Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[tinkerone]

I may have just had a great shop. Went to Foodland, purchased 2 cakes (50 AM each) and 3 bagels (30 AM for this purchase). Gave her the STB coupon, which she scanned and I paid. Receipt showed 131 AM. Then I realized she hadn't used the 95 AM I needed to redeem to get the 25 bonus AM and be able to use the coupon for STB. She apologized and did a return on the 5 items using my MasterCard but never asking for the AM card. Nothing on the bill shows my AM card or a return of AM. She re-keyed the order, used the STB coupon, took the 95 AM and the new receipt shows 131 AM. No where on either bills does it show the bonus 25 AM however I'm assuming it will just go into my AM account as a separate item? That's what has happened with my Metro ones.

Anyways, I spent $14.95 and either received 131 plus 25 AM or I spent $14.95 and will receive 262 plus 25 AM......fingers crossed, lol.

 

[bababear_50]

Foodland shop today
I picked up 2 x $150.00 Foodland gift cards=300 airmiles
2x bar cakes $7.99 each -one strawberry cream and one black forrest cake = 100 airmiles
total shop 400 airmiles

I ordered my 4th $100.00 travel voucher and I am well on my way to number 5.
Hugs Mel

 

[mkmommy]

Has anyone gotten Airmiles from Apple though airmileshop.ca lately?

Missing them from Sept , also did a fair amount of shopping on Black Friday for the 15x’s points, and have had no problems from the other 5 stores, but no Apple.

 

[pigletto]

Foodland shop today
I picked up 2 x $150.00 Foodland gift cards=300 airmiles
2x bar cakes $7.99 each -one strawberry cream and one black forrest cake = 100 airmiles
total shop 400 airmiles

I ordered my 4th $100.00 travel voucher and I am well on my way to number 5.
Hugs Mel

What are you hoping to use your travel vouchers for Mel? I plan to do the same, but I don’t have a trip picked out at this point.

 

[mort1331]

Foodland shop today
I picked up 2 x $150.00 Foodland gift cards=300 airmiles
2x bar cakes $7.99 each -one strawberry cream and one black forrest cake = 100 airmiles
total shop 400 airmiles

I ordered my 4th $100.00 travel voucher and I am well on my way to number 5.
Hugs Mel

So for the travel certs are they available with dream or cash. I am 100%dream, wondering about switching over

 

[bababear_50]

What are you hoping to use your travel vouchers for Mel? I plan to do the same, but I don’t have a trip picked out at this point.

Hi Hon
I am flip flopping all over the place--right now I am not quite sure,,, but it sure is nice to know that I am going somewhere,
To quote Dr Seuss

Hugs to you
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

So for the travel certs are they available with dream or cash. I am 100%dream, wondering about switching over

Hi Mort1331
The travel certificates are purchased with Dream airmiles
909 Dream airmiles= $100.00 travel certificate
Hugs Mel

 

[pigletto]

Hi Hon
I am flip flopping all over the place--right now I am not quite sure,,, but it sure is nice to know that I am going somewhere,
To quote Dr Seuss

Hugs to you
Mel

The planning and dreaming is half the fun isn’t it?

 

[bababear_50]

The planning and dreaming is half the fun isn’t it?

It sure is!
Hugs Mel

 

[osully]

I also used the Sobeys redeem 95AM coupon today and nothing showed on my receipt - hope it works! That was my 7th ShopTheBlock offer used!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Can i just put out there that i want all of you to remind me the next time there are ANY promos attached to online shopping DON'T BOTHER!!! I'm super annoyed right now with the whole process --- i placed 6 orders, 3 per card spread from the 23rd - 27th to take advantage of the 15x and free shipping, extra discounts and whatever. Here's my current results:

1. Indigo got 2 books both 50% off and paid with my Gift card from Rexall -- arrived fine but still no miles posted
2. Sportchek ordered a hat for hubby -- on sale and free shipping --- WRONG item arrived and still no miles don't want to return it cause it will screw with the whole AM thing
3. Source ordered some Bluetooth headphones AWESOME deal -- email saying they shipped sent on Tuesday and would be here by today nope still not here and they use Canada Post so maybe Monday? Miles posted within 24 hours -- ALL of them even the 15x
4. Marks ordered some boots, again great deal, ordered Monday they arrived Wednesday -- no miles posted
5. Forever 21 ordered 2 pair of PJ pants -- AMEX charged but never got an email confirming the order and it's still sitting as "NEW" in their system no indication of shipping and obviously no miles
6. Amazon-- OMG i'm quite twitched over this order. Was hard to get to the min for free shipping that was on the 23rd -- email saying it would be here by Wednesday. This morning an email telling me one item not available so order was adjusted but i have NO idea how much they charged me now, did i meet the $20.00 for the order to count towards the StB coupon and will they now charge me shipping for the rest of the order? Tonight another email saying "We recently learned that we may miss your delivery promise for your Amazon.ca Order and apologize for the inconvenience. " Uhm, you think??? They also use CP so heaven knows when that will arrive and yet again NO MILES

SO 6 orders and not ONE of them worked perfectly -- I've received 3 of them and 1 was wrong and the other 3 are lost in the delivery system somewhere. This counts for a coupon on both cards and the 150 AM bonus. We won't have a problem with our primary card since we've already done 6 coupons without the shopping BUT 1 was the stupid chocolate bars that i'm not sure will credit so heading to Foodland tomorrow to see what we can accomplish. The new card might be a challenge now though and i'm wishing i hadn't been greedy and signed up -- those 250 miles would be nice in the primary account!

Happy weekend everyone

 

[Cinderella6174]

This may seem like a silly question but...
If I manage to get enough AM to get the Disney 5 day passes, can I still add the Dining Plan to my trip? we are starting to look at a DVC rental for the trip and I think I may (bc of this group) get enough AM for 1 or 2 passes before August, but my hubbie wants the dining plan.
Thanks everyone

 

[ottawamom]

I also used the Sobeys redeem 95AM coupon today and nothing showed on my receipt - hope it works! That was my 7th ShopTheBlock offer used!

Does your receipt have a line "promo 8" somewhere. I think that is the STB coupon that needs to be used. The 25AM I hope will show up in a few weeks (at least that's the way it works at Metro)

 

[AngelDisney]

Can i just put out there that i want all of you to remind me the next time there are ANY promos attached to online shopping DON'T BOTHER!!! I'm super annoyed right now with the whole process --- i placed 6 orders, 3 per card spread from the 23rd - 27th to take advantage of the 15x and free shipping, extra discounts and whatever. Here's my current results:

1. Indigo got 2 books both 50% off and paid with my Gift card from Rexall -- arrived fine but still no miles posted
2. Sportchek ordered a hat for hubby -- on sale and free shipping --- WRONG item arrived and still no miles don't want to return it cause it will screw with the whole AM thing
3. Source ordered some Bluetooth headphones AWESOME deal -- email saying they shipped sent on Tuesday and would be here by today nope still not here and they use Canada Post so maybe Monday? Miles posted within 24 hours -- ALL of them even the 15x
4. Marks ordered some boots, again great deal, ordered Monday they arrived Wednesday -- no miles posted
5. Forever 21 ordered 2 pair of PJ pants -- AMEX charged but never got an email confirming the order and it's still sitting as "NEW" in their system no indication of shipping and obviously no miles
6. Amazon-- OMG i'm quite twitched over this order. Was hard to get to the min for free shipping that was on the 23rd -- email saying it would be here by Wednesday. This morning an email telling me one item not available so order was adjusted but i have NO idea how much they charged me now, did i meet the $20.00 for the order to count towards the StB coupon and will they now charge me shipping for the rest of the order? Tonight another email saying "We recently learned that we may miss your delivery promise for your Amazon.ca Order and apologize for the inconvenience. " Uhm, you think??? They also use CP so heaven knows when that will arrive and yet again NO MILES

SO 6 orders and not ONE of them worked perfectly -- I've received 3 of them and 1 was wrong and the other 3 are lost in the delivery system somewhere. This counts for a coupon on both cards and the 150 AM bonus. We won't have a problem with our primary card since we've already done 6 coupons without the shopping BUT 1 was the stupid chocolate bars that i'm not sure will credit so heading to Foodland tomorrow to see what we can accomplish. The new card might be a challenge now though and i'm wishing i hadn't been greedy and signed up -- those 250 miles would be nice in the primary account!

Happy weekend everyone

Same frustration here with online ordering. Luckily I ordered not for STB but for the 15X miles promotion. Ordered 3 banker box desktop drawers from Staples. Can’t believe that they sent them one by one without any packaging. Two arrived and the cardboards are all bent and damaged. Waiting for the last one to arrive and then return them all. I don’t care about the bonus miles. I am going to vent my heart out when calling Customer Service later. Who on earth would ship banker boxes this way?????

Thanks for listening! Have fun AM hunting this weekend!!

 

[amie416]

This may seem like a silly question but...
If I manage to get enough AM to get the Disney 5 day passes, can I still add the Dining Plan to my trip? we are starting to look at a DVC rental for the trip and I think I may (bc of this group) get enough AM for 1 or 2 passes before August, but my hubbie wants the dining plan.
Thanks everyone

As far as I recall, you must book a package to get the dining plan. However, DVC members are exempt from this and can book DDP with any DVC reservation, so you should be good as long as you’re renting DVC.

If you book with Disney directly, you’ll need to add at least one 1-day ticket to your reservation to make it eligible for DDP. So you could get AM tickets for everyone in your party except one person and still get DDP.

(As an aside, I don’t think the DDP is worth it at all... I would totally just load that amount of money on to a Disney Gift Card to pay for dining... but I understand that some people really like to pre-pay.)

 

[hdrolfe]

This may seem like a silly question but...
If I manage to get enough AM to get the Disney 5 day passes, can I still add the Dining Plan to my trip? we are starting to look at a DVC rental for the trip and I think I may (bc of this group) get enough AM for 1 or 2 passes before August, but my hubbie wants the dining plan.
Thanks everyone

I'm not sure about DVC, I believe you can add the dining package (from when I've looked into renting points). With a regular room reservation you can get a "ticketless package" but you have to call. So you would get the room (you can apply any discounts) and the dining plan.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Same frustration here with online ordering. Luckily I ordered not for STB but for the 15X miles promotion. Ordered 3 banker box desktop drawers from Staples. Can’t believe that they sent them one by one without any packaging. Two arrived and the cardboards are all bent and damaged. Waiting for the last one to arrive and then return them all. I don’t care about the bonus miles. I am going to vent my heart out when calling Customer Service later. Who on earth would ship banker boxes this way?????

Thanks for listening! Have fun AM hunting this weekend!!

OH i HATE Staples delivery! Only reason i might order to have it shipped here is if i know i will be home all day and then i leave a BIG sign on the door saying I'm home, ring the doorbell and DO NOT leave the order on my step. Our screen door opens OUT so we have had to go out the back door and around the house to move packages before and in the winter that presents an whole different problem They also are terrible when it comes to giving the bonus miles for any of these promos.

IF you order from them again have it shipped to the store for pickup! Side note though, their online chat is AMAZING! They will handle the return and send out their driver to pick it up , no charge!

 

[AngelDisney]

OH i HATE Staples delivery! Only reason i might order to have it shipped here is if i know i will be home all day and then i leave a BIG sign on the door saying I'm home, ring the doorbell and DO NOT leave the order on my step. Our screen door opens OUT so we have had to go out the back door and around the house to move packages before and in the winter that presents an whole different problem They also are terrible when it comes to giving the bonus miles for any of these promos.

IF you order from them again have it shipped to the store for pickup! Side note though, their online chat is AMAZING! They will handle the return and send out their driver to pick it up , no charge!

Great to know about the online chat. Thanks Jacqueline!

 

[tinkerone]

As far as I recall, you must book a package to get the dining plan. However, DVC members are exempt from this and can book DDP with any DVC reservation, so you should be good as long as you’re renting DVC.

If you book with Disney directly, you’ll need to add at least one 1-day ticket to your reservation to make it eligible for DDP. So you could get AM tickets for everyone in your party except one person and still get DDP.

(As an aside, I don’t think the DDP is worth it at all... I would totally just load that amount of money on to a Disney Gift Card to pay for dining... but I understand that some people really like to pre-pay.)

This changed about a year (or so) ago. You can now get DDP with a room only reservation. I went last month with a brother and sister. They purchased a package with DDP and I went room only as I have an Annual pass. I was able to book it by phoning in (the only way you can do it for room only) however I never did complete the purchase. I'm in total agreement with your aside note, I really don't think its worth it and I feel I came out way ahead of my siblings by not prepaying.

 

[isabellea]

I don’t know about the DDP with a DVC rental but you can get a ticketless package if you call. You only need to book your room-only with Disney. I did it in July 2015 with tickets from Airmiles and Undercover Tourist.