Share Your Rewards Toward Disney: Week of 08/13-8/19/17

[Marionnette]

I thought it might be fun to share our rewards and savings toward Disney each week. It could be anything from gas rewards to cash you added to your change jar. You can edit your post as the week progresses and we can start a new thread every Sunday. Anybody interested?

 

[Marionnette]

I'll start:
Monday

• received a $25 Target GC from Perk and will redeem for Disney GC

Tuesday

• purchased 3*$150 Best Buy GCs to redeem for a Disney GC, will get $45 in bonus BB GCs in September and earned CC rewards on the purchase
  
• purchased $20 Starbucks GC for $10 using Visa Checkout

Wednesday

• Received the security deposit back from our summer rental. $300 will be used to pay for 2 of the BB GCs when the bill comes.
• Cashed in my popcorn bucket that was overflowing with pennies. Coinstar doesn't charge a fee if you get an eGC. I chose a BB GC but somehow the machine malfunctioned and couldn't dispense an eGC. It gave me cash back with no fee instead. $34.21 goes into the Mickey Money treasure chest.
  
• Bought a $100 BB GC at Rite Aid and got 1600 Plenti Points (worth $16) plus CC rewards.

Thursday

• One of our vendors dropped off a Visa GC as a way of saying "Thank You for Being a Loyal Customer". It was only $25, but it was still a nice gesture. Used it at the grocery store to buy a $25 Disney GC.
• Exchanged 4*$25 Target GCs from Perk for a $100 Disney GC in-store.
• Redeemed 8,000 Kellogg's Family Rewards points for a $5 Target eGC. Received it immediately.
  
• Redeemed 2,500 kicks on Shopkick for a $10 Target eGC. Received it immediately.

Friday

• Took the $450 worth of BB GCs along with the $100 BB GC from Rite Aid and purchased $850 worth of D-GCs using my AmEx card. Got the email that I had used my "$30 off $300" offer before I left the store. Also scanned for Shopkicks and should get 3400, which is just shy of $15 in Target GCs.
• Went to Macy's and used my Plenti points (they've been adding up since Christmas) and purchased Dockers and a polo shirt for my husband's birthday present. Saved myself $46.
• Filled up my gas tank using fuel perks. Saved $13.50.
• Received a $25 Target GC from Perk.
• Received $25 PayPal from EarnHoney

Saturday

• Nothing to report today, although I may have rented out a DVC reservation. I have to wait for the renter to get back to me with the contract and the deposit.

 

[momma2ethan]

Monday
-purchased $20 Starbucks GC for $10 using Visa Checkout

Tuesday
-received $50 Walmart GC from SB, will use toward DGC at Sam's Club

Friday
-cashed out for $20 Walmart GC from SB to put towards DGC at Sam's

This will be my last cash out for our upcoming trip. Including the $20 that I'm waiting to post I'll have earned $520 in WM GC via SB towards our trip. Could've been a bit more but I cashed out for amazon around Christmas to use for gifts.

That's not counting the additional "free" money I've funneled into the trip. My goal each year is to earn/find enough free money to cover the cost of our flights and so far I've been able to do that for 3 trips. I hope to go a bit more hardcore with SB, saving change and $1 bills and possibly even doing a few side jobs here and there throughout the coming year so I can add another trip and go twice next year. I'm upgrading my ticket this time so I should be able to get a decent AP room discount and not having to buy my ticket will help that too.

SB has been good to me the past couple weeks so I'll hit the ground running as soon as we get back to put toward out next trip.

 

[Marionnette]

No one else wants to join in?

 

[Narnia_girl]

I'll join!

Sunday: Did two simple jobs for Field Agent, within the same store: Earned $13 for Disney Fund

Wednesday: two dimes added to my Dimes For Disney bottle

Thursday: cashed out Swagbucks for $25 Walmart GC which I will use at Sam's Club to buy Disney GC

Friday: cashed out Swagbucks for another $25 Walmart GC.
Did two jobs for Field Agent, within the same store. Earned $6 for Disney.

Saturday: cashed out Swagbucks for another $25 Walmart GC.

This has been a great week for me on Swagbucks; several big earnings all posted.

 

[disfanforlife]

I would like to join. I haven't found anything lately, but would like to. May I ask where you found the $150 best buy gift card deal?

 

[jjjones325]

I've got to pay my package off by 11/9, so today bought $500 worth of Disney eGC from Target and saved $25 using the Red Card.

 

[seeingstars]

Monday: Redeemed 2200 Swagbucks for a $25 Target GC to purchase a $25 Disney GC

Wednesday: Redeemed Shopkick points for $25 BBY GC which I used to purchase a $25 Disney GC

Friday: Used my Disney CC to purchase $450 BBY GC + $45 in bonus BBY GC that will arrive in September. I will cash in my Swagbucks to pay off the $450 CC bill so I will have spent nothing out of pocket for this transaction. Hoping to also get 1800 Shopkicks from this purchase which is enough for a $5 GC with some kicks left over.

Also redeemed a $100 gift card from an online panel I had done for a $100 Disney GC.

 

[Marionnette]

I would like to join. I haven't found anything lately, but would like to. May I ask where you found the $150 best buy gift card deal?

It was mentioned in the Disney Gift Card Deals thread and also on slickdeals.net. The offer expires 08/26/17 and the "bonus" BB eGCs will be delivered 9/5/17.
https://bestbuy.cashstar.com/

 

[fifthdimensiondweller]

I love this idea- I'll join!

We are currently saving for 3 trips: a 3 night Disney cruise next September, WDW in 2019 or early 2020, and DLR, hopefully Sept or Oct 2020. With such ambitious travel plans and a baby on the way, we NEED all the help we can get!! (A lot of these numbers are estimates, I'll look them up and edit with exact numbers in a little)

Thursday

• Nothing to report for today, but since it's my first post I'll say what I have so far:
• $29.10 in Discover Cashback (will use to purchase Rainforrest Cafe GC most likely to save for a future trip)
• $83.63 in Amex Cashback
• $100.15 in Disney Visa Rewards
• $26.04 in Chase Freedom Rewards
• 75,000 Barclay Miles (For a future Disneyland trip)
• $35 in cash (change found, deposit change any time we break a dollar) (This will go toward Remy on our Disney Cruise next September)
• $3.53 in Amazon visa rewards (will use to buy something we need at some point and take the cash we would have spent on that item and put it in the Disney fund or purchase something we need for the trip)
• Like $3 on my husband's oldest visa. We don't use it but once a month to make sure it stays open since it's his oldest cc. We can redeem at any amount, so we'll probably just buy something with it that we need for one of the trips.
• Checkout 51: $7.50 in account
• Ibotta: $16.30 in account (might redeem this for an Amazon gift card rather than cash so that I can use it for Christmas gifts), haven't decided yet!
• $2 CVS Extrabucks (I'll use this to buy toothpaste or another household essential or something sweet to put in dh's stocking at Christmas, so it won't go directly to Disney, but I count it since it's money that will be saved on something I would have bought anyways and can now go to Disney!)

 

[justlook3]

This is a fun idea, here's what I got this week, I've been a little slow going this month because I have other things going on and have only been doing my first goal on Swagbucks, etc.
Sun: $5 from S'more (this is an ad app for Android, it's very passive and slow but the ads are annoying and I cashed out and deleted)
Mon: $3 from a Survey I did with Smart Panel
Today: $5 Amazon Gift Card from Bing/Microsoft Rewards
I hope we continue to keep this going, it's fun to share ideas and help keep track

 

[momto4obkids]

I'll join in!

Monday: $25 Best Buy Gift card from Swagbucks

Tuesday: $20 Starbucks gift card for $10 with visa checkout.
$46.21 earned on our Disney Visa rewards

Wednesday: $5 reward certificate from best buy

Thursday: $0 so far today, we've been trying to get our daughters LuLaRoe stuff ready for her launch party Friday.

Friday: Will probably be a big $0 also, since I'll still be cleaning and getting her Lula Room ready. Being a helpful parent is getting in the way of my rewards.

 

[DisneyMandC]

Oh I want to join in! I'm in a slow earning period right now because I'm swamped with work, but I saved over $100 on my recent short trip to Disney (3 days/2 nights) through a combination of Swagbucks, Bing Rewards, and Target Redcard!

 

[kristenrice]

LOVE this idea! I'm saving for TWO Disney trips right now. First up is my "solo" trip in October with one of my friends. I can *only* use my plasma money (currently deferred until Sept 12) ShopKicks and SwagBucks towards this trip. The second trip is NEXT October with my 2 daughters, and I am saving Target FWP, Best Buy rewards, eBates, soda can refunds, and CC points/cashback towards that trip. When I get back from the first trip, SwagBucks and plasma money will start going toward next year's trip. I try to pay for as much as I can with gift cards and I do NOT buy gift cards unless I have leftover cash that I've earned for "free". This makes it easy to show how much I actually spend OOP on my vacations. Anything I pay for with a gift card is a freebie.

Right now, I have 3,027 SB, NOT including the 4,400 that I plan to redeem on Sept 1 and Oct 1 for $25 BB gift cards. I have a "cash" budget of $200, a Disney GC budget of $500 and I'd also like $45 in Amazon GC's to cover our grocery order. I am $55 short on Disney GC's, $10 short in Amazon GC's and $110 short in cash. Hopefully, I can get 2 weeks of 2 successful plasma donations because that would be $140 in cash right there. It will be tough because once I am eligible again, I will only have 4 weeks until I leave. I'm trying to be very diligent with my SB's, but between DH, myself and the kids (14 and 11), our data streaming at home has pushed our limit for the past 3 months. We haven't gone over, but I have cut WAY back on my nCraves and videos. My DH has gotten hooked on the SB's too so he plays the videos and I just accept the 10% in referral earnings that I get from him.

Here's my week so far...

Monday
Had to work...earned a whopping 69 SB

Tuesday
Earned 284 SB and made both goals

Wednesday
Earned 229 SB and made both goals

Thursday
Earned 312 SB and made both goals
Took advantage of the ProActiv offer for my daughter...3,000 SB pending until 9/17
**This means I am now only $25 short of my Disney Gift Card goal!**

Friday
Amazing! I got credit for 30 coupons from yesterday (30 SB) and earned a 10 SB for the Tripping offer...still working towards my 105 SB first goal...AND...I made it! I went to bed but brought my tablet and completed 2 surveys. So today, I totaled 124 SB.

Saturday
After dinner, I decided to try a few surveys since my goal for today was only 84. I was able to complete TWO (plus a few disqualifications) so I made 124 SB again today.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday...I have to work so I am not holding out a lot of hope for big earnings this weekend.

My TOTAL for the week (not including anything pending) is 1,284 SB

 

[Ava]

I would love to join in on this! I used to keep a spreadsheet when I was hardcore GC churning but since I stopped that I haven't really been keeping track of all my rewards redemptions & miscellaneous savings.

We leave for WDW in 10 days so I'm not doing a lot of rewards earning right now, but I will definitely jump in when we get back and I start saving for the next one! I want to do Disneyland in 2019 and pay for as much of it with "free money" as possible.

 

[Marionnette]

Have a great trip @Ava !

I'm going in the fall, so I'm making a big push to get as many D-GCs as possible. I want to be able to do F&W without any thoughts to what it's costing me!

 

[disfanforlife]

It was mentioned in the Disney Gift Card Deals thread and also on slickdeals.net. The offer expires 08/26/17 and the "bonus" BB eGCs will be delivered 9/5/17.
https://bestbuy.cashstar.com/

Great! Thank you. I haven't been following the board as much as I used to as I work a lot in the summer. But, I do have a trip coming up in November so I will get the Best Buy gift cards and convert to disney.

 

[kristenrice]

Have a great trip @Ava !

I'm going in the fall, so I'm making a big push to get as many D-GCs as possible. I want to be able to do F&W without any thoughts to what it's costing me!

Me too! Hence the $500 Disney gift card goal for my budget. That is for JUST me for 5 days.

 

[hsmamato2]

AHHH I should remember to turn my shopkick app on once in a while!!! The best I've got so far is a $200 cashback credit from my latest cc (obviously disney money lol) and 10X points from buying Walmart gc's using Chasepay (going to turn those 10x back into travel points to transfer over to SWA for next Dis trip,I need more for that) Oh, some free nights thru my IHG cc, but I won't use those till next year sometime (probably disney) and about $150 cashback for buying a fridge thru a shopping portal (vacation fund money!) Oh, I also bought some SPG points on sale, so another $18 to vacay fund from a portal for that)

 

[Diasmom]

I'd like to join. We're going in October and have been redeeming a little here and there. I just redeemed $60 in Ibotta for Best Buy but for a solar telescope for my husband. I did just redeem $199.20 of Disney rewards for a gift card at Mall of America. I'm holding on to some Shopkick points, Kellogg's Family Rewards, and about $25 in Check51. I'd love to learn how to earn more.