Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[pigletto]

I picked up about $50 in things from Sobeys and will receive about 110 airmiles. Good enough for this week. I'm at about 1900 airmiles and I am hoping to collect enough for a return flight to Calgary for our trip to Banff next summer. Between airmiles and Swagbucks (which I use to cash out to paypal ) I will be able to get two of the three flights I need and can buy the other out of pocket. I am expecting each of the summer flights to be about $800 return. So these two reward programs will save me about $1600. That will be a wonderful help to the trip budget!

 

[alohamom]

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[mort1331]

OK all you brilliant Airmiles experts, I have a question and I am hoping someone can help me out please. I have been a collector for years but not full speed ahead, just here and there when I can and then redeeming for the occasional attraction ticket. This thread has really helped me build up my Airmiles (thanks again to Jaqueline for starting it!)

What I am trying to find out is, can I use Airmiles to purchase e-vouchers or gift cards for Air Canada? I have flights booked for August that I paid out of pocket for and I am would like to try and pay for one bag as well as seat assignments another way. I was hoping I might be able to find a way through Airmiles (like a gift card ) or another reward program. Any ideas folks? If not Airmiles, perhaps some of you are also part of other programs that I could use. I belong to a few but I do not have Aeroplan. Thanks for any advice you have....

I have not seen GC for aircanada for any level of collector. You have to use your points to book a AC flight. If you have another collector card like PCpoints, then you can look at their kiosks and see if they have any. I have seen some for WestJet, but can not confirm if I have seen AC. Good LUck

 

[alohamom]

Thanks mort, PC points isnt a bad idea, I am going to research that...

 

[alohamom]

Thanks mort, PC points isnt a bad idea, I am going to research that...thanks

 

[star72232]

Thanks mort, PC points isnt a bad idea, I am going to research that...thanks

My idea with PC points is, since I can use them for groceries where I actually shop (No Frills), I can cash them out for groceries and use the same amount of cash from my account however I want. Therefore - if I have 150000 points that I use for groceries one week, I now have $150 in cash in my account that I can use for something I need for my trip (flight, baggage, hotel, etc). It's more flexible than any other points system for me.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

For those who are utilizing the American Express AM offers, I had applied for the gold-coloured air miles card, and did the one transaction to earn 500 miles. Happy to say that it worked (even though I am also a platinum cardholder), and the 500 miles showed up on my statement for the month.

If you refer a friend to this card, you earn 200 miles.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I just saw this posted on the Air Miles website:

Canada Post has issued a potential service disruption notice. During this service disruption, we will continue to deliver Rewards valued at 1750 miles or greater via courier. Effective immediately, shipments will not be delivered to PO Box addresses. For your convenience, please provide a physical street address for Rewards valued at 1750 miles or greater. Rewards valued at less than 1750 Miles, which are usually delivered by Canada Post, will be delayed until further notice.

 

[DizzyDis]

For people in Hamilton or St. John's, there are free tickets to see Bad Moms in the Gold rewards right now. Also for Montreal in french. Too far for me, but the movie looks cute, so hopefully someone else can benefit from it!

 

[sportel]

Sorry if this is the wrong spot ....
If I buy the AM Universal passes, can I upgrade them to 3- day at the park? We have enough AM for the whole family's passes, but we want to visit the parks for 3 days, not 2.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

For people in Hamilton or St. John's, there are free tickets to see Bad Moms in the Gold rewards right now. Also for Montreal in french. Too far for me, but the movie looks cute, so hopefully someone else can benefit from it!

Where on the air miles website do you find these?

 

[ottawamom]

Log onto your AM account, click on the ONYX (or gold) button at the top of the page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page that outlines your perks. You'll see ONYX (gold) rewards scroll through those and it will be there.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Oh I see it now. Thanks!

 

[DizzyDis]

Yes, I just found it for the first time today! Under perks, also saw that it is 20% off Ripley's Aquarium passes, so we may be taking advantage of that over the summer too!

 

[bababear_50]

Rexall July 15-21 is up on saveland.ca
http://www.saveland.ca/RexallPharmaPlus/flyer/20645/253116/#top-flyer

Metro is up

http://www.metro.ca/flyer/upcoming.en.html?id=352

Hugs Mel

 

[pigletto]

Sobeys flyer was disappointing until the very end. I will be doing the Buy 3 get 75 airmiles for the frozen yoghurt and fruit popsicles. We will definitely use it so I plan to do the offfer 4 times and put it in the chest freezer. That will be good for 300 airmiles this week.

 

[bababear_50]

Sobeys flyer was disappointing until the very end. I will be doing the Buy 3 get 75 airmiles for the frozen yoghurt and fruit popsicles. We will definitely use it so I plan to do the offfer 4 times and put it in the chest freezer. That will be good for 300 airmiles this week.

I wish I had a bigger freezer.
The Tim Horton hot chocolate buy 1 get 20 airmiles depending upon price might be a good deal. I like carr's crackers (2 x 2.49) so I might pick up two of these for 20 airmiles.
Thanks for sharing and happy airmile shopping.

Hugs Mel

http://www.sobeys.com/en/flyer/?f=888

 

[pigletto]

I wish I had a bigger freezer.
The Tim Horton hot chocolate buy 1 get 20 airmiles depending upon price might be a good deal.
Thanks for sharing
Hugs Mel

http://www.sobeys.com/en/flyer/?f=888

The Skinny Cow and the fruit popsicles will be individually wrapped so you can take them out of the box to make them fit. Look at me, I'm such an airmiles pusher!

 

[bababear_50]

The Skinny Cow and the fruit popsicles will be individually wrapped so you can take them out of the box to make them fit. Look at me, I'm such an airmiles pusher!

and they are called skinny
of course I could always eat a box of them to make space.

 

[pigletto]

and they are called skinny
of course I could always eat a box of them to make space.

That's the spirit!!!