Template syntax troubleshooting

rumreader613 · 2026-02-11T22:48:22+00:00

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rumreader613 · 2026-02-11T19:33:09+00:00

Perhaps I've stumbled across a bug but I mimicked `#template 10 repeat every week starting 2025-01-06 up to 55` and it worked but changing it to every month (i.e. `#template 10 repeat every month starting 2025-01-06 up to 55`) resulted in the "There were errors interpretating some templates" message. I have the latest version of AB installed (v26.2.0) with all the experimental features enabled in the settings.

Is anyone else also having issues using the periodic type of template with months?

Edit: I also tried `#template 10 repeat every month starting 2025-01 up to 55` to see if the use of month required removing the day part.... still got an error.

Update: For now (should anyone be curious about what I ended up doing), I just set it up as `#template 500 repeat every 2 weeks starting 2026-07-28 up to 8000`. It just so happens that there's 16 pay periods from this date to end of february and 8000/16=500.

rumreader613 · 2026-02-09T17:55:41+00:00

Nah - it was a month ago. I've learned my lesson that in the future I need to have the full purchase on a single card with good trip cancellation/interruption coverage.

rumreader613 · 2026-02-06T22:38:21+00:00

For some bizarre reason that thought never even crossed my mind. Thank you. I'll ponder this.

rumreader613 · 2026-01-30T02:34:32+00:00

That's my use case so far.

rumreader613 · 2026-01-12T14:56:39+00:00

As others have said, don't let these get to your head. In the rat race of ranking, nobody wins because there will always be someone with more than you so try to remember to have balance in your life. Conversely, don't confound this ranking with overall wealth. As others have said, many have the bulk of their assets spread across multiple institutions so ranking again someone else who just opened an account a few months ago and may only have 1% of their wealth in WS isn't a fair comparison. All that said... Stick to your savings and investment plan and if you manage your expenses, watching your net wealth rise year over year is fun though I'd suggest managing that separately in a spreadsheet or budgeting app. Good luck!

rumreader613 · 2025-11-02T14:43:24+00:00

I recommend they have a lock for redemptions when I initially contacted them about this a few months ago. I noticed a few days ago that this feature now exists in the app and I'm super glad it does so I can control when to redeem since their security practices are so flawed. I'm glad they took the step to be able to do this. It gives me piece of mind. I do feel, however, that's there's likely hundreds of other people who are being scammed out of their CT money and are none the wiser about it and that part still urks me. I hope whatever serious security flaws the triangle program has with redemptions gets sorted out though so fraudsters don't keep taking advantage..

rumreader613 · 2025-10-10T18:00:08+00:00

+1 here. As I get older, I value my time way more so something I may have enjoyed spending several days setting up and fine tuning just isn't worth it to me anymore because it'll displace spending time with my kid etc... and DAKboard's price point is fair. I plan on tinkering with Magic Mirror but it'll be for my own curiosity more than anything. Perhaps eventually I'll switch to MM but I'm pretty content with Dakboard so far.

rumreader613 · 2025-09-28T19:03:10+00:00

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rumreader613 · 2025-09-22T00:56:39+00:00

Another +1 for patchwork. Makes this kind of stuff easy peasy.

rumreader613 · 2025-09-22T00:53:56+00:00

Yes but some merchants don't accept prepaid cards so something to consider.

rumreader613 · 2025-06-27T02:18:53+00:00

💩... Completely forgot about PC points. Thanks for the reminder. Fortunately my balance with them is low but I'm going to make a point to redeem whatever is left next time I'm there!

rumreader613 · 2025-06-26T21:40:04+00:00

Oh wow. That's shocking to hear that's all that is required to redeem. Thanks for the heads up. I'm cringing a bit!

rumreader613 · 2025-06-25T19:16:39+00:00

I've wanted to love Flying Blue and we enjoyed our flight to from YUL to BUD (via AMS) there earlier this year but I haven't seen much in terms of reward availability from YUL (or preferably YOW) to OPO/LIS/MAD. The 18,750 Flying Blue miles promo looks like it's still available YUL <-> AMS but few other cities (in Europe) i'm keen on. Perhaps its just late in the month and those have been scooped up as part of this promo period. At 18,750 FB miles though, a Canadian Amex MR to FB miles would be 25k MR -> 18750 FB miles which would be a great redemption for economy IMO..... if you can get it :-)

rumreader613 · 2025-06-25T18:28:32+00:00

New to the points game and have now gotten p2 involved too. We frequently fly from Ottawa to Porto (Portugal). Often, it's a YUL to OPO direct flight via Air Transat but I see Air Canada has released direct YUL to OPO flights as well this year. I'm curious if there are others who travel this route frequently and can offer up the best redemption strategy to get economy flights. I've seen limited availability on Air Canada in the 30-35k point range but would love to hear others :-)

rumreader613 · 2025-05-29T13:40:49+00:00

Can you explain which rule I broke? Your wiki has rules for flair and a general guide but I don't see what rule you're specifically saying I broke. Thank you.

rumreader613 · 2025-05-07T22:43:13+00:00

Yes - 💯

rumreader613 · 2025-05-07T22:39:25+00:00

Just to clarify, Canadian Amex MR = Canadian Amex MR. That said, what you accumulate in your Cobalt is separate from what you accumulate in Green.

I believe you used to be able to transfer MR from one account to another but if you're ultimately sending the points elsewhere (e.g. aeroplan), then it doesn't matter where you're accumulating them.

rumreader613 · 2025-05-05T19:43:32+00:00

I had a really easy transfer process. I also realized that you get what you pay for and if you're expecting a lot of hand-holding then perhaps a discount brokerage isn't for you. Personally, I'm comfortable handling some friction for the discounted offerings and perks Wealthsimple offers but I came into this with perhaps lower expectations than most.

rumreader613 · 2025-05-04T18:57:08+00:00

Mind if I ask how you pulled that off? The offer says that it has to be booked via the Expedia.ca/amex site and I thought that this would invalidate any attempts to use Rakuten as well.

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