Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ottawamom]

View attachment 710986

You are going to have a Wonderful visit! Maybe you could sneak in a bit of Pre Christmas shopping.
Hugs Hon
Mel

No room for shopping. I'm bringing back two log cakes as my personal item on the plane.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Where do you guys suggest for a half day of shopping? Not looking for the Prada, etc high, high-end outlets, just the normal high-end outlets LOL

Our "off day" is our MVMCP day.

 

[tinkerone]

Where do you guys suggest for a half day of shopping? Not looking for the Prada, etc high, high-end outlets, just the normal high-end outlets LOL

Our "off day" is our MVMCP day.

There are two very good outlets that we like to shop at. One is on Vineland, the other on International Drive. I believe the Vineland one is closest to WDW however neither is far away. I would suggest you look at the outlet store maps for each of these ones and see what stores may interest you.
We stayed at Surfside one year when we were doing Universal and there is a trolley that goes up and down International Drive. If you rode it one way you would be at one of those outlets, if you went the other direction it took you to the other outlet. It was so convenient.
This link will show you the two outlets with maps.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=orlan...9i57j0l7.8410j0j1&pglt=43&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531
ETA, both of these outlet malls stores are pretty similar.

 

[bababear_50]

I am headed to Hobby Lobby
https://www.hobbylobby.com/

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Uni...8e6f3cd2322!2m2!1d-81.422142!2d28.4961738!3e0

Hugs Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Hmmmm I am re thinking a carry-on bag...LOL.

 

[juniorbugman]

I am headed to Hobby Lobby
https://www.hobbylobby.com/

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Universal's+Cabana+Bay+Beach+Resort,+6550+Adventure+Way,+Orlando,+FL+32819,+United+States/hobby+lobby+orlando+millenia/@28.4806833,-81.4573221,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88e77f1d24b08a77:0x3569c8f1dec7b0c2!2m2!1d-81.473425!2d28.4657861!1m5!1m1!1s0x88e77bf8ad14da77:0x5cd618e6f3cd2322!2m2!1d-81.422142!2d28.4961738!3e0

Hugs Mel

Jealous. I get their emails and Joanns fabric and want to shop at both. Now don't go hog wild. Remember the luggage limits.

 

[bababear_50]

Jealous. I get their emails and Joanns fabric and want to shop at both. Now don't go hog wild. Remember the luggage limits.

Ok but there are so many things I need,,,want... LOL
Hugs Mel

 

[hdrolfe]

After some thoughtful posts and encouragement...

Mel has planned a week of Fall Shopping in Orlando.
View attachment 710955

Heading out Oct 30th.
Flight booked
Hotel (Cabana Bay Resort) booked
Park N Fly Booked , used my CAA for a small discount
Suitcase all dusted off , 1 Quart bag of stuff (Liquids & Gels) bought & packed
5 Day Shopping schedule all drawn up
Bank, Exchanged some dollars done!
Starbucks Gift Card Loaded and ready to go.
Picked up Purell minis at Staples and 2 pack of To-Go Lysol wipes
Have a few N95's & C19 Testing kit packed already
Checked Passport Expiry date ,,all good to go,
Found my DVC member card,, shopping Disney Springs discount

Just waiting to pick up a 1 day Universal Pass. View attachment 710954
Have to update my Uber & Lyft info.


Get my Bivalent Shot tomorrow.

15 Days to go!!
Hugs
Mel

You are going to have so much fun!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Has anyone in Halifax area seen WDW gift cards at air miles retailers like Kent, etc? Now that Sobeys doesn't do air miles and my MC doesn't register them any longer, I was thinking I would buy them at Kent and then still get 3x miles on my credit card. The credit card doesn't know if you bought a law mower or gift cards, so you will get the miles.

 

[bababear_50]

Airmiles email

Wish this had come last week.
Hugs Mel

PS
on a positive note my Rexall just opened apt. for the FLU shot.

 

[dancin Disney style]

After some thoughtful posts and encouragement...

Mel has planned a week of Fall Shopping in Orlando.
View attachment 710955

Heading out Oct 30th.
Flight booked
Hotel (Cabana Bay Resort) booked
Park N Fly Booked , used my CAA for a small discount
Suitcase all dusted off , 1 Quart bag of stuff (Liquids & Gels) bought & packed
5 Day Shopping schedule all drawn up
Bank, Exchanged some dollars done!
Starbucks Gift Card Loaded and ready to go.
Picked up Purell minis at Staples and 2 pack of To-Go Lysol wipes
Have a few N95's & C19 Testing kit packed already
Checked Passport Expiry date ,,all good to go,
Found my DVC member card,, shopping Disney Springs discount

Just waiting to pick up a 1 day Universal Pass. View attachment 710954
Have to update my Uber & Lyft info.


Get my Bivalent Shot tomorrow.

15 Days to go!!
Hugs
Mel

Oooooo....I like shopping, can I go too? In June we found a new plaza area with a Chick Fil A and a ROSS. If you take me with you I can show you where it is

I'm super excited for you. That first trip is a teensy bit stressful but remember.....you do you! Don't give a second thought to what other people are or are not doing.

 

[bababear_50]

Oooooo....I like shopping, can I go too? In June we found a new plaza area with a Chick Fil A and a ROSS. If you take me with you I can show you where it is

I'm super excited for you. That first trip is a teensy bit stressful but remember.....you do you! Don't give a second thought to what other people are or are not doing.

Thanks Hon
I love the Box stores like ROSS Dress for Less , Burlington Coat Factory, Hobby Lobby, Tuesday Morning, I used to go down south to McAllen Texas once a year to get spoiled by my Dad via our shopping trips, plus a few trips over the border to Mexico.
Nothing like a bite of Chick Fil A to finish a healthy shopping trip!

Hugs
Mel

 

[alohamom]

I am headed to Hobby Lobby
https://www.hobbylobby.com/

Hugs Mel

Quick heads up in case you don't already know but some (if not all) of their stores are closed on Sundays.

 

[ottawamom]

Mel, on the shopping front. Check your new suitcase and take your carryon plus personal item on the plane. Lots of room and weight to bring things back!

 

[Days In the Sun]

Airmilesshops, 100 airmiles when you spend $100 until October 30, one per collector.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Quick heads up in case you don't already know but some (if not all) of their stores are closed on Sundays.

One of many reasons they will never get any of my money, not wanting to break any of the rules here but they are extremely discriminatory to all but a very select group of people. One of a couple of businesses that I simply can't support, no matter what they offer or how cheap it might be.

Off my soap box now and back to our regularly scheduled pursuit of the mighty mile

 

[cari12]

Airmilesshops, 100 airmiles when you spend $100 until October 30, one per collector.

Nice! I’ll have to find something to order.
Although I wish the AM shops site gave a confirmation or something that you know the purchase worked to get the AM. Posting is so hit and miss.
Lately I’ve found the miles post quickly for most shops but I ordered a $650 watch from Best Buy last week and nothing has posted.

 

[Days In the Sun]

I did the airmilesshops 100am this morning, Old Navy, last day of everything 50% off sale.

Also, Sobeys today, bought 4 1kg Liberte greek protein yogurt.
$6.99 sale price x 4 = $27.96
40 am when you buy 2 weekly promo = 80 am
100 am when you spend $25 monthly promo, select products
25 am when you use 95 am, weekly promo
1 base mile
=
100+80+25+1=206 am

 

[Donald - my hero]

Here's a story full of lots of twists and turns, joy and sadness, anxiety filled hope and a massive savings!
****LONG, wordy post with a slight connection to Airmiles, you've been warned ****

The clinic that I was going to in Toronto finally reopened and after a very rocky start to the process I started up treatments there again yesterday. My intake interview VIA Teams took 90 minutes in a hotel room while we were visiting Arthur and the outcome was so dim that the drive home the following day was a very quiet (other than the odd navigation comments) and teary 2.5 hour drive. Follow-up appointment a week later to say that the entire team met and agreed to accept me into their compassionate care program with a personalized protocol, daily treatments for the next 6 weeks. Hubby and I are cautiously optimistic that I will get back on top of this beast again. Our city now has close to all day round trip GO service to Toronto so I don't need to leave until 7:30 and I'm home by 2:30, very long day but I taught myself how to sleep on the greyhound and I'll get it worked out on the train as well! I slap a mask on when i get on the city bus and it stays on until i step off 7 hours later (ok, so i do eat a snack or 2) and other than one brief moment on the subway yesterday that felt like a sauna, I haven't been bothered by it.

Heading back home yesterday hubby asked me what time it was and i discovered I had lost my Fitbit somewhere between the hospital and the subway station I had cashed in miles for it last year and figured I would do the same thing again so researched on the train, looking at which models are available from AM and using the Fitbit site to compare features between them. We decided to go ahead and use miles instead of spending close to $300 and just after 10 last night I submitted the order. Fast forward to today's trip home and my last glance at my email before i got off the train was an offer from Fitbit for $110 off the model I ordered, DANG, that's a lot of miles! I thought I had read you can cancel an order within 24 hours - easy-peasy, hit the button, the screen refreshed and BOOM the 2,926 miles are already back in the account. That's about $300 worth of miles but I just bought the same watch for $189 direct from Fitbit, pretty happy with that outcome.

After a LOT of talking, pricing out options and thinking about what we really want to do, we've decided against a trip south in December and instead we'll upgrade to the resort we prefer to stay in for about half of what the shorter trip would cost. POFQ with a king bed will make us happier than pretending a queen bed at POP is *good enough*, we know the food service staff there will be more than prepared to feed me properly and it's just a nicer vibe. Disney just released AP rates for the beginning of 2023 up till end of March and when they did that for the few days in December it was quickly followed by the same offer for Disney+ members, fingers crossed the same happens and we'll save some money on the resort

 

[bababear_50]

Well after scanning the flyers I am good for Foodland tomorrow ,,probably my last shop there,
Buy 8 boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars $2.99 each
total cost $23.92
= 95 Airmiles.
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10016/1485927?page=6&sourceID=10&position=6

Happy Shopping Everyone
Hugs Mel