Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Pumpkin1172]

No Blue Friday Shopping for me...I woke up feeling like a big freightliner truck had hit me...only worked half a day and called in sick for the second job. Still feeling like a big bag of poo...hopefully soon I start to feel better Good job to those of you who scored some great miles for Blue Friday!!!!

 

[Donald - my hero]

So I signed up Friday and so far have earned 51 AM, most of which have already posted. I'm liking this! Since I'm retired I can just check every once in a while and I can do it from home. Thanks for the heads up.

Great, I'm glad you were able to get in and are enjoying yourself. I am a survey junkie! We're also a Neilson family and i scan everything we purchase. I regularly cash in for Cineplex gift cards, Groupon vouchers and Amazon giftcards. I also do one that gives me HBC points which transfer to AM.

 

[damo]

Sorry you didn't get all your STB air miles. I don't think using 2 or more coupons in one trip/purchase would make the difference. On both accounts (mine & my husband's) I used at least 2 coupons in one transaction and I believe once I used 4 coupons. Both of us received the 2,000 bonus miles.

I just checked the coupons I used and they were the Shell spend $50, Rexall spend $25, Rosa taco kit, 3 chocolate bars, 2 herbal essence hair products, 3 chocolate bars again, rosa taco kit again, and Sobey's spend $100 get 60. All of my STB coupons posted in November.

On my husband's card I used the Shell spend $50, Staples spend $75 for 25, two of the Rosa taco kits, two of the chocolate bars and the 2 herbal essence hair products. All his STB coupons posted in December.

Hope this helps you narrow it down. If you received the bonus air miles for all the coupons you used, I suggest "chatting" with them to get your full bonus miles. Do you still have the receipts?

Sorry if I was confusing. I didn't mean that you couldn't use 2 different coupons at once. What I meant was that the Sobey's purchase where I used 2 different coupons at one time, if it got missed, would put me down to 5 coupons used and thus the qualification for only 1000 points. That seems to make the most sense of a missed transaction since every other purchase is clearly marked.

 

[gocolts]

I had to order my 2 universal tickets that I waited for AM to change back to the 2day/2 Park so while I was there I thought I’d check out my 2018 total so far - 3189! I’m shocked I was never Onyx before 2017. When you look for them, it really is easy to collect! Thanks to all of you on here sharing tips and tricks.

Have you gotten the Universal Tickets yet? If so, how many days did it take to send to you?

 

[Cinderella6174]

Great, I'm glad you were able to get in and are enjoying yourself. I am a survey junkie! We're also a Neilson family and i scan everything we purchase. I regularly cash in for Cineplex gift cards, Groupon vouchers and Amazon giftcards. I also do one that gives me HBC points which transfer to AM.

what does being a Neilson family mean? (I've learned so much on this site, always looking to learn more!)

 

[Debbie]

Four of us did it, 3 of us got the full 2000 and one got 1000 (even though they had 7 purchases, all which show up on the account....weird).

Which transactions did you make? Same thing happened to us. We did 3 Sobeys, The Bay, Air Miles Shops, Shell and Global Pets. The only thing I can figure is that it was one of the Sobey's trips because we purchased 2 of the coupons in one trip but seem to have been credited for them on the account, so not sure what didn't qualify for the Shop the Block.

Sorry if I was confusing. I didn't mean that you couldn't use 2 different coupons at once. What I meant was that the Sobey's purchase where I used 2 different coupons at one time, if it got missed, would put me down to 5 coupons used and thus the qualification for only 1000 points. That seems to make the most sense of a missed transaction since every other purchase is clearly marked.

We've been on a cruise, so checked this morning. I got 1000 AM, although I did enough for 2000. I think it was the 25 AMEX purchases that maybe didn't get added. Hard to tell since that didn't 'score' points that I can check. I also had some Foodland coupons, and I thought that they were noted, but who knows?

 

[Donald - my hero]

what does being a Neilson family mean? (I've learned so much on this site, always looking to learn more!)

From their website:
About Us
The Nielsen Homescan Consumer Panel is a "mini-Canada", representing Canadian consumers. By scanning the barcodes on their purchases and completing fun surveys, panelists truly make their opinions count in the consumer marketplace.
The Nielsen Company is the world's leading provider of marketing information, audience measurement, and business media products and services.

I have an app on my phone that i use to scan all of our purchases and i get some points for that each week but the bigger bonuses come from the surveys -- I've filled out daily food diaries that net me $25.00 VISA cards about 3 - 4 times a year (those are annoying and very time consuming but hey $25.00) i did a couple of short surveys every week for Nov & Dec and that netted me $42 in VISA cards.

 

[Donald - my hero]

We've been on a cruise, so checked this morning. I got 1000 AM, although I did enough for 2000. I think it was the 25 AMEX purchases that maybe didn't get added. Hard to tell since that didn't 'score' points that I can check. I also had some Foodland coupons, and I thought that they were noted, but who knows?

You can look at your AMEX statement and count the transactions -- if it's the difference of 1,000 miles i would be challenging it!!

 

[mernin]

Have you gotten the Universal Tickets yet? If so, how many days did it take to send to you?

I haven’t yet but just ordered on Fri or Sat. It says up to 3 weeks but the last time was the next week. I’ll let you know when they arrive if you’d like.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Holy late Rexall coupon Batman!
Spend $40 get 60 AM valid Wed Feb 7th & Thurs Feb 8th

Don't forget --- Flyer ends on Wednesday again

 

[tinkerone]

Holy late Rexall coupon Batman!
Spend $40 get 60 AM valid Wed Feb 7th & Thurs Feb 8th

Don't forget --- Flyer ends on Wednesday again

Same offer as my load and go which starts tomorrow. that will be 120 AM for $40. I'll make that doable!

 

[Silvermist999]

Same offer as my load and go which starts tomorrow. that will be 120 AM for $40. I'll make that doable!

Do these still stack, I think someone posted before there were issues? I haven't shopped at Rexall since the holidays.

 

[bababear_50]

I know the fine print of the coupon say can not be combined but I have been able to do it in the past.
I will be trying tomorrow.I wish I had some more usable Load N Go offers.
Hugs Mel

 

[tinkerone]

Do these still stack, I think someone posted before there were issues? I haven't shopped at Rexall since the holidays.

It stacked last week,no issues at all. I also used the $5 off coupon.

 

[AngelDisney]

It stacked last week,no issues at all. I also used the $5 off coupon.

This is what I may try tomorrow.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Do these still stack, I think someone posted before there were issues? I haven't shopped at Rexall since the holidays.

I know the fine print of the coupon say can not be combined but I have been able to do it in the past.
I will be trying tomorrow.I wish I had some more usable Load N Go offers.
Hugs Mel

It stacked last week,no issues at all. I also used the $5 off coupon.

This is what I may try tomorrow.

The Duck .... I was the one who had trouble stacking offers -- we have 3 Rexalls in our city and 1 store always gives me trouble with the coupons, not the staff, but the actual POS system will not allow the coupons/offers to combine. The barcode scans, the info shows up on the receipt but the miles don't post. In the case of the $5.00 survey coupon if i use any other offer/coupon a message pops up that says "use of this coupon will void all other methods of payment" I didn't bother going to the other stores because i had trouble making one sale and they aren't within easy walking distance (our transit system is HORRID!) If i thought i could make a $40.00 sale I would try a Rexall in Toronto on Thursday (wasn't much in the flyer of interest to me anyway) but i had difficulty making the $50.00 sale on Saturday, our house is beyond well stocked at the moment.

Since it clearly states on the coupon "Cannot be combined with any other AIR MILES® store wide coupon or load + go offer" you can't fight it at the cash or with AM, so it has become a dangerous game for me! Unless i have a bunch of good LnG offers combined with flyer deals that will make it worth my while even if the offers don't stack I can't shop justify shopping. Good luck to everyone else, report back!!

 

[kitntrip]

I missed Blue Friday last week, but had some decent AM when I finally got to sobeys on sunday. I had a 150 AM when you spend 150, plus a bunch of other AM coupons that had been sent to me. Spent $250, got 329 AM.

 

[Debbie]

I used Live Chat last night to see if they could confirm which transaction was the problem. It seems it was the chocolate bars, since she asked where I had bought them. I wasn't 100% sure, but things started to go really well when she asked what I was using the points for. When I responded "Flights to Disney in December to celebrate my 65th", she was able to add the missing 1000 points.

 

[pigletto]

So I printed my grocery vouchers and went and did some shopping at Sobey’s yesterday . That wasn’t too much fun. The cashier didn’t know what they were , so he brought over a manager . The manger kept saying “they keep warning us about these types of coupons, there so many fake ones out there .”
They had me stand around while they went and called somewhere . They huddled around eachother and kept saying whispery things about coupons and came back to tell me they were checking things out to protect me and themselves . At this point it was comical . Finally the manager comes over exclaiming, “Oh it’s like gift card! There’s a barcode and everything !” . Ummm, I’m pretty sure I explained what it was at the outset of this 15 minute debacle.

So it turns out I am not a scam artist which is just great . But I sure won’t be using the vouchers in that store again.

 

[alohamom]

So it turns out I am not a scam artist which is just great . But I sure won’t be using the vouchers in that store again.

OMG-that is brutal!

I have had cashiers eye me and actually flat out refuse to accept printed coupons so I know how you feel.