Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[pigletto]

Sobeys for me is buy $200 GC and get 95 miles. BUT, PC Plus sent me an offer of for every $50, get 10,000 points. I didn't receive any targeted food offers though, which is odd. I think I'll just buy the Sobeys card and keep it for next week, and jump on the PC plus points this week. And, they have some in-store egg hunt game where you can earn points.

I got the Spend $50, get 1000 AND the Spend $100 get 1000. Which, I think are going to be stackable and I think I'll end up with 30,000 points for spending $100. Fingers crossed.
I also didn't get any targeted offers. Almost seems like it was a mistake. I want to use it first thing in the morning before they take it back!

 

[Honeystar120608]

I'm hopping on and following you guys. I thought my almost 400 am for under $300 was awesome here in NB But what the heck?? I'm so jealous right now. I need...NEED to figure out how to earn 3100 am before August without budging from budget.
Dh and I are doing our first solo dram trip to DW (as in no kids it's a dream) and it's on a tight budget. I now have my 3100 points for a flight but would love to dbl it to get the 2nd. I dunno how with just sobeys and shell.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I'm hopping on and following you guys. I thought my almost 400 am for under $300 was awesome here in NB But what the heck?? I'm so jealous right now. I need...NEED to figure out how to earn 3100 am before August without budging from budget.
Dh and I are doing our first solo dram trip to DW (as in no kids it's a dream) and it's on a tight budget. I now have my 3100 points for a flight but would love to dbl it to get the 2nd. I dunno how with just sobeys and shell.

Welcome aboard the Hunt, the more the merrier! It is very annoying that the offers vary so much from one part of the country to the other --- but agree that those of you who are on the east coast really get piddly offerings.

Keep up the hard work, don't forget to do any on-line shopping thru the Airmiles shop portal and watch for bonus days there as well.

 

[Honeystar120608]

Oh what is this portal???

 

[Donald - my hero]

This was in my email tonight --- mildly annoying because we have never once shopped in Rona. Oh well, i clicked thru the e-mail to activate it on the off chance we actually make it to one of the other stores. Our PC offers are all for food items and most have HUGE returns but oddly nothing we've ever bought

 

[Honeystar120608]

This was in my email tonight --- mildly annoying because we have never once shopped in Rona. Oh well, i clicked thru the e-mail to activate it on the off chance we actually make it to one of the other stores. Our PC offers are all for food items and most have HUGE returns but oddly nothing we've ever bought
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I was just looking at that too. It's a weird setup but basically, spend $30 at sobeys daily and get an extra 10 am. It doesn't have to be all 3 stores. I don't have $90 daily. Nor the time to shop at the 3 locations daily lol

 

[Donald - my hero]

Oh what is this portal???

If you go to this page you will be introduced to the wonderful world of stores that offers miles only thru their on-line presence not in the brick & mortar stores. I never shop without first checking the list to see if it's included because it gets updated often.
Airmiles Shops

Follow the rules carefully because a few stores are a tad tricky (Amazon most notable here!)

We bought hubby's printer a few weeks ago when there was a 25X bonus offer coupled with a 2X miles offer from Staples and snagged over 600 AM on that one purchase.

 

[Honeystar120608]

If you go to this page you will be introduced to the wonderful world of stores that offers miles only thru their on-line presence not in the brick & mortar stores. I never shop without first checking the list to see if it's included because it gets updated often.
Airmiles Shops

Follow the rules carefully because a few stores are a tad tricky (Amazon most notable here!)

We bought hubby's printer a few weeks ago when there was a 25X bonus offer coupled with a 2X miles offer from Staples and snagged over 600 AM on that one purchase.

Awesome!!!!! Thanks!!! We have amazon prime too!

 

[AngelDisney]

Great to hear all your AM Hunt successes! I think I will just get one $150 GC deal from Foodland. It's just too much effort to try to use up the GC. Foodland and Sobey's deals are not so appealing lately. I am not sure whether I can use the GC to get LCBO GC successfully anymore since it really depends on the cashier. I am going to take advantage of the Shell 7x offer and get some LCBO GCs from Shell instead. The Costa coffee still gets bonus 10AM each. If I get one with the GC, do I get 70 AM extra for the coffee?

Edited:
Read the fine print over. The 7x offer only applies to base AM not bonus AM. I can save myself from the Costa Coffee!

 

[blue888]

A pretty good airmiles day yesterday. Spent $141 and got 537 airmiles. Although I forgot about the shell promotion so I didn't get any extra that way. When does the shell 7X airmiles end? I might need to buy some grocery gift cards for next time.

 

[mort1331]

I'm hopping on and following you guys. I thought my almost 400 am for under $300 was awesome here in NB But what the heck?? I'm so jealous right now. I need...NEED to figure out how to earn 3100 am before August without budging from budget.
Dh and I are doing our first solo dram trip to DW (as in no kids it's a dream) and it's on a tight budget. I now have my 3100 points for a flight but would love to dbl it to get the 2nd. I dunno how with just sobeys and shell.

For a quick boost of points, if you have not done already is to apply for one of the credit cards that give you bonus sign up points. Amex has one that will give you 2000, with very low expectations. You can then cancel it after about 8-10 months.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Even though I didn't do any actual grocery shopping at Sobeys this weekend (gasp!), I did get the $200 gc/95 miles offer, and I spent $150 at Superstore so I earned $30 there, which is straight cash to that account.

 

[blue888]

Did a few surveys this morning while drinking my coffee and got 25 airmiles. yay

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

A pretty good airmiles day yesterday. Spent $141 and got 537 airmiles. Although I forgot about the shell promotion so I didn't get any extra that way. When does the shell 7X airmiles end? I might need to buy some grocery gift cards for next time.

I just checked the Shell website and it said they ended March 26th.

I have ONE Shell station near me, the next time they do the offers, I think I might pop in and do the Costa coffee deal every day on the way home from work, pick up two coffees each day for DH and I. Easy way to earn at least 400 miles in one month! LOL

 

[pigletto]

Even though I didn't do any actual grocery shopping at Sobeys this weekend (gasp!), I did get the $200 gc/95 miles offer, and I spent $150 at Superstore so I earned $30 there, which is straight cash to that account.

Those PC offers I mentioned upthread turned out to be stackable. Combined with an offer for bananas and Wonderbread products, I ended up with with $70 in points on a $210 spend!!

I still have the offers too. I'm sure I could spend another $100 but maybe I should stop now.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I just checked the Shell website and it said they ended March 26th.

I have ONE Shell station near me, the next time they do the offers, I think I might pop in and do the Costa coffee deal every day on the way home from work, pick up two coffees each day for DH and I. Easy way to earn at least 400 miles in one month! LOL

After investigating these offers further, I realize they are not open to the East Coast, of course. Grrrr!

Off-topic -I just got off the air miles chat and the rep said they have a tentative date of April 5th to lift the Cash miles redeeming ban! yay!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Those PC offers I mentioned upthread turned out to be stackable. Combined with an offer for bananas and Wonderbread products, I ended up with with $70 in points on a $210 spend!!

I still have the offers too. I'm sure I could spend another $100 but maybe I should stop now.

Nice!! That is really good! I always try to maximize both programs as they both have benefits. I don't plan on cashing out my PC Points until the November Redeem Event they typically have before Christmas.

 

[Donald - my hero]

After investigating these offers further, I realize they are not open to the East Coast, of course. Grrrr!

Off-topic -I just got off the air miles chat and the rep said they have a tentative date of April 5th to lift the Cash miles redeeming ban! yay!

Oh i would NOT get too terribly upset over not being able to do the Costa coffee deal (if that's what you're referring to) no one single person admitted to liking that swill, eerr coffee, yeah that's it, coffee.

 

[AngelDisney]

I just checked the Shell website and it said they ended March 26th.

I have ONE Shell station near me, the next time they do the offers, I think I might pop in and do the Costa coffee deal every day on the way home from work, pick up two coffees each day for DH and I. Easy way to earn at least 400 miles in one month! LOL

For Ontario and the West, the Shell 7x offer ends on June 4, 2017 and so is the Costa Coffee offer.

I sure hope they lift the cash miles restriction on April 5. I still have the 1900 STB AM to use.

 

[AngelDisney]

Oh i would NOT get too terribly upset over not being able to do the Costa coffee deal (if that's what you're referring to) no one single person admitted to liking that swill, eerr coffee, yeah that's it, coffee.

Yup, it's aweful and I would only do it if I can get more than 10 AM!!