airmiles?

Hi all,
I found this site really helpful as she did all the math and figured out what Airmiles actually cost per item...worth checking out.


http://www.r4nt.com/v4/article/74/

I too was saving airmiles for flights but by the time taxes were added to Westjet it cost the same as a whole flight out of Detroit!! So I felt I would have been wasting my airmiles.

I just bought 2 Universal Studios tickets for 1380 points. They are 2-park
7 day tickets...at least now I have used my points for my trip:)
 
The only reason we got the Gold Mosaik was for the flights and now they have cancelled the program...just great! We were saving up to use them this Xmas to go away. I will also call and complain.

We booked our flight for Dec 7th to 15th the begining of Feb and at the time there were only 6 airmiles seats left we tried to go last april and waited till sept to book and all the seats were gone we had her do a search for 6 months from that date and she still couldn't find 4 seats for us to orlando
there are very few 1600/1400 seats on west jets flights
so I would book now if there are any seats left
I belive the booking agent said the can book up to 300 days out and to book ASAP to the 300 days as possible
 
so is this right? i suck at math!

7 day base child wdw is 1745 miles. undercover tourist its $196.93cad so thats 8.8 a point

7 day base adult wdw us 2170 miles. undercover tourist is $233.96cad so thats 9.2 a point

compared to best western gift cards $150 for 1050 so thats 7 a point

or alamo gift cards $100 for 625 so thats 6.25 a point

so the alamo card is the best deal, then best western then child pass then adult or is it the other way around?

i really an university educated, i just admittedly suck at math!
:lmao:
 
maybe I figure it differently....

7 day child - 1745 miles - 196.93 - $.11
7 day adult - 2170 - 233.96 - $.107
Best Western - 1050 - 150.00 - $.14
Alamo - 625 - 100.00 - $.16

I did Price divided by Points and your best value is where the $perPoint is highest, so best value is alamo, the best western, then child, then adult.

Someone correct me if I am seeing this wrong....
 

maybe I figure it differently....

7 day child - 1745 miles - 196.93 - $.11
7 day adult - 2170 - 233.96 - $.107
Best Western - 1050 - 150.00 - $.14
Alamo - 625 - 100.00 - $.16

I did Price divided by Points and your best value is where the $perPoint is highest, so best value is alamo, the best western, then child, then adult.

Someone correct me if I am seeing this wrong....
you put the numbers in backwards
it cost you 1745 miles for a ticket that was $196.93 so to see how much it cost you per point you divide the points by the cost so 1745/196.93 so cost per point was $8.96
the value per point for the adult ticket is worst its over $9.27
I used mine for a flights on west jet a reg ticket is $866 (before taxes) I used 1400 air miles so the cost per airmile is $1.61
So I got a product worth $866 for less airmiles then you will for a childs ticket only worth $197
 
this is so confusing?

so_are_you's post was a good explanation, I thought.

~ miles divided by cost = dollar amount per point
~ the higher the dollar amount per point, the worse the value

Interestingly, I just received our gold members' Airmiles magazine and it does list both WestJet and BMO Mosaik as current partners.

HTH and have a great day, ado :wizard:

The magazine has gotten me thinking about building our Airmiles back up for flights to France though. We spent a lot of Airmiles lately for gifts. :thumbsup2
 
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you put the numbers in backwards
it cost you 1745 miles for a ticket that was $196.93 so to see how much it cost you per point you divide the points by the cost so 1745/196.93 so cost per point was $8.96
the value per point for the adult ticket is worst its over $9.27
I used mine for a flights on west jet a reg ticket is $866 (before taxes) I used 1400 air miles so the cost per airmile is $1.61
So I got a product worth $866 for less airmiles then you will for a childs ticket only worth $197

so i was right on track?:confused3
 
so i was right on track?:confused3



you were close but you did it backwards is all
you had
$196.93/1745=0.11
it should have been done
1745/196.93= $8.96

another example is
for us to fly to Orlando it is
1400 air miles or $866 on west jet so the cost per airmile is $1.61
the cost for us to fly to Vancouver Island is $758 on air canada or 720 airmiles (with the 20% off with master card)
so the cost per mile is $0.94
so the better value for us is to use the airmiles for flights to vancouver island then even Orlando
 
you were close but you did it backwards is all
you had
$196.93/1745=0.11
it should have been done
1745/196.93= $8.96

another example is
for us to fly to Orlando it is
1400 air miles or $866 on west jet so the cost per airmile is $1.61
the cost for us to fly to Vancouver Island is $758 on air canada or 720 airmiles (with the 20% off with master card)
so the cost per mile is $0.94
so the better value for us is to use the airmiles for flights to vancouver island then even Orlando


thats what i had. it was charm that had it backwards! no worries. all figured out now.:hug:
 
so is this right? i suck at math!

7 day base child wdw is 1745 miles. undercover tourist its $196.93cad so thats 8.8 a point

7 day base adult wdw us 2170 miles. undercover tourist is $233.96cad so thats 9.2 a point

compared to best western gift cards $150 for 1050 so thats 7 a point

or alamo gift cards $100 for 625 so thats 6.25 a point

so the alamo card is the best deal, then best western then child pass then adult or is it the other way around?

i really an university educated, i just admittedly suck at math!
:lmao:


this is me!
 
not sure if this is everywhere but our A&P has buy 5 boxes of Quaker Granola bars, get 20 bonus air miles, and they're 5/$10, which is not bad. If you collect Aeroplan miles, you can get the Quaker boxes w/ the orange Aeroplan bonus miles code and double dip. Not a bad deal.
 
Has anyone ordered the National car rental $100 off Gift cert lately? I am wondering if the expiry date has changed. I had heard that the date was oct 31, which is not good for me I need December.. what do you think I should order it so I can apply it to my ressie? Right no I have $173 for 9 days and I would love to have it $73!!!
Thanks for the good advice everyone I am looking forward to using my AM for this!
 
Has anyone ordered the National car rental $100 off Gift cert lately? I am wondering if the expiry date has changed. I had heard that the date was oct 31, which is not good for me I need December.. what do you think I should order it so I can apply it to my ressie? Right no I have $173 for 9 days and I would love to have it $73!!!
Thanks for the good advice everyone I am looking forward to using my AM for this!

thats a great rate for december. when are your dates? we are renting a car dec 20 to jan 2 and paying 400 cad with alamo. need a full size suv though.
 
My dates are Dec 6-15 and I booked EA with a back up ressie for a mini van.. the last 2 trips we have got a van off the EA so I am not worried at all
I used code 8572967
 
whats ea?

Emerald Aisle.. You are promised an intermediate car but many many times they have larger ones on the Aisle. it is free to join and you just walk out to the garage and pick your car and go.
 
How I figure out the best deal now is I know I can get $20 Gift Certificate for groceries (something we all need always) at A&P with 140 Air Miles. Therefore each of my Points is worth 0.1428 or ~14cents ($20/140)
I get the same value with a $25 GC for PharmaPlus.
I get a bit better value with Reitman's Clothing Gift Certificate.
All these GCertificates/GCards come very quickly in the mail too.

In this case I can capitalize on any sales these places may have too so I'm not having to get overpriced things I may not want. And I do earn AirMiles again when I shop there. So can take advantage of any Bonus AirMile deals too.

DearDaisyinDurham's suggestion for the Granola Bars deal at A&P was a great use of my Gift Cards there. I also had done this & earned lots more AirMiles along with more B1G1 coupons from the Granola Bar Packages. That was fun.

So I figure out any other possible AirMiles rewards by multiplying the Points Cost x my 14cent value. Then I can see how much it's really costing me. Remember to include any Sales Taxes or S&H too, if necessary for your comparison of $ out-of-pocket versus AirMiles Redemption.

So far everytime for me groceries have won out as the smart way to spend the $ and then use all the other saving tips here for good Disney/Universal flights, admission tix, hotel deals.
 
How I figure out the best deal now is I know I can get $20 Gift Certificate for groceries (something we all need always) at A&P with 140 Air Miles. Therefore each of my Points is worth 0.1428 or ~14cents ($20/140)
I get the same value with a $25 GC for PharmaPlus.
I get a bit better value with Reitman's Clothing Gift Certificate.
All these GCertificates/GCards come very quickly in the mail too.

In this case I can capitalize on any sales these places may have too so I'm not having to get overpriced things I may not want. And I do earn AirMiles again when I shop there. So can take advantage of any Bonus AirMile deals too.

DearDaisyinDurham's suggestion for the Granola Bars deal at A&P was a great use of my Gift Cards there. I also had done this & earned lots more AirMiles along with more B1G1 coupons from the Granola Bar Packages. That was fun.

So I figure out any other possible AirMiles rewards by multiplying the Points Cost x my 14cent value. Then I can see how much it's really costing me. Remember to include any Sales Taxes or S&H too, if necessary for your comparison of $ out-of-pocket versus AirMiles Redemption.

So far everytime for me groceries have won out as the smart way to spend the $ and then use all the other saving tips here for good Disney/Universal flights, admission tix, hotel deals.

No, you are doing it backwards too
you want to see how many points per dollar it cost you not the other way around
so its costing you 7 points per dollar value you are getting back not good value at all

the formula is
140/20
not 20/140
so you want it to cost you as few points per dollar as possible

miles divided by cost = dollar amount per point
the higher the dollar amount per point, the worse the value
 

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