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UR redemption question/advice.

Friends of ours may be joining us last minute on our January Orlando trip. I have a good stash of URs (around 400k with an additional 85k pending). Should I offer to use my URs for their room (it will save them a lot as well) and have them pay me the cash equivalent? This way I could "cash out" URs at 1.5x and help offset some of the cost of our cruise next year that I'm not able to use URs on? I know some redemptions like Hyatt and airfare can get better than 1.5x but 1.5x is probably the best I get on average most of the time.

What do you guys think?
I would do it. Everybody wins in this scenario. Of course if I had that many UR points, I would be looking for a trip out of the country. But that's just me.
 
Thank you for sharing! I will definitely stack it as well. :thumbsup2

For those with 2+ coupons, I am pretty sure you can use them online and then use the same coupon in-store. It has worked this way in past years. Guess we will have to wait for some DPs to confirm for 2019!
I definitely did that last year, not sure if I need anything online this year. I make sure to use in store first, then try it. I take a pic of the code before I take it to the store.
 
AmEx business offers for FedEx -

I got 10% back offers on Shipping, on Freight, and on Office. Each is capped at $800 and expire 2/29/2020.

Aaannnd I accidentally added the Shipping offer to the BBP :headache: I was going to add it to the AmEx Bonblah Biz for the category bonus and throw a little spend on the card and stupidly hit the button while scrolling. Oh well, I fortunately only send a couple packages FedEx so it's not a terrible loss.
 


Baby Yoda is the only thing i am remotely interested in from the Mandalorian. I just find the show itself kind of boring. I do enjoy some of the other Disney+ shows and I'm looking forward to some others. Overall, it's not something I could just watch all day. I don't have time for that anyways!
We are enjoying the Mandalorian, but DH and DD are big star wars junkies, so its not surprising. We are enjoying having a whole selection of family friendly movies to choose from on family movie night. Even if we only watch the Mandalorian and one movie a week, its still a decent deal. We often find that we pay for movies on Prime to find something that all of us want to watch, so this is better than having to spend $4 a week on a movie.

AmEx business offers for FedEx -

I got 10% back offers on Shipping, on Freight, and on Office. Each is capped at $800 and expire 2/29/2020.

Aaannnd I accidentally added the Shipping offer to the BBP :headache: I was going to add it to the AmEx Bonblah Biz for the category bonus and throw a little spend on the card and stupidly hit the button while scrolling. Oh well, I fortunately only send a couple packages FedEx so it's not a terrible loss.

I hate it when that happens. Need to talk myself down by saying that it isn't that important that I missed out on $5 of savings or whatever it is - usually not enough to make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. Does bug me though :) .
 
UR redemption question/advice.

Friends of ours may be joining us last minute on our January Orlando trip. I have a good stash of URs (around 400k with an additional 85k pending). Should I offer to use my URs for their room (it will save them a lot as well) and have them pay me the cash equivalent? This way I could "cash out" URs at 1.5x and help offset some of the cost of our cruise next year that I'm not able to use URs on? I know some redemptions like Hyatt and airfare can get better than 1.5x but 1.5x is probably the best I get on average most of the time.

What do you guys think?
I have done this with my sister and my father on multiple trips over the past few years. They paid me back at whatever the room would have cost them less a minor discount that they were pleased with. People seem to have differing opinions on this (and I actually had some folks in one group accuse me of taking advantage of my family by doing this). But it is absolutely ok to do that if your friends are ok with it!
 
Anyone else have a posting delay with AmEx MR point offers? I used the Amazon spend $75 get 1500 MR points, and I got the email it triggered and it showed as redeemed in the app, but it's been 3 weeks and no MR points. I am getting the extra points offers posted, like the 2x Staples. Statement credit offers are posting like clockwork. Just doesn't seem to like that Amazon one.
 


We got back from our weekend trip to Disneyland without kids and our road trip to Canada with kids. Got all of my BJ's credits (3x) and all of my cards were activated so that was some easy bonus Disney money. I had grand plans of getting Disney gift cards while in Canada because the exchange rate would have made it an easy 25% off but thanks to some peeps on the GC thread they pointed out the error of my ways (sounds like a really good plan though, right?) .

Thoughts on Disneyland: We booked a quick trip using 2 free night certs and SW points w/ CP. We stayed at the Courtyard Anaheim and it was a clean and easy place. It's no Grand Floridian but to me thats one of the major differences in DL vs WDW. DL is much less 'resorty' for most of the lodgings except for probably the Grand Cali which I will never splurge the points or cash to stay at. Anyhow, Marriott was a quick 10-12 minute walk to the parks. I would stay again. Do bring earplugs--the walls are pretty thin and you can hear everything going on in the room next to you. As for DL itself we had an amazing time. 3 hardcore park days and I feel like I accomplished everything I wanted to do. MaxPass is amazing and is FAR FAR FAR superior to FP+. It is so much work trying to anticipate the needs of a party of 7-10 people 60 days in advance for WDW. Being able to do it same day, in the moment, after evaluating what everybody is feeling up to is so much easier. We discovered the Carthay Circle Lounge and it was our most favorite place in the world. They have great ( $$$) drinks and it is totally worth the wait to get in. Also, Guardians of the Galaxy is the most fun ride ever.

That is all.
 
Just had our a/c guy here because we had an error code on the central control panel. System is out of freon (coil is shot). The unit is no longer being made and parts aren't available. A new unit is going to be $6,500.00 :headache::guilty::scared:. There is no way I'm going to live in S. Florida w/o a/c. This sucks. This is the unit (we have 4 a/c units) that cools the "main" living areas of the house -- living, dining and family rooms, den and kitchen, so no way can I can live without. Boooo :(
 
Anyone else have a posting delay with AmEx MR point offers? I used the Amazon spend $75 get 1500 MR points, and I got the email it triggered and it showed as redeemed in the app, but it's been 3 weeks and no MR points. I am getting the extra points offers posted, like the 2x Staples. Statement credit offers are posting like clockwork. Just doesn't seem to like that Amazon one.
Yep, I have several offers that haven't credited, including the BB offer that posted 10 days ago or so for me.
 
I have 2 20% off coupons :yay::yay::yay:!
I also have two.
I have 1 BILLION coupons!!
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Ok - I actually don't have any coupons...but I don't need any either. I just wanted to win the coupon war!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
 

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Maybe just try "Go to Target on Sunday and get a gift card for $xxx.xx on your discover and I will take care of the rest"

Its what I use with my parents. :cool1:
Wait do they have to go into the store? Or can they get it online?
 
We are enjoying the Mandalorian, but DH and DD are big star wars junkies, so its not surprising. We are enjoying having a whole selection of family friendly movies to choose from on family movie night. Even if we only watch the Mandalorian and one movie a week, its still a decent deal. We often find that we pay for movies on Prime to find something that all of us want to watch, so this is better than having to spend $4 a week on a movie.
I like SW's but I'm no junkie. My dh and dd's are enjoying it more but they fall more in 'junkie' territory lol so that is no surprise. The movies are great and we also have been watching like one a week for a movie night. We own a ton of Disney movies, including old ones, on dvd so I was hoping some of the newer ones, like TS 4, Aladdin and LK would be on there. I'm torn on whether to buy those or hold off!
 
Thank you for sharing! I will definitely stack it as well. :thumbsup2

For those with 2+ coupons, I am pretty sure you can use them online and then use the same coupon in-store. It has worked this way in past years. Guess we will have to wait for some DPs to confirm for 2019!

Did anyone else get an offer from Cartwheel Circle today with a 20 off coupon starting today thru 12/14 for shopping on BF? I'm wondering if this is in addition to the coupons I received in person or if it is the same and is tied to my account? Just wondering if I have two or three now to spend.

I was wondering if they'd be able to be used online and in store also! I did this last year. We do most of our grocery shopping at Target so I love these coupons! Super excited for the 10% off giftcards too! I usually use my redcard for the 5%, so the extra 5% plus being able to put the spend toward my SW MSR is awesome! I'll probably make two trips and get two $300 gc's.
 
Anyone else have a posting delay with AmEx MR point offers? I used the Amazon spend $75 get 1500 MR points, and I got the email it triggered and it showed as redeemed in the app, but it's been 3 weeks and no MR points. I am getting the extra points offers posted, like the 2x Staples. Statement credit offers are posting like clockwork. Just doesn't seem to like that Amazon one.

Yes! It’s something I’ve noticed with my MR Amex Offers and I’ve seen mentioned on r/churning.

I completed a Best Buy offer on 11/6. MRs finally posted 11/29.

I did two Adorama offers on 11/21. MRs posted 12/2.

My statement credit offers are posting at the usual 2-4 days after the qualifying charge posts.
 
Yeah, I know what you mean. Once you start going south past Carmel, those roads get really winding. Several times my wife got such bad motion sickness from my driving that she had me pull over so we could switch positions. But even worse, when we were down in the area over the 4th of July this year, we hit about a mile long backup right before Bixby Bridge. The instagrammers are overrunning Big Sur.

The Insta posters are ruining so many good places. That must have been really annoying. We did not have that issue since we drove it around 11pm. We haven't been back since that trip - the guest house we stayed in burned down in the big fire a few years ago although the house was amazingly spared (although damaged).
 
Did anyone else get an offer from Cartwheel Circle today with a 20 off coupon starting today thru 12/14 for shopping on BF? I'm wondering if this is in addition to the coupons I received in person or if it is the same and is tied to my account? Just wondering if I have two or three now to spend.
Hmmm, yes I did. Interesting.
 
Yep, I have several offers that haven't credited, including the BB offer that posted 10 days ago or so for me.
Yes! It’s something I’ve noticed with my MR Amex Offers and I’ve seen mentioned on r/churning.

I completed a Best Buy offer on 11/6. MRs finally posted 11/29.

I did two Adorama offers on 11/21. MRs posted 12/2.

My statement credit offers are posting at the usual 2-4 days after the qualifying charge posts.
Ok, good to hear I'm in good company. Hopefully it should be showing up in the next few days then. Thanks!
 
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