I'm back! I know you've all been waiting with baited breath. Who came up with that phrase, "baited breath," anyway? Why would you think of something like that? Just don't kiss me. Or breath near me.
With the October roll-over, I got a quick 500 emiles, which posted almost immediately. I also stayed at a Hilton for a few nights, giving me a hit there. Hertz, DM shopping, debit card shopping, the toolbar and DM shopping mall all posted, meaning that I have reached 26 hits, with 21 having posted. Still waiting on a couple of flower guys, Net Sol, Office Max and Hilton. Truthfully, I could give myself a big boost by transferring some points from Hyatt, Marriott and Hilton, but those are very expensive hits, even after translating for the miles that I earn. I'll save those for the end, in case it looks like I'm running behind. But I'm confident of the five that are outstanding, so I think I'm in pretty good shape. In the meantime, I'll have five more cars to rent, I have two upcoming hotel stays and my wife is going to get to eat at the W restaurant three weeks in a row. There's the magic 36, although there will also be some "safety hits" thrown in, just in case. The end is near.
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Friday, October 7, 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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