- Walt Disney World Resort Introduces New Online Destination For Vacation Planning, Date-Based Tickets by Disney. Some people think this might be the case of Chase dropping Disney bookings. I’m going to leave that to the Disney experts because I have no idea.
- Another Devaluation: Meijer Gift Cards No Longer Work On 3rd Party Gift Cards by Miles to Memories.
- South African Mulling Asset Sale to Stay Afloat by Airline Geeks.
- Get up to 25,200 Avios with Subscription to The Economist by Danny Deal Guru. Essentially allows you to purchase Avios for 1.35-1.5¢ per point. I stay away from purchasing miles, but might be of interest to some readers. (Looks like the cost values are wrong)
Deals expiring at the end of today (view the full deal calendar here):
- Delta Flash Sale: Domestic From 10k, Caribbean From 16k, Shanghai For 50k – All Roundtrip
- [Targeted] eBay: Up to 10% Back in eBay Bucks, $25 Minimum Purchase
Deals expiring at end of tomorrow:
- [Targeted] AmEx Offer: Aerolineas Argentinas, Spend $500+ & Receive $100 Statement Credit
- Chase Savings $225 Online Bonus – Requires $15,000 Deposit For 90 Days
- Chase Savings $300 Bonus – Requires $25,000 Deposit For 90 Days [Bonus Returns]
- Southwest Schedule Extended Until April 9th, 2019
- Raise.com: $200+ Uber Giftcard & Get $15 With Promo Code STOCKUP
It’s dead at the local store. Tried to buy a gc and groceries. The gc only worked on the groceries.
I can confirm that Meijer no longer allows using their gift cards to buy 3rd party gift cards. Tried it earlier today and the self-checkout gave an error message.
Going to try later today. Need to liquidate $350. If I can’t buy gcs I will use them to buy gas.
Gas- good call!! I’m sitting on $500 and find their prices to be atrocious on many things. I wonder what compelled them to do this now…
Unfortunately I am sitting on $900 but the bright side is I will have groceries and gas that don’t go on my credit card for awhile.
MasterCard and presumably Visa gift cards are included in this, as I tried yesterday with the current $10 off $150+ MCGC promotion going and could only apply a small amount toward additional groceries I was purchasing. *sigh* So much for extending eBay discounts on Meijer gift cards (which has since dropped from $6 off to $5 off).
I must be missing something in regards to signing up for The Economist, to receive Avios for essentially 1.35-1.5¢ per point. The pricing is $365 for 3 years, to receive 22,200 Avios. 365/22200 = 1.64¢ per point, not 1.5 and definitely not 1.35? The 2yr option is similar, 1.66¢ per point.
Choosing 1 year for $152 at 10,200 equates to 1.49¢ per point, which is the best deal however it’s still not 1.35¢.
If I’m missing something obvious please let me know.
It looks like that cents-per-point range was actually pence-per-point (British prices) – see https://www.headforpoints.com/2017/09/02/13200-avios-economist-subscription/ (from last year but prices and points were the same).
US valuation range on this offer is $0.0144 to $0.0181 per point.
Digital+Print
1yr: $190 / 13200 = $0.0144
2yr: $355 / 19200 = $0.0174
3yr: $455 / 25200 = $0.0181
Print-Only or Digital-Only
1yr: $152 / 10200 = $0.0149
2yr: $270 / 16200 = $0.0167
3yr: $365 / 22200 = $0.0164
(Really odd arrangement of values… that’s not how buying in bulk is supposed to work, lol.)
Of course it’s better if you’ve been subscribing to the Economist already; then your effective cost per point would only be based on the price difference between subscribing at these prices vs subscribing on a cheaper promotion without points.
Thanks Ann – I didn’t consider pence which might make sense. A lot of places seem to value Avios as low as 0.7c value, so I’m not sure this is a great deal unless, as you’ve mentioned, you already subscribe.
The blog post linked by Doc appears to be US-centric and specifically says “cents”, and copied the 1.35-1.5 cents range from another US-based blog they link to at the end of the post. Ultimately some blogger somewhere along this telephone-game chain must have gotten that valuation from a British blogger and didn’t do the math to double-check it, and nobody afterward did either. 😉
The Economist doesn’t know how buying in bulk works… that’s really sad. How does no one there say something? No way in hell I’m going to give them any business if they’re that inept about something like this.