Last year I read a review on the Mommy Points blog about using SPG points for Chicago Cubs tickets at Wrigley Field. I filed it away in the back of my mind because I thought it sounded like a fun idea. Fast forward a year, and we were planning our trip to Chicago. My husband is a huge baseball fan (albeit, not a Cubs fan), and he really likes visiting different ballparks around the country. He has always wanted to visit Wrigley Field, so this was our chance to get Chicago Cubs box seat tickets using SPG points.
We took the kids to a Rockies gameMoments by SPG promo with the Cubs again this year. The cost (in points) has risen since last year, but it was still worth it to us to give it a try. We really wanted to go to the game, but did not want to shell out the cash for 4 tickets.
These were the options available to us (and still available at the time of this writing) on the SPG Moments website here:
It was very easy to redeem our SPG points for Chicago Cubs box seat tickets. We just went to the website (signed in to my account), and chose the date that we wanted. There are limited tickets available for each game, so we acted quickly once we found our dates available. The customer service for SPG Moments was wonderful. I emailed them with a couple of questions (yes, our 4 tickets were next to each other and they would actually refund our points if game was rained out), and they were very friendly and prompt with responding.
We opted to go for the 7500 points for 2 tickets (so 15,000 total points for the 4 of us). My husband wanted to be in those seats more than he wanted the Luxury Suite experience. The seats were great (and this is coming from me, someone totally indifferent to baseball or any sport for that matter). The ticket prices (in cash) would have been close to $400 (not that we would have ever paid that much), so we felt like we got a good value for our points. There are some that would argue that there are way more “valuable” ways to use SPG points, but this was perfect for our family in this situation.
The Cubs lost, and from what I gathered from the crowd, that is nothing new. I fully admit to being more interested in the atmosphere than the actual game, but it seemed like the game itself kind of sucked. But we still had a really great time.
On our final leg of the Colorado portion of our National Parks Road Trip, we visited the wonderful city of Denver. With limited time, we had to decide how to spend our one and a half days in the city. We had to narrow down the things we wanted to do while we were in Denver with the kids. Family trips are different than couples or friends trips, so we had to research and make some decisions about what to do. These are some things to do in Denver with kids, some of which we did and some we will do next time!
Considering that I don’t even drink soda, nor do I eat buffalo wings or bacon (I know, I know…), you would think this would have been a big miss. You would be wrong. Most of the time, if the kids are happy, I am happy too. And they LOVED this place. They have an incredible amount of candy and soda flavors that are unusual and really fun. It’s a kiddie dream come true! It was easy to walk to as we were walking around the city center, so we were able to burn off some of those candy and soda calories.
For my husband, our short list of things to do almost always means visiting a ballpark if the team is in town while we are. We were lucky that the Colorado Rockies were playing, and we were able to get some great tickets to see the game with our friends (the aforementioned excellent rocky mountain oysters at the concession stand. If you know me or have read this blog, obviously I did NOT try these. But the others did…yum?
Close to our hotel (hotel & had lunch at one of the many restaurants.
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Hammond’s Candies Factory Tours
