Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[cari12]

The Mastercard offer I was referring to is actually in the APP with the little blue flag that says Bonus Boom Burst, it's not this week's emailed offer.

My weekly offer will be ok because it works with the one several of us got for using at eating/drinking locations, return kinda sucks but when i combine the two it will be better. The one that runs until December 4th is spend $200 get 200 and the one that runs until Nov 15th is spend $100 get 40 miles. Normally that wouldn't be remotely possible but yesterday was our anniversary and for the first time since Jan 2020 i ate in a restaurant and the service was so good that i tipped a ridiculous amount! Also bought hubby $45 worth of coffee beans bringing the total to $130 completing this week's offer. Hubby doesn't know it yet but we'll be taking him out for his 60th birthday so we will easily spend the rest of the $200 and get the total 240 miles.

Thinking more on it though, I might use the AMEX for his birthday dinner because we get 1 mile for every $5 on that card. We can easily do the extra $70 on things like his weekly pizza, fried chicken, fancy doughnuts or whatever else we might be tempted to get

This BBB MasterCard offer should be fine for me between Safeway and Shell we’ll spend. $500 since it’s a longer timeframe this time. Would have been nice to be more than 125 AM though.

 

[mort1331]

Is this just AM mastercards..or any MC??

 

[Donald - my hero]

Is this just AM mastercards..or any MC??

If you're asking about the new linked offers it reads to me as ANY Canadian issued Mastercard.

Here's all the info you need about this new feature
Link Your Canadian-Issued Mastercard for more miles

 

[Donald - my hero]

Still planning my hunting trips and one last peek shows that Metro has fixed the glitch, new offers are available now!

 

[bababear_50]

New Metro offer
spend $40 get 40
Nov 11th to Nov 17th
This one I'll probably use

Plus, get an extra 5 Bonus Miles if you spend $5 on Selection or Irresistibles products.*
Terms + Conditions
* Offer is exclusive and non-transferable and only valid for the recipient of the offer invitation. Eligible collector must activate offer prior to the eligible transaction by clicking the “Activate now” button in the offer invitation. Offer valid from November 11 to November 17, 2021. Valid at Metro locations, excluding Thunder Bay. Offer subject to change without notice. Limit of one bonus offer per AIR MILES® collector number. To get 40 Bonus Miles, qualifying purchase of $40 or more must be made in a single transaction and excludes taxes, tobacco, beer, wine, cider, Western Union, lottery tickets, transit tickets, stamps, gift cards, prescription medications, behind-the-counter pharmacy items and purchases from in-store vendors. Some restrictions apply. See in-store for details. To get 5 extra Bonus Miles, $5 of the qualifying single purchase must be of any Selection or Irresistibles products. AIR MILES card must be presented at the time of the purchase. Limit of one bonus offer per AIR MILES collector number. Can be combined with other AIR MILES offers. Bonus Miles will not appear on your cash register receipt. Miles will be posted to your collector account 4 to 6 weeks from the date of purchase.

Hugs
Mel

And Jacqueline that Bonus Boom Burst BMO offer sounds terrible.

 

[bababear_50]

3 shops for me ,,one last night and two today
$120.00 Foodland =525 Airmiles
$72.00 Sobeys = 288 Airmiles
$102.00 Sobeys = 500 Airmiles
Total Cost $297.00
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Total 1,313 Airmiles
We have lots of snacks for the next 3 months over the holidays and I have all my Holiday Food Donations done to.

Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

So upset with Metro yet again. I looked at my emailed offers this morning, there were two. I had to get a few things so I stopped in the store at 2:15. Ended up purchasing $80 worth of meat and stuff. Got home read a few posts here and then decided to check my offers again. Checked my email again and there was a threshold spend that was sent to my inbox at 2:15 I cashed out at 2:28 and didn't know about the offer and that I needed to opt in. I'm now out 45AM. On the plus side I did get a box of Biscoff cookies for free because the price on the shelf didn't agree with the price that came up at the cash.

Another reason to be angry though, I had the same thing happen last week with romaine lettuce and the produce guy said give it to her for 4.99 shelf price (that one also should have been free).

Remember the scanning code of practice people. Gotta save where ever we can. That and no more shopping at Metro until Friday.

 

[bababear_50]

Tad mad at Foodland & Airmiles right now.
Airmiles will not reverse 288 airmiles that Foodland put into the wrong category.
I had changed my account to cash .
And yes I have the email & bank transaction to prove it.
All they could say was ,,"We don't have the ability to reverse it"
such crap.

FOODLAND #3252
$71.82
Transaction Details
Transaction Date
Oct 31, 2021
Posted Date
Nov 3, 2021
Merchant Details

You changed your Cash/Dream preference​

Hey MELANIE, You just took an exciting step towards rewarding yourself your way. That's because on October 29, 2021, you set a new preference of 100% Cash and 0% Dream.​

On Nov 6th the airmiles were put into my Dream account.

Mel

 

[ottawamom]

On a positive note, I would have been thrilled with 288AM in one transaction at a grocery store these days. Gone are my days of a 700+AM haul.

It's not right that it posted that way. They do have a way to fix it. It's just that they have to get somebody in the back office to do it. Or they could just give you 288AM in your cash account as a goodwill gesture.

 

[dancin Disney style]

I'm just impressed that anyone is earning some decent miles right now. I looked at my annual total and I'm close to 8000....normally (even last year) I should be well over 12,000 now. Then there is DD's account.....it sits at somewhere around 2000 earned but 8100 redeemed for Mexico. Between the 2 accounts I should be ending this year in the ballpark of 18,000. Part of my problem is that I've totally fallen of the AM wagon....can't keep up with offers and tracking miles owed. I know I'm owed around 300 right now but have no clue where receipts are to prove the purchases.

 

[ottawamom]

I so hear you. Airmiles are hard to come by when I have now cut out most "junk food" from my diet and prices of things have gone through the roof.

I just had a gas fill-up discussion with DH. He says Petro Can in our neighbourhood is cheaper than Shell. I mentioned Bonus Boom Boost coming (he rolled his eyes) and that we should wait until next Thursday to fill up the vehicles. We don't drive much anymore and can get by on the gas that's left in their tanks until then. He's the one who fills them up so I need to have him onside. He begrudingly agreed.

At one coupon = 100AM it's worth it, for us, to wait.

 

[TammyLynn33]

Managed to get 140 airmiles at foodland last night with granola bars and pop. So many things are so overpriced there and everywhere right now we simply aren’t buying in mass quantity

 

[hdrolfe]

My AM game is terrible this year, I have barely earned over 3000! Losing Sobeys nearby has taken its toll. I do, sometimes, shop at Metro but it is expensive, and not always worth the points. I want the points, I love getting "free stuff" with them, using them for hotels is great for us, but it is hard to earned enough for sure.

Looking forward to the big bonus boom, but not sure how I will manage it. I hope there are some good offers.

 

[bababear_50]

Called Airmiles to try and have Airmiles moved from Dream to Cash and I am now waiting for them to figure out how to *backdoor* it.
Thanks Ottawamom.
Hugs
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

I think I am lucky to have a Sobeys ,Metro and a Shell close by. (Foodland is a bit of a drive).
To be honest both Metro & Sobeys are higher cost supermarkets and I usually do most of my shopping at No Frills and Real Canadian Superstore.
I do make use of the Blue Bonus when I can and I also pickup many items at Rexall and have been able to collect about 600 $ this year ,,great for Christmas shopping.
Shell is a hit and miss for me,,, my car is so small I never usually make the required fill ups.
Sometimes the sandwich deal ,,,, Gift cards or Lottery tickets work out.


I'm hoping for a half decent Bonus Boom next Thursday too!

Hugs
Mel

 

[cari12]

For us this year has been the same or slightly higher for AirMiles. I’m at about 13,000 so far this year and the last 2 years have been about 14,000 total each year. Mainly we collect from BMO MasterCard, Safeway and since the pandemic started, Shell. We don’t have Metro or Foodland here out west.

 

[Debbie]

Part of my problem is that I've totally fallen of the AM wagon....can't keep up with offers and tracking miles owed. I know I'm owed around 300 right now but have no clue where receipts are to prove the purchases.

I'm with you there! I can't be bothered to keep track, so know that I don't get everything that I should have.

I so hear you. Airmiles are hard to come by when I have now cut out most "junk food" from my diet and prices of things have gone through the roof.

I just had a gas fill-up discussion with DH. He says Petro Can in our neighbourhood is cheaper than Shell. I mentioned Bonus Boom Boost coming (he rolled his eyes) and that we should wait until next Thursday to fill up the vehicles. We don't drive much anymore and can get by on the gas that's left in their tanks until then. He's the one who fills them up so I need to have him onside. He begrudingly agreed.

At one coupon = 100AM it's worth it, for us, to wait.

I have a WestJet cc and get 3 cents off/litre with it at PetroCan. I always have to weigh the Shell offers (I think I currently get something with them and my BMO world elite cc???) and the cost of the gas at the moment that I need it. Also, since we are out of the city I need to consider what's handy when I need the gas. Add on the Esso perks with the PCMC (never find them useful, but it is the closest gas station to us) and my head spins.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I can now confirm that it will be the number of offers completed not sponsors for the upcoming Bonus Boom Burst (henceforth referred to as BBB or B3 due to lazy butt) . There's a little peek into the promo that just popped up in the app. I'll start the thread over the weekend but here's a direct quote

Between November 18, 2021 and December 27, 2021, collectors must use 8 or more different AIR MILES Bonus Boom™ Boost Event Bonus Offers (“Bonus Offers”), and meet the criteria required for each unique Bonus Offer to qualify for the 800 Bonus Miles; or (ii) 6 different Bonus Offers and meet the criteria required for each unique Bonus Offer to qualify for the 600 Bonus Miles; or (iii) 4 different Bonus Offers and meet the criteria required for each unique Bonus Offer to qualify for the 400 Bonus Miles. Eligible purchases at participating AIR MILES partners, opting in to receive email offers and information from the AIR MILES Reward Program for the first time, and/or linking a Canadian-issued Mastercard and completing card-linked Bonus Offer(s) qualifying purchases are all qualifying actions towards using Bonus Boom Boost Event Offers.

 

[ottawamom]

Better shopping trip at Foodland this morning. I opted in to every card before I went. Picked up a bunch of Oatmeal, some pork tenderloin for Sunday dinner, powedered donuts (thanks Mel they have been on my list for weeks now) and some egg rolls.

Decided to put it on DS card so he has enough cash miles for the B3 promotion. Turns out I was over the amount for his threshold spend so I got an extra 50AM I wasn't planning on getting. Went next door to Dollarama and picked up a bunch of Christmas stuff for decorating.

All in it was a good road-trip.

 

[bababear_50]

I'm on 2 bars of gas and need more than that but don't want to put too much in until BBB starts.

I am trying to hold off on buying anything right now before the BBB starts ,,, but I want to start the Grinch Village this weekend and needed some buffalo snow so I popped into Michaels today,,, WOW slim pickings....I asked and they said we had a big Christmas sale last week and are now low on stock. I mean it didn't even feel christmasy in there. She said they have orders but no idea when and if they will get them.
Get to Michaels if you need something early.
They had 3 bags of cinnamon scented pinecones left!!
I also hit up Dollar Tree and it was BUSY!!!!

Hugs
Mel