May 13, 2013, 10:15 pm
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May 22, 2017, 4:33 pm
#4006
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the air
Programs: Occasional RTW club
Posts: 6,924
I'm not sure I agree with that. SQ has good redemptions for their own metal (although they've devalued recently) but they do not upgrade SQ Golds (even PPS is a hit and miss), so I'm not sure if there's ANY benefit to having status through them. If anything, Aegean is possibly an easier program to get status in, if you can get the A3 metal flight requirement.
If you want miles that are actually worth redeeming somewhere, United, despite all its faults, is still a viable program.
If you want miles that are actually worth redeeming somewhere, United, despite all its faults, is still a viable program.
May 25, 2017, 9:51 pm
#4008
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
Weird. Applied for the AS card through GCR on May 12. App errors out. Didn't give it a second thought. Then today, got the card in the mail! But...no GCR rebate! Anyone else experience this recently, but actually get the rebate?
May 26, 2017, 12:51 am
#4010
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,033
Check your GCR click history at
https://www.greatcanadianrebates.ca/ClickHistory/ to see if there's history on the day you applied.
The rebate is, of course, not going to show up right away.
May 26, 2017, 6:33 am
#4011
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: yyz
Posts: 1,611
May 26, 2017, 9:48 am
#4012
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: YVR
Posts: 1,465
120k Amex = 5 nights cat 3 hotel + 50k airline miles
or
140k Amex = 5 nights cat 4 hotel + 50k airline miles
Cat 3 hotel is 7k SPG per night, and cat 4 is 10k, right? With 5th night free, it means:
56k Amex = 5 nights cat 3 hotel (28k SPG value)
+
64k Amex = 50k airline miles
or
80k Amex = 5 nights cat 4 hotel (40k SPG value)
+
60k Amex = 50k airline miles
I would say this SPG package may only make sense if you really need those 5 nights in that hotel which has very expensive cash rates for those nights, and you don't already have SPG points.
Otherwise, if your main goal is airline miles, then Marriott packages are a better deal.
May 26, 2017, 10:52 am
#4013
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: yyz
Posts: 1,611
No. The way I read it:
120k Amex = 5 nights cat 3 hotel + 50k airline miles
or
140k Amex = 5 nights cat 4 hotel + 50k airline miles
Cat 3 hotel is 7k SPG per night, and cat 4 is 10k, right? With 5th night free, it means:
56k Amex = 5 nights cat 3 hotel (28k SPG value)
+
64k Amex = 50k airline miles
or
80k Amex = 5 nights cat 4 hotel (40k SPG value)
+
60k Amex = 50k airline miles
I would say this SPG package may only make sense if you really need those 5 nights in that hotel which has very expensive cash rates for those nights, and you don't already have SPG points.
Otherwise, if your main goal is airline miles, then Marriott packages are a better deal.
120k Amex = 5 nights cat 3 hotel + 50k airline miles
or
140k Amex = 5 nights cat 4 hotel + 50k airline miles
Cat 3 hotel is 7k SPG per night, and cat 4 is 10k, right? With 5th night free, it means:
56k Amex = 5 nights cat 3 hotel (28k SPG value)
+
64k Amex = 50k airline miles
or
80k Amex = 5 nights cat 4 hotel (40k SPG value)
+
60k Amex = 50k airline miles
I would say this SPG package may only make sense if you really need those 5 nights in that hotel which has very expensive cash rates for those nights, and you don't already have SPG points.
Otherwise, if your main goal is airline miles, then Marriott packages are a better deal.
May 26, 2017, 11:06 am
#4014
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,033
Posted May 14, 2017:
^
I've just received a second Alaska Airlines MBNA MC in the mail; both in the same month. YMMV.
So, early in May, twice, I went through GCR's website to apply for an Alaska MBNA MC.
As you may recall, the GCR website is up and referring the card, but MBNA's website had de-listed the card.
Each time, at the end of the application, and after a long wait, I got an error message.
Good news:
Despite getting an error message at the end of the application, I just received an Alaska Airlines MC in the mail.
I made 2 applications over the span of about a week.
I'll let you know if I get a second envelope from MBNA, too.
Bad news?:
I'm not very familiar with GCR's interface...
- I have tracking ID's in my Click History for both card applications
- GCR interface says "• You have 0 active referrals."
Should it say that I have 1 (or 2!) active referrals??
As you may recall, the GCR website is up and referring the card, but MBNA's website had de-listed the card.
Each time, at the end of the application, and after a long wait, I got an error message.
Good news:
Despite getting an error message at the end of the application, I just received an Alaska Airlines MC in the mail.
I made 2 applications over the span of about a week.
I'll let you know if I get a second envelope from MBNA, too.
Bad news?:
I'm not very familiar with GCR's interface...
- I have tracking ID's in my Click History for both card applications
- GCR interface says "• You have 0 active referrals."
Should it say that I have 1 (or 2!) active referrals??
I've just received a second Alaska Airlines MBNA MC in the mail; both in the same month. YMMV.
Last edited by jerry305; May 26, 2017 at 12:43 pm
May 26, 2017, 2:34 pm
#4015
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto (YYZ)
Posts: 6,279
I applied for MBNA Alaska and got an error message at the end.
Today I got a notice from Canada Post from MBNA to confirm my identity. (Even though I already had a previous Alaska MasterCard account and currently have a Best Western card)
The card will be mailed within 14 days...
Today I got a notice from Canada Post from MBNA to confirm my identity. (Even though I already had a previous Alaska MasterCard account and currently have a Best Western card)
The card will be mailed within 14 days...
May 27, 2017, 8:26 pm
#4016
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,632
Signed up for the RBC Westjet Mastercard a while back.
Today I checked my account at WS and noticed there was an extra 50 Westjet Dollars in my account.
I don't know if it was related to signing up for the card or not.
In any event, if you've got them, they need to be used by 22:59, May 28th.
Today I checked my account at WS and noticed there was an extra 50 Westjet Dollars in my account.
I don't know if it was related to signing up for the card or not.
In any event, if you've got them, they need to be used by 22:59, May 28th.
May 27, 2017, 10:38 pm
#4017
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: DREAD Gold; UA 1.035MM; Bonvoy Au-197; PCC Elite+; CCC Elite+; MSC C-12; CWC Au-197; WoH Dis
Posts: 52,140
May 27, 2017, 10:42 pm
#4018
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,033
Signed up for the RBC Westjet Mastercard a while back.
Today I checked my account at WS and noticed there was an extra 50 Westjet Dollars in my account.
I don't know if it was related to signing up for the card or not.
In any event, if you've got them, they need to be used by 22:59, May 28th.
Today I checked my account at WS and noticed there was an extra 50 Westjet Dollars in my account.
I don't know if it was related to signing up for the card or not.
In any event, if you've got them, they need to be used by 22:59, May 28th.
(The signup bonus for the WestJet RBC® World Elite MasterCard‡ is 250 Westjet dollars.)
Can you point to where it says your rewards dollars need to be used by that specific date & time??
May 28, 2017, 8:24 am
#4019
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,632
I recently signed up for the World Elite Master Card.
When I went to check yesterday, I noticed that in addition to the 250 dollars that came with it, there was an extra 50, which was set to expire tonight.
It's only that bonus 50 that are set to expire tonight.
Sorry for the confusion.
When I went to check yesterday, I noticed that in addition to the 250 dollars that came with it, there was an extra 50, which was set to expire tonight.
It's only that bonus 50 that are set to expire tonight.
Sorry for the confusion.
May 28, 2017, 9:11 am
#4020
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: YYZ
Posts: 380
I recently signed up for the World Elite Master Card.
When I went to check yesterday, I noticed that in addition to the 250 dollars that came with it, there was an extra 50, which was set to expire tonight.
It's only that bonus 50 that are set to expire tonight.
Sorry for the confusion.
When I went to check yesterday, I noticed that in addition to the 250 dollars that came with it, there was an extra 50, which was set to expire tonight.
It's only that bonus 50 that are set to expire tonight.
Sorry for the confusion.