Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Donald - my hero]

Just got this in my e-mail ETA ... you beat me to the punch @alohamom

 

[tinkerone]

Just got notification that my Movie night for 2 just shipped-fyi everyone

I got that to. Love free stuff and this movie pass is such a win.

 

[damo]

Mine shipped too!

 

[star72232]

Mine shipped too!

Mine too!

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

woo hoo...just checked and my movie tickets shipped too...thanks everyone for posting about this wonderful offer!!!!

 

[kerreyn]

Mine too!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Haven't gotten that yet...

 

[Canadian Harmony]

Well it hasn't been a productive couple days as it could have been!

I spent $174 at Thrifty's and only got 67AM
I spent $50 at rexall but because there were stamps in there (that don't count but you get a 5% discount at the counter so buy them there instead of at Canada Post) I missed the 60AM and only got 30.
And I've missed out on the Cineplex deal apparently too because it's nowhere to be found for me.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Well it hasn't been a productive couple days as it could have been!

I spent $174 at Thrifty's and only got 67AM
I spent $50 at rexall but because there were stamps in there (that don't count but you get a 5% discount at the counter so buy them there instead of at Canada Post) I missed the 60AM and only got 30.
And I've missed out on the Cineplex deal apparently too because it's nowhere to be found for me.

I'm sorry you missed out on this! I just checked and it's coming up as unavailable -- it did say there were only 300 to be claimed so I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.
We've been burned a few times with the spend X get X AM a time or 2 before -- Metro is our kryptonite -- we need to pay close attention and then ask for them to tell us the pre-tax and post coupon amount since the self-scan till doesn't show that.

 

[marchingstar]

I've learned a lot from this thread, so I'm going to do my best to post updates too!
I didn't have to do a full grocery shop today, so I stopped at Safeway for a couple of things. Only earned 31 miles, but I also only spent 38. Definitely not great, but not too bad.

I'm hoping March is as points-filled as February was for me. A few trips to Rexall with the Load+Go plus emailed coupons, and another Blue Friday event at Safeway means I earned a cool 1150 miles in 28 short days! Add to that the 1-mile Movie Night Out, and I feel like I'm kicking Air Miles butt this year.

(of course, I really have no idea if the experts around here would consider that a good month, but for me it's HUGE! All thanks to a bit of planning and tips from this thread)

 

[ottawamom]

You had a great month! Airmiles are a lot harder to come by these days. Airmiles earning potential is so different across the country you can't really compare yourself with others. I set what I consider to be a reasonable goal for each week. Some weeks I exceed it other weeks I don't (but I do come close). I have a goal I'm working towards so that helps.

Set a personal goal and play a collecting game with yourself. Collecting Airmiles has made my boring trips to the store a little more interesting. That and I've become a lot more aware of prices as I'm regularly searching the flyers.

 

[westcoastminnie]

Interesting... Despite the Feb 28 expiry, Airmiles still has Disneyland Parkhoppers at the discounted Canadian rate. Wonder how long those will last? I have my 3 so I'm good, just thought I'd mention it in case anyone out there is still trying to collect for passes

 

[Donald - my hero]

Interesting... Despite the Feb 28 expiry, Airmiles still has Disneyland Parkhoppers at the discounted Canadian rate. Wonder how long those will last? I have my 3 so I'm good, just thought I'd mention it in case anyone out there is still trying to collect for passes

Disney actually extended the expiry date till May 20th and since that's where Airmiles gets their tickets from, they had no choice but to keep up the discount as well!

 

[westcoastminnie]

Disney actually extended the expiry date till May 20th and since that's where Airmiles gets their tickets from, they had no choice but to keep up the discount as well!

I believe the extension to May 20 is only for Walt Disney World; the discount is no longer available for Disneyland, from what I can see

 

[Donald - my hero]

I believe the extension to May 20 is only for Walt Disney World; the discount is no longer available for Disneyland, from what I can see

DANG! So sorry -- i missed the tell-tale part of your screen name that should have alerted me to which park you visit, late for me!! I just checked the Airmiles site and while they appear to still be offering discounted tickets to DisneyLAND as well as World the deadline on that page does say Feb 28th!! Thanks for providing that heads up to other collectors who want tickets for the DL.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Was a good day for me...265 miles at Sobeys and 95 at Lawton's = spent $200

 

[marchingstar]

You had a great month! Airmiles are a lot harder to come by these days. Airmiles earning potential is so different across the country you can't really compare yourself with others. I set what I consider to be a reasonable goal for each week. Some weeks I exceed it other weeks I don't (but I do come close). I have a goal I'm working towards so that helps.

Set a personal goal and play a collecting game with yourself. Collecting Airmiles has made my boring trips to the store a little more interesting. That and I've become a lot more aware of prices as I'm regularly searching the flyers.

Thanks! i don't really set specific weekly/monthly goals, although i do hope to get another set of park tickets before May 20th. I put in a personal shopper request for PH tickets and i haven't heard back with a cost yet, but i'm guessing ill need about 1500 more miles by may (seems doable to me, as long as we keep seeing Blue Friday's at Safeway over here in Alberta!)

I'd be really interested to hear the goals people on this thread set, or average miles earned per week/month/however you track. Not to compare, but just out of curiosity!

 

[alohamom]

Just a little rant...
Well I was all set to do a fairly large shop at Rexall today. I dont usually shop there but the flyer had quite a few items that I actually need at competitive prices and then there is the AM 30/60/100 bonus too so I thought I would go a little out of my way and buy what I needed there. What a major, major let down. I dont know if I have the worst Rexall in Canada in my area but they didnt have half of the stuff I needed. I ended up spending a whopping 3 dollars on toilet paper. I even had a buggy-LOL, ended up getting most of everything I needed at Real Canadian Stupidstore. Any suggestions for good Rexall locations within the west GTA?

 

[AngelDisney]

Just a little rant...
Well I was all set to do a fairly large shop at Rexall today. I dont usually shop there but the flyer had quite a few items that I actually need at competitive prices and then there is the AM 30/60/100 bonus too so I thought I would go a little out of my way and buy what I needed there. What a major, major let down. I dont know if I have the worst Rexall in Canada in my area but they didnt have half of the stuff I needed. I ended up spending a whopping 3 dollars on toilet paper. I even had a buggy-LOL, ended up getting most of everything I needed at Real Canadian Stupidstore. Any suggestions for good Rexall locations within the west GTA?

I usually shop at the one in Promenade Mall. The one in Hullmark Centre is closer to where I live, but the one in Promenade seems to carry more stuff. Pixie dust!

 

[ottawamom]

Thanks! i don't really set specific weekly/monthly goals, although i do hope to get another set of park tickets before May 20th. I put in a personal shopper request for PH tickets and i haven't heard back with a cost yet, but i'm guessing ill need about 1500 more miles by may (seems doable to me, as long as we keep seeing Blue Friday's at Safeway over here in Alberta!)

I'd be really interested to hear the goals people on this thread set, or average miles earned per week/month/however you track. Not to compare, but just out of curiosity!

My current goal is just over 10000AM to get flights for my family of 5 to Orlando next May. I started a while ago and I usually am happy with collecting 250AM a week. When the AM are good I max them out but I haven't done that for a while now it seems. (We're experiencing a bit of a drought in Ontario)