Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[damo]

Just wondering.. Has everyone received their Bonus 150 from the AMshops coupon ? I definitely completed the requirements and can see them all in my account, but I haven’t received the 150 bonus. It says it could take up to 70 days but I am a little concerned that people are getting their bonuses and I don’t have mine.

I have not and I have more than 3 air miles shops activities. None of the 4 of us who did the promotion have gotten a bonus from AM shops.

 

[pigletto]

I have not and I have more than 3 air miles shops activities. None of the 4 of us who did the promotion have gotten a bonus from AM shops.

Ok, so I will cool my heels for a little before I worry about it. Thanks Damo.

 

[ottawamom]

Does anyone have a spend X get Y AM (Mon-Thu) from Rexall in their Load and Go this week? Anyone think we might see an email offer? I'm out of milk but will hold off till noon to get it if there's a chance something might pop up this morning. Just want to start the year off right and maximize my trip to Rexall.

 

[dancin Disney style]

Does anyone have a spend X get Y AM (Mon-Thu) from Rexall in their Load and Go this week? Anyone think we might see an email offer? I'm out of milk but will hold off till noon to get it if there's a chance something might pop up this morning. Just want to start the year off right and maximize my trip to Rexall.

I just checked and this is the first time that I do not have the spend offer. I do have one to earn 20 miles if I buy eye drops for pink eye

 

[hdrolfe]

No spend $ get AM for rexall for me either. I also have that one for pink eye...

 

[kerreyn]

Does anyone have a spend X get Y AM (Mon-Thu) from Rexall in their Load and Go this week? Anyone think we might see an email offer? I'm out of milk but will hold off till noon to get it if there's a chance something might pop up this morning. Just want to start the year off right and maximize my trip to Rexall.

I didn't get a load and go offer or an email coupon (so far) either. I sure hope it's not indicative of Rexall's air miles offers for 2018.

 

[kerreyn]

I have a question for those who have used the travel certificates and/or cash miles. The scuttlebutt on the Facebook page is that soon we'll only be able to get the travel certificates using cash miles, but I have my account set to dream miles. When/if the time comes, can we transfer the amount needed to purchase the travel certificates or do I have to start saving as cash miles? (I'm totally clueless when it comes to cash miles)...

 

[damo]

Does anyone have a spend X get Y AM (Mon-Thu) from Rexall in their Load and Go this week? Anyone think we might see an email offer? I'm out of milk but will hold off till noon to get it if there's a chance something might pop up this morning. Just want to start the year off right and maximize my trip to Rexall.

I don't have load and go but do have email for tomorrow.... http://images.rexall.ca/newsletter/2018/Jan02/RexallPharmaPlus_ON_MB_TB.html

 

[ottawamom]

I have a question for those who have used the travel certificates and/or cash miles. The scuttlebutt on the Facebook page is that soon we'll only be able to get the travel certificates using cash miles, but I have my account set to dream miles. When/if the time comes, can we transfer the amount needed to purchase the travel certificates or do I have to start saving as cash miles? (I'm totally clueless when it comes to cash miles)...

Sorry to say no transferring of points between cash and dream. You'll need to start saving in cash, but if you change your preference over before the STB post you'll have a good head start on the year.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

ARGH I need to go shopping but the Airmiles site hasn't updated the Safeway coupons for January. Come onnnnnnn....

 

[Donald - my hero]

Just in case you didn't get everything you wanted, here's one more chance to get bonus miles thru Airmiles online shopping

***side note -- I'm still waiting for a BUNCH of my miles from these stores and the 150 bonus on BOTH accounts.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I have a question for those who have used the travel certificates and/or cash miles. The scuttlebutt on the Facebook page is that soon we'll only be able to get the travel certificates using cash miles, but I have my account set to dream miles. When/if the time comes, can we transfer the amount needed to purchase the travel certificates or do I have to start saving as cash miles? (I'm totally clueless when it comes to cash miles)...

If this is the same group that I'm part of i would take it with an entire salt shaker --- i don't think the info there is correct. Someone just shared the whole redeem for a $100 gift card as if it was brand new while this group has been discussing it since mid-summer. The "old" way was strictly cash e-vouchers OR booking directly thru Airmiles using your dream miles. If you look at the Transat site you will see this info (has been updated to deal with the confusion that I'm sure THEY have been facing from customers BTW)

AND under the FAQs there is this

The only info that has changed since this NEW method of using DREAM miles compared to CASH miles is that at some point during 2018 you will be able to make your booking online.
In 2018, together with Transat Distribution Canada, we will be introducing a new PVC website, enabling you to use your Miles immediately for PVC bookings online, 24/7 with participating partners

Add to the confusion of this relatively new method of booking travel & cruise packages is that AM hired a TON of customer (dis)service reps late last year to deal with the overwhelming need caused by the potential expiry of miles and most of us avid-old timers know more about the programme than they do! I have been dealt with like a child, yelled at, been given wrong information, sent on wild goose chases and treated like crap by many of these new employees.

(hope you don't take my liberal use of CAPs as rude, just trying to keep things a little clearer than social media at times allows)

 

[Donald - my hero]

Does anyone have a spend X get Y AM (Mon-Thu) from Rexall in their Load and Go this week? Anyone think we might see an email offer? I'm out of milk but will hold off till noon to get it if there's a chance something might pop up this morning. Just want to start the year off right and maximize my trip to Rexall.

I just checked and this is the first time that I do not have the spend offer. I do have one to earn 20 miles if I buy eye drops for pink eye

No spend $ get AM for rexall for me either. I also have that one for pink eye...

I didn't get a load and go offer or an email coupon (so far) either. I sure hope it's not indicative of Rexall's air miles offers for 2018.

No threshold offer for me, this week or last, on either card. I do have an offer on one card for a 400 package of Q-Tips, because who doesn't need that many at once, right??? The other card has one for spend $20 on cosmetics (never buy any, EVER) and get a whole 3 AM

The e-mail coupon is to spend $50 get 80 AM but, like last week, only good Wed & Thursday.I won't spend that much this week and I'm a tad concerned that they are closing the loop holes that led to my year-end email telling me that I earned most of my miles from Rexall
Spend $50.00 get 80 AM Valid January 3rd & 4th

 

[marchingstar]

@marchingstar thought you might appreciate our New Years entertainment (up till after 2 to get this far)

Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Die Hard with a Vengance
Live Free or Die Hard

Today was supposed to be A Good Day to Die Hard (even if it is an embarrassment to the series ) but the version our son downloaded to PLEX for us has no subtitles and it's bad enough without adding in a bit of a language barrier

Our traditional NYE celebrations when our kids were little always involved movie marathons while we gorged on massive amounts of junk food. Once they were old enough to stay home we ventured up the street to friends and swapped out movies for dominoes & cards (keeping the junk food, cause FOOOOOD) This year saw too many things adding up to us not wanting to leave the house: exhaustion from 6 weeks of daily treks into TO, unexpected house guests, Christmas celebrations spread over 2 weekends, and temps cold enough to freeze the you-know-whats off a witch so we decided to stay home. Once everyone left yesterday, i got back into jammies, vacuumed up a pound of dog hair, gathered up every bag of snacks, chocolates, cookies, popcorn and about a gallon of water and headed to the basement. Hubby wandered in dragging his blankie and proclaimed "Yippee Ki Yay"

OR as Boyle says in Brooklyn 99

This sounds like a well-deserved (and really fun!) New Years celebration! I hope you're feeling recovered, and that the cold is breaking in Ontario? We were wicked cold this past week or 10 days--usually around -40 with the windchill. Brrr!

There's an indie theatre in my city that does movie marathons on January 1st, and we've gone a couple of times. They do a different series each year. My partner loves Star Wars, so we've done a marathon of the original films, and I also love Back to the Future (if memory serves, we left before 3. It's hard enough to get through that movie when not hungover!)

 

[Spotthecat]

Well nuts. I tried the Onyx personal shopper service for the first time. Epic fail! Tried to get Kennedy Space Center admission tickets for my family of 5. First, it has to be offered in Canadian dollars somewhere...which I haven't been able to find. And secondly, each ticket is less than $100, so no go. Argh! What's the point of this shopper service??? Totally aggravating.

 

[kerreyn]

If this is the same group that I'm part of i would take it with an entire salt shaker --- i don't think the info there is correct. Someone just shared the whole redeem for a $100 gift card as if it was brand new while this group has been discussing it since mid-summer. The "old" way was strictly cash e-vouchers OR booking directly thru Airmiles using your dream miles. If you look at the Transat site you will see this info (has been updated to deal with the confusion that I'm sure THEY have been facing from customers BTW)
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AND under the FAQs there is this
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The only info that has changed since this NEW method of using DREAM miles compared to CASH miles is that at some point during 2018 you will be able to make your booking online.
In 2018, together with Transat Distribution Canada, we will be introducing a new PVC website, enabling you to use your Miles immediately for PVC bookings online, 24/7 with participating partners

Add to the confusion of this relatively new method of booking travel & cruise packages is that AM hired a TON of customer (dis)service reps late last year to deal with the overwhelming need caused by the potential expiry of miles and most of us avid-old timers know more about the programme than they do! I have been dealt with like a child, yelled at, been given wrong information, sent on wild goose chases and treated like crap by many of these new employees.

(hope you don't take my liberal use of CAPs as rude, just trying to keep things a little clearer than social media at times allows)

As usual Jacqueline, you are a wealth of information. I'm going to keep collecting dream miles, and what ever happens, happens.

 

[dancin Disney style]

I have a question for those who have used the travel certificates and/or cash miles. The scuttlebutt on the Facebook page is that soon we'll only be able to get the travel certificates using cash miles, but I have my account set to dream miles. When/if the time comes, can we transfer the amount needed to purchase the travel certificates or do I have to start saving as cash miles? (I'm totally clueless when it comes to cash miles)...

If this is the same group that I'm part of i would take it with an entire salt shaker --- i don't think the info there is correct. Someone just shared the whole redeem for a $100 gift card as if it was brand new while this group has been discussing it since mid-summer. The "old" way was strictly cash e-vouchers OR booking directly thru Airmiles using your dream miles. If you look at the Transat site you will see this info (has been updated to deal with the confusion that I'm sure THEY have been facing from customers BTW)

I'm in that group too. They are a very poorly informed bunch and many claim to have been collectors for years and years. I had a conversation with a guy in that group and he was not new to AM but had no clue about the website. I don't post much there because on a daily basis I would be correcting someone. I try not to be 'that' person.

 

[BLAZEY]

YEs had to bring my beer in or it would have froze...I am not a beer slushi guy.

Over Christmas even in Tropical Victoria BC, our Deck doubled as a beverage fridge. Our deck was cooler than the fridge was with a high of +2 and low of -4.

 

[kerreyn]

I'm in that group too. They are a very poorly informed bunch and many claim to have been collectors for years and years. I had a conversation with a guy in that group and he was not new to AM but had no clue about the website. I don't post much there because on a daily basis I would be correcting someone. I try not to be 'that' person.

I believe the one that started the mass hysteria a couple of days ago was a page admin. Glad I decided not to say anything and come here for the actual facts.

 

[ottawamom]

I joined as well (didn't want to miss out on something they might know that we already didn't) but as many of you have said we are a much better informed group here. Don't want to give all our secrets away .

I was at Rexall today to pick up a few things. I saw a lot of good Xmas present stuff that they are looking to clear out now so I will go back tomorrow and use the email coupon. I will see if it will stack with another coupon I get on the receipt. Will let you know how that goes and we'll have an idea as to whether they've closed the loop hole or not.

Picked up some chocolate initials 65g ($1.66) will put them away for Valentines day.