Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Days In the Sun]

Comment on Lowes, checked out the option to shop online for $100 MM so that it would count towards the airmilesshop MM as well. However, can't use GC online (confirmed in live chat conversation) so chose purchasing $100 Lowes gc at Shell for the 70am over using $100 toward airmileshop MM and will be using lowes $100 MM instore instead.

 

[tinkerone]

Question for the experts. Let me start by saying I seldom go to LCBO. I had 2 x $25 gift cards given to DH, who doesn't drink at all, about a year ago. I went into the LCBO today and picked up a bottle of the vodka since they did not have the wine. I will gift the vodka to my sister when she does her next house sitting for us.
My question is about the receipt. It shows Air Miles ID however no place on the receipt does it show the airmiles from the purchase. Should it not be there?

 

[Debbie]

Mega Miles question. Have people had luck just showing the coupon on their phone....or do I need to print it off, since I haven't received the booklet yet. Thinking Foodland and Rexall in particular. And, am I right that we should be getting two booklets of coupons-Mega Miles and something else? Has anyone found those booklets in any of the stores? I really dislike wasting an 8½ x 11 piece of paper for each coupon.

 

[damo]

Mega Miles question. Have people had luck just showing the coupon on their phone....or do I need to print it off, since I haven't received the booklet yet. Thinking Foodland and Rexall in particular. And, am I right that we should be getting two booklets of coupons-Mega Miles and something else? Has anyone found those booklets in any of the stores? I really dislike wasting an 8½ x 11 piece of paper for each coupon.

Rexall has them at the cash.

They don't print one per page. You click on the ones you like and they print altogether.

 

[Days In the Sun]

I have booked several and you can get some great point deals, but do make sure to check the rate on other travel sites to make sure the rate is similar. I have found sometimes there are lots of points but the rate is very high in comparison to other booking sites. I booked a hotel in Niagara Falls and it was about $40 more than I could get on other sites but it was 900 points so it was worth it.

You do have to prepay, but it is in CAD and so far the hotels I have booked you can cancel up to 2-3 days before arrival. I do not like to book non refundable rates as I am always changing my mind.

Points have posted 2-3 days after check out.

I have had no issues with the hotels not having the prepayment.

Thank you mkmommy, good to know.

I always book direct with hotels and flights whenever possible, I've always felt companies are a little more helpful when things go wrong by booking direct. Definitely not necessarily the case but only disadvantage I can think of.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Mega Miles question. Have people had luck just showing the coupon on their phone....or do I need to print it off, since I haven't received the booklet yet. Thinking Foodland and Rexall in particular. And, am I right that we should be getting two booklets of coupons-Mega Miles and something else? Has anyone found those booklets in any of the stores? I really dislike wasting an 8½ x 11 piece of paper for each coupon.

Got mine at Sobeys (Ontario). There was a floorstand of them at customer service.

 

[alohamom]

Has anyone found those booklets in any of the stores? I really dislike wasting an 8½ x 11 piece of paper for each coupon.

My Sobeys in Acton Ontario had a stack of them at customer service

 

[Sparrow78]

3 shops done now. Did my airmiles shops and shell today.

Will have no issue hitting the BMO card and will do Safeway eventually and then probably do 1 more extra.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Not sure what offers didn't go through. I had a loaded myoffers go through fine today as well as an in-store points promo, both yesterday and today. Sounds like these were mailouts??? Could you try calling myoffers before returning, see if they might help you out .... this one time lol?

Doesn't help the MM issue but at least you won't have to wait 120 days (which I think is ridiculous)!

Editing: Just realized these must have been your bundle coupons. I have some too but I can't print them, says "Sorry not available" even though the start date was yesterday.

Late yesterday (Friday night) i received an e-mail with a link to a bunch of coupons to use at either Foodland or Sobeys, all very targeted, use at least 4 and get an extra 25 AM -- best one was 21 miles for paper plates -- so all we bought were those items (plus the special CDN cookies --bletch, & maple ice cream bars --yummy but sweet) and i watched the coupons scan --show on the receipt as Loyalty Offer $0.00 Just one more thing to keep track of.

Hubby has agreed to another trip tomorrow if i can find a "nice place for coffee that's close" so now I'm off to Google maps

 

[elaine amj]

I have a question dear Air Miles experts. I have a measly 46 cash miles. Will it be worth it to switch it to cash miles in the hopes of bumping this to 95 cash miles super quickly in order to be able to use the 95 cash miles MM challenge at Sobeys?

I am having a bit of a hard time meeting 5 MM challenges because I only spend in a few of the stores listed. I already registered to do the 25 transactions on my BMO card. At this point, if I stick solely to Dream Miles and struggle along with the challenges, it looks like I may have to buy a $20 bottle of wine to use for cooking (we rarely drink) and probably buy a $45 gift card at Staples (we buy something there maybe 1x a year or less).

Any way to earn cash miles (and have them post to my account) quickly? Will these post quickly?

- BMO CC purchases
- sign up for RONa newsletter
- ??

Help - I'm still so new with the ins and outs of Air Miles!

 

[DilEmma]

Question for the experts. Let me start by saying I seldom go to LCBO. I had 2 x $25 gift cards given to DH, who doesn't drink at all, about a year ago. I went into the LCBO today and picked up a bottle of the vodka since they did not have the wine. I will gift the vodka to my sister when she does her next house sitting for us.
My question is about the receipt. It shows Air Miles ID however no place on the receipt does it show the airmiles from the purchase. Should it not be there?

The Air Miles don't show anywhere on the LCBO receipts. Though the points will post the following morning.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

I have a question dear Air Miles experts. I have a measly 46 cash miles. Will it be worth it to switch it to cash miles in the hopes of bumping this to 95 cash miles super quickly in order to be able to use the 95 cash miles MM challenge at Sobeys?

I am having a bit of a hard time meeting 5 MM challenges because I only spend in a few of the stores listed. I already registered to do the 25 transactions on my BMO card. At this point, if I stick solely to Dream Miles and struggle along with the challenges, it looks like I may have to buy a $20 bottle of wine to use for cooking (we rarely drink) and probably buy a $45 gift card at Staples (we buy something there maybe 1x a year or less).

Any way to earn cash miles (and have them post to my account) quickly? Will these post quickly?

- BMO CC purchases
- sign up for RONa newsletter
- ??

Help - I'm still so new with the ins and outs of Air Miles!

I don't think you can buy a gc at Staples for the promo. At least on my offers it says exclusions include gift cards.
If you buy a gc from shell right now for a store you shop at, you can get 7X the points - those post rather quickly for me. Not sure if that will help you. But $100 in GCs will get you 70 AM right now. They have shoppers, cineplex, various restaurants, best buy, sobeys, etc.

 

[Days In the Sun]

I have a question dear Air Miles experts. I have a measly 46 cash miles. Will it be worth it to switch it to cash miles in the hopes of bumping this to 95 cash miles super quickly in order to be able to use the 95 cash miles MM challenge at Sobeys?

I am having a bit of a hard time meeting 5 MM challenges because I only spend in a few of the stores listed. I already registered to do the 25 transactions on my BMO card. At this point, if I stick solely to Dream Miles and struggle along with the challenges, it looks like I may have to buy a $20 bottle of wine to use for cooking (we rarely drink) and probably buy a $45 gift card at Staples (we buy something there maybe 1x a year or less).

Any way to earn cash miles (and have them post to my account) quickly? Will these post quickly?

- BMO CC purchases
- sign up for RONa newsletter
- ??

Help - I'm still so new with the ins and outs of Air Miles!

Sobeys MM promo ends today.

 

[elaine amj]

I don't think you can buy a gc at Staples for the promo. At least on my offers it says exclusions include gift cards.
If you buy a gc from shell right now for a store you shop at, you can get 7X the points - those post rather quickly for me. Not sure if that will help you. But $100 in GCs will get you 70 AM right now. They have shoppers, cineplex, various restaurants, best buy, sobeys, etc.

Thanks for pointing that out I winder if Shell carries Rexall GCs? Hmmmm....

 

[elaine amj]

Sobeys MM promo ends today.

ACK!!!! Will buying GCs at Shell and/or shopping at Rexall post ASAP? I think I can easily each another 50 AM at Rexall today. You guys are awesome...so glad I asked

 

[AngelDisney]

ACK!!!! Will buying GCs at Shell and/or shopping at Rexall post ASAP? I think I can easily each another 50 AM at Rexall today. You guys are awesome...so glad I asked

Sorry but I don't think AM are posted day of purchase. It usually takes a day or two. I bought GC at Shell yesterday and it is not posted yet.

 

[Days In the Sun]

ACK!!!! Will buying GCs at Shell and/or shopping at Rexall post ASAP? I think I can easily each another 50 AM at Rexall today. You guys are awesome...so glad I asked

As AngelDisney just said, unfortunately your points from a Rexall shop today will post over night and you will have them tomorrow so too late for Sobeys today. Sounds like you need to pass on this one and get the next promo.

Also,someone posted early in the promo about buying a Rexall gc at Shell so some have them. I'm in Ontario and now have been to 5 Shell stations during this promo and none carried Rexall. YMMV. Also the length of the Shell 7x promo varied by province (some might be over??), Jun 3 is the last date for Ontario I believe. You can check for your current promos under "Offers" in your am account.

Please don't be discouraged, there is a learning curve and a bit of a time commitment to maximizing ams but it can be very worthwhile.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Late yesterday (Friday night) i received an e-mail with a link to a bunch of coupons to use at either Foodland or Sobeys, all very targeted, use at least 4 and get an extra 25 AM -- best one was 21 miles for paper plates -- so all we bought were those items (plus the special CDN cookies --bletch, & maple ice cream bars --yummy but sweet) and i watched the coupons scan --show on the receipt as Loyalty Offer $0.00 Just one more thing to keep track of.

Hubby has agreed to another trip tomorrow if i can find a "nice place for coffee that's close" so now I'm off to Google maps

Love how you regroup and trudge on!

I have the bundle offers as well but have yet to receive the email. Last night I couldn't print, this morning I can. However, one of my bundle offers yesterday was Shell, today I still have it but it's not included in the bundle. I now have 3 offers and have to use 3 so it's not going to happen.

So sounds like they are still putting this together, possibly fixing the promo yesterday and you got caught in the middle??

Hoping you have a more successful day today.

 

[elaine amj]

As AngelDisney just said, unfortunately your points from a Rexall shop today will post over night and you will have them tomorrow so too late for Sobeys today. Sounds like you need to pass on this one and get the next promo.

Also,someone posted early in the promo about buying a Rexall gc at Shell so some have them. I'm in Ontario and now have been to 5 Shell stations during this promo and none carried Rexall. YMMV. Also the length of the Shell 7x promo varied by province (some might be over??), Jun 3 is the last date for Ontario I believe. You can check for your current promos under "Offers" in your am account.

Please don't be discouraged, there is a learning curve and a bit of a time commitment to maximizing ams but it can be very worthwhile.

Poop. U win some, u lose some.

I got set up for Megamiles on Friday but didn't even think about this until the middle of the night. Now I have to strategize as I already switched my account to cash miles (went into effect at 3am this morning).

 

[cdnmickeylover]

We just got back from Foodland which was our sixth Megamile so we are done. We did Shell, Staples, LCBO, Sobey's, Foodland and Rexall (where the coupon worked).

Thank you to whoever posted about the wine being from California as that helped locate it in the store - we rarely go to the LCBO but bought the wine as a gift. Also thanks for the hint to check the availability online. This was very helpful as our closest LCBO didn't have the wine so we had to go a little further away to get it. Their computer system is in real time too as we went to the store to get the wine and it said that there were 9 bottles there which there were and when we got home I checked and the store was down to 8 bottles of wine. I also discovered that we have about 5 or 6 stores around us within a 15 minute drive. The miles didn't show on the receipt although the airmiles number did so hopefully they will post.

Thanks to those who posted about the meat offer at Sobey's - we got the greenfield meat and got our $10 Sobey's giftcard while cashing in our 95 airmiles. While in Sobey's we had a load n go offer for 5 airmiles for a box of general mills cereal so we went and looked at the cereal. They had an offer of buy 10 boxes at $2.99 and get 150 AM so we did that as well. We are well stocked with cereal at the moment.

Love this thread. It has been really, really helpful.