund

Leandro267
Level 2
New York, NY

Superhost relief fund

In the beginning of the pandemic, this company announced a supposedly relief for Superhosts. I have reached out several times throughout the last 3 months trying to figure out when the invitations were going to be sent.‬
‪Agents kept telling me to have patience and every one of them ensured that I would get an invite. The deadline to apply was May 31 and no invitation was sent. Finally today, I was able to speak to a “supervisor” about this matter. She sent me an article pointing out the qualifications for the relief, in which I comply to every single criteria; When I questioned why I was not invited, she totally made something up and said that in order to make a determination on the significant loss of income, they are ONLY considering the first quarter of 2019. Are you kidding me? ‬
‪The “coincidence” is that the first few months of 2019 is the only period that I did not have an income through Airbnb. ‬I've made over $10K in income last year and only one short reservation this year. 
‪I CALL IT A PUBLICITY STUNT AND A FRAUD! How can an employee create a policy over the phone to deny eligibility? There is nowhere in the article or nowhere on the website that support her claim. Has anyone had a similar experience? 

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Gordon0
Level 10
London, United Kingdom

I'd suggest the majority have had a similar experience as the one you describe, @Leandro267, and it comes as no surprise a like-for-like (eg. first quarter) has been applied, retrospectively or otherwise. That said, I imagine most hosts who thought they 'tick all the boxes' will have been left high and dry here. 

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