Share Your Rewards Toward Disney: Week of 9/3/17-9/9/17

[Eighty8Keys]

I didn't do much until the end of this week:

Friday

• Used an Amex offer for a $20 statement credit when spending $100+ at Walmart Grocery. First time trying Walmart Grocery store pickup and it was amazing. I was also able to use a code for $10 off my first order. I decided to treat the $20 statement credit as "Disney" money and the $10 off code as grocery savings. I paid with my Amex Blue Cash Preferred card and am curious about whether it will code as a grocery store for 6% cashback. I know purchases at Walmart typically do not, but purchases from Walmart Neighborhood Markets do. My pending transaction shows the category as "Merchandise & Supplies - Groceries," which is the same category as Safeway. If it does post with the 6% cashback, I'll just consider it a bonus.

Saturday

• Earned $3.00 in rebates with iBotta at Safeway for groceries I couldn't get at Walmart. Total iBotta earnings = $99.86.
• Purchased a $145 Disney gift card at Best Buy using:
  • $5.00 Best Buy reward certificate,
  • 3 x $15 = $45 in Best Buy promotional savings codes earned from purchasing 3 x $150 Best Buy gift cards in August,
  • $75 Best Buy gift card that I purchased last week from Safeway for $67.50 (and then redeemed enough Amex cash rewards to wipe away that purchase),
  • $20 charged to my Amex Blue Cash Preferred card (which will be offset by the Amex credit from my Friday Walmart purchase),
  • 2% cashback from iBotta is pending from scanning the QR code at the Best Buy register.

It looks like I have enough accumulated in Disney gift cards, credit card bonuses/points/travel credits, Disney rewards dollars, and checking account bonuses to cover my January 2018 trip in full. But if a good deal comes along, it's never to early to start saving for the next trip!

 

[Andrea1975]

Awesome! I really like Ibotta. I don't create my shopping lists around it, but I'm pretty happy with the earnings I get from it! I've found using them for certain online/app purchases has been great, especially Poshmark and Amazon.

Have fun! Earn big!

Tomorrow will be my first grocery shopping trip so we'll see how it goes. I had the option for quite a few "no brand" rebates for at least this first trip, plus the $10 sign up bonus so at least this first round should be great!

 

[scard192]

Thursday

• received my $40 Disney Gift Card for doing a telephone DVC Tour

• completed $30 worth of surveys this week

 

[Lvsdisney]

I'm a day late!

Nothing too crazy this week, but as always, every little bit counts.

Thursday: $25 from SB deposited to Paypal: New PP balance $562.75