Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Donald - my hero]

Ontario's Metro flyer's up for this week:
Campbell's soups (boxed broths &chunky included) 1.99 buy 5 get 20 AM
Post cereal 2.49 buy 3 get 15 AM

Spend 60 -- get 20
Spend 80 -- get 40
Spend 100 -- get 60

We were in Toronto overnight and I made hubby stop at Metro on the way home to pick up 3 more yogurt to score 20 AM before the sale ends. (Side note, YES we were in the city the night of "The Game" and i don't remember the last time it felt so alive! We stayed at the ALT hotel by Pearson because well ... anything IN the city was cra-cra $$ AND i decided to take one for the team so I booked it thru the AIrmiles hub, earned me 240 AM! Poor hubby doesn't follow the game and wasn't terribly happy with me lying in bed screaming at the tv when that last ball sailed into the upper deck!)

 

[hdrolfe]

If anyone uses checkout 51 they have some money back on Halloween candy, the same ones that are part of the buy 3 get 50AM at Sobeys, so it could be a good deal. I will be checking it out tomorrow to see the prices any way!

 

[Donald - my hero]

So I got an email from Airmiles about a new Load + Go for the card, no more clipping coupons! I'm excited. I know I do this with Sobeys already, but Metro and Rexall I have to show the coupons. This sounds much easier... Looks to be for Rexall at least. I'm liking this idea... I'll try and post a link when I get home from work (don't have access to the email from here)

Personally I don't want Rexall to go with electronic loading. When SDM went electronic, the ability to stack coupons ended. SDM was so lucrative before.

Hopefully I'm out to lunch and electronic coupons will be an improvement.

We've had the coupons for Metro on hubby's phone for MONTHS now and he loves it (the cashier at the self-check not so much, cause they put the machine in a perpetual loop that he has to manually force to close so we can actually pay ) Word of warning though, if you intend to use them for the 2 weeks that they're good for, you need to select them ALL before the new ones show up or they get dumped from your profile. I started keeping a backup document on my desktop so we can print coupons if he neglects that one step! I hope Rexall doesn't stop the ability to stack the coupons for 2 reasons, my phone is DUMB (meaning i can't load the offers onto it) and i make out like a bandit by printing out several copies of each and every coupon! I have noticed that occasionally the weekly one does have this fine print
Cannot be combined with any other AIR MILES® store wide coupon offer.
The 3 stores in our city (that know me VERY well) never have a problem with me actually using them ALL, but the store i went to yesterday, in the PATH in Toronto, wouldn't even look at the one for Spend $40.00 get 60 -- so i just dumped my purchased on the counter and left! (ok, i was nice about it, but i didn't "unshop" like we normally do if we decide against a purchase)

 

[Donald - my hero]

Can someone who is NOT ONYX try this link for me, it's for the coffee at Shell. I put it on the first page but noticed the end of the url is ONYX. I don't want a newbie finding a broken link!
Buy any size Costa Coffee at Shell until January 8th & earn 10 Airmiles, no coupon required

 

[ottawamom]

Can someone who is NOT ONYX try this link for me, it's for the coffee at Shell. I put it on the first page but noticed the end of the url is ONYX. I don't want a newbie finding a broken link!
Buy any size Costa Coffee at Shell until January 8th & earn 10 Airmiles, no coupon required

I logged into AM as my DH (who's Gold and it reset how AM views my computer) then came back to this page and clicked on your link. It worked.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I just received my targeted coupons for Rexall that start tomorrow and run for 2 weeks. There are a few I'll use a couple of times (cards, Terry Oranges--everyone gets on in their stockings --snacky type things) and a "heads-up" for next week's offer. Spend $30.00 get 50 AM, when i get the general use one I'll post the link.

 

[bababear_50]

Sobeys this week for me

3 boxes Halloween Candies/Treats =50 airmiles.
I will wait to see what targeted offers I get also.
Hugs Mel

 

[hihohiho]

Hi! First of all, thanks for all of the great posts in this thread! I never tried to collect Air Miles actively but have 900 expiring in December so want to use them for my trip to Orlando in January. Between Rexall and Sobeys, neither of which I have really ever shopped at, I have earned over 500 miles this month! I have 2250 right now, enough for a car rental or two Seaworld passes. I am leaning towards the passes and trying to earn enough miles for a third before I go, but does anyone know if they can be upgraded to include the extra day at Busch Gardens? Seaworld passes may go on sale too, so it may not be the best use of miles, I am not sure. Thanks!

 

[hdrolfe]

If anyone has a pet and a Global pet foods near by they are having a bonus air miles on certain cat & dog foods. I am not sure if it's at all the stores or not.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Thanks for the heads up @hdrolfe , I've added a link to the first page

 

[NorthernGrl]

Not all AM related, but....
It was a great "Disney" week for me!
The January dicounts were released, and I was able to save us $150 on our 3 rooms at ASMo. Southwest is having a seat sale, and our flights out of BUF were reduced $20 each way. Since they're non-refundable, all we could get was credit for future use, but that just means I have to plan another trip!
And yesterday, I got our 6th AM ticket! Woo hoo!!!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Not all AM related, but....
It was a great "Disney" week for me!
The January dicounts were released, and I was able to save us $150 on our 3 rooms at ASMo. Southwest is having a seat sale, and our flights out of BUF were reduced $20 each way. Since they're non-refundable, all we could get was credit for future use, but that just means I have to plan another trip!
And yesterday, I got our 6th AM ticket! Woo hoo!!!

WOW all of those things are A-MAZ-ING ! You've had a great week, nice way to head into a long weekend full of what I hope is some more great baseball!

 

[ottawamom]

There's a new 1AM deal on the Airmiles website. Its for a Dirty Dancing show in Winnipeg March 31 2017. I'm not posting the link here because I can't get it to work. Can someone else look it up and see if they can get the link to the details to work. (GetRewarded,Events&Attractions,AirmilesExclusiveEvents)

Edit: I went back in and its not showing up at all. I guess it sold out or they are modifying it somehow. Keep and eye out in case it comes back.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I just received an offer thru e-mail for purchases made with my Mastercard between now and then end of November. 2 things wrong with this offer, my Mastercard was comprised so i don't have an actual card right now (seems I wanted to go skiing in Utah to the tune of $2500 and BC for a mere $1700 and needed some tools worth $989 to use when i get home ) AND the purchases need to be HUGE! I don't spend this much on a single purchase very often and if i did I'd be using my AMEX since the AirMiles return is much bigger

 

[bababear_50]

Just back from Sobeys
I don't know why I thought the tetra juice boxes were $1.99 because they are actually $3.59 x2=$7.18
not a good deal for me for 10 airmiles.
I ended up with 3 boxes of chocolate bars for 50 airmiles. each box of 50 cost $9.99 but I did need them for Halloween.(oh ok I love those mini chocolate bars)
2 pkg pudding cups for 5 airmiles.
So alittle lower this week but I did get a online airmiles survey for 20 airmiles (all about Uber Eats and Uber transportation) and the one posted the other day for 25 so I doing not bad this week.
Hugs Mel

 

[hdrolfe]

Just back from Sobeys
I don't know why I thought the tetra juice boxes were $1.99 because they are actually $3.59 x2=$7.18
not a good deal for me for 10 airmiles.
I ended up with 3 boxes of chocolate bars for 50 airmiles. each box of 50 cost $9.99 but I did need them for Halloween.(oh ok I love those mini chocolate bars)
2 pkg pudding cups for 5 airmiles.
So alittle lower this week but I did get a online airmiles survey for 20 airmiles (all about Uber Eats and Uber transportation) and the one posted the other day for 25 so I doing not bad this week.
Hugs Mel

Thanks for those prices, makes planning much easier! That is expensive for juice boxes, and a no name brand at that... Think I will be passing as my kiddo is rather fussy about his juice. I was too lazy to stop on my way home from work today

 

[kuhltiffany]

Which CC is that? I gave up on my Amex AirMiles card, it wasn't enough to bother with, but may be in the market for another if I try to make a push to get Onyx this year...

I just received an offer thru e-mail for purchases made with my Mastercard between now and then end of November. 2 things wrong with this offer, my Mastercard was comprised so i don't have an actual card right now (seems I wanted to go skiing in Utah to the tune of $2500 and BC for a mere $1700 and needed some tools worth $989 to use when i get home ) AND the purchases need to be HUGE! I don't spend this much on a single purchase very often and if i did I'd be using my AMEX since the AirMiles return is much bigger

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[ottawamom]

Which CC is that? I gave up on my Amex AirMiles card, it wasn't enough to bother with, but may be in the market for another if I try to make a push to get Onyx this year...

The offer in question was with BMO Mastercard (at least mine was). The Amex with the better AM rewards is the Platinum (silver or higher) Amex. They had a promo on recently with a good sign up bonus and it gives you 1AM for every $10 spent at Sponsor retailers. Downside is the annual fee. Mastercard has a card with the same earning potential (World or World Elite Airmiles Mastercards) and they both have annual fees but on the plus side you get flights for 25% fewer airmiles.

If you are interested have a look at both their websites and wait for a bonus promo before you apply.

 

[Debbie]

I just received an offer thru e-mail for purchases made with my Mastercard between now and then end of November. 2 things wrong with this offer, my Mastercard was comprised so i don't have an actual card right now (seems I wanted to go skiing in Utah to the tune of $2500 and BC for a mere $1700 and needed some tools worth $989 to use when i get home ) AND the purchases need to be HUGE! I don't spend this much on a single purchase very often and if i did I'd be using my AMEX since the AirMiles return is much bigger

EXACTLY what I thought when I deleted that email!

 

[star72232]

Just had my AM post for the Foodland's GC deal.

I ended up with 200 "extra" points. I bought 4 GC, but one of them didn't actually have the miles on my receipt. The manager manually added them for me. My mother was going to pick up 1 GC, to bring me up to the max of 5. She ended up getting 2, not realizing that there was a limit. Since one of my cards was actually added without being linked to a card, I ended up getting all 1200 AM. Yay!