Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[buyerbrad]

So remember that issue I had when I ordered the previous Canadian non expiring child's ticket from am only to be given the one that expires end of 2018 because they were out of the non expiry? Well....they never did send the shipping labels to return them so I called them today and was told they changed their policy to not have things shipped back (not sure what that means going forward...). So they put all the am from the ticket back into my account and told me to keep the ticket. Do you think the ticket would still work or do they notify Disney to deactivate it?

I had the same problem. I was told they could just contact Disney to cancel the ticket since it was linked. I kept the ticket and they gave me 750 Airmiles for their mistake.

 

[pigletto]

I can’t find it in here now, but I vaguely remember someone talking about booking a cruise with airmile travel vouchers. Are we able to use them for the deposit on a cruise ?
If so, I will have about $800 in vouchers in the Spring and when they arrive I am going to book our 2019 cruise.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I can’t find it in here now, but I vaguely remember someone talking about booking a cruise with airmile travel vouchers. Are we able to use them for the deposit on a cruise ?
If so, I will have about $800 in vouchers in the Spring and when they arrive I am going to book our 2019 cruise.

It's the same info as the travel vouchers for packages. Not sure if you can apply them to your deposit or not though. Here's the basic info from the Airmiles site (the highlighted is new and has me concerned, what if i don't know how many I'll have by the time my final payment is due???)

 

[pigletto]

Thank you. I should probably call and make sure I can use them for a deposit. Though, I guess I can use them to pay the balance so it doens’t really matter. We just have a big trip this summer and I’d like to pay for and go on that one before putting much down on the cruise.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

If you read the blurb below that for NS and NB, I called TripCentral asking about their process. I would have to pay IN FULL at the time of booking, plus have all of my vouchers right then and there. I would pay upfront and then they mail me a cheque for the voucher amount.

The thing with this is some cruise lines let you can cancel without penalty before final payment (90-120 days) and take advantage if your price drops or better perks come along. This is why I like to book directly with the cruise line and not use an agency.

I think as along as I can get the flights for 2,323 miles (the lowest rate) out of Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Orlando, I will book the cruise within the final payment dates and hopefully get cheaper rates as I would have to pay in full to the cruise lines anyways. Any other amount of miles after the flights I will put towards the cruise cost.

Side bar: Another idea is to use the miles towards pre-cruise hotels. You can get some really good deals in downtown Miami!

 

[pigletto]

If you read the blurb below that for NS and NB, I called TripCentral asking about their process. I would have to pay IN FULL at the time of booking, plus have all of my vouchers right then and there. I would pay upfront and then they mail me a cheque for the voucher amount.

The thing with this is some cruise lines let you can cancel without penalty before final payment (90-120 days) and take advantage if your price drops or better perks come along. This is why I like to book directly with the cruise line and not use an agency.

I think as along as I can get the flights for 2,323 miles (the lowest rate) out of Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Orlando, I will book the cruise within the final payment dates and hopefully get cheaper rates as I would have to pay in full to the cruise lines anyways. Any other amount of miles after the flights I will put towards the cruise cost.

Side bar: Another idea is to use the miles towards pre-cruise hotels. You can get some really good deals in downtown Miami!

Thank you. What a complicated and kind of crappy process that you have to book, pay in full, have all the vouchers and then they reimburse. Blah.. no thanks. I’ll book online during a good promo and get whatever the cruise line is offering as incentive, control my own reservation and use the points for flights. OR.. switch to cash miles and use them for groceries for a few months and put the grocery budget money on to the trip.
Sobey’s is so overpriced though.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I'm wondering how this new online booking process will differ from the above...

 

[pigletto]

I'm wondering how this new online booking process will differ from the above...

It’s definitely worth waiting to see if it changes anything.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Pigletto, which cruise line do you prefer?

 

[Donald - my hero]

Thank you. What a complicated and kind of crappy process that you have to book, pay in full, have all the vouchers and then they reimburse. Blah.. no thanks. I’ll book online during a good promo and get whatever the cruise line is offering as incentive, control my own reservation and use the points for flights. OR.. switch to cash miles and use them for groceries for a few months and put the grocery budget money on to the trip.
Sobey’s is so overpriced though.

The business of booking, paying and getting reimburse is ONLY for the people who live in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and have to use Tripcentral.ca

 

[pigletto]

The business of booking, paying and getting reimburse is ONLY for the people who live in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and have to use Tripcentral.ca
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Well that’s better for me then. I think I will go in and get them to lay it all out for me. I’ll have to make sure the cruise I am looking at is the same price as I would pay booking direct anyway, so I will get prices as well. Thanks.

 

[pigletto]

Pigletto, which cruise line do you prefer?

We’ve gone on Holland America, Celebrity and Carnival. I loved Celebrity, but we’re travelling with adults and teens this time and I think we want to try Royal Caribbean

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I would suggest NCL with Teens! We've been on the Epic and the Escape. Both were great cruises. The adult entertainment is really great too! Plus, you can buy in for the beverage pkg for $333 for 2 adults.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

They also have guests 3 and 4 sail free if 2 or more to a cabin.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Not sure if this has been posted or not but there are Canadian Resident discount tickets on the AM site for both Disneyland and Walt Disney World...woo hoo!!!!

Disneyland Adult 3 day PH 3,195 AM
Disneyland Adult 5 day PH 3,495 AM
Disneyland Child 3 day PH 3,000 AM
Disneyland Child 5 day PH 3,300 AM

WDW Adult 5 day Base Ticket 4,000 AM
WDW Adult 7 day Base Ticket 4,500 AM
WDW Child 5 day Base Ticket 3,750 AM
WDW Child 7 day Base Ticket 3,950 AM

 

[osully]

Not sure if this has been posted or not but there are Canadian Resident discount tickets on the AM site for both Disneyland and Walt Disney World...woo hoo!!!!

Disneyland Adult 3 day PH 3,195 AM
Disneyland Adult 5 day PH 3,495 AM
Disneyland Child 3 day PH 3,000 AM
Disneyland Child 5 day PH 3,300 AM

WDW Adult 5 day Base Ticket 4,000 AM
WDW Adult 7 day Base Ticket 4,500 AM
WDW Child 5 day Base Ticket 3,750 AM
WDW Child 7 day Base Ticket 3,950 AM

Yeah those have been up for a month now I think. Offer ends Feb 10 it says.

I hope they post til end 2019 valid tickets or the til 2030 green vouchers again soon! I got one of those in the summer and need one more, as we aren’t going this year!

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Do you have it in your MDE account? If so you can tell if it's active or not. If it is BONUS! If not, oh well, you're not out anything.

I just linked it this am to see if it worked and it does. I'll keep an eye on it and see if at some point in time it shows it's not valid. I won't be able to use it before the expiry, but I understand it will retain it's value which I could put towards another ticket down the road.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

I'm wondering how this new online booking process will differ from the above...

I'm waiting to see how the online plays out too. None of the travel agencies listed that you can use the travel vouches at are in our city. If there isn't a way I can use them I'll switch to cash and redirect grocery/gas money towards a trip fund. My mom has a ton of Aeroplan points we can use towards a trip as well. Just trying to figure out the best way to use both AM and Aeroplan to make the trip as cheap as possible!

 

[ottawamom]

Thought for the day. We all need to tele-transport ourselves to the spot on the beach where bababear_50 is nice and warm. Sit in a nice warm sunny window and go to our happy place.

I have an unwritten rule that I don't walk the dog when the temperature with the windchill is lower than -35C. I walked her today anyway it was -39C (didn't check the temp before I walked out the door). My crazy dog loves this weather (she's build for it, Samoyed).

 

[isabellea]

I would suggest NCL with Teens! We've been on the Epic and the Escape. Both were great cruises. The adult entertainment is really great too! Plus, you can buy in for the beverage pkg for $333 for 2 adults.

We went on a NCL cruise last March (no kids on the Epic) and I'm really not a fan. To us it looked like a big frat party since most got the ultimate drinking package for free or hugely discounted. Also, they were very bad with special diets (I am dairy-free), especially compared to DCL the year before. For us, NCL is on the never again list. Personally, with teens, I would try RCL.