Took a big hit today for $70, with a Wyndham transfer. I have a feeling that I'm going to discover that this one is not worth the money in the end, but if I'm stuck at 36 hits, I'll be okay with it. I traded Marriott points with another FTer for it.
Spent 500 US miles for Fast Company magazine. I could have done Sunset for 400 miles, but there's a chance I'll actually read FM.
Other hits: Thanksagain got me a restaurant.com cert. Use promo code Savor for 80% off. FTer Heffa was kind enough to offer to check a bunch of us in at Super Shuttle, so that was another hit. Finally, some $.99 batteries at SkyMall got me a hit. I hope they give credit for hits under $1, but at three miles per hit, they'll owe me at least two miles.
The "Apply" button came into effect twice today. For Restaurant.com, when you enter the promo code, you have to hit "Apply" to get it to take. For SkyMall, you have to hit the button after you enter your US number. Don't leave it out.
I'm now at 13 hits and running at $.008-.009 per hit. Good, but not great. That Wyndham hit is going to end up costing me, although I may be valuing Marriott points that aren't going to get used effectively. I keep finding cheap hits that I had missed previously, so all is good for now. Hopefully, as the number of miles goes up, I'll be able to keep the costs down.
Showing posts with label Free Hits. Show all posts
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Seven hits today...
The good news is, I did seven hits today. If all eight credit (and they should, since none of them is a "controversial" hit), that's 10,000 miles at just under 0.6 per mile.
Biscoff: Anna's sampler for $8.47, plus $5.00 in shipping (subtracting out $.40 for the value of the SPG points I earned on my credit card). See Beltway's thread (the link is in a previous post) for the cheapest hit.
1-800-FLOWERS was also kind enough to sell me a set of Pierced Ribbon Votives. I have no idea what they are, but they could be elephant dung (I'm pretty sure they're not.) and I would have taken the hit for $13.99. Beltway's thread. Edited to Add: There is at least one post in the FT thread where 1800F posted the hit for a date before the promo began, even though it was ordered after the promo. I'd wait a week on this one.
I have my Visa Debit card from last year and that got me a free hit today. It counts as free if I am purchasing something that I would have purchased otherwise, since there is no additional outlay.
I gave in and did my first hotel transfer, as well. 850 SPG points became 850 miles, which is a net loss based on 3c per mile. A $25.50 hit this early in the game hurts, but I'm pretty sure that I would have needed this one to push me over the top, anyway.
Freebies:
Here's where it gets good: I got three free hits (well, virtually free, anyway).
1) I downloaded the US Airways Toolbar and did three searches to earn a mile. Possibly the easiest hit in the history of this promotion.
2) I used Points.com to transfer four AA miles into a US mile. I value AA miles at two cents each, so that was an $.08 hit.
3) I transferred my e-Rewards into US Airways miles. No cost there. The thread I linked to describes both the e-Rewards and e-Miles programs.
Tomorrow gets more difficult. I got through the easy stuff and will have to start making decisions about which hits to take chances on (Will DFW SuperShuttle give points for a no-show again?) and which ones are worth the cash.
Biscoff: Anna's sampler for $8.47, plus $5.00 in shipping (subtracting out $.40 for the value of the SPG points I earned on my credit card). See Beltway's thread (the link is in a previous post) for the cheapest hit.
1-800-FLOWERS was also kind enough to sell me a set of Pierced Ribbon Votives. I have no idea what they are, but they could be elephant dung (I'm pretty sure they're not.) and I would have taken the hit for $13.99. Beltway's thread. Edited to Add: There is at least one post in the FT thread where 1800F posted the hit for a date before the promo began, even though it was ordered after the promo. I'd wait a week on this one.
I have my Visa Debit card from last year and that got me a free hit today. It counts as free if I am purchasing something that I would have purchased otherwise, since there is no additional outlay.
I gave in and did my first hotel transfer, as well. 850 SPG points became 850 miles, which is a net loss based on 3c per mile. A $25.50 hit this early in the game hurts, but I'm pretty sure that I would have needed this one to push me over the top, anyway.
Freebies:
Here's where it gets good: I got three free hits (well, virtually free, anyway).
1) I downloaded the US Airways Toolbar and did three searches to earn a mile. Possibly the easiest hit in the history of this promotion.
2) I used Points.com to transfer four AA miles into a US mile. I value AA miles at two cents each, so that was an $.08 hit.
3) I transferred my e-Rewards into US Airways miles. No cost there. The thread I linked to describes both the e-Rewards and e-Miles programs.
Tomorrow gets more difficult. I got through the easy stuff and will have to start making decisions about which hits to take chances on (Will DFW SuperShuttle give points for a no-show again?) and which ones are worth the cash.
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