Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[NorthernGrl]

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.

Man oh man! Where are you located? That cereal deal would make me pretty happy. I have a few kids on the autism spectrum that are on a huge cereal jag right now.

I'm a little angry at myself right now. I did some shopping through airmilesshops at Bed Bath and beyond. When did I do it? Last Sunday night. I'm a morron. No MM on that one!

 

[Days In the Sun]

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.

Was this an in-store offer, specific to your store? I had the same cheerios 5am offer and used it, didn't see any promo signs for multibuys on cereal except for kelloggs, I believe $3.99 with 10am wub 2.
Any info appreciated!

Nice job wrapping this up in a week!

Edit: oh looks like this is a popular request! lol

 

[AngelDisney]

Man oh man! Where are you located? That cereal deal would make me pretty happy. I have a few kids on the autism spectrum that are on a huge cereal jag right now.

I'm a little angry at myself right now. I did some shopping through airmilesshops at Bed Bath and beyond. When did I do it? Last Sunday night. I'm a morron. No MM on that one!

I hear you! DD just bought $400 MCAT study guides last week via Amazon.ca before MM was announced. Destiny!

 

[tinkerone]

Just started using the load and go offers. Just loaded Foodland offers on to my 'card'. Is this my AirMiles card? Is that all I need to do, just give them my airmiles card and the offers will automatically adjust?
Also, if the offer is 'save 30% on the purchase of 1 Gay Lea Butter, Salted or Unsalted, 454g', can I only purchase 1 or will the 30% come off of a purchase of 3?

 

[Donald - my hero]

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!

Well first things first, to the hunt! You've joined a wonderful little family, we love to help each other work this system to the max!!
You've received some great answers already but i though i would just chime in with my 5 cents worth (2 cents ain't the same anymore when that rounds down to nothing ) There is zilch chance of making the Sobeys cash coupon but there is a possibility that there will be another offer like this soon since Rexall was set to have a big one the weekend that Cash Miles was taken off-line.

The only place where you can buy gift cards and EARN Airmiles is at Shell (not on Shell gift cards though) and on occasion some stores will have promotions to earn bonus -- currently Sobeys has some in place for a few of them -- but that won't earn you your coupon at Staples.

The wine, i hear you, a $20.00 wine won't make the stew taste any better than the $5.00 extra fine vintage We don't drink either so that isn't happening for us either.

Do you do any on-line shopping? If so, don't forget to sling-shot thru the Airmiles Shop portal to earn AM. Right now that would allow you to kill 2 birds with one stone by using the coupon for spending $150.00 over the month (it's cumulative, not in one purchase) and I know for a fact that the Staples coupon will work on-line as well. They have more things that you might think of on-line so a little outside-of-the-box thinking could get you over the $45.00 threshold. If you haven't used this method in the last year there's a chance to get some bonus miles thru this -- i could refer you if you'd like


Don't give up on the hunt -- ask lots of questions, read others success stories to find ways to earn you might not have thought of, you'll be on your way soon!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Just started using the load and go offers. Just loaded Foodland offers on to my 'card'. Is this my AirMiles card? Is that all I need to do, just give them my airmiles card and the offers will automatically adjust?
Also, if the offer is 'save 30% on the purchase of 1 Gay Lea Butter, Salted or Unsalted, 454g', can I only purchase 1 or will the 30% come off of a purchase of 3?

Yes, all you need to do is use your AM card same as usual and your offers will be applied, just check the receipt -- there is a separate number to call if those don't post properly.
Not 100% sure on your other question though, perhaps someone else can jump in here

 

[Donald - my hero]

URGH, sick of me yet gang?? Just got back from our repeat visit to Sobeys, bought some teas that were on sale, some frozen treats for hubby to cut down on the potential whining and paid $1.29. I forgot to mention that our big score yesterday was a jar of Laura Secords answer to Nutella -- $4.99 buy 1 get 15 AM. I'll just step right up there and proudly announce that my go-to lunch when I'm lazy and starving (yup you guessed it, most days) is the thick white bread hubby eats and nutella so this was a win-win for me!

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Huh. Y'all's AM-hunting is crazy!

I had to run out and do some errands yesterday, which involved some AM earning... or so I thought... went to Toys R Us for a baby shower gift, only to be told "we don't do those anymore, haven't in like a year". Huh. Okay well I would have just gone to Chapters Indigo then, paid with GC and earned rewards points. Then I went to Safeway, taking note that the Sobey's across the street had closed, and bought some fruit, which earned me a grand whopping total of ONE AirMile. Clearly I am not as savvy as you people. Also we don't get any of those coupon books anymore like we used to...

 

[Donald - my hero]

Huh. Y'all's AM-hunting is crazy!

I had to run out and do some errands yesterday, which involved some AM earning... or so I thought... went to Toys R Us for a baby shower gift, only to be told "we don't do those anymore, haven't in like a year". Huh. Okay well I would have just gone to Chapters Indigo then, paid with GC and earned rewards points. Then I went to Safeway, taking note that the Sobey's across the street had closed, and bought some fruit, which earned me a grand whopping total of ONE AirMile. Clearly I am not as savvy as you people. Also we don't get any of those coupon books anymore like we used to...

It's this thread that helped me step up MY game --- we've gone from earning a piddly 3 or 4,000 a year to this past 12 months of snagging almost 18,000 (and we didn't do the Pickle Palazzo ) The coupon booklet we're currently referring to for Mega Miles is sitting at the Cash of any of the partner stores OR you can find them on-line to print out
Select your region to see your coupon offers

With a bit of work and reading the success others have, you'll be able to watch your miles grow!

 

[elaine amj]

@Donald that was awesomely helpful!

I plan to load up on some cash miles for just in case offers. Today, I am checking out the gift card rack at Shell and then will check out Rexall.

Also found a Foodland in a little town 30 mins away. So we will go there tonight for dinner in our fave local restaurant then shop.

 

[Days In the Sun]

The only place where you can buy gift cards and EARN Airmiles is at Shell (not on their own though) and on occasion some stores will have promotions to earn bonus -- currently Sobeys has some in place for a few of them -- but that won't earn you your coupon at Staples.

Not sure what you meant by "not on their own", I buy gcs at Shell without buying anything else (no gas, no other in-store purchases) and receive the airmiles.

And just to clarify about Shell, it's a promo on now 7x airmiles in some provinces which earns 70 am on $100 spent in-store, regular rate would be 10am on $100.

Just trying to help.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Not sure what you meant by "not on their own", I buy gcs at Shell without buying anything else (no gas, no other in-store purchases) and receive the airmiles.

And just to clarify about Shell, it's a promo on now 7x airmiles in some provinces which earns 70 am on $100 spent in-store, regular rate would be 10am on $100.

Just trying to help.

I meant that you can't earn airmiles on SHELL Gift cards --- perhaps i should edit that to make it a tad clearer

 

[Days In the Sun]

I meant that you can't earn airmiles on SHELL Gift cards --- perhaps i should edit that to make it a tad clearer

Ahhh, yes, forgot about that so didn't read it that way. Good point!

 

[elaine amj]

I meant that you can't earn airmiles on SHELL Gift cards --- perhaps i should edit that to make it a tad clearer

Had to read it 2x but did understand it

Was just at Rexall and filled up my cart with items on sale to meet the spend $40, get 40AM. Checked the app for any cool coupons and found a Load & Go for spend $50, get 100AM that starts tomorrow. Put everything back and will return tomorrow.

 

[bababear_50]

My Rexall shop today,,restocking.
4 pkg toilet paper $3.99 each (yes I like the Royale 3 ply) ***limit of 4 at this price
4 Purex HE Laundry soap $2.99 each ****limit of 4 at this price
I scope 2.99 (on sale)
1 12 pk of Nosh water
1 Windex multi surface cleaner (on sale)
1 bottle dish detergent (on sale)
Had to add a 25 cent item to reach $40.00
earned 40 bonus airmiles.
Hugs Mel
PS
They should post by tomorrow and help me achieve 95 cash airmiles incase Metro comes out with something special.

 

[bababear_50]

Had to read it 2x but did understand it

Was just at Rexall and filled up my cart with items on sale to meet the spend $40, get 40AM. Checked the app for any cool coupons and found a Load & Go for spend $50, get 100AM that starts tomorrow. Put everything back and will return tomorrow.

Darn double darn.
Good catch for you though.
Hugs Mel

 

[elaine amj]

My Rexall shop today,,restocking.
4 pkg toilet paper $3.99 each (yes I like the Royale 3 ply)
4 Purex HE Laundry soap $2.99 each
I scope 2.99 (on sale)
1 12 pk of Nosh water
1 Windex multi surface cleaner (on sale)
1 bottle dish detergent (on sale)
Had to add a 25 cent item to reach $40.00
earned 40 bonus airmiles.
Hugs Mel
PS
They should post by tomorrow and help me achieve 95 cash airmiles incase Metro comes out with something special.

Oooo...I added the laundry soap to my list!

 

[elaine amj]

Stopped into Shell - no Rexall GCs but they had Foodland so I picked up a $50 GC for Foodland for 35 airmiles.

 

[damo]

Had to read it 2x but did understand it

Was just at Rexall and filled up my cart with items on sale to meet the spend $40, get 40AM. Checked the app for any cool coupons and found a Load & Go for spend $50, get 100AM that starts tomorrow. Put everything back and will return tomorrow.

And hopefully a good mailer to stack with it.

 

[Debbie]

Just started using the load and go offers. Just loaded Foodland offers on to my 'card'. Is this my AirMiles card? Is that all I need to do, just give them my airmiles card and the offers will automatically adjust?
Also, if the offer is 'save 30% on the purchase of 1 Gay Lea Butter, Salted or Unsalted, 454g', can I only purchase 1 or will the 30% come off of a purchase of 3?

In my experience, once I've got the discount it moves to the 'redeemed' pile. I bought 2 TreStelle Ricotta today and got the AM for both, but had they been 20% off, I think only one would have had that. But...I could be wrong-it happens.

Had to read it 2x but did understand it

Was just at Rexall and filled up my cart with items on sale to meet the spend $40, get 40AM. Checked the app for any cool coupons and found a Load & Go for spend $50, get 100AM that starts tomorrow. Put everything back and will return tomorrow.

I saw that, and so I didn't go to Rexall on the weekend. Of course, do you think that I can find that now???