Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[mort1331]

It was the Sobey's in Aurora on Bayview Avenue. I didn't see it in the flyer but it was an offer on the shelf.

Looks like I need to take a walk across the street.

Sorry you got lost in the shuffle that Mega Miles has created! We've never churned the credit cards because we have both and are happy with them the way we are BUT i know a couple have done it so perhaps they can chime in here
@mort1331
@ilovetotravel1977

Cant say I have churned, but we did sign up for the Amex, then cancelled. Have not resigned up for one since.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Finished my shopping for the most part for this weekend. Went to shell...got a 100.00 Safeway GC. Used that to use my first MM coupon...then I also snagged a 50.00 Gc for the father in law's birthday. So guess I got around 210 AM this weekend at Safeway. I'm going do another Safeway shop Thursday night and use another 100 Miles coupon. They have chicken breasts on buy one get one free....you can't even get them for that price at Costco. I have my sister coming to visit on Friday...so I will grocery shop for her visit Thursday.

I'm going to go back and get a few more of the 50.00 GC for 70 AM for doing some online shopping through AM. Crossing my fingers I might have enough miles gathered in the next week or two to get enough miles for a second DW ticket before they raise the price on them.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

OK, I posted a question a week or so ago about the AMEX card, but garnered no responses. So I guess I'll try again as I know people are getting the AMEX miles. I've done the upgrade to platinum in the past for the 2000 AM. I cancelled that card over 6 months ago and went back to my regular AMEX Gold card. I'd like to re-up to the Platinum and get the 2000 AM again, but I'm unsure of the process. In the past I have received an upgrade offer from AMEX, but I'd like to do it now if I can. Do I call up Amex and ask to upgrade and will they give me 2000? I know that the offer is out there for signing up for a Platinum card with 2000 AM, but as I already have a gold AMEX, I'm technically not a new subscriber. Can anyone help me with the process as to what I need to do?

I tried to do a little research on this. A lot of forums say that cards sometimes have in their terms and conditions that it's one offer for a 12-month period. But that AMEX has done away with that and it's just a one-time deal.

I am currently a BMO World Elite Air Miles cardholder and that is our household's primary card for ALL purchases. It, too, had a sign-up promotion of 2,000 miles and 1,000 to upgrade, which is what I did. I think most credit card companies are getting smarter about the repeat sign'er-up'ers and have squash that from happening.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

My Friends and Family List on MDE is growing! I only have to add my Dad's 5-day ticket once it arrives in the mail from air miles. They haven't been to WDW or US since 1990...boy, are they going to be blown away! Plus, all the technical-savvy stuff for MDE...they just can't wrap their minds around it all LOL

 

[Canadian Harmony]

Thrifty's FINALLY had a decent promotion! First it was "spend $75 to get 95AM or spend $100 to get 150AM", so naturally I went for the 150. Then on Saturday it was 10x the base AM for that day only, so I managed to spend $168 (after taxes) and get 376AM! It was awesome!

 

[tinkerone]

Okay, MM question. I just went to Foodland and did some shopping with the hope of spending $60. That is hard for me as I find the Foodland store super expensive and not at all big so the offerings are pitiful. I used a calculator however there were loaded offers that I could not account for such as 30% off things. When I got to the cash I told the cashier that I needed to make sure I spent $60 before taxes, please do everything and let me know if I need to add a pack of gum or something. She did and said that I needed to spend .60 to make the mark. Grabbed some candy thing and she said I was good to go. $60.19. She input my coupons for AM's and I left. I didn't check till I was in my car but now I see that the $60.19 included the tax. I really only spent $58.83. So my question is, am I out of luck or is the tax included in the final total for Air Miles?

 

[Donald - my hero]

Okay, MM question. I just went to Foodland and did some shopping with the hope of spending $60. That is hard for me as I find the Foodland store super expensive and not at all big so the offerings are pitiful. I used a calculator however there were loaded offers that I could not account for such as 30% off things. When I got to the cash I told the cashier that I needed to make sure I spent $60 before taxes, please do everything and let me know if I need to add a pack of gum or something. She did and said that I needed to spend .60 to make the mark. Grabbed some candy thing and she said I was good to go. $60.19. She input my coupons for AM's and I left. I didn't check till I was in my car but now I see that the $60.19 included the tax. I really only spent $58.83. So my question is, am I out of luck or is the tax included in the final total for Air Miles?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but your total needs to be PRE-tax. I would be marching back into the store and talking to someone about the error though. You made it clear that you were trying to spend a certain amount and that you even added an item to your order to get to the correct amount. Hopefully the same cashier is working but if not ask to speak to the manager.

**Side note -- if we are ever close to the mark but just don't need (or want) any extra things we will grab one of the pre-filled bags for the food bank that sits at the cash. Not sure if every store does this but another work around would be to pick up some things that you can chuck in on your way out of the store --pasta, P.B, stuff like that. If you need to add it to your sale you can, if not you can "un-shop" and put it back.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Okay, MM question. I just went to Foodland and did some shopping with the hope of spending $60. That is hard for me as I find the Foodland store super expensive and not at all big so the offerings are pitiful. I used a calculator however there were loaded offers that I could not account for such as 30% off things. When I got to the cash I told the cashier that I needed to make sure I spent $60 before taxes, please do everything and let me know if I need to add a pack of gum or something. She did and said that I needed to spend .60 to make the mark. Grabbed some candy thing and she said I was good to go. $60.19. She input my coupons for AM's and I left. I didn't check till I was in my car but now I see that the $60.19 included the tax. I really only spent $58.83. So my question is, am I out of luck or is the tax included in the final total for Air Miles?

Echoing Donald - my hero, the terms on the condition say "Qualifying purchase must be made in a single transaction and excludes taxes" so you need to spend $60 plus tax which is the same as my experience with myoffers. However, is there anything on your receipt that makes it look like it went through? Also, did you possibly use any manufacturer coupons? They used to count towards the total, ie if you spent $60.83 using a $2 coupon. However, I haven't tested this out in awhile so not sure whether they still count or not. So failing the above, how far is Foodland? I certainly feel for you, I was trying to do a Foodland $60 this week as well but I'm still not sure if I'll get to $60 either.

 

[marchingstar]

chugging along with the mega miles coupons. as of today, i've used shell, rexall, and safeway.

related note: i feel pretty proud of my safeway shop today. lots of AM offers for products we enjoy (and things my pregnant partner is craving! woohoo!). including the MM coupon i earned 282 miles on a 145$ trip.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Finished my shopping for the most part for this weekend. Went to shell...got a 100.00 Safeway GC. Used that to use my first MM coupon...then I also snagged a 50.00 Gc for the father in law's birthday. So guess I got around 210 AM this weekend at Safeway. I'm going do another Safeway shop Thursday night and use another 100 Miles coupon. They have chicken breasts on buy one get one free....you can't even get them for that price at Costco. I have my sister coming to visit on Friday...so I will grocery shop for her visit Thursday.

I'm going to go back and get a few more of the 50.00 GC for 70 AM for doing some online shopping through AM. Crossing my fingers I might have enough miles gathered in the next week or two to get enough miles for a second DW ticket before they raise the price on them.

Well I intended to get the BOGO free chicken breasts until I saw they were 19.99/kg. So technically with the sale that makes them $10/kg. No thanks! Not sure what the price is for your Safeway but it seemed like the price was jacked up for the BOGO sale.

 

[Debbie]

We don't have a Rexall close by, so when I do a shop, it is rare. BUT with MegaMiles, and the other coupons I had today, I spent 44.96 (2 AM) and got 108 LoadandGo AM and 75 coupon AM for a total of 185 AM. Woohoo!

 

[rella's fan]

Me again, lol. I find all these different promotion/coupons confusing so just to be clear, there was nothing that I needed to register for before using my coupon out of the coupon book for the Sobeys offer?

 

[Donald - my hero]

Me again, lol. I find all these different promotion/coupons confusing so just to be clear, there was nothing that I needed to register for before using my coupon out of the coupon book for the Sobeys offer?

NO problem --- if you don't ask how will you know ??

If you're talking about the coupon this weekend that you used when you redeemed 95 cash Airmiles for $10.00, then no, that's all you needed to do. The miles didn't show on your receipt but will be posted *later*

 

[elaine amj]

Okay, MM question. I just went to Foodland and did some shopping with the hope of spending $60. That is hard for me as I find the Foodland store super expensive and not at all big so the offerings are pitiful. I used a calculator however there were loaded offers that I could not account for such as 30% off things. When I got to the cash I told the cashier that I needed to make sure I spent $60 before taxes, please do everything and let me know if I need to add a pack of gum or something. She did and said that I needed to spend .60 to make the mark. Grabbed some candy thing and she said I was good to go. $60.19. She input my coupons for AM's and I left. I didn't check till I was in my car but now I see that the $60.19 included the tax. I really only spent $58.83. So my question is, am I out of luck or is the tax included in the final total for Air Miles?

I did that at a store before. I think I marched right back in and asked them to refund me and check me out again lol. When doing these AM/points stuff, I try to always check my receipt before I leave. Too easy to mess it up.

 

[bgula]

I tried to do a little research on this. A lot of forums say that cards sometimes have in their terms and conditions that it's one offer for a 12-month period. But that AMEX has done away with that and it's just a one-time deal.

I am currently a BMO World Elite Air Miles cardholder and that is our household's primary card for ALL purchases. It, too, had a sign-up promotion of 2,000 miles and 1,000 to upgrade, which is what I did. I think most credit card companies are getting smarter about the repeat sign'er-up'ers and have squash that from happening.

I don't really feel like searching back thru untold pages of this thread, but I do know that some people were re-applying after 6 months, but that was cancelling the card. I downgraded back to a gold card from the platinum, so I'm thinking my situation might be different. Just not sure. Hopefully the experts at doing this will respond.

 

[elaine amj]

I don't really feel like searching back thru untold pages of this thread, but I do know that some people were re-applying after 6 months, but that was cancelling the card. I downgraded back to a gold card from the platinum, so I'm thinking my situation might be different. Just not sure. Hopefully the experts at doing this will respond.

I have never done this or heard of any reports of someone doing it. It could possibly work - but depends on whether an upgrade is available. I churn - but not so aggressively. I typically give 2-3 years to reapply for the same card, keeping it for 11 months or so.

 

[pigletto]

I did that at a store before. I think I marched right back in and asked them to refund me and check me out again lol. When doing these AM/points stuff, I try to always check my receipt before I leave. Too easy to mess it up.

I have too. Especially because my Sobey's is horrible with airmiles and have messed it up numerous times. They leave old signs up, they never credit promotions correctly, and it's always a mess. And if you ask for a manger, they take your number and say they will call. That never happens. So I have to watch like a hawk. Mostly I just avoid that store.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

Not sure what the price is for your Safeway but it seemed like the price was jacked up for the BOGO sale.

Yup it was jacked up for the sale. I expected that. Typically I don't purchase my meat at Safeway...I tend to purchase at our local butcher shop where they source locally harvested free range products. The only meat I purchase in bulk is chicken breasts...usually at Costco...and with getting two packages for the price of one...plus AM...I got an extra 2 meals ( when I packaged them for freezing) over the price I pay at Costco. So for me, it was a good purchase. I'm sooo close for the AM for another DW ticket...hopefully before they jack the price up...I took the bait lol

 

[DilEmma]

Me again, lol. I find all these different promotion/coupons confusing so just to be clear, there was nothing that I needed to register for before using my coupon out of the coupon book for the Sobeys offer?

Edit to add:
Ugh, I must be on a Rexall high and did not see the Sobeys part. Also, I did not see Donald My Hero's answer. This info is still useful so I'll keep the post:

You don't need to register for any of these, but you should take advantage of the stacking ability while it lasts.

There is the email coupon offer that damo posted (thanks again damo) http://images.rexall.ca/newsletter/2017/May8/MAY8-COUPON-4060-ONMB.pdf for spend $40 get 60 Air Miles
There is the receipt coupon for spend $25 get 50 Air Miles (no screen shot) that you can get when you shop on the weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and DO NOT meet the flyer bonus. Karate is next door so I head in and buy a box of tissue on the weekend. The coupon is printed on the bottom of the receipt.
There is the survey coupon offer http://couponscanada.smartcanucks.ca/get/rexall5-coupon-canada for Spend $25 get $5 off.
There is the Load & Go offer that will be exclusive to your Air Miles account. You have to load it here https://loadandgo.airmiles.ca/#/guest/login
And now there is the Mega Miles get 15 when you spend $25 (in the booklet or online https://www.airmilesmegamiles.ca/en/region).

I stacked all of the above at a shop today and got 232 Air Miles for $41.93 spend before taxes plus $5 off which almost covered the taxes.

That's over $23 worth of Air Miles plus $5 off. To be clear, I'm not buying things I would not have otherwise. And all the items were well priced sale items.

I've said it before, I love Rexall with Air Miles. Their regular prices are awful except for staple grocery items (which is my staple Rexall item).

Once you do all the above once, it will all click for you. Don't over think it. Just print all the above coupons and load your Load & Go offer. Next time maybe stop by for a box of $.69 cent tissue on the weekend to get another 50 Air Miles on next week's shop.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Ok gang .... that is a most awesome post @DilEmma you summed up the intricacies of stacking offers to the utmost advantage. Only thing i would add is take no children or spouses along, don't go tired or hungry -- you need to be able to fully concentrate, ooh and brag later how well you did on your own