Dugette
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2009
Just to follow up on this, I had forgotten we were meeting family for brunch at MoA today (Firelake Grill in the Radisson Blu for you locals - check it out, it's great!), so we tried out the strategy. My DH forgot his wallet (2 AmEx with BB offer), so we just used my 2 AmEx offers today and will get his later. I was able to just get a single Disney Gift Card at Best Buy and have it loaded with $500, scan my Shopkicks, then split payment with $250 on each AmEx. It was no problem at all - probably the smoothest BB transaction I've ever had - in and out fast! We then went to the MoA rewards redemption center and handed them the $500 receipt. No issues there and we chose the 2 Nickelodeon Universe wristbands and 3 Crayola Experience tickets for free! We'll get Sea Life when we do DH's purchase. Pretty sweet bonuses for something I was going to do anyway to get those AmEx credits making the gift cards 10% off.Any fellow Minnesotans here? I think I just figured out how to take advantage of a deal! I just saw that the Mall of America is offering a holiday rewards deal for the next month: buy $250+ at MoA and get a freebie, such as 2 Nickelodeon Universe passes, 3 Crayola Experience passes, etc. Well, we're going to be there next month (to meet Santa!), but don't intend to buy a lot of stuff. So, I got thinking about gift cards to trigger the bonuses. There is a Best Buy at MoA. I had the "spend $250, get a $25 statement credit" on 3 of our AmEx cards, but have only used one so far. So, I think we'll be stopping by Best Buy with our two AmEx cards, buying two $250 Disney Gift Cards (for a net of $225/each!), then picking up our free Nickelodeon Universe and Crayola Experience (or maybe Sea Life) passes. Have I missed anything? Hopefully this works!
ETA: After writing this, I double-checked our cards and realized that EACH of us has two Best Buy AmEx offers left to use!!! So, perhaps we'll be fully funding a future Disney trip while getting free passes for all the MoA attractions. Thanks for the tips here about triggering the offer on multiple AmEx cards!!
Oh, we also sprung for a single ride today (saving the passes for a future visit). DD and I rode the Log Chute and were pleasantly surprised that it was decorated for Christmas inside! I recommend it! It's like the faster more-dangerous-feeling version of Splash Mountain, all spruced up for the holidays!