Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[osully]

25AM for signing up for ACE hardware newsletter just posted for me.

 

[mort1331]

There's been a fair bit of confusing discussion around these, I'll try to sum it up for you

• 909 Dream miles = $100 travel voucher to use to book a package or cruise
• ONLY a few select travel agencies take them
• ONLY a few select carriers take them (WJ, AC, Transat & Sunquest plus some cruise lines)
• No limit to the number you can use
• they don't expire
• Doesn't apply to deposit, taxes, service fees or insurance
• Non-refundable (cancel your trip and you're SOL)
• EVENTUALLY you will be able to use these online to book yourself

There was an entire thread discussing the scary thought of these not being covered by trip insurance:
How do you insure trip paid with dream vouchers?

We've been collecting our miles with the intention of cashing them in for the vouchers until the above discussion and now we've decided that we will do one of 3 things.

1. Book an all inclusive trip thru some other method and use our miles for flights/car rentals/hotels
2. Piece together our own "package" by booking hotel, flights etc
3. Wait till the online system goes live and book a last-minute package with the hope that we'll get the ability to add insurance to the miles again!

any chance DCL can be booked with these vouchers?

 

[Disney Addicted]

Slightly OT....I know some of you have been to Disneyland....what hotels have you stayed at? I'm still looking at options for an August trip and right now airfare to LAX is less than MCO. I can't afford one of the Disney hotels (wish I could) and there are so many all around the parks that I have no idea what to even look at. We would want a nice pool, VERY short walk to Disney, clean and reasonable rate.

I'm late reading and replying (sorry). My son & I went January 2017. We stayed at Park Vue Innfor 4 nights. I liked it. I had debated over a cheaper hotel further down the road (still walkable) but I was glad I went with Park Vue Inn in the evenings. Especially after falling and hurting myself in Disneyland. VERY close to to Disneyland. When leaving DL and crossing the street at the lights, you turn right and walk past maybe 3 establisements if I remember correctly. It has outside corridors to your room but we never heard any noise from outside. Safe. Clean room. Loved that we had the option to open our window in the room! No shortage of USB and regular outlets. Every evening in the lobby there was cold water, lemonade, coffee, cookies. Standard hot/cold breakfast choices including a waffle maker.

Even after you book, keep checking the rates. Whenever the room rate dropped, I asked and received rate-adjustments plus confirmation e-mail within a few hours. I remember my room rate was always $10 or $20 lower than the posted rate because of something... Let me check my notes and see how that worked.. Ahh, because I have CAA $10 was knocked off the posted room rate. Every time the room rate dropped and was adjusted, Park Vue Inn consistently made sure I had the $10 CAA discount also applied.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Wait till the online system goes live and book a last-minute package with the hope that we'll get the ability to add insurance to the miles again!

Have we heard any more rumblings on when this is going to even happen? For some reason I'm remembering from somewhere this summer?

 

[Disney Addicted]

Tried it didn't work yesterday.

But i found i found 2 GTA locations on a different list in:
Etobicoke
Scarborough

Also has Alberta and Saskatchewan locations
https://www.shell.ca/en_ca/motorists/offers-and-promotions/more-in-store.html
List

Thanks! I haven't been able to find a Shell near me that offers this promo. Next weekend as we drive to Oakville, I can get my husband to stop off at the Scarborough location. It's just south of the 401. Easy to jump off and on again.

 

[MoreTravels]

Thanks! I haven't been able to find a Shell near me that offers this promo. Next weekend as we drive to Oakville, I can get my husband to stop off at the Scarborough location. It's just south of the 401. Easy to jump off and on again.

You are right. It’s next to Warden and Hwy 401 so easy to make a pit stop. They have the following gift cards available as of yesterday, in no particular order:

• Home Depot
• Starbucks
• Canadian Tire
• Cineplex
• McDonalds
• Amazon
• Cara restraint chain
• The Keg restaurant
• Prepaid phone cards
• Prepaid MC and Visa
• Etc

There is no Sobeys or Metro cards. Please feel free to add or update my list if you have just visited.

 

[Donald - my hero]

any chance DCL can be booked with these vouchers?

Have we heard any more rumblings on when this is going to even happen? For some reason I'm remembering from somewhere this summer?

Mort, that would be a solid yes (i would be a tad concerned about the stupid cancellation stuff though considering how early most people book cruises though??)


And regarding the timeline for the online booking, still anybody's guess at this point. From the FAQs:
In 2018, together with Transat Distribution Canada, we will be introducing a new PVC website, enabling you to use your Miles immediately for PVC bookings online, 24/7 with participating partners

 

[TFC_UNTIL_I_DIE]

I have been saving with intent of using for Disney cruise lines but it is confusing. Marlin travel says you can use max $400 per person against a cruise. If you book directly with Disney you always get a starting discount so I hoped to find a best way around this. I have been keeping everything dream miles and am coming to conclusion that it’s better to use air miles for flights than the cruise itself?

 

[Days In the Sun]

Thanks for the info...stopped at Rexall on my way home from work today but they could not get the gift card promo to work...it was not taking the 20% off....the manager went in the back to call head office but after 15 minutes of waiting, I gave up....I will try again next week....has anyone been successful in getting the 20% off the advertised gift cards?

Not sure if it has been mentioned but this week Kobo cards are 20% at Canadian Tire as well:

 

[Donald - my hero]

I have been saving with intent of using for Disney cruise lines but it is confusing. Marlin travel says you can use max $400 per person against a cruise. If you book directly with Disney you always get a starting discount so I hoped to find a best way around this. I have been keeping everything dream miles and am coming to conclusion that it’s better to use air miles for flights than the cruise itself?

AND you've stumbled upon some of the confusion i was talking about! Here's the info provided on the Marlin travel site (their FAQs are much cleared for those who are wondering BTW)
DREAM Vouchers no limit to the number you can use

CASH Vouchers -- a limit of 400 pp (a guess on my part that everything the tend to quote is for 2)


Here's a link to the FAQs for Marlin
Travel Voucher FAQs

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but this week Kobo cards are 20% at Canadian Tire as well:

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Thanks....will check it out if it Rexall can't get them to work...

 

[Disney Addicted]

You are right. It’s next to Warden and Hwy 401 so easy to make a pit stop. They have the following gift cards available as of yesterday, in no particular order:

• Home Depot
• Starbucks
• Canadian Tire
• Cineplex
• McDonalds
• Amazon
• Cara restraint chain
• The Keg restaurant
• Prepaid phone cards
• Prepaid MC and Visa
• Etc

There is no Sobeys or Metro cards. Please feel free to add or update my list if you have just visited.

Hey, thanks! I'll try to remember to take a photo of their gift card rack so I can update your list next weekend. I wish they had grocery gift cards. I can justify spending $100 on one of those quite easily. Or even the Disney Gift card. Hmm.. I'll have to see next weekend.

Ohh, the manager at Sobey's said next week's flyer should feature The Keg restaurant gift card for air miles when I commented I don't use any of the gift cards being offered this week for 75 bonus air miles.

 

[Disney Addicted]

Did anyone ever get the other points from the sobeys gift cards that were part of spring MM but also in flyer?

I have been wondering about these points as well. I haven't seen anything yet for the MM coupon. I assume what I got were the AM for the in-store promotion not the MM coupon. I'm not certain how long they said it would take for the AM to post it's not on the back of the coupon copy I have. I figured I would be waiting until 120 days to argue it with Airmiles.

Edit to add: In fact what I got was the in-store promotion because I had to go back to Urban Fresh and fight for them. My receipt from the original transaction shows the PLU code and zero AM (not unusual) but then that was a weird day and promotion. Someone is likely having to go through individual transactions to see what to award to who. Or maybe they will only award AM to those who notice them missing call in and complain.

While I was in Sobeys this morning I asked the manager if she could take another look at the letter in their binder regarding the 150 air miles MM and their flyer offer from March. She confirmed the miles showing on the receipt are the miles from the weekend flyer offer. The 150 MM only show as the coupon code on the receipts and should be arriving in 4-6 weeks. I told her the reason I asked is because this is week 7 and nothing has shown up yet. However, at least it's another confirmation that we are suppose to get both air miles. I guess since Air Miles still has time to post all their MM bonus air miles, we may be waiting until the deadline.

What is the date for the MM anyways? I'm still waiting for Air Miles to post my 50 bonus MM for making 2 airmileshop purchases. I have written end of October 2018 in my notes. Are we really going to be waiting that long for our MM bonus?

 

[Donald - my hero]

While I was in Sobeys this morning I asked the manager if she could take another look at the letter in their binder regarding the 150 air miles MM and their flyer offer from March. She confirmed the miles showing on the receipt are the miles from the weekend flyer offer. The 150 MM only show as the coupon code on the receipts and should be arriving in 4-6 weeks. I told her the reason I asked is because this is week 7 and nothing has shown up yet. However, at least it's another confirmation that we are suppose to get both air miles. I guess since Air Miles still has time to post all their MM bonus air miles, we may be waiting until the deadline.

What is the date for the MM anyways? I'm still waiting for Air Miles to post my 50 bonus MM for making 2 airmileshop purchases. I have written end of October 2018 in my notes. Are we really going to be waiting that long for our MM bonus?

I added the timeline for all the dates in the first post of the MM thread and added some historical info as well
Quick answer though:

• any of the indivual coupons AND the final big bonus: August 10th
• date for the online shops & that coupon : June 26th

Timeline for MM bonus miles

 

[Donald - my hero]

OMG -- i just came across something in one of my newsletters that is exciting to me! I want to ask if anyone would be so generous as to get one of these for me?? I would pay you sumtin, ANYTHING! This magnet will be available for passholders to pick up for free at the Studios May 18th - June 26th I contemplated making a new thread to beg but nervous of getting shot down so figured i would whine here, in our somewhat closer family-like group

 

[tinkerone]

OMG -- i just came across something in one of my newsletters that is exciting to me! I want to ask if anyone would be so generous as to get one of these for me?? I would pay you sumtin, ANYTHING! This magnet will be available for passholders to pick up for free at the Studios May 18th - June 26th I contemplated making a new thread to beg but nervous of getting shot down so figured i would whine here, in our somewhat closer family-like group

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When you say Studios what do you mean? I will be in WDW for one night in June however, having said that, I'm not sure I will get to a park but just in case which one has them. If I can possibly do it I will.

ETA-If this can be done at Disney Springs, its yours for sure.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

I would gladly have got this for you...but we are not going until the end of July....maybe you should post something in the Theme Park thread...I'm sure there are lots of Passholders that would be willing to help you out...

 

[kerreyn]

you get 100 AM plus another 10 instore for 110. You can do max 100 per transaction and max 5 transactions per day. And it needs to be the right shell - some aren't on the list. Also it can't be shell giftcards.

I've been sweeping up the Home Depot ones in the west end....no issues. Even put all on my cc to get another 10AM each transaction

Cr*p - I did 1 transaction, but bought $500 worth of gift cards. That means I only get 110am, right? I totally read it wrong.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Cr*p - I did 1 transaction, but bought $500 worth of gift cards. That means I only get 110am, right? I totally read it wrong.

I did that once too. So mad at myself.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

AND you've stumbled upon some of the confusion i was talking about! Here's the info provided on the Marlin travel site (their FAQs are much cleared for those who are wondering BTW)
DREAM Vouchers no limit to the number you can use
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CASH Vouchers -- a limit of 400 pp (a guess on my part that everything the tend to quote is for 2)
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Here's a link to the FAQs for Marlin
Travel Voucher FAQs

This is why I'm thinking using cash miles for groceries and gas and putting the money saved aside in my travel fund seems to be the most flexible option.