Where are you looking? We've used them twice now at an all inclusive w/o having to top off!
I'm not sure how your doordash credits work. But last week I used Doordash to get delivery from CVS. I had free doordash delivery anyway, and there was a coupon in the Doordash app - it was something like 40% off at CVS if you spent $30. There was something I wanted from CVS that day, and I wasn't going to be able to get to the store. I just added in other things that I would buy anyway to reach the spend amount.
Food is the best option on all of these, esp since 95% of the time I pick up.I've been looking at various dates in the spring trying to find any weeks that have all nights under 65K points. I know you can only add 15k points per night on the 50K FNC. Is it possible to maybe use the FNCerts on the lower priced nights and then pay OOP if say a few nights are over the 65K point threshold? This would be the only reason I would apply for a marriot bonvoy card in the future, to stay at the swan or dolphin cheaply
Your post gives me some encouragement; my last Ink was 5/8 and a personal Bonvoy 8/16. Am planning to try for another Ink mid-October. One of the credit card/points websites says 1 biz and 1 personal within a 90 day period is OK. We have had good luck so far with Chase biz approvals, so we'll see.
Spring rates now do look high. I just had a Swan room in Sept for something like 43,000 pts, and last Dec was able to use 2 - 35,000 FNCs + some points there. Sometimes point values drop as you get closer. You can absolutely use the 50,000 FNCs on lower priced nights and pay for others, would need separate reservations to do it I think. Don't forget to keep checking after you book, you can modify if the points value or cash price drops.I've been looking at various dates in the spring trying to find any weeks that have all nights under 65K points. I know you can only add 15k points per night on the 50K FNC. Is it possible to maybe use the FNCerts on the lower priced nights and then pay OOP if say a few nights are over the 65K point threshold? This would be the only reason I would apply for a marriot bonvoy card in the future, to stay at the swan or dolphin cheaply
The forecast covers our entire trip, with the rain chances decreasing just slightly on our last day.
The evenings were the most enjoyable.
This is every day of our trip, per Accuweather, except the last day when the flooding or downpour wording is removed LOL. Still have showers and thunderstorms in the morning and evening.We had something similar, it rained at late noon and cleared up but those mornings just before the rain was so hot & humid
time of selection?No, the benefits go by time of selection. Now if you have to change the flight or change seats, it may ask for a charge then if you don't have status. But it's not going to do a reconciliation later and kick you out, the benefits apply to time of booking/selection.
What I'm not sure about in the new program are things like the upgrade list that happen at later points. Like I book a flight now and it says that it added me to the complimentary upgrade list to be processed X days before flight. Well at day X I don't have that status any more will I be removed from processing? I'd think so but I recall something about AA in the previous program your status carrying through on the booking. I'd have to do more research on it, but I'm going on the assumption when they process the upgrade list I'll no longer be eligible (or demoted to whatever level I am currently) If I have to change seats or flights later maybe that seat selection bene will carry through? I dunno but I'm working on the assumption that it won't and I'd have to pay. (Like we did on United when we changed flights after losing status and lost our preferred seats. My fault for not changing the flight while we still had status!) But I haven't started that research yet, I'm hoping to still have some level of status for our flight next year. But I have to get my butt in gear, I see lots of shopping portal purchases forthcoming
No, unfortunately. Your companion pass must be active at the time of the flight itself.
By that point you will have spouted gills so no worries about the weather, you can swim from ride to ride.
I didn't even realize such a thing existed! (But then I'm from CA...)
I did that last September. I had 3 pair of shoes on departure day, all wet. Had to use a hair dryer so I could have dry enough shoes for the plane.I didn't even realize such a thing existed! (But then I'm from CA...)
Beats the heck out of taking a hair dryer to them like I had to a couple years back at WDW
The nights change over time. I looked at Swolphin for our spring break a couple months ago, all nights were 68k. Then I checked about a month ago, they were mostly under 60k. Now they are 73k per night. They are other places in Orlando we could stay but I would prefer Swolphin. I'm taking a chance I'll be able to use the FNC there but I have a backup plan. If you book 1 or 2 nights at a time, you might get away with say 2 FNC, I paid night, 2 FNC but they would be separate reservations. Also with one reservation you get 1 free night for 4 night paid/on points.I've been looking at various dates in the spring trying to find any weeks that have all nights under 65K points. I know you can only add 15k points per night on the 50K FNC. Is it possible to maybe use the FNCerts on the lower priced nights and then pay OOP if say a few nights are over the 65K point threshold? This would be the only reason I would apply for a marriot bonvoy card in the future, to stay at the swan or dolphin cheaply
