Comments on: Disney on a Budget: Work that Albertsons Gift Card Promo!!!

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:19:00 +0000

Does is just include Southwest airlines….do they have a gift card for Alaska Airlines and if so is it included in the catalina……HAWAII sounds great.
Thanks so much

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:10:35 +0000

Here’s something to consider on the Disney gift cards: a lot of websites and even Costco out there offer discounted park hopper tickets. Paying at the gate or buying directly from Disney’s website can be the most expensive way to go. So make sure your $20 Catalina is worth the deal. You could save more money by getting the Disney park hoppers elsewhere. Just a thought!

By: KIMBERLY S

KIMBERLY S — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:55:41 +0000

Thanks for the post. My husband & I went last night & picked up $100 in Regal, $50 McDonalds, and $50 Subway gift cards for our trip @ the end of July. I’m putting together my shopping list to use the $20 X’s two off!!!!

By: WENDY

WENDY — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:02:44 +0000

FRIENDS FYI ON THE GAS GIFT CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The catalina WILL NOT generate for gas gift cards, though it’s not stated in the exclusions, it’s one of them. We had to deal with a night mare of a situation at Albertson’s last night. I’m just glad I tried the $100 in the transaction, rather than forking out the $500.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:13:36 +0000

If you’re headed out to grab Disney gift cards last minute I wanted to tell you to look for the ones that can have ANY value up to $1500. If your store has those (they were Disney Princess ones at mine) then you can put $100 on each one and get around the requirement to use only 3 gift cards in a single ticket purchase on the Disneyland website (since if you only used 3 $50 ones to buy a $216 Adult 6 Day Pass you’d have to pay the rest on a card, as noted above). I just did this today, bought 8 sets, used 3 per ticket and that covered all 4 tickets I bought, plus I got $160 in Albertsons bucks to use. 🙂

THANK YOU!!!

By: kimberly

kimberly — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:26:32 +0000

i just wanted to let you all know that southwest air lines is the only air lines that allows 2 checked bags for free all the other ones charge you for the 2nd one.and all others after that. that is 2 bags per person.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:14:07 +0000

@Christy, thank you so much for clearing that up. That is great news!

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:47:07 +0000

@Angie You do not have to do separate transactions, you can buy up to $500 in one transaction, and get (5) of the $20 Catalina’s. There is a limit of 5 Catalina’s per transaction.

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:45:10 +0000

@Lisa You are allowed to receive (5) $20 Catalina’s per transaction when you purchase the gift cards. When you redeem them, you can only redeem 1 per transaction.

So far, I have bought $700 worth of gift cards in 3 transactions and I have received (7) $20 Catalina coupons.

By: Nichole

Nichole — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:30:39 +0000

I purchased 35 $100 Disney gift cards @ Sam’a Club for about $98 a piece. They also came with a bonus $10 Disney Store gift card. I was able to use them over the phone one by one to pay for our Disney Dining Plan. Then when we arrived, I used them one by one to pay our extra room charges and buy 3 season passes. Just call guest services!

With the bonus $350 in Disney Store gift cards, I ordered over the phone and used multiple. I also used five at the physical outlet here in Texas. Good Luck!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:08:56 +0000

Christy. thanks for the info on the expiration dates. I mentioned Disney to my husband over dinner and his face lit up like a kid! 🙂 Will have to seriously consider going. 😉

And I wanted to say to Mindy that I am not sure about the returning thing, but we needed a new mower from Lowes so I bought gift cards. I was like you thinking whollyheck what am I seriously going to buy with these cats when I want to spend as little as I can. So I used it to buy things that don’t normally have a lot of coupons & could easily freeze. With the first two Cats I bought all “meats” (steaks, roasts, ground turkey, etc) with BOGOs, Mgrs Special stickers, etc I picked up approx. $95 worth of meat (11 pkgs) for only $.36 after the $40 savings. I used the third one for a large stockup of the $.88cents/lb chicken deal and berries. OOP was only $.76 cents! Could have went all meats, but berries were calling me… 🙂

By: barbi reyes

barbi reyes — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:59:35 +0000

Are there many Shell gas stations on the way to LA along I-5? We are driving down that way in about 2 1/2 weeks!

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:33:36 +0000

Thanks for the great info! I had to share it with one of my friends who’s going to Disneyland in the fall.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:30:30 +0000

Just thought I would mention that if you’re truly trying to save money on a vacation to a Disney park you’re usually best to get a package deal (hotel and tickets together). For example Disney World has a deal right now that if you purchase your hotel stay with tickets from Aug. 28 – Sept. 24 you’ll receive the dining plan for free. This means your meals will be FREE!! This is one of the best deals of the year!! So I would suggest buying the gift cards and then using those to pay for your package. I’m a travel agent and I love saving my clients money and this is one of the best ways when traveling to Disney.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:29:35 +0000

This is just an idea, but since I don’t usually spend too much at albertsons each week and the cats expire in a week, do you think I could use them to buy something nonperishable that I could then return when I want to spend more there? I would need to buy a whe lot of g cards for our fam of 6 and I usually only hit albies during their doubler weeks, hopefully not spending much money, so I’d rather be able to spend it more at my own pace!