Disney Addicted
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2011
A few nights ago I'm lying in bed, unable to sleep, and my thoughts turn to Air Miles and their travel certificate program. A random thought floats up, wondering how the current travel certificates compare to when a person had to phone Air Miles and book vacations direct with AM Agents.
I remembered this morning and took a look at the cruise we booked in September 2015.
28,113 Air Miles converted to $3,795.26. Worked out to .135 cents per Air Mile. (We had to pay more OOP as at that time AMs could not be applied against the deposit, port fees & taxes but my AMs covered over half the cost of the cruise).
Talk about a change though. From .135 cents to .11 cents in value. I'm glad Air Miles is making it easier to book things ourselves instead of needing to phone them, but it's a bit disappointing to realize the drop. In cents, it doesn't seem too much. But added up, it makes a big difference. $22.73 every $100. My original AM of 28,113 would have lost $702.83 in value if I was using it now instead of in 2015.
Makes me more determined to track every Air Mile and insist AM credit my missing/non-posted Air Miles!
Random thoughts brought to you by sleepless nights! LOL
Thanks everyone for all the Air Miles tips and Happy New Year!
I remembered this morning and took a look at the cruise we booked in September 2015.
28,113 Air Miles converted to $3,795.26. Worked out to .135 cents per Air Mile. (We had to pay more OOP as at that time AMs could not be applied against the deposit, port fees & taxes but my AMs covered over half the cost of the cruise).
Talk about a change though. From .135 cents to .11 cents in value. I'm glad Air Miles is making it easier to book things ourselves instead of needing to phone them, but it's a bit disappointing to realize the drop. In cents, it doesn't seem too much. But added up, it makes a big difference. $22.73 every $100. My original AM of 28,113 would have lost $702.83 in value if I was using it now instead of in 2015.
Makes me more determined to track every Air Mile and insist AM credit my missing/non-posted Air Miles!
Random thoughts brought to you by sleepless nights! LOL
Thanks everyone for all the Air Miles tips and Happy New Year!