Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[damo]

Yes, I don't have a Rexall near me, but I DO have a Foodland. I've never really bothered with AM, but I am rethinking now.....THANK YOU ALL!

Good to know. I could use that for birthday gifts that need to be sent by mail. Is this something that you should only purchase 1 at 1 transaction? Or if you buy 2, would you get 80AM?

Should be 40 AM each, no matter how many you buy. So if you buy 2 you would get 80.

 

[bababear_50]

Although the staff at my local Rexall agree with me that I should have received 40 bonus Airmiles for buying $40.00 rexall gift card the points didn't show up. They directed me to speak with the store manager who is not in until Monday or to call Airmiles direct.
I did convince my son to spend $40.00 so I didn't come home empty handed.

Hugs Mel

 

[mort1331]

Although the staff at my local Rexall agree with me that I should have received 40 bonus Airmiles for buying $40.00 rexall gift card the points didn't show up. They directed me to speak with the store manager who is not in until Monday or to call Airmiles direct.
I did convince my son to spend $40.00 so I didn't come home empty handed.

Hugs Mel

Sucks, good luck

 

[DilEmma]

Although the staff at my local Rexall agree with me that I should have received 40 bonus Airmiles for buying $40.00 rexall gift card the points didn't show up. They directed me to speak with the store manager who is not in until Monday or to call Airmiles direct.
I did convince my son to spend $40.00 so I didn't come home empty handed.

Hugs Mel

Did the GC earn base miles?

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Pretty slim pickings in our Safeway flyer this week. Apparently we are supposed to be getting a Rexall, however I haven't heard anything since last year. I'm crossing my fingers it's still happening so I can rack up AM for our 2019 trip!

 

[star72232]

With the detour bonus coupons - is the 15X miles at Sobeys good for all miles, or just base miles? If it's all miles, definitely worth it. If it's just base, maybe.

 

[ottawamom]

Although the staff at my local Rexall agree with me that I should have received 40 bonus Airmiles for buying $40.00 rexall gift card the points didn't show up. They directed me to speak with the store manager who is not in until Monday or to call Airmiles direct.
I did convince my son to spend $40.00 so I didn't come home empty handed.

Hugs Mel

Thanks for trying. I'll try another weekend and see if anything comes of it. We'll have to watch and see if the fine print changes in the next few weeks. Let us know what comes of you chat on Monday.

With the detour bonus coupons - is the 15X miles at Sobeys good for all miles, or just base miles? If it's all miles, definitely worth it. If it's just base, maybe.

Last time they had one of these it was on the base miles only. So if you spend $80 you'll get 60AM (4x15) plus whatever bonus miles you get from your shop. Use those $80 to only purchase big AM bonus offer items you could walk away with 200-300AM for the shop.

 

[dancin Disney style]

@damo does the license plate on your car say 'damo' because if so I was driving along behind you on Upper Middle last week.

 

[bababear_50]

Did the GC earn base miles?

Hi Hon
In the purchase of the gift cards I earned 2 base miles
I didn't try to use them (spend the 4 -$10.00 Rexall Gift cards) as I wanted to have them to show the manager on Monday. Although I guess I really don't need the actual GC as I have the receipt.
Hmmm........ maybe I need to go shopping again.
Hugs Mel

 

[ottawamom]

Interesting that you got base miles on the GC. When I purchased the Ultimate Dining Card I got the Bonus posted in the flyer but no Base miles for the purchase.

 

[DilEmma]

So, I did a test at my Rexall:
I bought a $40 Rexall Gift Card (the kind you can load any amount on). Two base miles only. The cashier was not even going to swipe my Air Miles card at first.

I'm not sure going forward that I'll bother with buying a Rexall gift card before I go shopping. I do this at Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) to earn double SDM points but I don't think .20 cents of Air Miles is worth the trouble.

 

[DilEmma]

Ottawamom, I purchased the $50 Ultimate Dining card and got 40 bonus miles and 0 base points as well. Though I wasn't expecting any base miles. This was in a separate transaction from above. The fine print on the back of the flyer exempts Rexall gift cards in their exclusions for base points. Too bad the spend $40 get 40 didn't work. I love loop holes.

 

[DilEmma]

Hi Hon
In the purchase of the gift cards I earned 2 base miles
I didn't try to use them (spend the 4 -$10.00 Rexall Gift cards) as I wanted to have them to show the manager on Monday. Although I guess I really don't need the actual GC as I have the receipt.
Hmmm........ maybe I need to go shopping again.
Hugs Mel

Thanks for your reply. I'm looking forward to hearing your Monday results.

 

[DilEmma]

Various gift cards at Sobeys earn Air Miles base points. Currently Sobeys has $50 Canadian Tire gift cards for $45. That's just a 10% savings but the gift cards are good for the gas stations. That's almost like 10 cents off / litre. And Canadian Tire price matches. Certainly not a hoard of Air Miles. But a great gas deal. And a better Air Miles deal than we get at Shell.

 

[bababear_50]

Thanks for your reply. I'm looking forward to hearing your Monday results.

So
I got the phone wait time of 2 hours or more routine,,, so I did the online chat with "Karl"
he says it can take up to 120 days for the BONUS airmiles to post and to call back if they do not appear by then.
Oh well I will file this one for the time being.
Hugs Mel

 

[bababear_50]

I just got in from my local Rexall---oh boy
Yes Head office is aware the flyer was misprinted,,all cashiers will be trained to warn people that no Bonus or regular airmiles on Rexall Brand Gift cards and hopefully soon the flyer will be corrected.
They honored my purchase with the 40 bonus airmiles,,manager used a special code.
I used the Gift Cards 4x$10.00 to purchase a few things and guess what....one of the gift cards wouldn't work.....so after much messing about they reduce one of my purchases to make up the $10.00.
Then they ( one manager,one assistant manager and one head cashier,, realized they forgot to scan my mobile app and I was now out another 40 bonus points............................................................................................................................................................................................... and the 10.00 of the product cost me 15 bonus airmiles loss................................
All is well as they Manager was able to add in my airmiles using some special code.
Soooo all is well now.
Now off to make dinner.
Hugs Mel

 

[mort1331]

I just got in from my local Rexall---oh boy
Yes Head office is aware the flyer was misprinted,,all cashiers will be trained to warn people that no Bonus or regular airmiles on Rexall Brand Gift cards and hopefully soon the flyer will be corrected.
They honored my purchase with the 40 bonus airmiles,,manager used a special code.
I used the Gift Cards 4x$10.00 to purchase a few things and guess what....one of the gift cards wouldn't work.....so after much messing about they reduce one of my purchases to make up the $10.00.
Then they ( one manager,one assistant manager and one head cashier,, realized they forgot to scan my mobile app and I was now out another 40 bonus points............................................................................................................................................................................................... and the 10.00 of the product cost me 15 bonus airmiles loss................................
All is well as they Manager was able to add in my airmiles using some special code.
Soooo all is well now.
Now off to make dinner.
Hugs Mel

Good job staying on it. But this is also one of the reasons I try to look for the big payoffs, they dont happen often, but when they do. Just saying dont go near my Sobeys. LOL

 

[ottawamom]

I just got in from my local Rexall---oh boy
Yes Head office is aware the flyer was misprinted,,all cashiers will be trained to warn people that no Bonus or regular airmiles on Rexall Brand Gift cards and hopefully soon the flyer will be corrected.
They honored my purchase with the 40 bonus airmiles,,manager used a special code.
I used the Gift Cards 4x$10.00 to purchase a few things and guess what....one of the gift cards wouldn't work.....so after much messing about they reduce one of my purchases to make up the $10.00.
Then they ( one manager,one assistant manager and one head cashier,, realized they forgot to scan my mobile app and I was now out another 40 bonus points............................................................................................................................................................................................... and the 10.00 of the product cost me 15 bonus airmiles loss................................
All is well as they Manager was able to add in my airmiles using some special code.
Soooo all is well now.
Now off to make dinner.
Hugs Mel

Good for you. Crazy Airmiles Moms unite. They will not deprive us of our hard earned Airmiles!

 

[DizzyDis]

Wow! Way to go for persistence! I hadn't been to Sobeys in a while, so loaded up my offers and saw that I had 2 different offers on the same card: spend $100 get 30AM and spend $110 get 30AM. I also liked the flyer meal combo with the pork tenderloin (great price!) peppers and arugula for 50 AM, so decided to get my essentials at Sobeys this week.

As usual, the 50AM meal offer didn't come through, not did one of the 30 AM online loaded offers, so went to Customer Service and they told me I had to call. Called when I get home and they say they can do the online one, but the 50 meal deal must be done at store. They finally did it (since I said Sobeys had told me I had to call), but definitely shows you need to be your own advocate as you can't trust it to all happen on its own. Can't say I am super impressed with the process, but I did end up with almost 300 AM at the end of it, so I guess it is worth the hassle!!

Thanks again to all who post the best deals here, am going to keep checking this post as part of my grocery planning routine!

 

[ottawamom]

I've said this before. Do a quick tally of your AM bonuses before you get to the cash. Check your receipt immediately. If the two numbers aren't close (within 10AM) have a seat in one of the chairs they always have at the front of the store and compare your list with the receipt. I've had Customer Service tell me I'm supposed to call before but they have always just added the miles for me. Baffles me as to how you're supposed to be able to prove anything over the phone. Any offer from corporate that hasn't shown up on the receipt hasn't come in a few weeks later like they said it would. I hold on to my receipts and go back and get them to add them at the store.

On another topic. Check out your stash of make-up ladies and do up your shopping list for this weekend. Use your Detour coupon plus another secret one and you'll get some great airmiles this coming weekend. Will post more when the flyers are out.