Overview? Hotwire/Connections/Lill Vernon

[jgates]

Can we do an overview for each of these three to see if any is a better value than the other?

Hotwire - $7.95 PER MONTH .

Gift Cards (?$25) 15 per year - 5% Rebate:
Babies''R''Us®
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
BLOCKBUSTER®
Borders Books & Music®
Brookstone
Cabela's®
Circuit City®
Foot Locker
Hollywood Video
JCPenney®
K•B ToysTM
Kids''R''Us®
Kmart®
Lillian Vernon®
Macy's
Orvis®
Sam Goody®
Media Play
Suncoast®
Target®
The Sports Authority
Toys''R''Us®
Waldenbooks®

**KidsRUs, ToysRUs, BabiesRUs are interchangeable. You may order the max for each type and use at any of thre three.

Restaurant Gift Cards (?$10) 15 per year - 2% (corrected 11/28) rebate
Bahama Breeze®
Bennigan's Irish American Grill & Tavern
Chuck E. Cheese's
Hard Rock Cafe
Olive Garden®
Outback Steakhouse
Planet Hollywood
Red Lobster®
Smokey Bones® BBQ & Sports Bar
Steak and Ale®
T.G.I.Friday's®

**BahamaBreeze/Red Lobster/Olive Garden may be used interchangeably - you may order the max for each type and use at any of the three.

Meal Vouchers:
Quick&Casual 11.75
Lunch 30.50
Adult Brkf 17.75
Kids Brkf 11.00

Park Hopper Plus Tickets:
4 day A=197.47 C=158.17
5 Day A=236.76 C=188.84
6 Day A=265.51 C=212.80
7 Day A=294.27 C=236.76

Movie Tickets
$4.50 each - Max 10 per order/100 per year
AMC® Theatres
Cinemark®
Crown Theatres®
Loews / Cineplex Odeon / Magic Johnson®/Star Theatres
National Amusements®/Multiplex®
Regal Entertainment(Regal, Edwards & United Artists Theatres)

Current sign-up links - through MyPoints

Connections:

Lillian Vernon:

If anyone would like to PM me the information, I will update it Monday night so we have all 3 of them together - also some basics on the meal vouchers- I haven't had them since last year. If there are other versions of this, please let me know also - I know there are lots of trial offers I see thru my rewards program that might be close but I don't try them! Or post it below and I will edit mine and bring it up to the top.

If we can get this comprehensive enough, maybe they will anchor it.

 

[Hulabaloo]

Just a note that all of the "R US" gift cerificates are interchangable, ie you no longer have an infant and don't shop at kids r us( Thats us ), then you can purchase the babies r us and kids r us gift certificates and use them at Toys R us!

and same concept for the restaraunts, atleast olive garden, bahama breeze, red lobster and smokey bones! IE We don't have a smokey bones near us, don't care for seafood and no bahama breeze near us either (3 in orlando), you can purchase a total of 60 (15 for each rest, to use at olive garden).

Now here is my question, is it calender year or enrollment year? ie I have bought 10 target giftcards and I have the ability to buy 5 more, will I be able to buy 15 more beggining Jan 1????

 

[castleri]

Don't want to seem too picky but I think the discount (rebate) on $10 restaurant cards is $2 or 20% and on the $25 gift cards $5 or 20%, They also have a 4 day PHP pass at $197.47 Adult and $158.17 child. I would also like to know when the year starts and stops. Some restaurant cards have expiration dates so be careful about ordering too far in advance of a trip.

 

[jann1033]

sorry but are you thinking of comparing the 3? if so good idea but maybe add customer service since some have had problems with connections and hotwire has been A+++ for me. do not know about LV. if the costs are the same, some (like me) might want to compare the "frustration ratio" of dealing with them if the need arises.

and maybe what you get to join (like free first month, $10 back with HW) since if some only want to join for the trial that may be important

 

[jgates]

OK guys - I did some updating and we still need info on the other programs!!!!