Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[bababear_50]

Morning movie
buy 5 get 95 airmiles
3.99x 5= $19.95

OR

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Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Quote just carne in and we're thrilled! Once I get my lazy butt out of bed I'll be telling them to go for it! The math might not be good for everyone but based on the way we collect our miles this is FREE!
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My initial thought was that it was high,,,, but then I realized it is a Hopper and good for 10 days,,,I say go for it.
Hugs
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

So I know what POS means but this morning I read the above and burst out laughing. I read it as piece of sh@t. Heaven help me I think it's going to be a crazy day for me

I Googled it as I had no idea either
https://www.google.com/search?q=wha...hrome.0.0l6.5207j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8Have a great day Hon!!

Hugs Mel

 

[Donald - my hero]

My initial thought was that it was high,,,, but then I realized it is a Hopper and good for 10 days,,,I say go for it.
Hugs
Mel

I was searching thru this thread on Sunday when we were trying to create our spreadsheet for money we need to have for the trip and found someone had a quote for a 7 day BASE flex ticket that came in at 8900 and we were trying to use that as a jumping off point for determining how flippin many they'd want for a 10 day Hopper and when I saw was *only* 8400 I nearly dropped my phone!!

Math means that is $936 CDN and to buy it direct would be around $770-ish (hard to know exchange rate!) but based on how we collect our miles -- never buying anything strictly for miles (other than maybe a few too many ice cream bars ) we consider this 100% FREE! It's something we would be buying anyway, and now that money can shift to our meals & souvenirs

 

[cari12]

Blue Friday out west looks not bad for us. It has hubby’s yogurt, cereal and Tostitos which we buy anyways. Yay Blue Friday!

 

[tinkerone]

Don't forget everyone can get another free Marble Slab ice cream as it's July!

Do you still have the link for this?

 

[tinkerone]

I was browsing around the RedTag AM portal and noticed that the new hotel @ Universal (Endless Summer) is a really good price... it's their value hotel. The Tim Tracker just did a review -

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For 7 days in Feb 2020 it's coming to $2255 total for 2 people (flights & hotel) including taxes and fees. Through AirCanada Vacations... before you start using dream miles!

For comparison the Disney All-Star resorts are around $3000 for 2 people. Even the Contemporary is on the RedTag portal - at almost $10000 for 2 people for 1 week! LOL

I really like the new RedTag packages.

We have a week booked here in October and it is $750, taxes included. I've been waiting to see the reviews to decide if we will keep it but I'm thinking its a go. So far I'm not seeing anything to negative except the food however we do most of our dining at City Walk so no biggy there.

 

[marchingstar]

I was browsing around the RedTag AM portal and noticed that the new hotel @ Universal (Endless Summer) is a really good price... it's their value hotel. The Tim Tracker just did a review -

.

For 7 days in Feb 2020 it's coming to $2255 total for 2 people (flights & hotel) including taxes and fees. Through AirCanada Vacations... before you start using dream miles!

For comparison the Disney All-Star resorts are around $3000 for 2 people. Even the Contemporary is on the RedTag portal - at almost $10000 for 2 people for 1 week! LOL

I really like the new RedTag packages.

sounds like a great deal!

i like the new packages, but the thing i find frustrating is that hotels show up so inconsistently.

i’ve searched disney hotels a few times. sometimes i’ll get resorts at all levels (value/moderate/deluxe), sometimes only 2 and sometimes only 1. i hope things even out a bit—I’d love to have a range of options when I’m ready to book.

 

[marchingstar]

Quote just carne in and we're thrilled! Once I get my lazy butt out of bed I'll be telling them to go for it! The math might not be good for everyone but based on the way we collect our miles this is FREE!
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that’s awesome! no better deal than free!

 

[Days In the Sun]

I was searching thru this thread on Sunday when we were trying to create our spreadsheet for money we need to have for the trip and found someone had a quote for a 7 day BASE flex ticket that came in at 8900 and we were trying to use that as a jumping off point for determining how flippin many they'd want for a 10 day Hopper and when I saw was *only* 8400 I nearly dropped my phone!!

Math means that is $936 CDN and to buy it direct would be around $770-ish (hard to know exchange rate!) but based on how we collect our miles -- never buying anything strictly for miles (other than maybe a few too many ice cream bars ) we consider this 100% FREE! It's something we would be buying anyway, and now that money can shift to our meals & souvenirs

That was likely mine from April, I had them quote one 7 Day Flex expiry 2020 (Disney website value $627.29usd) came in at 8900 airmiles.

No time for math at the moment but I think they are pretty much consistent? Your ticket value on Disney's website is $592.03usd if I have that correct and it's 8400 airmiles.

Edit: Couldn't resist the math, both are 14.188 points per $1 USD

 

[alohamom]

Do you still have the link for this?

Here you go!

https://rewards.airmiles.ca/perks/en-CA/marbleslabperk

 

[Disney Addicted]

Do you still have the link for this?

Air Miles' Marble Slab ice cream link: https://rewards.airmiles.ca/perks/en-CA/

We have a week booked here in October and it is $750, taxes included. I've been waiting to see the reviews to decide if we will keep it but I'm thinking its a go. So far I'm not seeing anything to negative except the food however we do most of our dining at City Walk so no biggy there.

The only negative thing I came across in regards to Surfside Inn (Endless Summer) is that while every other resort is allowed to Pool Hop, guests at Endless Summer are NOT allowed...

I have both Surfside Inn and CBBR booked and need to make a decision soon. I was ready to drop CBBR as Endless Summer's rooms would give us a 3rd bed and the colors are so soothing. I figured we would visit CBBR one day and check out the pool. But now, I just do not know. I need to make my husband sit down, look at the two resorts and decide... I need to figure out just how much I think we would (or not) use CBBR's pool/lazy river if we stayed there.

Surfside Inn (Endless Summer)
- 1 bed for our girl; 1 bed for our son; 1 bed for us
- I love the colors
- No boat or walking to the parks, just the bus but that's not bad. We loved the bus system at Disney
- movies??? I don't know
- $331.87 US cheaper
- entire pool is only 3' deep

Cabana Bay Beach Resort
- only 2 beds.. either I sleep with our daughter & my husband with our son; or our daughter gets a bed to herself and our son sleeps on the sofa..
- personally, I dislike large amounts of red
- have a outside entry poolside room which I like
- the lazy river looks like great fun
- fire pits; s'mores; movies (I don't know if Surfside has movies)
- we can walk to the parks; or cross the street to Sapphire Falls and take the boat; or hop on the bus

 

[tinkerone]

Air Miles' Marble Slab ice cream link: https://rewards.airmiles.ca/perks/en-CA/



The only negative thing I came across in regards to Surfside Inn (Endless Summer) is that while every other resort is allowed to Pool Hop, guests at Endless Summer are NOT allowed...

I have both Surfside Inn and CBBR booked and need to make a decision soon. I was ready to drop CBBR as Endless Summer's rooms would give us a 3rd bed and the colors are so soothing. I figured we would visit CBBR one day and check out the pool. But now, I just do not know. I need to make my husband sit down, look at the two resorts and decide... I need to figure out just how much I think we would (or not) use CBBR's pool/lazy river if we stayed there.

Surfside Inn (Endless Summer)
- 1 bed for our girl; 1 bed for our son; 1 bed for us
- I love the colors
- No boat or walking to the parks, just the bus but that's not bad. We loved the bus system at Disney
- movies??? I don't know
- $331.87 US cheaper
- entire pool is only 3' deep

Cabana Bay Beach Resort
- only 2 beds.. either I sleep with our daughter & my husband with our son; or our daughter gets a bed to herself and our son sleeps on the sofa..
- personally, I dislike large amounts of red
- have a outside entry poolside room which I like
- the lazy river looks like great fun
- fire pits; s'mores; movies (I don't know if Surfside has movies)
- we can walk to the parks; or cross the street to Sapphire Falls and take the boat; or hop on the bus

We actually have both booked as well but I'm for sure leaning towards Surfside Inn. Have you stayed at CBBR before? I was all excited for the lazy river.....till I saw it. Not very big and not to impressive. Not sure how deep the pool is but at no time could I not touch the ground, no diving for sure. We never had much time for the fire pit and movies but its just two adults here, might have been different if we had children. We did take our adult son and his teen daughter last year, she didn't have any time for that stuff either. They do have the bowling lanes but we can do that at home anytime so that was a no. The big bonus that I see with CBBR, if your going, is that Volcano Bay is right there. It would be nice to leave the water park and go cool off in your room, take a break, then go right back at it.
I looked at google earth and Endless Summer has some different restaurants around it which would be nice to utilize. I would love to try the IHOP for breakfast some mornings and its only a block away. Sometimes I want to get away from the park/resort food so its nice there are a few options here. I don't think you can get that staying at CBBR.
Yes, we are still fence sitting until I see a few more reviews but probably Endless Summer, it saves us $300 US which equates to 3 or 4 dinners.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

We have a week booked here in October and it is $750, taxes included.

A quick trip report/review would be awesome after you go. It looks great, if all your really needing to do is shower in the morning, and rest your head at night - which is really all we do at a hotel. And if you don't want the EP then I think it's a great deal.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Blue Friday And some items I think I should be able to snag and use. The first one I hope to get to this year. Guess I'll be late for work on Friday

 

[Disney Addicted]

We actually have both booked as well but I'm for sure leaning towards Surfside Inn. Have you stayed at CBBR before? I was all excited for the lazy river.....till I saw it. Not very big and not to impressive. Not sure how deep the pool is but at no time could I not touch the ground, no diving for sure. We never had much time for the fire pit and movies but its just two adults here, might have been different if we had children. We did take our adult son and his teen daughter last year, she didn't have any time for that stuff either. They do have the bowling lanes but we can do that at home anytime so that was a no. The big bonus that I see with CBBR, if your going, is that Volcano Bay is right there. It would be nice to leave the water park and go cool off in your room, take a break, then go right back at it.
I looked at google earth and Endless Summer has some different restaurants around it which would be nice to utilize. I would love to try the IHOP for breakfast some mornings and its only a block away. Sometimes I want to get away from the park/resort food so its nice there are a few options here. I don't think you can get that staying at CBBR.
Yes, we are still fence sitting until I see a few more reviews but probably Endless Summer, it saves us $300 US which equates to 3 or 4 dinners.

No, we have never been to Universal Studios Orlando before.

I just finished watching the Surfside Inn video posted a page or two back. Then I watched the CBBR resort Tim Tracker posted a year ago. I really don't like all the red (LOL) and wow, it was much noisier than I expected poolside. My kids are older (20 and 15) and I'm not sure just how much they want a pool anymore. They use to LOVE pools and were always swimming. We will be upgrading our passes to a 3 park AP however (since we're there for 10 nights) so maybe the pool isn't as necessary anymore and they can just go to the water park.

I'll have to take a look at what's around Endless Summer. I had not though much of eating off property as we won't have a car. I'm curious now.

Personally I really prefer the look of Sapphire Falls. So much that after watching the resort videos I'm starting to think screw it. If my husband's ok with sharing a bed with our son for 10 nights (they will survive ) then maybe we'll switch to a 2 queen at Sapphire.

For comparison, our CBBR is $1,838.25 incl taxes/fees. Sapphire Falls would be $1,890 for a standard 2 queen room. That's only $51.75 more. Hmm... I really need to make my husband sit down and look at these resorts. It will be between Sapphire Falls and Surfside Inn. Cabana Bay is out. He gets migranes. I have been getting headaches lately. Sometimes our son complains his head hurts too. I don't want the noise at Cabana Bay.

 

[bababear_50]

O/T
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Hugs
Mel

 

[hdrolfe]

So I know what POS means but this morning I read the above and burst out laughing. I read it as piece of sh@t. Heaven help me I think it's going to be a crazy day for me

Did someone answer you? Point of Sale

 

[bababear_50]

Blue Wednesday at Rexall for me!!!!
4 $50 shops and 808 airmiles for me!!
(Got a jump start on my Xmas in July boxes--my favorite toothbrushes were on sale from $16.00 down to $9.99each). 2x $50.00 M&M groceries.(snuck a 2 pack of creme brulee in there just for me. 1x$50.00 I work in a k-8 school 9 boxes of 6 pkg, kleenex for Sept start up.
Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

I'm hoping to get out this afternoon. Stuck at home at the moment with a sick fur baby. Kids are all grown and I'm kept up all night by a dog who needs to go outside every hour.

DS came over this morning so I could run to the vet for some meds. Hopefully she's on the mend and I can get back to my AM hunting. Rexall today and Sobeys and Foodland on Friday (haven't figured out what I'm getting at which store yet)