SouthFayetteFan
Saving Money on Disney Vacations since 2006
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wouldn't it be better to buy someones flight and have them pay you the cash? some flights you save more doing that way. at least thats what I've done in the past when we needed some extra money for a trip. I paid for someones flight with points and they gave me the cash value. then I used that cash to buy discounted disney cardsI could see my SW stash getting so large that I cash out with some GCs. But if I did, I'd just go with Target, Walmart or Amazon and use it for stuff we need. I can easily "account" for that as travel offset just like when I used Amex MRs for a Home Depot Gift Card, bought a new dishwasher and attributed the savings as travel offset against my Disney trip, haha!
I just don't get why Disney is constantly getting taken away or devalued. I feel like so much of this is on Disney since they are money-grabbing everywhere they can.AA Miles for Disney Update
Summary: This new 0.83 cpp valuation on UseAAmiles.com might be here to stay and we might be out of luck...but I'm at least trying to raise the question to make sure it isn't just an error.
I had a long conversation with a supervisor on the UseAAmiles.com website phone line (800-349-3244)
I basically used the following scenario:
This individual attempted to tell me this was due to changing availability and dates. I assured him that I had priced this out over numerous dates, resorts, etc. likely 30+ scenarios and have come up with the same figures no matter what. I believe he finally believed me when I overwhelmed him with the data I presented. He did not have a good answer and said this is based on American, their 3rd party provider, and Disney and it's possible something changed.
- August 11th through August 15th
- Disney's Yacht Club
- $2,160 on Disney's Website with NO promotions of discounts
- Previously cost ~217,000 AA Miles until about 2 months ago (approximately 1.00 cpp value)
- Now it costs 260,800 Miles (now decreased to 0.83cpp value)
- This is consistent across all resort types, dates, room categories etc.
- I also stated how if I used the slider to only pay with 1,000 points, this room would cost $2,598 (vs. $2,160 on Disney's website). This always used to be roughly the same price so it's clear that American is now charging significantly more than they did just a couple months ago.
I asked him to log that feedback and he is doing that. If anybody has time and wants to double down on my efforts, perhaps consider calling and providing similar feedback. Be aware that this might be a 15-20 minute phone call. I would also ask to speak to a supervisor regarding this frustration as a regular front line folks won't help at all IMO. Also, you probably want to have a scenario in mind (use mine or come up with another one) so that when they attempt to poke holes in your argument they realize that your data is in fact correct.
TL/DR: UseAAmiles.com pricing on Disney resorts is VERY SUCKY!
I honestly don't have anyone who would want me to buy their flight and pay me back. All my family fly SW and are super attached to their SW cc's and earning SW points!!wouldn't it be better to buy someones flight and have them pay you the cash? some flights you save more doing that way. at least thats what I've done in the past when we needed some extra money for a trip. I paid for someones flight with points and they gave me the cash value. then I used that cash to buy discounted disney cards
I'm not sure but thinking you might be in a situation where you need to ask for an extension. I don't think cancelling that reservation will extend it another year. I'd wait to do that until it's closet to the date of the reservation though. A bit risky, of course! @disneymagicgirl had followed a lot of the initial chatter about this on FT so she might have a better answer. I am waiting until it's closer to our July exp date to convert ours so we get a year from then.Could not figure out how to quote from old thread, but this is what I found when we converted it and linked it. So if I cancel now do you think I would get a year from January 5 or a year from now? I think that second call took over 30 minutes.
Trying to use our 7 night certificate and so far was on hold for 20 minutes and then got disconnected. Take two happening now. DH is not that patient, I am not sure how this will go. He did talk to someone the first time and after they saw he had one of the old certs they put him on hold.
(DH) (Me) (DD20) (DD18) (DS16)
WVMomof3, Jan 5, 2019 Report
That would be my problem as well. Before I'd try to make that deal with somebody, I'd first advise them to get their own SW card(s) and collect some sweet sweet Rapid Rewards points for themselves!!I honestly don't have anyone who would want me to buy their flight and pay me back. All my family fly SW and are super attached to their SW cc's and earning SW points!!
I just got the same one! Yay!Sweet! Just got this from Plastiq:
Dear Wendy,
We noticed that you haven’t used a Mastercard recently to make your payments, so we’d like to make you a special offer.
Schedule three payments in a row with a Mastercard (up to $2,000 each) and benefit from a low 1.0% Plastiq fee - up to a $90 value.
Many Plastiq customers enjoy the convenience of using their Mastercard to pay for a wide variety of bills - from rent and car payments to utilities and business expenses.
Please submit your scheduled payments by May 31, 2019 to qualify.
SameSweet! Just got this from Plastiq:
Dear Wendy,
We noticed that you haven’t used a Mastercard recently to make your payments, so we’d like to make you a special offer.
Schedule three payments in a row with a Mastercard (up to $2,000 each) and benefit from a low 1.0% Plastiq fee - up to a $90 value.
Many Plastiq customers enjoy the convenience of using their Mastercard to pay for a wide variety of bills - from rent and car payments to utilities and business expenses.
Please submit your scheduled payments by May 31, 2019 to qualify.
I was just coming here to report this! Whoo hoo!Sweet! Just got this from Plastiq:
Dear Wendy,
We noticed that you haven’t used a Mastercard recently to make your payments, so we’d like to make you a special offer.
Schedule three payments in a row with a Mastercard (up to $2,000 each) and benefit from a low 1.0% Plastiq fee - up to a $90 value.
Many Plastiq customers enjoy the convenience of using their Mastercard to pay for a wide variety of bills - from rent and car payments to utilities and business expenses.
Please submit your scheduled payments by May 31, 2019 to qualify.
Not quite the same, but I just volunteered to book a JetBlue flight for a coworker who is too busy to book her own flight. I will gladly put it on my JB CC and get the points! I already submitted my expense report for the company to reimburse me.I honestly don't have anyone who would want me to buy their flight and pay me back. All my family fly SW and are super attached to their SW cc's and earning SW points!!
Sweet! Just got this from Plastiq:
Dear Wendy,
We noticed that you haven’t used a Mastercard recently to make your payments, so we’d like to make you a special offer.
Schedule three payments in a row with a Mastercard (up to $2,000 each) and benefit from a low 1.0% Plastiq fee - up to a $90 value.
Many Plastiq customers enjoy the convenience of using their Mastercard to pay for a wide variety of bills - from rent and car payments to utilities and business expenses.
Please submit your scheduled payments by May 31, 2019 to qualify.
I got it on my personal account and my new biz account. I guess 25% of the $10k in MC wasn't enough there lol.Sweet! Just got this from Plastiq:
Dear Wendy,
We noticed that you haven’t used a Mastercard recently to make your payments, so we’d like to make you a special offer.
Schedule three payments in a row with a Mastercard (up to $2,000 each) and benefit from a low 1.0% Plastiq fee - up to a $90 value.
Many Plastiq customers enjoy the convenience of using their Mastercard to pay for a wide variety of bills - from rent and car payments to utilities and business expenses.
Please submit your scheduled payments by May 31, 2019 to qualify.
I got that one too lol! Ya, ain't happening. Probably only @speedyfishy could pull that off!All I got was a final reminder on the $100,000 for 6 months promotion. Hurry spots are limited.
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I got this too LOL!!! Hilarious considering I just registered 2 weeks ago.....apparently they define “awhile” pretty loosely!!Sweet! Just got this from Plastiq:
Dear Wendy,
We noticed that you haven’t used a Mastercard recently to make your payments, so we’d like to make you a special offer.
Schedule three payments in a row with a Mastercard (up to $2,000 each) and benefit from a low 1.0% Plastiq fee - up to a $90 value.
Many Plastiq customers enjoy the convenience of using their Mastercard to pay for a wide variety of bills - from rent and car payments to utilities and business expenses.
Please submit your scheduled payments by May 31, 2019 to qualify.
Was wondering about their use of 'awhile' too! I just paid my May mortgage with a MC a few weeks agoI got this too LOL!!! Hilarious considering I just registered 2 weeks ago.....apparently they define “awhile” pretty loosely!!