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30 Mar 17, 12:32 PM |
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I'm setting myself a target & sharing it...
I want to do my 2018 holiday at Yacht Club / Royal Pacific Resort, 2 Adults, 2 Children, in August school holidays for (all in)... £8,500
So far we know that 11 nights Yacht Club + 14 day ultimates is going to come to £6,000 - £189 cashback = £5,811. That leaves me £2,689 for spending, 3 nights Royal Pacific Resort and Universal Tickets... But I do love collecting air miles and already have £1,426 worth. I'm aiming to fly with Virgin Direct in August for free Watch this space...
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30 Mar 17, 12:34 PM |
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Good luck!
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30 Mar 17, 12:35 PM |
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Oooh this thread gave me my first golden ear - must be a good omen!
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30 Mar 17, 12:40 PM |
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good luck, keep us updated with how you get on
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30 Mar 17, 12:47 PM |
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Don't Virgin reward seats work similarly to BA reward seats in that you still have to pay the taxes, fees, duties & surcharges in cash?
That could amount to £300 or more per adult; not sure about kids fares but you probably need to account for that in your budget. |
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30 Mar 17, 12:51 PM |
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Not with the new miles + money option. It's the first time it's offered the opportunity of truly 'free' cost flights. Last year we did a full reward redemption and the total was £740 for the taxes. Hence this year I want to go one better haha! I am aware though that it's not the best 'value' use of the miles but wouldn't it be fun to fly for free!
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30 Mar 17, 12:53 PM |
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Ah ok, that's good.
Great to be on a flight that costs a fraction of the rack rate; we 're on our next in less than 2 weeks! |
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30 Mar 17, 12:55 PM |
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30 Mar 17, 02:11 PM |
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Good luck, I'm sure it will all fall into place for you
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23 Apr 17, 09:42 AM |
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Quick Update on £8,500 target: (it's kind of like a financial pre-trip report!)
2 Adults, 2 Children, August 2018 Known Disney's Yacht Club 11 nights - £6,000 (£252 cashback in the end - will use for spending money) Estimates Universal RPR 3 nights £692 (best price seen on Travel Republic so far) Universal 3 Park Tickets £920 (too hopeful perhaps? ) Flights £1,620 currently: ... Based on finding a good price of about £3200 VA direct return ... Currently have saved £1,580 worth of miles - still saving... Spending money to go £470 / $620 (already have $150 in cash leftover, $250 gift card and £252 cashback which I will convert to approx $300) Total £9,702 (over target by £1,202 ) I'll carry on saving my air miles then...
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