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Post by niftyj88 on Oct 31, 2011 14:05:09 GMT -5
The plans are set and here is the budget breakdown by Thanksgiving 2012. Updating prices  Animal Kingdom Studio: $1100 - Paid for on 12/18 CASH Tickets: $975 Dining plan (or food): $1060 Airfare: $100 (free flights on Southwest) Tips/Souvenirs, etc: $400 Total: $ 3635 (minus 1100 for room - need $2435 still) Current Amount Saved (Since June 2011): $630 Disney Visa Rewards: $485 Gift Cards: $75 Total available: $1180 |
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Post by niftyj88 on Nov 2, 2011 20:38:11 GMT -5
Adding $320 from cashing in credit card rewards. Chase Freedom gave me $200 in rewards for opening an account with them over the summer. Plus, they give 5% rewards on certain categories which rotate quarterly. Deciding to cash in all the rewards I had and received my check in about a week and a half. |
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Post by albertamomof4 on Nov 3, 2011 19:18:26 GMT -5
awesome savings great job
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Post by tanya on Nov 4, 2011 10:43:04 GMT -5
Wow!!! That is awesome!!!
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Post by niftyj88 on Nov 6, 2011 21:46:19 GMT -5
I just checked my Disney Visa (which I haven't used in a few months) and as it turns out...I have $485 in Disney Visa rewards! So I'm adding toat to my original post |
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Post by niftyj88 on Nov 7, 2011 23:18:37 GMT -5
I got a surprise today in my paypal account...my big fat ebates check Adding $30 to the Disney fund. |
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Post by tanya on Nov 8, 2011 8:39:00 GMT -5
That is great! I love ebates! I will be doing a bunch of my Christmas shopping through them!
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Post by niftyj88 on Nov 8, 2011 22:42:05 GMT -5
Do you also do shopathome.com? I have found that many of the stores on ebates also participate on shopathome.com...and with a higher percentage. Plus, shopathome also has daily doubles like ebates...so more chances to get more cashback. I also have a check for about $60 from shop at home that I need to deposit...hopefully one day this week I will get to the bank to deposit it.
So far, we're on track to be successful in reaching our goal...
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Post by tanya on Nov 9, 2011 12:04:26 GMT -5
I haven't tried shopathome.com but have seen some posts here on the site about it. Maybe I will check on them also.
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Post by niftyj88 on Nov 9, 2011 18:31:16 GMT -5
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Post by niftyj88 on Nov 16, 2011 17:44:45 GMT -5
Added $150 to the Disney Fund (our monthly contribution out of our paychecks)
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Post by niftyj88 on Nov 21, 2011 22:38:48 GMT -5
I received a $20 Disney Gift Card that I ordered from Disney Movie Rewards |
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Post by tanya on Nov 22, 2011 8:18:22 GMT -5
Yay!! I just hate that I didn't have enough points to grab me one.  |
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Post by pattya925 on Nov 22, 2011 8:43:15 GMT -5
woot!! You're doing great |
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Post by niftyj88 on Dec 11, 2011 19:35:23 GMT -5
Got approved for a Southwest credit card with 2 free flights (which is actually enough for all 3 of us to fly). So I updated the budget to show a cost of $100 for flights, which is the annual fee for the card and $10 per person for taxes/fees.
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