Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Donald - my hero]

It was an email, both DH and I each received it. It was in the "April Newsletter" from Air Miles. You need to cut the coupon and give to the cashier:

Well phooey ... was all excited and wondering how i could get a print out till i looked closely ...

 

[bgula]

What I was trying to say is that if you buy a 5d ticket later this year, it will cost you $394. True, I could buy the ticket right now for $271, but for me that is also good value knowing in a few weeks they will cost much more.

IMHO, it makes sense to redeem now if you know you can live with not changing the ticket ie use 2950 am instead of 4000 am, both for a 5d ticket. If you are planning to upgrade, I agree, you may be better to wait.

OK, thanks for the clarification! Yes, I get the tickets to use toward AP renewals, so the CDN offer ends up costing me $140 more. Not worth it to me.

 

[Days In the Sun]

OK, thanks for the clarification! Yes, I get the tickets to use toward AP renewals, so the CDN offer ends up costing me $140 more. Not worth it to me.

Completely agree for the AP, much better to wait til Canadian promo over. BTW, I upgraded to an AP on Sunday, used an am ticket from last year.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Sobeys is really good for me this week, finally! I have a 100 miles voucher from last week for this weekend, plus the flyer has really great product offers, including my fav spend $20 on general mills snacks and get 50 miles. I should get at least 250 miles this week from Sobeys Hopefully Lawtons will be good to me too, as I don't have any chocolate yet for Easter baskets (eek!).

 

[Aladora]

Rexall Spend $50, get 110AM coupon

Only good for Thursday April 13, 2017.

 

[hdrolfe]

Some of this weeks flyers are out. Nothing wonderful at Sobey's but Foodland has a deal worth mentioning. Bicks pickles buy 2 get 75AM (the jars are large 750 ml). Still waiting for Rexall to come.

I think the store where my parents live is a Foodland... I'll have to check that out! My kiddo loves pickles and I never buy them for him lol.

Are my Sobeys loaded offers good at Foodland too? Like my "spend $$ get #AM"? perhaps I'll be bringing home groceries... better take the cooler!

 

[Donald - my hero]

AWESOME, thanks for the link to the coupon! I think there's a Rexall within a *reasonable* walk from here!! Now can i carry $50.00 worth of stuff???

PLUS i just got the coupon for the Bay .. woot, time to get some shopping done

Here's the link to the upcoming Foodland Flyer
Foodland flyer valid April13th-20th

 

[kerreyn]

Rexall Spend $50, get 110AM coupon

Only good for Thursday April 13, 2017.

Thanks for the link! I was going to use the Spend $40 to get 60 airmiles coupon today to get some Cadbury Mini Eggs to send to friends in the US (their Cadbury chocolate isn't the same as ours). I'll wait until tomorrow now!

 

[Donald - my hero]

I think the store where my parents live is a Foodland... I'll have to check that out! My kiddo loves pickles and I never buy them for him lol.

Are my Sobeys loaded offers good at Foodland too? Like my "spend $$ get #AM"? perhaps I'll be bringing home groceries... better take the cooler!

Yes your offers are good at both stores, happy shopping!

 

[kerreyn]

Can anyone tell me what this $20 gate charge is at WDW?

 

[ottawamom]

Can anyone tell me what this $20 gate charge is at WDW?

It's a new fee added to the online prices for tickets that they add to your ticket purchase if you wait until you get to the park to buy your tickets. It's not added onto Annual Passes but all others tickets have it added.

 

[kerreyn]

It's a new fee added to the online prices for tickets that they add to your ticket purchase if you wait until you get to the park to buy your tickets. It's not added onto Annual Passes but all others tickets have it added.

Okay, so if we've got the passes from airmiles, we shouldn't have to pay it?

ETA - Do you think this will be charged ($20) in addition to adding park hoppers once we're at the park?

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

That's a bit ridiculous considering the tickets are already pricey...

 

[ottawamom]

Okay, so if we've got the passes from airmiles, we shouldn't have to pay it?

ETA - Do you think this will be charged ($20) in addition to adding park hoppers once we're at the park?

You won't pay it with your AM tickets (they are pre-ordered) Will you pay it when doing an upgrade? Unlikely, most who have reported doing upgrades haven't been charged this fee. I guess it all depends on what your CM does. Better to be aware that it's out there so that you are prepared if it's added when they do your calculation.

The fee was brought in with the last round of increases Feb 12. My guess is they are trying to get more people to buy their tickets online and save congestion at the ticket windows at the park.

 

[kerreyn]

You won't pay it with your AM tickets (they are pre-ordered) Will you pay it when doing an upgrade? Unlikely, most who have reported doing upgrades haven't been charged this fee. I guess it all depends on what your CM does. Better to be aware that it's out there so that you are prepared if it's added when they do your calculation.

The fee was brought in with the last round of increases Feb 12. My guess is they are trying to get more people to buy their tickets online and save congestion at the ticket windows at the park.

Makes sense. Regardless, we're going to WDW, and I'll (FINALLY) get some Mickey ice cream bars - it's been far too long!

 

[dancin Disney style]

Thanks
The problem is that if we go Deluxe and OOP for dining, it really hinges on the cost of these tickets. If I get there and it's like $500 to upgrade I'm stuck. I won't pay that, and then I'm on a 10 day trip with five day tickets. Too risky. If I can't find out what the cost will be ahead of time, I'll go with free dining. I'll know that I have seven days of tickets and the cost is fixed.

For me a 10 day trip with 5 day tickets is perfect. You can alternate days in the parks with days at the pool or resort hopping or DS. We have done 14 day trips with only 2 or 3 park days.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Okay, so if we've got the passes from airmiles, we shouldn't have to pay it?

ETA - Do you think this will be charged ($20) in addition to adding park hoppers once we're at the park?

I think most of the time you will have to pay it if you change your ticket, right now the canadian tickets aren't being charged imho because they aren't being sold at the gate. So in other words, if they sell the ticket you want at the gate for a higher price than online, you will have to pay the higher rate.

My experience last week, first two tickets are same cm:

5d am ticket, non canadian pre 2/11 ticket, adding hoppers: they bridged to 2/11, $362.10, online price on disney website $473.93, price at gate $495.23, paid $133.13, additional gate cost $21.30

5d am ticket canadian, adding hoppers, no bridging, online price 5d $271.58, online price 5d hopper $326.69, paid $55.11, no additional gate cost since they don't sell them at the gate, so gate cost $0

5d hopper, upgrading to ap, 5d hopper now valued at $495.23 (from above), gold ap $595.34, no additional gate cost since no discount for buying online, paid $100.11.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

For me a 10 day trip with 5 day tickets is perfect. You can alternate days in the parks with days at the pool or resort hopping or DS. We have done 14 day trips with only 2 or 3 park days.

Especially if you're at a deluxe resort - nice to have that time to enjoy it!

 

[Days In the Sun]

Rexall shop today, spent $22, earned 141 (load and go was 80 wus $40). Husband has 60 wus $30, daughter has 100 wus $60.

After keeping my receipts for two months now I finally figured out that the survey coupon scans for me only when the am system is down lol. All the receipts that say "balance not available" the survey coupon is listed correctly after the total line. Wasn't what I was expecting but at least I can stop trying to figure it out, sometimes it's going to work, sometimes not lol.

Earned 20 am on $15 at Sobeys. May shop at Rexall tomorrow.

 

[Honeystar120608]

So I am coming to all of you air miles gurus.
First off, I'm in NB...accumulating air miles here (and on a tight budget) is HARD. This being said, I now have over 3200 am and have enough for 1 flight in Sept to orlando return. (3100 am) Now, the question is..what is a good dollar to am ratio. I budget $500 per person return flight. I usually get it more at $400. And I'm seeing that we need to pay taxes and fees. If I remember correctly is about $200. So, I'm basically, in theory, saving $200 per person. For 3100 am. I dunno if that is a good value or not.