Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Donald - my hero]

How dorky am I that i LOVE Wednesdays because it's time to update the flyer links I think i need to get out of the house more

Here's the links not provided by Mel

Early Blurry Rexall Flyer
Once again, "beauty Thursday" Wonder if they've worked the kinks out of this annoying offer They've even added the wording "every Thursday"
New survey coupon for $5.00 off when you spend $25. Remember this is a YMMV type thing
$5.00 coupon Valid till June 4th

Urban Fresh Flyer
Sobey's Western Flyer
Sobey's Atlantic Flyer
Foodland Atlantic Flyer

 

[elaine amj]

My DD is going to love all the bacon. We almost never buy real bacon (if anything, it is turkey bacon) and now I am planning bacon AND chicken wings?!

 

[bgula]

Here are the USD values of the currently listed DW airmiles tickets quoted at guest services Disney Springs this morning:

5 day Canadian $315.35
7 day Canadian $332.60
7 day flex $469.67

Confirmed flex ticket twice and all prices after tax.

That's disappointing considering the last quote we had on this thread was that the current Flex tickets were worth $521US. $469 is a lot less. Wonder why the difference?

 

[elaine amj]

That's disappointing considering the last quote we had on this thread was that the current Flex tickets were worth $521US. $469 is a lot less. Wonder why the difference?

Wait a second....we don't get price bridging on airmiles tickets? $469 vs the expected $521 is quite a bit of money. I plan to upgrade my 7 day flex to APs

 

[bgula]

I know - I was going to get some and also upgrade to AP and had figured on at least $521.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Here are the USD values of the currently listed DW airmiles tickets quoted at guest services Disney Springs this morning:

5 day Canadian $315.35
7 day Canadian $332.60
7 day flex $469.67

Confirmed flex ticket twice and all prices after tax.

I think that the price for the 7 day flex ticket above is actually the price of the 7 day base ticket without the Canadian discount because the price quoted is too low. A 7 day base ticket on the WDW website with a start date of November 25, 2019 is $469.10 + $32.25 tax = $528.35.
I asked on the Dis sticky ticket post maintained by Robo on the Theme Park thread about flex ticket pricing (because we too are thinking of upgrading) and he said to get the best idea of the flex ticket pricing to go to this link https://www.undercovertourist.com/orlando/walt-disney-world-resort/. He said that the WDW online prices are about $25 less than posted UT WDW gate price. When I check the UT site, the WDW gate price of the 7 day base flex date ticket is $550.36 + tax, so that should make the ticket approximately $525 + tax. UT indicates that the WDW gate price of a 7 day base ticket (with start date selected) starts at $397.52 + tax, or approximately $352 + tax. If I remember correctly, it was about $150 extra per ticket to have the flex date option which would be in line with UT ticket prices than those that were quoted by GS. I cannot imagine that WDW would be selling flex tickets for less than the cost of base tickets.

 

[bgula]

I think that the price for the 7 day flex ticket above is actually the price of the 7 day base ticket without the Canadian discount because the price quoted is too low. A 7 day base ticket on the WDW website with a start date of November 25, 2019 is $469.10 + $32.25 tax = $528.35.
I asked on the Dis sticky ticket post maintained by Robo on the Theme Park thread about flex ticket pricing (because we too are thinking of upgrading) and he said to get the best idea of the flex ticket pricing to go to this link https://www.undercovertourist.com/orlando/walt-disney-world-resort/. He said that the WDW online prices are about $25 less than posted UT WDW gate price. When I check the UT site, the WDW gate price of the 7 day base flex date ticket is $550.36 + tax, so that should make the ticket approximately $525 + tax. UT indicates that the WDW gate price of a 7 day base ticket (with start date selected) starts at $397.52 + tax, or approximately $352 + tax. If I remember correctly, it was about $150 extra per ticket to have the flex date option which would be in line with UT ticket prices than those that were quoted by GS. I cannot imagine that WDW would be selling flex tickets for less than the cost of base tickets.

Okay, I'm starting to get confused. The current online price for a 7-day base flex ticket is $627.29 US. However, I'm of the understanding that the current AM Flex tickets are old stock before the price increase and that they are worth ~$521 US. I'm thinking of getting these before they're gone as they are less AM than what we'll be paying when the new stock comes in.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Okay, I'm starting to get confused. The current online price for a 7-day base flex ticket is $627.29 US. However, I'm of the understanding that the current AM Flex tickets are old stock before the price increase and that they are worth ~$521 US. I'm thinking of getting these before they're gone as they are less AM than what we'll be paying when the new stock comes in.

Can I ask how you found the flex price online. I searched everywhere on the website and then ended up posting on the Ticket thread that Robo maintains and he directed me to Undercover Tourist's site.

 

[bgula]

Just got to tickets on the Disney website, choose 1 park per day, then the number of days. It will give you the price for a regular base ticket. After that, you add the flex option. Depending on the time of year, that value fluctuates, but the price ends up the same always - $627.29. Hope this helps.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Just got to tickets on the Disney website, choose 1 park per day, then the number of days. It will give you the price for a regular base ticket. After that, you add the flex option. Depending on the time of year, that value fluctuates, but the price ends up the same always - $627.29. Hope this helps.

Thank you, I just didn't go far enough after selecting the 7 day base ticket...my guess is that the 7 day base flex ticket is based on the most expensive time to visit WDW (aka Christmas). I think that if you get the 7 day base flex ticket from AM and use it your first day, and then upgrade to an AP (which is what we are going to do), you should get the price of $627.29. That makes the AP even more affordable...

The 7 day WDW base flex ticket = 6400 AM = 6400/95*$10=$673.68 CDN

 

[bababear_50]

Shopping Lists Ready?
My store opens at 8:00 am.
My Offer is spend $150 get 65 airmiles
coupon is spend $100 get 100 airmiles

Went to Rexall to pick up a prescription today (sinus infection) and mentioned to the lovely cashiers that this *Beauty Thursday* isn't going to work because it's way toooooooooooo uncertain for the consumer NOT knowing what does and doesn't qualify for the promotion. They said they would pass along my thoughts. I almost bought some ginger ale (always makes me feel better) until I thought wait!!! wait!!! wait!!--Blue Friday Mini cans of pop---PHEW a close call.


Hugs
Mel

 

[damo]

Am I the only one that can't find enough at the Blue Friday to make it worthwhile?

 

[hdrolfe]

Am I the only one that can't find enough at the Blue Friday to make it worthwhile?

I don't think I'll be going. I don't want to spend $100. The only thing I'd like is bacon but honestly, 5 packs is too much (even though it freezes well). We'll see!

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Am I the only one that can't find enough at the Blue Friday to make it worthwhile?

Me...I found the quantities needed to be too much for the 2 of us...looks like No Frills will get my money this week.

 

[bababear_50]

I will be shopping at Foodland Blue Friday:
I have to agree the quantities required for this Blue Friday are high.
Airmiles might already know this as I found it unusual that they sent me a *Blue Friday* email reminder tonight.

I guess I am lucky that I actually need a few of the products and the price is half decent.
Hugs
Mel

 

[Donald - my hero]

Guess we're on the other side of the coin for Blue Friday, we ARE going and both pretty stoked about it (see above post where i mention we need to get out more ) I wasn't overly excited by much but hubby looked at the entire flyer and made several comments that make sense for OUR family. We will be buying several things not included in the big bonus but still clean up

• Loaded offer of spend $60 get 30 AM
• 2 packages of whatever buns they have left (doesn't matter gonna chop them up anyway) 2/$5 get 20
• Hubby wants the pineapple price?? 5 AM
• Mini wheats - good price for big box $4.44 loaded offer of 8AM
• Toilet paper 30 rolls for $11 is MUCH cheaper than we buy when we think it's on sale!
• mini croissants (why not right?!) $3.49 buy 2 get 15 AM
• Maybe cinnamon buns (hubby not me BLETCH) $4.99 get 10 AM
• Gatorade - IF they have the type i need to keep on hand for BP issues --$3.99 buy 4 get 50 AM
• Blue cheese (i LOVE this since it is one of the only strongly flavoured food i can eat!)$5 buy 2 get 20 AM
• Imodium - depends on price only says 15% off buy 2 get 15 AM AND it's on Checkout 51 get $2.00 back
• Soft soap -- depends on the "flavour" $6.99 buy 2 get 15 AM
• Dish soap good price for what i use $1.99
• Apple drinking boxes (hey don't judge, that's what hubby takes in his lunch, HONEST!) loaded offer 4 AM

IF they have all of the above items in stock around 7 tomorrow night (only a couple are actually BF items) we should make our loaded threshold, not sure about the $100 but who knows, might be tempted to toss in a few more items if we come close! I'm still working off 2 of the Urban Fresh gift cards from promos so no money to spend either! Should get a fair number of miles as well.

***Side note, don't forget the Duck shops at Metro and thinks anything more than 40 miles a trip is CRAZY good return

 

[Silvermist999]

I’ve been waiting for this Blue Friday to use that $150 Sobeys GC I bought for MegaMiles. My loaded offer is $125 get 60 AM, so it will work out nicely. I agree that the offers aren’t as great but there are a number of things we normally buy, just hope they are in stock tomorrow.

 

[montrealdisneylovers]

Question for all you pros. If I have an offer (I think) which is spend $100 get 100 airmiles, can I get that in addition to the blue Friday spend $100 get 100 airmiles? Or does everyone get that because it’s Blue Friday?

 

[Donald - my hero]

Question for all you pros. If I have an offer (I think) which is spend $100 get 100 airmiles, can I get that in addition to the blue Friday spend $100 get 100 airmiles? Or does everyone get that because it’s Blue Friday?

My understanding is that the offers which are in your Loaded/Targeted offers will stack with the flyer offer (you will need to actually use the coupon BTW). I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they had such a great threshold offer before, but AM is constantly surprising me!
This is what my loaded offer looks like

 

[montrealdisneylovers]

Thank you @Donald-my hero. I think I understand now. I went to the get rewards tab and the Foodland one was showing which I loaded on my card. Upon looking closer, it has the same code as the flyer. The “loaded offer” you guys are talking about are offers you receive by email. I have seen some in the past. I didn’t get any this time around