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Swiss Knights Fondue and Cheese purchase for AA miles master thread.

 
Old Nov 13, 2006, 8:16 pm
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Originally Posted by atwnsw2
Count me in.

I also think we could donate the cheese to a charitable food bank
to make the purchase deductible!!!!!!

Yeah good idea.

Why don't we look around in our local areas and on the Internet and see if we can find a wholesaler willing to sell a few hundred (or thousand) dollars of this stuff. I bet we could get the price down to $2.50 a pack or lower if we bought enough. That is what? $0.005 a mile? 50,000 miles for $250. Not bad if we can pull it off!
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 8:24 pm
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Count me in.

Southern California must suck the big one... found the cheese wheel for $5 each. Dangit.
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 8:27 pm
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Originally Posted by martian
Yeah good idea.

Why don't we look around in our local areas and on the Internet and see if we can find a wholesaler willing to sell a few hundred (or thousand) dollars of this stuff. I bet we could get the price down to $2.50 a pack or lower if we bought enough. That is what? $0.005 a mile? 50,000 miles for $250. Not bad if we can pull it off!
Better be careful or we'll change your FT handle to Cheese Whiz.
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 8:29 pm
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There seem to be a few gourmet food suppliers etc. on the Internet that I found with google that sell the snack wedges. Would anyone with economic acumen be willing to contact them and try to negotiate a good wholesale price?

p.s. I googled this phrase "Swiss Knight snack wedges" and saw the companies on the third and fifth pages I think.
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 8:30 pm
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Originally Posted by dhacker
Better be careful or we'll change your FT handle to Cheese Whiz.


Just doesn't sound as cool as Martian now does it
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 9:33 pm
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Originally Posted by atwnsw2
I also think we could donate the cheese to a charitable food bank to make the purchase deductible!!!!!!
Although would breaking the package open (which I presume you have to do) in order to get the codes make it 'void' for donation to a food bank?
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 9:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Fraser
Although would breaking the package open (which I presume you have to do) in order to get the codes make it 'void' for donation to a food bank?
Why not open the packages AT the food bank?
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 9:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Fraser
Although would breaking the package open (which I presume you have to do) in order to get the codes make it 'void' for donation to a food bank?

If so, we could take the packets to the food bank and have them open them there. If they still have a problem with this, then they are blinded by their own beaurocracy and the food needs to find an alternate home.
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 9:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Landing Gear
Why not open the packages AT the food bank?

great minds think alike
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 9:51 pm
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Originally Posted by martian
great minds think alike
And just to show you how great we are, you of course, know that a food bank is not the only charity that could use a large quantity of fromage.
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 10:04 pm
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Originally Posted by martian


Just doesn't sound as cool as Martian now does it
Is it safe to assume that Fondue Flyer is totally out of the question?
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Old Nov 13, 2006, 10:07 pm
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Is it safe to assume that Fondue Flyer is totally out of the question?
lol.

If I can score 200k miles for $1000 or less, I promise to do it
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Old Nov 14, 2006, 7:03 am
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Originally Posted by MileageAddict
No freakin cheese in suburban Washington DC. I WANT CHEESE!

I checked Harris Teeter in Arlington and Wegmans in Fairfax last night, HT had nothing and Wegmans had the fondue sets ( but without the codes ). anybody in DC area finding these?
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Old Nov 14, 2006, 8:38 am
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Old Nov 14, 2006, 3:44 pm
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Another two Krogers, a Super Target and a Costco, with no luck. Lots of Laughing Cows and plenty of other Emmi cheeses, but no Swiss Knights.

However, I did find the Swiss Knights rounds and fondue sets at World Market, but none had the AA promotional packages.
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