On occasion I like to collect things. It’s a learned behavior that I picked up from my friend George. I suspect that something got lost in the translation though because George tends to collect things with actual resale value and I collect things like TV show recordings and subway points.
Subway points are fun to collect because they come with tasty sandwiches and they provide me with endless ways to torment my friends and co-workers who all believe in their hearts that a subway point not spent is a subway point wasted.
I’m pleased to say that I have not spent a single Subway point since I got my subway card. I should probably mention here that I once “pretended” to spend some of my subway points to buy a sandwich for a friend at work because I didn’t want to her to argue with me about the fact that I bought her lunch. I’m not super good at “pretending” as it turns out, because I left the receipt for the sandwich in her subway sack. Yep, I’m a moron.
Anyway, my current subway point balance as of this afternoon is 1,357. For those of you who are Subway novices, if I turned in all of my points today, I could have about 20 free sandwiches. I clearly won’t redeem these 20 sandwiches though because if I turned my points now, then I would not have any points left and I would have to come up with some other useless thing to collect. To be honest, I just don’t have the personal motivation to think of a replacement right now.
So here’s the mystery – Several weeks ago I had over 1,400 points. If I have never spent a single subway point, why do I now only have 1,357? Where have my points gone? My subway card has never left my wallet and my wallet has never left my pocket so where are all my points disappearing to?
This is fundamentally disturbing. I feel so…violated.
The point decline to date:
(I started keeping track on 3/12/2009)
3/12/2009 – 1,381
3/16/2009 – 1,375
3/24/2009 – 1,369
3/27/2009 – 1,377 (A slight rebound)
4/06/2009 – 1,357
5 comments:
Well Mr. Baggaley the answer to this mystery lies in the rules of the reward program. Per the rewards program rules it states:
"How long will SUBWAY® Rewards Points last?
Rewards Points expire 36 months from the date they are rewarded, unless stated otherwise by us."
Hence it may not be wise thing to collect and never spend.
That's what they'd like you to believe little Candace. There is in fact a point thief out there somewhere and I will guard my points with my life until he/she is caught.
Saving is better than spending.
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Holy cow! I'm no expert, but I'm almost positive that 4:00 in the morning is a dangerous time to be reading about my shenanigans. You should get some quality sleep before reading any more of this stuff anon. It's probably as dull as reading tax law when read at a decent hour. :)
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