So I have decided to use all my dream miles before what I expect will be devaluation of points once BMO takes over.
I had saved up 59k points that I had been saving for 2024 travel. Last redeemed points in Nov 2019 when I went to Lisbon for a week, so just a little over 3 years of points.
I booked :
3 return tickets for me and my daughters Toronto to Tampa next month.
4 day
DisneyLand Ticket. I am doing a Panama Canal cruise in November so this will extend the trip a bit.
8 days
Royal Caribbean cruise for Nov 2024
And then I am going to book a couple of Hotels for my Disneyland trip in Nov 2023.
Fees and taxes are becoming excessive, $490 on the flights, $900 on the cruise and the hotels will be about $300.
In total I figure all would have cost about $6500 CaD less $1700 taxes and fee I paid to book on my own so about $4800 value. Not bad but not nearly the value I got on my 2019 Lisbon trip.
Once all my dream miles are used up I will look for another credit card, just don’t see being able to accumulate enough miles, will be lucky if I get 4000 points this year .