Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ottawamom]

Blue Friday Sobeys hunters in Ottawa... please report back when you can! All I want is bacon, English muffins, and Pam. Which I’m sure they always have tons of

Depending on your store you should be good they had lots at Sobeys Barrhaven, but then again I was there right at 7am.

 

[ottawamom]

Just back from my Blue Friday shop. That was a workout and a half. Two stores $245 spent got 827AM. That included 2x spend $100 get 100AM.

I made it there before the store opened. I was the first customer in the store (kind of like being the first to cross at rope drop) One of the department managers saw me standing outside and let me in out of the cold to stand in the vestibule until the store opened. Then it was off to the races. Crispy minis first (because I needed 9) then bacon. Next it was the wet ones (with baby items) and then the rest of my list. They were almost out of Dempsters english muffins when I got there but I managed to get 2 (I think the bakery delivery was just arriving)

Not a lot of Swiffer stock on the shelf for people looking for those and seeing as you need 3 they might be cleaned out later in the day.

The Kitchen cooked ham deal will only be available later in the day as they have to be cooked (they are aiming for the dinner crowd I think).

Good luck to all those hunting today. Reports please!

 

[CanadianKrista]

I was good at the Sobey's Terry Fox. Although I find them the WORST for labeling the airmiles items. When I go to March road everything is clearly labeled, at Terry Fox I have to have the flyer out to make sure I'm getting the right thing. Anyhow, I ended up with 350AM for $109 spend, not too bad. I got bacon, english muffins, chips, lysol, and crispy minis, plus a few other things I needed.

 

[Disney Addicted]

460 miles from Sobey's Oshawa this morning. Arrived about 8:20 AM and there was a lot in stock. I purchased:

50 miles for 10 cans Campbell's cream soups (we use them in pasta dishes and casseroles)
50 miles for 5 packages mini cans coke/canada dry ginger ale (stocked away in the basement so the kids don't find them)
40 miles for 2 Pam Spray's (currently have 1 but we run out often)
50 miles for 4 Simply Steamed frozen meals
50 miles for 3 packages of bacon and 1 pack of sausage patties
25 miles for $10 honey maple ham. More ham than I expected!! ham/broccoli/cheese quiches coming up for dinner this weekend!
40 miles for 4 packages of english muffins
5 base miles
100 miles for Spending $100
50 miles to come for the targeted offer of spend $75 get 50


Then I put the kellogg's cereal and Royale tissues on my air miles card for 100 cash miles.

 

[tinkerone]

I bit the bullet and started a PC Optimum page for anyone interested. Not sure how far it will go but maybe there is a need, we will see. I will not be monitoring it or updating anything, I just asked that if you know about a upcoming deal, post. We will see if anyone is interested. Might be a few out there that don't follow this that will follow that.

 

[ottawamom]

My Shell offer is spend $5 in store get 25AM. This one I can do. DH works from home a lot these days and I'm not out much (winter) so we don't fill up very often anymore.

 

[ottawamom]

Good for you @tinkerone to get the thread started. Thank you.

 

[tinkerone]

460 miles from Sobey's Oshawa this morning. Arrived about 8:20 AM and there was a lot in stock. I purchased:

50 miles for 10 cans Campbell's cream soups (we use them in pasta dishes and casseroles)
50 miles for 5 packages mini cans coke/canada dry ginger ale (stocked away in the basement so the kids don't find them)
40 miles for 2 Pam Spray's (currently have 1 but we run out often)
50 miles for 4 Simply Steamed frozen meals
50 miles for 3 packages of bacon and 1 pack of sausage patties
25 miles for $10 honey maple ham. More ham than I expected!! ham/broccoli/cheese quiches coming up for dinner this weekend!
40 miles for 4 packages of english muffins
5 base miles
100 miles for Spending $100
50 miles to come for the targeted offer of spend $75 get 50


Then I put the kellogg's cereal and Royale tissues on my air miles card for 100 cash miles.

Baaahhaaahhaaaa, I must be really tired this morning. My first thought was 460 miles from Sobeys, that's a long way to drive. I'm still laughing at my stupidity.

 

[Spotthecat]

We leave in two days!!! Woohoo!

But on the bummer side, contacted Universal, and they will not downgrade my AM 2 day park-to-park ticket and give me the difference in a gift card. This is aggravating. I only had to get the 2 day one because Airmiles lost my original 1 day passes mid shipment, futzed long enough about returning the airmiles that I had to use a different account to buy the passes, and they had run out of the 1 day ones. Argh!!!

But on the bright side I am still going to see Wizarding World of Harry Potter

So reporting back on this...they stuck to their guns, and Guest Services (inside the park, right at early entry opening, no lineup) weren't able to downgrade my Universal airmiles tickets and get me a gift card. Maybe it's because I had the buy 2 days get 2 free, and downgrading down to 1 day was too much? Instead of the 2 days downgrade to 1??? Who knows. Anyways, they said they would have to submit a claim to get the money back from the third party because I didn't pay for it, yadayada, I opted not to go that route. But what they did do was give me a code/voucher for returning ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE for 3 days, for the two of us for two parks, no blackouts, no expiry date, but the three days would have to be taken together (not three separate trips). Since that's about 600 US$ of tickets, that's way more than I even paid for the airmiles original tickets, I think I am good. Now makes us want to go back as DH was pretty jealous that it was just DS11 and me that did the Harry Potter touring, while he went with the other 2 DS5&8 to see Lego Movie 2 on premiere day.

Oh and the Harry Potter stuff at Universal??? AMAZING!!! My son was over the moon, we had a ball in Diagon Alley, especially with early entry, and then baked in Hogsmeade, lol. Definitely going back!

 

[kerreyn]

Back from my Blue Friday shop. I deviated slightly from my list, spent $186, earned 709 air miles. I was surprised that a couple of the "my offers' from the Safeway app stacked today. I got an additional 15AM on the Maple Leaf Bacon, and also an extra 35AM for spending over $150.00. I also got a $0.07 off coupon for gas that will come in handy this weekend.

 

[Debbie]

Went to Foodland this morning. I had a very small list-wouldn't make the $100, but then I got some meat, some fruits and veggies for the Little Miss visiting this weekend, kitty litter, and low and behold, I squeaked over the mystical goal. Spent $111 and got 241 miles. Once that posts, I'll be good for Cash purchases for Mega Miles, I think (about 400) and I'll switch back to Dream.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Back from Sobeys as well, 418 airmiles, spent $82 (had personal offers and a bunch of coupons). I didn't buy Crispy Minis but went by the aisle and it was well picked over at 11am, also out of Campbell's chicken noodle varieties. Surprisingly lots of English Muffins and Maple Leaf bacon.

Hope everyone gets at least most of what they are looking for!

 

[juniorbugman]

Back from Sobeys North Ajax and I spent $176 and got 417 miles. The English muffins were picked over and I managed to score the last 2 white ones but there were plenty of the whole wheat ones. Bought the mini cokes and had a loaded offer as well for 8 miles for one. They had lots of the crispy minis but the one I wanted had a best before date of Mar 12 so I had to go with other flavours. Wanted to try the apple minis. Got the Uncle Ben's rice and the bacon and the rest of my purchases were not Blue Friday items. My brother got some good deals on coffee pods that were on clearance.

 

[ottawamom]

I just looked at my L&G for Rexall, expecting to be disappointed, again and this time I have a spend $25 get 50AM for next week. It's back. This is something I can do. DS has spend $40 get 40AM and I have a $10GC that's good till Mar 7. I'll use that on his account.

Now if only they would send out an email coupon like the good old days.

 

[hdrolfe]

Also back from Sobeys. I saw lots of crispie minis, along with a tear pad coupon to buy 3 get 1 free? I think? I didn't get any as we'd take far too long to get through them all! I did manage to get doritos, bacon, soup, dog food (my dog loves the cesar stuff) and rice. I spent $180, got 362 AM. $20 of that was a gift card for kiddo's friends birthday party. Which is going to see Captain Marvel so I've invited myself along for that! Lots on the shelves though I didn't find any english muffins And I got my regular groceries at the same time. Way more than I like to spend! But worth it since once they post I'll be able to book one of our August flights. And have a few left over to start saving for a hotel next year March.

 

[ottawamom]

They didn't have many english muffins at 7:00am (I think I got the last 2 of 4 on the shelf) so I guess they didn't get more. Good shop. It feels good when you get all those miles doesn't it.

 

[buyerbrad]

Went to Rexall today and tried to use the $5 off email coupon and the $10 off “giftcard” they give together, and for the first time ever, they both wouldn’t work together. Cashier even tried twice. Still got my 100 miles though.

 

[ottawamom]

Maybe they have finally got their computer system re-programmed? Only time will tell. Which one of the two did you end up using?

 

[damo]

I just looked at my L&G for Rexall, expecting to be disappointed, again and this time I have a spend $25 get 50AM for next week. It's back. This is something I can do. DS has spend $40 get 40AM and I have a $10GC that's good till Mar 7. I'll use that on his account.

Now if only they would send out an email coupon like the good old days.

I got the same spend $25 one.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Went to Rexall today and tried to use the $5 off email coupon and the $10 off “giftcard” they give together, and for the first time ever, they both wouldn’t work together. Cashier even tried twice. Still got my 100 miles though.

Oh no. Let's hope not too much else has changed, thanks for posting.