Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ottawamom]

Congratulations to all of us for keeping this thread going this long and to our fearless thread leader Jacqueline.

 

[Donald - my hero]

We've hit several milestones in our little group over the last few weeks.

We're closing in on 10 years OH-EM-GEE, where has the time gone??
5 MILLION views? Say whaaat???
2,000 pages?! Rather appropriate that Mel claimed the first post on that page since she was the first to respond many many many posts ago
And now, 40,000 posts?!

It's been a great ride and I'm so happy that you've all joined in the fun. Miles have dried up a bit but chatting about it here makes sure we don't miss any offers.

 

[bababear_50]

Cheers to sharing, caring and a great group of people!
HUGS
Mel

 

[dancin Disney style]

Time has definitely gone by fast. I can’t believe it’s 10 years here with this group. The other day I was think back to the days when I used to spend every spare minute doing surveys that earned money and I could redeem it in the form of Disney gift cards. One trip I had $100 in gift cards. LOL…that was a lot of money at the time. I had a few side hustles back then and all for Disney trips.

Remember when a family of four could go for a week with hotel, park tickets and food for around $2000.

 

[hdrolfe]

For anyone interested, I asked the personal shopper for a quote on a MNSSHP ticket, adult, for Sept 28 (so $179.99 USD) and it's 2600 AM

I know it'll come up at some point Not that I am planning a trip, I was just curious.

 

[dancin Disney style]

For anyone interested, I asked the personal shopper for a quote on a MNSSHP ticket, adult, for Sept 28 (so $179.99 USD) and it's 2600 AM

I know it'll come up at some point Not that I am planning a trip, I was just curious.

Another nostalgic thought…
Our first MNSSHP we paid either $49 or $59 per ticket. I think the first time I redeemed AM for tickets it was around 1500 miles for 2 tickets.

Does anyone remember or go to the Pirate and Princess Party? It was only one year, which I think was 2006.

 

[mort1331]

Ahh nostalgia,,,a depressing look back......when we 1st got hooked 2010,,,could fly my oldest and I for 1 week,,,1500, flight room at Riverside, tickets and dining included. Started going twice a year then. Once 2012 hit,,bought our DVC at dollar par,,havent looked back.

 

[bababear_50]

I think I will limit my spending tomorrow to 20$ at Pharmasave ,,,,, that should give me 25 Airmiles for a card link offer and 50 Airmiles when I spend $20= 75 Airmiles.
Have a great Day!
Hugs Mel

 

[kimbert]

We decided to plan to attend our very first MNSSHP this September during our 20th wedding anniversary trip. Thanks to this group I knew I could get the personal shopper to assist and more importantly, what to do when they accidentally assigned them to random "My Name" and "Hubby's Name" accounts on their "profile". Thankfully I'm getting that sorted now, but I got to make a new "friend" on MDE!

Our quote was for 4900 air miles (so ~$490 CAD equivalent dollars worth) and the tickets the first day I found them online were $338.68 USD (Sept. 16 $159 per adult x 2 + tax) which was approx. $470 CAD on the day they quoted me (May 22). This means they appear to add ~$20 CAD to a quote.

For me, this means our tickets are "free" so $20 CAD upcharge isn't so bad in the grand scheme of things.

 

[tinkerone]

Time has definitely gone by fast. I can’t believe it’s 10 years here with this group. The other day I was think back to the days when I used to spend every spare minute doing surveys that earned money and I could redeem it in the form of Disney gift cards. One trip I had $100 in gift cards. LOL…that was a lot of money at the time. I had a few side hustles back then and all for Disney trips.

Remember when a family of four could go for a week with hotel, park tickets and food for around $2000.

When the contemporary resort first opened, it ranged anywhere from $28-$45 per night. Now look at it.

 

[ottawamom]

When we first started going with the kids in 2002 we stayed at the Comtemporary at Par rate was $150 or so. Those days are long gone even for the All-Stars.

 

[Donald - my hero]

woot ! I know it should have been the full 500 but I'm not gonna complain because i have NO idea what i did to trigger the Mastercard part of the offer

ETA- I'm a fool, it was a TOTAL of 500 miles and I already earned the 25 miles? Kinda like the math used for online shopping i suppose

 

[hdrolfe]

Nice! I got exactly what I was expecting. Not enough to do anything with lol, but still exactly the right number of AM

 

[dancin Disney style]

I got 304 …which I think is right or very close

 

[bababear_50]

Headed out for a family Breakfast soon.

Have a great Day
Did my Pharmasave spend $20 yesterday ,,,one product Biotene toothpaste $17.99 a tube and a couple of rolls of mints.
Hugs Mel

 

[cari12]

Did the spend $100 AirMileshops at Petsmart today and the base and bonus 50 already posted.

 

[redrosesix]

Apparently, two years ago I was at Disney riding Guardians for the first time. I wish I was back there! I'm not even sure when I'll get to plan another trip there, so I'll just keep trying to save AM and dream of the next trip. I think I'd even be good with a quick long weekend.

I was like this. Now we're planning Paris with a side trip to Disney Paris. we'll be using AM for everything but food and Disney.

we're also planning a trip to somewhere south so my AM will hopefully go to that too. with the difference in prices now we'll get 2 trips for what we spent for a week in February at WDW

 

[bababear_50]

Happy Monday!
Hugs Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Email I just got

 

[bababear_50]

So everything happens in 3's and I am hoping I am all done.
1. Dryer broke
2. Fan broke
3. Electric BBQ broke
No more please...............................
Hugs Mel