Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[bababear_50]

Rant ahead

Picked up a restock 13 pkgs of Royale Toilet tissue--I hate going to the Rexall on the way home from work. They need to get rid of the man who works there,,he was upset that I took all of the 3 ply packages instead of the 2 ply. Well if the price is the same I am going to take all of the 3 ply and I am sorry I emptied your shelf but hey aren't you supposed to be in the business of selling products?.

Sobeys had no bacon and no hotdogs (on the next shipment, due in a day or two) so I picked up the Ham and mustard (honey dijon) and some peaches,,
No airmiles --- they said I must pair the food beside the ham (in Ad),,,I said NO the ad says with 2 pairings of MY choice.
Ham $5.99
Mustard $1.99
Peaches $1.99
------------------= 50 Airmiles

The customer service gave the 50 points and an apology.
So this weekend I've racked up 269 Airmiles.
My goal is $400.00 worth of Gift Cards (Visa) for March Break 2017.
Happy shopping
Hugs Mel

 

[mort1331]

Rant ahead

Picked up a restock 13 pkgs of Royale Toilet tissue--I hate going to the Rexall on the way home from work. They need to get rid of the man who works there,,he was upset that I took all of the 3 ply packages instead of the 2 ply. Well if the price is the same I am going to take all of the 3 ply and I am sorry I emptied your shelf but hey aren't you supposed to be in the business of selling products?.

Sobeys had no bacon and no hotdogs (on the next shipment, due in a day or two) so I picked up the Ham and mustard (honey dijon) and some peaches,,
No airmiles --- they said I must pair the food beside the ham (in Ad),,,I said NO the ad says with 2 pairings of MY choice.
Ham $5.99
Mustard $1.99
Peaches $1.99
------------------= 50 Airmiles

The customer service gave the 50 points and an apology.
So this weekend I've racked up 269 Airmiles.
My goal is $400.00 worth of Gift Cards (Visa) for March Break 2017.
Happy shopping
Hugs Mel

Very nice, its nice knowing ahead what your supposed to get., Do you get Visa's with AM? never seen that, how many AMs for 400?

 

[bababear_50]

Very nice, its nice knowing ahead what your supposed to get., Do you get Visa's with AM? never seen that, how many AMs for 400?

I can use my cash rewards airmiles to buy gift cards at Shell. I haven't tried it with Visa yet but I have used them to buy Starbucks, and a few other restaurant gift cards and gas gift cards.
95 airmiles is = to $10.00
I think you can cash out 750 cash reward airmiles per day.
So I figure I will need about 4,000 airmiles ,to get $400.00, I hope my math is correct?
Hugs Mel

link to some information
http://www.shell.ca/en/products-services/shell-for-drivers/card-services/air-miles/cash.html

 

[mort1331]

I see, I just have it set to dream rewards. Math works, it just shy of 4000 needed, 3800. Good luck.

 

[ottawamom]

bababear_50, When you picked up your things at Rexall did the AM post properly to your account. I went on Friday purchased $50.27 before taxes, I got 2AM for the purchase plus 2 bonus AM for something I bought. They haven't posted the 110AM Bonus yet. Did yours go through? If so I'll go back to the store tomorrow to get them to correct the situation. I wonder if I was just to close $50 for it to count.

Having posted this the AM will likely show up within the next hour. There's something to be said for putting it out into the universe.

 

[bababear_50]

bababear_50, When you picked up your things at Rexall did the AM post properly to your account. I went on Friday purchased $50.27 before taxes, I got 2AM for the purchase plus 2 bonus AM for something I bought. They haven't posted the 110AM Bonus yet. Did yours go through? If so I'll go back to the store tomorrow to get them to correct the situation. I wonder if I was just to close $50 for it to count.

Having posted this the AM will likely show up within the next hour. There's something to be said for putting it out into the universe.

Hi Hon,,Mel here
I am waiting on Rexall = 200
and Sobeys = 50
I know their system (airmiles online computer) was down last night. I kept my receipts that have the correct amounts on them just incase they don't get posted yet.
Hopefully they will update soon.
Hugs Mel

 

[ottawamom]

Thanks, good to know. They just usually post within 24hrs, so I was a little worried. I have my receipt just in case as well.

 

[damo]

bababear_50, When you picked up your things at Rexall did the AM post properly to your account. I went on Friday purchased $50.27 before taxes, I got 2AM for the purchase plus 2 bonus AM for something I bought. They haven't posted the 110AM Bonus yet. Did yours go through? If so I'll go back to the store tomorrow to get them to correct the situation. I wonder if I was just to close $50 for it to count.

Having posted this the AM will likely show up within the next hour. There's something to be said for putting it out into the universe.

Did the points show at the bottom of the receipt? Their spend $50 on beauty get 100 AM points shows immediately on the receipt.

 

[ottawamom]

Did the points show at the bottom of the receipt? Their spend $50 on beauty get 100 AM points shows immediately on the receipt.

They all showed on my receipt. But just 4 of the 114 I earned showed up in my account on the weekend. The 110 on the spend $50 on almost anything in the store get 110AM didn't show up with them which I thought was odd.

 

[damo]

They all showed on my receipt. But just 4 of the 114 I earned showed up in my account on the weekend. The 110 on the spend $50 on almost anything in the store get 110AM didn't show up with them which I thought was odd.

That is odd. I've usually had them come up within a couple of days.

 

[ottawamom]

All is well in my Airmiles world. The missing airmiles were finally posted to my account, they were back dated as if they should have been posted on May 6 so I guess it was just one of those computer glitches. I spoke with the cashier at the store this afternoon and she said they can take up to 3 weeks to post on average.

 

[DizzyDis]

Interesting surprise appearance in my account... I had received several of those "come back to AirMilesShops and we will give you a bonus 25 AM" emails some time ago and had made some purchases and then think I lost track of them, wasn't sure if I had missed expiration dates, etc and they just suddenly appeared, probably over 2-3 months since I made the purchases. So, 25+25+10 surprise AM are great, so keep your eyes open and hopefully some of you will see some of them too! Also, please let me know if there is another reason that I am missing, since that is the only explanation I can come up with for their appearance!

 

[pigletto]

Interesting surprise appearance in my account... I had received several of those "come back to AirMilesShops and we will give you a bonus 25 AM" emails some time ago and had made some purchases and then think I lost track of them, wasn't sure if I had missed expiration dates, etc and they just suddenly appeared, probably over 2-3 months since I made the purchases. So, 25+25+10 surprise AM are great, so keep your eyes open and hopefully some of you will see some of them too! Also, please let me know if there is another reason that I am missing, since that is the only explanation I can come up with for their appearance!

While I was on vacation I checked my balance and had an extra 80 -100 points that I wasn't expecting too. I can't even see where they were put on but I was thinking there was a promo a few months ago (March maybe?) where if you used three of the offers on the site you would get a bonus wasn't there?
I vaguely remember something about it.

 

[bababear_50]

Sobeys Flyer is out
Get 200 Airmiles with the purchase of a 150.00 Sobeys Gift card.
Orange juice ,lemons and limes = 25 airmiles.
Hugs Mel
Link here
http://www.sobeys.com/en/flyer/?f=888

 

[mort1331]

Sobeys Flyer is out
Get 200 Airmiles with the purchase of a 150.00 Sobeys Gift card.
Orange juice ,lemons and limes = 25 airmiles.
Hugs Mel
Link here
http://www.sobeys.com/en/flyer/?f=888

wow thats ok, have to check it out, havent got ours yet.
thanks Mel

 

[pigletto]

Sobeys Flyer is out
Get 200 Airmiles with the purchase of a 150.00 Sobeys Gift card.
Orange juice ,lemons and limes = 25 airmiles.
Hugs Mel
Link here
http://www.sobeys.com/en/flyer/?f=888

I was just coming to report this!!

I'll be picking up $300 in gift cards for sure.

 

[ottawamom]

We are so on top of all the AM deals. I'm kind of likening this thread to the free dining thread (but for Canadians and airmiles). Gift cards here I come.

 

[pigletto]

We are so on top of all the AM deals. I'm kind of likening this thread to the free dining thread (but for Canadians and airmiles). Gift cards here I come.

I've been a long time reader on the Budget board and was always so envious of all the great deals that U.S. residents have that we don't. I love this thread because it's something we can use too!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Newbie here from Nova Scotia! Planning a huge family trip for January 2018.

I am also a MAJOR AM collector! In fact, my family thinks it hilarious all the points I rack up. Alas, they love how it benefits them in the travel game

Anyhoo, I'm currently sitting at 2997 miles, awaiting on two 100 bonus transactions, I just signed up for Sobeys MC to get the 400 AM and also American Express Platinum to get 2,000 AM!
When I checked to see the number of miles needed for Disney passes, I was shocked at how much that had gone up! 3550 for a 5-day adult and 3325 for a child 5-day! Yikes!

 

[Misha72683]

I love this thread! I got 280 miles with the Keg gift cards last weekend and I'll buy at least $300 of the Sobey's cards (maybe $450) because my son's birthday party is in two weeks and I know I'll be spending a bunch on groceries then. Going over the flyer there's another 60 or so bonus miles for stuff we need/could use.