Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ottawamom]

"Cash AM" help! So I just shopped at Rexall. If I change my preference now to 100% Cash Rewards will my shopping today be posted to my Cash account or my Dream account. At the time I shopped my account was 100% Dream.

If it will go to Cash can I then switch back to 100% Dream after its posted and will all last weeks shopping be posted to Dream. How quick are they to make the change back and forth. I am thinking if I have some Cash miles then I can take advantage of the Metro coupon in the Shop the Block booklet.

Any advice out there.

 

[bababear_50]

So this is what I have so far
1 spend $60.00 at foodland *(done)
2. Two prime meat offers at Foodland*(done)($9.99 each)
3. Bothwell cheese at Sobeys*(done) ($6.99 each)
4. Costa Coffee at Shell*(done)($2.00)
Still to come:
5. My youngest son is going to try Sobeys Urban Fresh in Toronto for me-cheese deal ($6.99 each)youngest son came through for me (done).
6. I will use Metro Coupon --- use 95 cash airmiles on a purchase Dec 1-4
7. I will buy $15.00 in Nosh or Rose and Robin *Rexall* products Dec 2-8.(xmas treats)
No word from the Foodland manager yet so atleast I have an alternate plan of action.
Hugs Mel

Oh a a bottle of Gin is also a possibility for me.
I could also go get a free hearing test.

 

[bababear_50]

"Cash AM" help! So I just shopped at Rexall. If I change my preference now to 100% Cash Rewards will my shopping today be posted to my Cash account or my Dream account. At the time I shopped my account was 100% Dream.

If it will go to Cash can I then switch back to 100% Dream after its posted and will all last weeks shopping be posted to Dream. How quick are they to make the change back and forth. I am thinking if I have some Cash miles then I can take advantage of the Metro coupon in the Shop the Block booklet.

Any advice out there.

Hi Hon
When you go to change it it will tell you
***Any change in your preference will take effect at 3:00am ET the following day.**
not sure if this helps or not
Hugs Mel

 

[Donald - my hero]

Hit up Metro this afternoon and made out like bandits!
2 Smuckers jams --3.99 ea buy 2 get 10AM
Peanut butter -- 5.99 get 10 AM
9 packs of yogurt (yes NINE -- don't judge ) 3.49 ea buy 3 get 20 so total of 60 AM
Raisin bread 3.49 --get 1 (yes ONE, seriously??)
but the surprise was Lactantia purefilter 1% milk, 1 L (again don't judge, i hate milk but this i will drink) 2.99 --we thought the sign said buy 2 get 15 AM , date was Dec 23rd bought 2 .. receipt reads THIRTY!
Total spent --67 - earned 126 AM

 

[ottawamom]

Hi Hon
When you go to change it it will tell you
***Any change in your preference will take effect at 3:00am ET the following day.**
not sure if this helps or not
Hugs Mel

That's exactly what I needed to hear. Rexall will post sometime tomorrow. I'll try it and see what happens. I don't have anything else posting until Wednesday at the earliest so I should be able to change it back by then. Worst case is that the AM go to my Dream account because that was my preference when they were earned. Thanks

 

[AngelDisney]

ROAD BLOCK-Shop the Block.

My Foodland does not have the Bothwell cheddar cheese or the Maple leaf deli meat slices.
The manager is supposed to call me this afternoon. I am a bit disappointed, you would think that shops would be connected to these offers and stock for them.
I have to think out a new game plan here.
Hugs Mel

Same here! Very disappointed too!

 

[mab2012]

"Cash AM" help! So I just shopped at Rexall. If I change my preference now to 100% Cash Rewards will my shopping today be posted to my Cash account or my Dream account. At the time I shopped my account was 100% Dream.

If it will go to Cash can I then switch back to 100% Dream after its posted and will all last weeks shopping be posted to Dream. How quick are they to make the change back and forth. I am thinking if I have some Cash miles then I can take advantage of the Metro coupon in the Shop the Block booklet.

Any advice out there.

I wondered more or less the same thing. I saw the info on the Air Miles site stating that the change would be effective at 3 am. What's still not completely clear is whether that applies to the transaction date or the posting date. Probably posting date, but I decided I'd just wait a day to make my purchases. This was on Friday, so my preference update should have been effective early Saturday morning. Yesterday (Nov 20th) I shopped at Staples, LCBO, Rexall, and Sobeys. All except Sobeys are now showing posted to my account, and all were posted as cash miles. The weird thing - they all posted backdated to Nov 19. Which should have been dream miles (since cash miles weren't to be effective until early on the 20th), but then the actual transaction date *was* Nov 20. So... ??

I've now changed my preferences back to dream miles (supposedly effective Nov 22 at 3 am); I'll be interested to see how the Sobeys miles are credited once they post. Hopefully dream, but if not, oh well. I have bigger problems to worry about.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Ok gang, get your shopping lists ready, fire up the computers and start your Christmas on-line shopping NOW


Here's the fine print that goes along with this offer

Happy clicking everyone!

 

[ottawamom]

I wondered more or less the same thing. I saw the info on the Air Miles site stating that the change would be effective at 3 am. What's still not completely clear is whether that applies to the transaction date or the posting date. Probably posting date, but I decided I'd just wait a day to make my purchases. This was on Friday, so my preference update should have been effective early Saturday morning. Yesterday (Nov 20th) I shopped at Staples, LCBO, Rexall, and Sobeys. All except Sobeys are now showing posted to my account, and all were posted as cash miles. The weird thing - they all posted backdated to Nov 19. Which should have been dream miles (since cash miles weren't to be effective until early on the 20th), but then the actual transaction date *was* Nov 20. So... ??

I've now changed my preferences back to dream miles (supposedly effective Nov 22 at 3 am); I'll be interested to see how the Sobeys miles are credited once they post. Hopefully dream, but if not, oh well. I have bigger problems to worry about.

If it's posted based on the actual transaction date I'll just leave it and let my Black Friday shopping go to Cash. It can't hurt to have a few cash miles. That way I'll be able to use those coupons from Metro for spend 95AM (cash) get 25AM. I've never been able to take advantage of that deal in the past. Let us know what happens with your Sobey's miles. That way we should be able to figure out if its the transaction date or the date they are posted to Airmiles.

 

[ttaylorcan]

That's exactly what I needed to hear. Rexall will post sometime tomorrow. I'll try it and see what happens. I don't have anything else posting until Wednesday at the earliest so I should be able to change it back by then. Worst case is that the AM go to my Dream account because that was my preference when they were earned. Thanks

I did the same thing yesterday, shopped Rexall, changed cash level to 80% cash. I received the Rexall points from yesterday first (same night), then slider adjustment. Based on Sobeys points posting on Wednesday, I`m going to readjust today so not as many Sobey`s points go to cash.

 

[ttaylorcan]

Ok gang, get your shopping lists ready, fire up the computers and start your Christmas on-line shopping NOW

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Here's the fine print that goes along with this offer
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Happy clicking everyone!

The 20x airmilesshop offer has been added to the list for Shop the Block!

 

[ottawamom]

My Rexall purchase from yesterday (before I switched to Cash) posted today as Dream miles. So I guess you must have your account changed before making your purchase. They appear to allocate based on the transaction date not the posting date.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Can you switch from Dream to Cash (and reverse) that quickly? I didn't even think of using those Shop the Block coupons since I solely do Dream rewards.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Can you switch from Dream to Cash (and reverse) that quickly? I didn't even think of using those Shop the Block coupons since I solely do Dream rewards.

Easy-peasy!
Just click on the little "i" next to your Dream rewards on the home page. When the site is actually functional (really dragging this morning) you'll see this pop up

Click on the "cash or dream? What's your preference?" slide the pointer to where you want (I have mine at 10% cash & 90 % dream hoping i can earn the 95 needed to do the Metro offer) It will make the switch at 3 am tomorrow. You can change it as often as you want.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Here's this week's Rexall coupon

Spend $40.00 get 60 AM

 

[NorthernGrl]

omg! The black friday 20X is awesome! I need new bras! Better go and surf the Penningtons site!
And Toys R Us Too!

 

[Pumpkin1172]

A question for those collectors in the West. I got super excited when I seen in this weeks flyer that at Safeway, if I purchase certain gift cards we get 70 am! So My question is actually two. If they don't have the sticker up by the gift cards do I still get the am that are in the flyer? Also...If I purchase 2...which would be $100, would that purchase qualify for the bonus 95 miles with a $95 purchase?

 

[ottawamom]

At Sobey's, in Ontario, (which owns Safeway) they won't allow you to count your gift card purchases towards the "spend $95 get 95AM" type promotions. It doesn't hurt to ask but I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Donald - my hero]

A question for those collectors in the West. I got super excited when I seen in this weeks flyer that at Safeway, if I purchase certain gift cards we get 70 am! So My question is actually two. If they don't have the sticker up by the gift cards do I still get the am that are in the flyer? Also...If I purchase 2...which would be $100, would that purchase qualify for the bonus 95 miles with a $95 purchase?

Just make sure you have the flyer in hand when you shop and if the Miles don't appear on the receipt point it out to the cashier right then and they might be able to adjust your miles on the spot. Read the fine print to be sure it doesn't say they won't be appear on your receipt (certain bonuses come from Airmiles or the store's head office), if this is the case you need to keep the receipt and watch your account like a hawk. If it goes beyond 60 days file a missing miles report. I keep a spread sheet to track my purchases and bonuses (needed during this current Shop the Block since they won't post till 2017)

You should also question if you need to purchase the gift cards in separate sales to get the bonus for both -- one of our Rexalls strangely needs me to ring them thru separately, who knows why?!?

 

[Donald - my hero]

omg! The black friday 20X is awesome! I need new bras! Better go and surf the Penningtons site!
And Toys R Us Too!

UPDATE to the Black Friday 20X -- if you look closely there are some stores that have even more multiplier offers and it says

Pennington has an extra 2 X

ALSO, don't forget that many stores extend their Black Friday sales to their on-line shops AND Cyber Monday has amazing deals as well, so if you can hold off till then you can increase your purchasing power! The bonus offer is good till Nov 30th