Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[mort1331]

This is what I dont like about AM. Rexall is great posting next day, same with Shell. But been waiting a while for Foodland and have to hold onto receipts for this. Crazy and inconsistent.

 

[alohamom]

This is what I dont like about AM. Rexall is great posting next day, same with Shell. But been waiting a while for Foodland and have to hold onto receipts for this. Crazy and inconsistent.

I 100% agree.

I really dont think I would be as involved with Air Miles as much as I am without @Donald - my hero having started this thread and for all of you posting your plans, strategies and hauls.

I do both the PC program and AMs and I find both have their issues.

 

[AngelDisney]

This is what I dont like about AM. Rexall is great posting next day, same with Shell. But been waiting a while for Foodland and have to hold onto receipts for this. Crazy and inconsistent.

I agree. The other day DH saw all the receipts in my drawer and questioned why I was keeping all those receipts (his word: garbage). He is not very fond of my Am collecting, so I just told him I would deal with them when I had time and not to worry. For the Mega Miles/Shop the Block promotions, sometimes the receipts even fade away before the airmiles get posted. Oh well ...

 

[bgula]

OK, I know this was posted a few weeks ago about the flex tickets on the AM website, but I have a few questions. I got the 7-day flex tickets that were offered a few months ago and was able to only get $469US for them when we visited DW last week (I was hoping for $521, but they wouldn't budge). Those tickets cost me 6400 AM each. Now AM has the 7-day flex tickets on for 6050 AM. Has anyone got one of these yet and found out how much they're worth? I figured that these newer tickets would be worth over $600 US, but cost us at least 8000+ AM. Or are these still older tickets that AM is trying to get rid of? I need another ticket to trade for an AP come December.

 

[FLVacationGirl]

Thank you so much to @Donald - my hero and this thread. I just caught this deal before leaving work and was able to do one quick shop and spend $56 and get 382 air miles. I wish I had done the deal multiple times but it just didn't work out time wise. Still excited about the 382 miles!

 

[Donald - my hero]

it's not gonna be another 380 miles shop next week ... BUT I did just find another grand reopening coupon for the same Rexall! I won't post it until next Monday so it doesn't get lost, spend $40 get 80 miles Monday to Thursday. It WILL combine with the Round up coupon and the regular Thursday beauty event.

 

[flower_petals]

Ok so a posting on that FB group was pointing out that the have odd Disney tickets on sales on site. I checked and they do. Like dessert party tickets, mnsshp tixs. But they are for specific days. Now we're wondering why they would be selling these. https://rewards.airmiles.ca/merchandise?locale=en_CA put Disney in the search bar. I think you have to be signed in to see it

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I don't see those. Just a flip sofa and beach towel / backpack combo.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Okay so type in the word "tickets" in the search bar and they all come up!

https://rewards.airmiles.ca/merchandise/search?q=tickets

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Horrible returns on them though.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Getting frustrated atill haven’t heard back from onyx personal shopper Friday I told them to go ahead and nothing yet ..
sigh .. I just need a vacation again already it’s been what 2 weeks

Ok so a posting on that FB group was pointing out that the have odd Disney tickets on sales on site. I checked and they do. Like dessert party tickets, mnsshp tixs. But they are for specific days. Now we're wondering why they would be selling these. https://rewards.airmiles.ca/merchandise?locale=en_CA put Disney in the search bar. I think you have to be signed in to see it

Tammy -- did you get your tickets yet?? Have they put them up for other people

Side note, i don't see them ???

 

[Pumpkin1172]

You Rexall people are great. I have tried and cant. Maybe its the stores near me, but even trying to spend 50 would mean buying stuff I dont really need or can stock. My shoppers stuff was on sale and it was shampoo and deodorant that the girls use. Not baldy here.

Mort...I don't have a rexall near me. So my main source for Am is Safeway and Shell. I have done alright over the last few years with just those 2 stores. I can only do Rexall when we go to the big city to visit the daughter now. And, that's if I can find one in the areas we are in...which is rarely. I have been able to use my AM for hotels in Disney springs for 5 days, 2 Non expiring Disney World tickets and I saved 2000.00 in vouchers ( that I cashed in last year ) for our dd's destination wedding in Mexico. I would say...that is not bad in a little over 3 years of saving with only those 2 stores as my source of AM.

YUP! That was me, that's our favourite store, love all the staff there. The cashier who we both dealt with is new, haven't seen him before and when i wheeled my cart over with my stuff separated into 3 sections he got really quiet. I told him I'd be gentle He was really impressed with how close each of my transactions came to the $50 mark and couldn't believe that the 3 coupons would stack. As i was leaving I heard him telling one of the other cashiers that I should teach a class and she yelled at me "you've got another convert i think"

Without you...I would NOT have hit onyx for the past couple of years. I would not have been able to buy my non expiring disney tickets or the travel vouchers for the dd's wedding. I had already had the AM for our disney springs trip from previous years of collecting...but not realizing how much I had MISSED out on when the deals were good with AM lol.

I got out of work early because my mom came in to help. Thanks to her, I completely cleaned off my calendar and walked out like this...…

I LOVE walking out of work like that when I'm leaving on holidays. I always post a meme on FB with a little girl running and it says " peace out B*&#^@s I'm outta here " I'm sure you were feeling like that!!!! Have a great holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so jealous of all of you with Rexalls to shop at!!!!

Yes, me too. I don't have a rexall near me. The nearest one is a 40 minute drive away. It's ok in the warm weather, but I don't drive that in the winter. Living in a more remote area of northern Alberta makes for roads that are not great to travelling on. And that rexall has limited hours...no evenings, and no grocery items - not to mention the price of fuel to drive nearly 200 km round trip is not cheap for just AM lol.

Thanks to this little community, I would have never made it to Onyx for the past three years. This year has been dismal for me collecting AM. My time and head space was not focused on that. But since I have restarted, I'm nearly at 2000 for the last 2 months...so not bad. Between Safeway, Am, and the online surveys I'm chugging along

 

[flower_petals]

Horrible returns on them though.

Oh are they? - They say 20% off. Picture for those who are curious. But I'm just wondering why. Where do these tickets come from. The date is so specific - it's like a ebay seller trying to off-load tickets they couldn't use.

 

[FLVacationGirl]

That is pretty weird with the very specific dates. And amounts of people. For 2 adults and 1 child, for example.

I didn't see them until I logged in. Looks like an Onyx thing.

 

[Donald - my hero]

OK, so now that I fully understand that those tickets are listed under merchandise and NOT events i found them -- I agree it's very odd & specific! Only thing i can think is that they were items requested thru the Personal Shopper and then the buyer backed out or didn't have enough miles??

Just used the math that we figured out for these requests -- 14.2 miles/1 USD and the tickets are almost EXACTLY that amount. The oddest to me though is 3 tickets to the Halloween party TOMORROW! I'm fairly confident that's the date that one of us was looking for?

**ETA one ticket is even expired now! Tour for DisneyLAND on August 22

 

[Donald - my hero]

That is pretty weird with the very specific dates. And amounts of people. For 2 adults and 1 child, for example.

I didn't see them until I logged in. Looks like an Onyx thing.

I couldn't find them either until i looked under MERCHANDISE --- i doubt people will find them there!

 

[TammyLynn33]

OK, so now that I fully understand that those tickets are listed under merchandise and NOT events i found them -- I agree it's very odd & specific! Only thing i can think is that they were items requested thru the Personal Shopper and then the buyer backed out or didn't have enough miles??

Just used the math that we figured out for these requests -- 14.2 miles/1 USD and the tickets are almost EXACTLY that amount. The oddest to me though is 3 tickets to the Halloween party TOMORROW! I'm fairly confident that's the date that one of us was looking for?

Could people be cancelling bc of storm moving in and got insurance and now airmiles is stuck with ?
Just a thought

 

[Days In the Sun]

My thought is that personal shoppers have spent the time getting the quotes, people have declined them but perhaps Disney is holding the price for two weeks so they are offering them up to all Onyx collectors.

 

[Days In the Sun]

OK, I know this was posted a few weeks ago about the flex tickets on the AM website, but I have a few questions. I got the 7-day flex tickets that were offered a few months ago and was able to only get $469US for them when we visited DW last week (I was hoping for $521, but they wouldn't budge). Those tickets cost me 6400 AM each. Now AM has the 7-day flex tickets on for 6050 AM. Has anyone got one of these yet and found out how much they're worth? I figured that these newer tickets would be worth over $600 US, but cost us at least 8000+ AM. Or are these still older tickets that AM is trying to get rid of? I need another ticket to trade for an AP come December.

My thought is that Airmiles has negotiated "special" flexible date tickets in order to continue to carry non-date specific tickets without having to charge Canadians for the full "flex ticket" price in airmiles. Until someone checks on the value at guest services, I would think a safe bet would be to divide by 14.2 airmiles and use that as the expected USD value and anything over that is a bonus. They can't be old tickets, it's been years since they have had 3 day tickets and based on the airmiles listed, highly unlikely they are full price tickets (6050am for a 7 day flex worth $627USD works out to about 14 cents an airmile instead of the standard 10 cents a mile).

I would think the best bet on using airmiles right now for an AP is to use the personal shopper. If you are DVC and they can't do a DVC AP quote, you could buy the most expensive ticket valued under the DVC AP price (10day flex park hopper would do it). I would just make sure to confirm that it is a full value ticket worth $xxx before redeeming ie. let them know that you would be exchanging it for an AP so needed confirmation that it was worth the full value on Disney's website.

Hope you had an awesome trip!

 

[Pumpkin1172]

This is super off topic....but I just watched a video of the opening of Galaxies Edge in Orlando.....OH MY DOG!!!!! I couldn't even imagine. It is like people soup...people everywhere. It just gives me anxiety watching that. I don't mind crowds...but that...geeze. If anyone of our little family is there right now. @hdrolfe I hope that it if your in that people soup...you survive. You are a superstar for even thinking about tackling that!!!!!!!

Edited to add

The posted wait time to ride Smugglers Run at 11:00 am was around 5....yes 5 hour wait. Oh my. Now to see how those disney lovers who snubbed the new universal Hagrids ride, let's see what they say about how " brilliant " disney handled the crowds. Sorry...that was mean...but I just get soooo irritated at those who snub the dark side....I love both sides I have WAYYYYYY too much time on my hands at work lol