Thanks for the link. Without it here, I would not have found it. Never saw the other one.

Some things should be posted in more than one place.

I know that they don't like cross posting. But now that there are so many forums. Some of us do not visit all forums.

Cross posting of some things can be a good thing.

That's why you should come and visit SPAM Forum more often.

Even you may see more freebie offers in SPAM nowadays, it's original purpose is for all the alternative ways to earn miles and points. ;)

Codes Confusion
 

ALL 12 digit codes WILL continue to be valid until the end of year.

These may be 3 lines of 4 characters or two lines of 6 characters,
or, as on some cartons like the 24 pack, one line of 12 characters.

It's the 15 characters that are supposed to be discontinued and invalid
in mid-February

this is the 3rd thread on it; there is also another thread in the PC forum

Are you kidding? The 15-digit codes haven't been produced for over 2 years. They could easily have made codes expire after a year, or ended the whole program in general. The fact that a 3-year-old code can still be entered is much better than most soda/snack/fast-food loyalty programs. Be thankful.

The only reason that MCR ended up so devalued is because they continued the program beyond its first and second years, while most other programs just expired (e.g. PepsiStuff, McDonald's, etc.). But hey, I'd rather have the program be around than have nothing.

come on the prom was devalued within six months; it stopped serving its purpose of getting me to buy coke products about the time they started messing with the Hh point redemptions. I haven't bought a coke product since the six month mark other than on price; pepsi wins over half the time just b/c they are cheaper

Now that entirely depends on what you value, doesn't it? They were still offering excellent deals on Blockbuster gift cards (which I happened to value at the time) in October/November of 2007 (when the program was nearly 2 years old).

That said, I never have and likely never will buy Coke products because of MCR points, unless the price differential between Coke and Pepsi products is small enough to make sense (which it rarely is). I collect MCR points as a side-benefit of buying Coke products, not the other way around.

No, I'm not kidding. The move to eliminate redemption of 15-digit codes is just another in a very long string of devaluations in this program, devaluations which make airline and hotel program devaluations look like a day in the park in comparison. There hasn't been an incentive to buy Coke products in quite some time and if Coke thinks that gutting MCR will help them, they are only kidding themselves.

I would agree with Mile King on this topic. There isn't any point in making the 15 character codes invalid except to devalue the program, Plain and simple.

It doesn't really affect me; i've looked through every cap, 12 pack, 24 pack, 32 pack code that I have and I found ONE 12 pack code which I've already entered. However on that note, I agree with mile king that they make the airlines & hotels look immaterial and that there is a zero incentive to buy a coke product unless its cheaper than pepsi. I seldom buy coke as its seldom cheaper than pepsi. I'm lucky, I get my codes in a box at work from a bunch of people. If I didn't have that source of codes; I wouldn't have any to enter. If these people are giving me codes and they have been for 16 months now, they obviously are not buying coke products due to the promo either.

Guys, with all due respect, if you are not buying coke because you prefer the taste then really you shouldn't be buying it at all. IMO Diet Pepsi has always been #2 in my book and they could offer 100 miles per case and I would still buy diet cokes. It is the same reason I don't patronize any of the restaurants that offer miles - I prefer to dine elsewhere.

Of course if you are completely indifferent to the taste then I can see how the price and MCR would make a difference. But I don't know anyone who doesn't prefer one or the other. :D

Or to shrink their database to make data storage and validation more efficient. But I am sure that the presumption of nefarious intentions is probably right.

MCR point values suck? So does PC Priority Club points too!
 

DEVALUATION?

Even trading 156 MCR points for 500 PC points and then building the PC Priority Club points up to say 100,000 or more ... you can get nice stuff
BUT figuring the COST of gathering the MCR points and what you get with
PC points these days -- even "free" reward hotel night(s) -- the PC points needed for redemption are far in excess (dollar-value wise) than if you just PAID for trhe hotel room, or BOUGHT the TV or whatever that PC Priority Club
is offering, albeit far superior items then what Coke's promotion department is offering directly.

So as in everything else there is NOTHING FREE per se. Not the air you breathe nor the water you drink. Only choice is to 'suck it up' and move on.

I couldn't care less which one I drink. I tend to drink Diet Coke a lot more often because it happens to be around a lot more often (my lab stocks Coke products), but I actually have no preference. They do have different flavors, and I can discern between them... I just don't care.

the coke vs pepsi thing is so close for me I really don't care; its a 100% price preference. If two bottles were identical in price I would pick diet pepsi b/c I think I like it a hair better but really I could care less.

what the promo had done is if a 12 pack was $1.99 and diet pepsi 12 packs were $1.99 then I'd go with the coke product for the 10 points. Now that doesn't even work.. it did at the beginning

I believe Pepsi has done away with the 12 pack. It is now an 8 pack.