HikerT

Good news to report here. I emailed customer service and they sang a different tune than the phone reps I talked to. ^

mooper

I have everything in writing, too. Not worried. Might do a second order. In for several thousand already.

antonen

The deal is finally dead - 10 miles per $, now in T&C also

chix

Bummer.... I feel like I spoiled it for some by originally posting here

Vacation time

This is stinky work the past two days did not have time to make the purchase off the next three days and now deal dead... ughhhh...


its only delta so not too upset .

mooper

Heck no... had you not posted, fewer people would have gotten in before Spafinder realized they were being overly aggressive with the offer. Thanks so much - this is the way the game is supposed to work!

I ended up with $3,500 worth of spa credit AND 121,000 miles for a $2,750 cash outlay (discounted by the 12% coupon code, 5% cash back site, and Spafinder Rewards that gave $150 in additional free spa credit). The effective cost will actually drop more because I'm donating some certs and taking the tax deduction, and the spa credit will actually increase because our local spa offers six-for-five pre-purchase packages, which amounts to an extra 20% credit when used in that manner. In the end, I'll wind up having purchased miles for less than 2 cents each - roughly the value I assign to them as I use them - so a breakeven proposition *if I ignore the spa credit*. In other words, ignoring the spa portion of the deal, I essentially prepaid for $2,750 worth of travel. However, why ignore $3,500 worth of spa credit?! The brownie points with the wife alone are worth twice that!

infamousdx

Whew, good thing I re-upped yesterday. Have to be fast with these kinds of things

wolfsatz

Yeah, also a message on the offer page:

Kudos to those who were able to take advantage of the offer while it lasted. Definitely a "snooze you lose game".

"Special Notice:
The special "40 miles per dollar spent" promotion you may have seen advertised recently has unfortunately been discontinued. This promotion was mistakenly advertised as a result of an error in communication. If you have already made a Delta/SpaFinder purchase during the advertised promotion period your original purchase will be honored at the previously advertised "40 miles per dollar spent" rate. New purchases will earn miles at the Delta/SpaFinder rate of 10 miles per dollar spent. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion, and, as always, thank you for your business. "

HikerT

Good for them to honor the promotion, not to mention take it away and then open it back up yesterday for those of us who initially snoozed.

Gives me more confidence the folks running the company have the wisdom to keep the ship afloat until I can sell or use the certificates.

This offer has given me much greater appreciation for accumulating skypesos at significantly reduced cost. For example, the 40 miles per $1 for flowers around mothers day, and a few other promos out there that might be ripe for arbitrage in the future.

infamousdx

This was a great promo, glad they honored it. As for me, I bought at $1500 of GC's and ended up selling all but $200 of them. Final tally for this was 54,000 miles @ .0056 cpm

mooper

If you don't mind my asking, roughly what were you able to get on the dollar for the certs? I'm planning to have the wife, friends, employees, a couple of charitable causes, and people I gift to use mine, but I haven't ruled out selling some.

infamousdx

$100 cert sold on ebay for $80 all day. Net was ~$69.

hobo13

Why did you only buy $1500?

infamousdx

Don't know... arbitrary number I picked that I was comfortable with?

mooper

$2200 got you 1936 SpaFinder points, which in turn, when combined with the 100 point sign-up bonus, would get you another $100 cert.

I've purchased on eBay many times; rarely sell. Are the fees $11 on $80, or is there something else that cost you that much?