|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
18 Jul 15, 08:45 AM |
#31
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
I received my Disclosure in the post today which was the final screening stage before I start my new job. I had to take it into the offices so they could scan a copy and forward it to HR. I was then told I'd get a phone call at 'the beginning of next week' with a start date. The earliest I can start now is Monday 27th July. As this only gives me a week's pay at the end of the month, my 3V card purchases have had to be reduced to £100 worth - four cards on the last day of the month.
Today, a bonus Clubcard points offer has appeared - 1000 points when you spend £50 on Fisher Price toys. We have two nieces and nephews under the age of 3 so we've bought a few toys to take us over the £50. These will be used as birthday and Christmas presents for the next year, plus we get the points, worth £40 in restaurant vouchers. 1.5% cashback on Quidco has tracked at 75p
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site Edited at 09:31 AM. |
|
|
18 Jul 15, 09:44 PM |
#32
|
|
Imagineer
Join Date: Apr 14
|
Lol only reason we arnt doing Disney is because I thought last years trip would be our one and only and because we are lucky enough to go back we had always said if we ever did we would try out universal, seaworld etc etc . . . And we are being true to our word . . . But I still think we will do our walk up day to a Disney park, not sure which one yet it was gonna be Epcot cos I loved world showcase last year as well as everything else plus old maelstrom now being remodelled into new frozen attraction is a must with my youngest being a massive frozen fan but our luck is it's tipped to launch 1st may which is the day we arrive back in Manchester . . . So this weeks discussions have revolved round our Disney day being a full day at Magic kingdom
Looking forward to reading more of your plans and good luck with the new job |
|
|
18 Jul 15, 09:48 PM |
#33
|
|
VIP Dibber
|
It's so great to read someone else as 'hardcore' into the points saving as me lol! I use the pay.com Visa cards to pay my eBay seller fees. They're great aren't they!
__________________
Currently planning 8th trip for August 2024 DVC owner at SSR since 2020 |
|
|
19 Jul 15, 10:42 AM |
#34
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
Another Clubcard purchase this morning - 250 bonus points for buying a £20 Now TV box. That's worth a tenner to us in restaurant deals. In two days, we have £50 in points. My first target is to hit £80 in restaurant vouchers as, on the Friday before we leave, we're taking Ian's parents out for a meal at Prezzo. £80 should cover three courses each for all four of us and we're almost there.
With the box, you get a choice of Sky trials. When it arrives, I'll pick the two days of Sport so I can watch a couple of Man Utd games without having to find a dodgy way of doing it online... I should find out either this Monday or Tuesday when I can start my new job. I'm really hoping it's a week tomorrow otherwise a lot of rejigging will need to be done to our purchase plans.
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site |
|
|
20 Jul 15, 09:38 AM |
#35
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
I should receive a phone call today or tomorrow with a start date for my new job (ideally a week today, please!).
If it's a week today, I'll get a week's pay at the end of the month. This means that, a week on Friday, i can go out to Tesco after work and purchase 5 3V cards and 1 branded gift card for £150. These will pay the bills and £50 off our Disney balance. The other gift card will be Ian's birthday present on the 26th. Roll on the phone call!
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site |
|
|
21 Jul 15, 09:04 AM |
#36
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
Well, today is the day I should receive a phone call giving me the start date for my new job, so I have a day in front of the telly next to both my landline and mobile phones, waiting patiently. If the call doesn't come today, I'll have to call them tomorrow first thing, but as tomorrow is a busy day, I won't be here to update until Thursday. Remember - all of this month's plans are reliant on me starting this job by Monday at the latest. i'd have to do a shedload of rejigging of plans if it isn't until the week after...
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site |
|
|
22 Jul 15, 08:33 AM |
#37
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
I said I wouldn't update today as I didn't think I'd have time but as I have a couple of things to say, I'm here.
I got my start date for my new job. Unfortunately, it's not until Monday 3rd August so all July plans have been cancelled. The job is flexi-time and I have 16 days holiday to use so my plans have focused on that for now - our holiday will be in a new 'holiday year' (April - Mar) so these 16 days are completely spare this year and I'm unsure what to do with them. Any tips on using up holiday days for a purpose would be well received! At the moment, the best I've got is booking each payday off and ADR/FastPass+ days but that still leaves me with 7 days to get rid of. I don't think they can be carried over either... Elsewhere, we've boosted our Clubcard points again today. A new offer on HP print cartridges has started - buy two and get 500 points. This is an offer that pops up every few months so we always stock up. We purposefully bought our printer so we could get the cheapest cartridges each time the offer pops up. Today, we've bought two £8 black inks for £16 and got 500pts to add to our balance. In one week, we've gone from 0 points to 1750 points which equals £70 in Prezzo vouchers (our first target). Another 250 points and we'll have enough to cover the first meal of our plans with Ian's parents.
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site |
|
|
23 Jul 15, 10:50 AM |
#38
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
Another quick update in what is rapidly turning into a Tesco Clubcard points boost blog!
This morning, Tesco reintroduced their 125 points for telling them your insurance renewal dates. It takes two minutes and, after doing it this morning, that's another fiver at Prezzo towards our meal with Ian's family before we go. We now have £75 in restaurant vouchers. I'd like £80 (£20 each) so another fiver to go
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site |
|
|
24 Jul 15, 09:02 AM |
#39
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
Yet another Tesco Clubcard update this morning - we're really racking the points up to the extent they could pay for a weekend away before we fly to Orlando at this rate.
A new promotion appeared on Lego this morning, spend £75, get 1500pts, worth £60 to me in deals. So you know what we've done? That's right, we've bought 75 quid's worth of Lego. This will be used as Christmas and birthday gifts for the kids in our lives just like the £50-worth of Fisher Price toys we bought the other day. My wardrobe has a 'gift box' in it - anything we buy that can be used as gifts throughout the year goes in there. When a birthday creeps up on us, instead of rushing around town trying to find something suitable, we simply pop upstairs and go through the gift box. So, we now have 3375 in points which equals £135 in deals for us. That pays for our first £80 meal in Prezzo on the Friday before we leave, breakfast on the Saturday at Bella Italia and £15 towards a Saturday night takeaway from Papa John's. The weekend before we go is shaping up rather nicely now
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site Edited at 09:04 AM. |
|
|
27 Jul 15, 09:01 AM |
#40
|
|
Thread Starter
Excited about Disney
|
A quick update today.
I've decided we're going to try to build up our Clubcard points to get a suite at Hilton Manchester Airport for the night before the flight rather than spend hours searching websites to beat Holiday Extras price when the time comes. For this, we need £43 in points. As such, I bought two more ink cartridges yesterday for £16 to get £20 in points to add to our current balance. We now have £155 in deals - £80 is going towards Prezzo, £40 for Bella Italia and we need another £25 to get a Papa John's takeaway the night before we go to the airport hotel. We're doing well on this front!
__________________
August 1999 - I Drive
December 2014 - Rosen Inn @ Universal/Royal Pacific April 2016 - Saratoga Springs/Portofino Bay/Hard Rock/Rosen Inn @ Pointe September 2017 - Port Orleans Riverside/Grand/St Pete's/Disney Cruise September 2019 - AKL + Off-site |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
DIBB Savings |
AttractionTickets.com
Get £10 off each Disney Ticket with the code ATDIBB10 Get up to £50 off per room at Disney or Universal with the code DIBBHOTELS |
theDIBB Blog |
Disney announced that a new nighttime show, “Disney Dreams That Soar,” will run nightly at... Read More »
Walt Disney World Resort guests can get ready to have a “glowing’’ good time when... Read More »
Aquatica Orlando announce the grand opening of its newest attraction, Tassie’s Underwater Twist, on 15... Read More »
|
theDIBB Menu |
Exchange Rates |
US Dollar Rates
Euro Rates |
DIBB Premium Membership |
Did you know you can help support theDIBB with Premium Membership? Check out this link for more information and benefits, such as... "No adverts on theDIBB Forums" Upgrade Now |