Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[bababear_50]

Picked up a few basics at Sobeys,
used a few targeted buys sent to me (Ok Sobeys calls it "My Offers")

3 cans campbell's soup 10 airmiles (target)
28-35 freezer bags 18 airmiles(target)
1 pkg Tortillas 4 airmiles (target)
1 Feta and 1 Caesar 10 airmiles (in store)
salad dressing
1 pkg. sausage buns
and two loaves bread 25 airmiles (in store)

Spent $24.07
total airmiles collected 68
Not bad
Hugs Mel

 

[pigletto]

I just got back from Sobeys and I spent about 40 and got 51 airmiles. I barely saw anything I needed or wanted this week. Hopefully the Sobey's gift card promo is back soon.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I have a question: anyone successful taking their 2-days universal tickets they got trough airmiles and exchange them for 1-day tickets?

I'm planning to order 2 tickets (so 2 x 2-days), but we're 3 and only have one day (so I need 3 x 1-day) !

I wonder if they'll exchange them for their values before we enter the park?

They dont do that for other tickets, so I wouldnt think so, but I have no experience.

I've called Universal, but the guest service person had no idea if they could exchange those kind of tickets... She sounded like regular tickets could be exchange, but not "gift or reward" tickets, but she didnt sound sure... Maybe I can try my luck, I only have enough miles for 2 2-days tickets anyway and the second day will just have to go to waste...

If they said you can exchange 2 "normal" 2-day tickets for 3 one-day tickets, then I would imagine you can do it with the airmiles tickets. They treat them exactly the same as normal tickets.

I'll call back and won't mention they are "reward" tickets to see if I get a different answer!

OK, i decided to chase this issue up the flagpole and see what happened with it and got the following results! I sent an e-mail asking if i could downgrade at the gate (didn't mention where i got them from because i have already checked that they are the same tickets you get elsewhere) and I got a phone call back today. Told me that yes in fact you can stop at the gate and get the difference put back on your credit card if you show that and some ID. I said "But i didn't buy them i received them as a gift" (ok white lie, gift for wise shopping am i right ) "OH that's no problem, you can just get the difference on a gift card that's good anywhere on site or on-line"

SO all 4 of us (hubby and I and daughter and her wife) will just go on that assumption .. if we get gift cards BONUS if not, meh, no biggie, but the nice guy i chatted with didn't seem to think it will be a problem at all! (AND i checked the current difference on the at-gate price is almost 70.00!)

 

[damo]

OK, i decided to chase this issue up the flagpole and see what happened with it and got the following results! I sent an e-mail asking if i could downgrade at the gate (didn't mention where i got them from because i have already checked that they are the same tickets you get elsewhere) and I got a phone call back today. Told me that yes in fact you can stop at the gate and get the difference put back on your credit card if you show that and some ID. I said "But i didn't buy them i received them as a gift" (ok white lie, gift for wise shopping am i right ) "OH that's no problem, you can just get the difference on a gift card that's good anywhere on site or on-line"

SO all 4 of us (hubby and I and daughter and her wife) will just go on that assumption .. if we get gift cards BONUS if not, meh, no biggie, but the nice guy i chatted with didn't seem to think it will be a problem at all! (AND i checked the current difference on the at-gate price is almost 70.00!)

Hopefully they give you gate price. Generally, you have to actually use the ticket to get it to gate price.

Please keep us posted!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Hopefully they give you gate price. Generally, you have to actually use the ticket to get it to gate price.

Please keep us posted!

We won't be there till the very end of January, just thought i'd put this out there in case anyone else wants to give it a try. And YES he did say we have to use it to get in before they will *refund* the difference onto either the original CC or a gift card. We will most definitely trying it, worse case scenario they say no, it's not like we're really out much because without the AM we wouldn't go at all.

 

[ottawamom]

Update on my AM Disney World tickets. They have received their new shipment. Got notification that the tickets were on their way and would be delivered last Thursday (great I'm on a flight to Winnipeg for the weekend). Sons were at home so no problem. They were to text me when the tickets arrived. No text and it was now the end of the delivery day. I thought UPS would need a signature as I ordered 3 7day tickets. No! they just dropped the tickets in the mailbox and sent me an email notifying me of delivery. I checked my email at 5:30pm, several hours after they delivered and sent the boys to the mailbox to check for the tickets. They were there but if I hadn't followed up promptly with the boys they could have been sitting there all weekend. I thought UPS needed a signature.

Just thought I'd post this so others are aware there is no signature required on ticket deliveries by UPS.

 

[damo]

Update on my AM Disney World tickets. They have received their new shipment. Got notification that the tickets were on their way and would be delivered last Thursday (great I'm on a flight to Winnipeg for the weekend). Sons were at home so no problem. They were to text me when the tickets arrived. No text and it was now the end of the delivery day. I thought UPS would need a signature as I ordered 3 7day tickets. No! they just dropped the tickets in the mailbox and sent me an email notifying me of delivery. I checked my email at 5:30pm, several hours after they delivered and sent the boys to the mailbox to check for the tickets. They were there but if I hadn't followed up promptly with the boys they could have been sitting there all weekend. I thought UPS needed a signature.

Just thought I'd post this so others are aware there is no signature required on ticket deliveries by UPS.

We had the same experience. Tickets were just left in our house mailbox.

 

[Veronique]

We won't be there till the very end of January, just thought i'd put this out there in case anyone else wants to give it a try. And YES he did say we have to use it to get in before they will *refund* the difference onto either the original CC or a gift card. We will most definitely trying it, worse case scenario they say no, it's not like we're really out much because without the AM we wouldn't go at all.

I'll try it in October myself and report back

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

We had the same experience. Tickets were just left in our house mailbox.

ditto

 

[Canadian Harmony]

Now you can't tease us like that .. give us the DETAILS!! Where did you shop, what did you buy??

LOL, sorry! Thrifty's has (until COB Tuesday) a few decent deals which I took advantage of:

2 mozza balls and 2 crumbled Feta $18 = 40AM
3 pack of twizzlers/nibs $7.50 = 20AM
Mountain Trail Mix (600g) $5 = 10AM
Roasted peanuts (600g) $4 = 10AM
2 Charmin toilet tissue & 2 bounty $28 = 35AM (also saved with Checkout 51)
2 Lysol wipes $6 = 8AM
2 Ziplock bags $7 = 10AM (Also saved with Checkout 51)

I bought other things too, but those were the big ones. Plus there was spend $150 and get 200AM tacked on so I managed to get just over the $150 threshold for the extra AM.

I prefer to use the "buy 4 get 40AM" promotions as I usually buy the cheapest item. "Spend $20 and get 20AM" promos don't do much for me unless I really need what they're selling.

 

[Donald - my hero]

They were there but if I hadn't followed up promptly with the boys they could have been sitting there all weekend. I thought UPS needed a signature.

Just thought I'd post this so others are aware there is no signature required on ticket deliveries by UPS.

We had the same experience. Tickets were just left in our house mailbox.

ditto

YES, us too and I WAS home waiting for them because i had been following the tracking # they gave me. They didn't ring the doorbell ... nor did they leave them in the mailbox... ours were left stuck in the screen door, at eye level facing OUT! OH yeah, the envelope they were in very CLEARLY has the box for signature required checked off. I wasn't a very happy camper since we have a literal "Crack house" in our townhouse complex and as such there is a constant stream of people milling about.

 

[pigletto]

YES, us too and I WAS home waiting for them because i had been following the tracking # they gave me. They didn't ring the doorbell ... nor did they leave them in the mailbox... ours were left stuck in the screen door, at eye level facing OUT! OH yeah, the envelope they were in very CLEARLY has the box for signature required checked off. I wasn't a very happy camper since we have a literal "Crack house" in our townhouse complex and as such there is a constant stream of people milling about.

One time I received a ticket I ordered in my mailbox (community mailbox, locked), and another I had to go in and sign for it at the postal outlet.
There appears to be zero policy on how the tickets are shipped or on delivery requirements.. other than keeping people confused.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Just got an e-mail from Staples ... from now till August 16th ... spend $75.00 get 50 AM spend $45.00 get 20 AM coupon code is good on-line as well so you can swing thru the Airmiles site and do a little stacking of the bonuses and make it one of your 3 on-line purchases!

Coupon code is 5494192052739320

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I just went on staples.ca and did a mock order, but when I entered the above coupon code, it just gave me $0.01 off my order. Must not work for Atlantic Canada, as usual.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I just went on staples.ca and did a mock order, but when I entered the above coupon code, it just gave me $0.01 off my order. Must not work for Atlantic Canada, as usual.

HOW rude! I've been pondering a solution to this ... even having some nice soul (like me perhaps ) enter the order with YOUR shipping address but i don't think the system would let me use a different AM # than is already on my profile

 

[pigletto]

Just got an e-mail from Staples ... from now till August 16th ... spend $75.00 get 50 AM spend $45.00 get 20 AM coupon code is good on-line as well so you can swing thru the Airmiles site and do a little stacking of the bonuses and make it one of your 3 on-line purchases!

Coupon code is 5494192052739320

Sigh.. just bought a $320 off contract cell phone from Staples last week and got a whopping 6 miles. Too late for me but thank you for sharing. I hope it helps someone .

 

[Donald - my hero]

Sigh.. just bought a $320 off contract cell phone from Staples last week and got a whopping 6 miles. Too late for me but thank you for sharing. I hope it helps someone .

Anyway you could return it and buy it again??? I know they do some sort of price guarantee thingee if price drops within a certain time period... maybe they'd do it for the Airmiles promotion too??

 

[pigletto]

Anyway you could return it and buy it again??? I know they do some sort of price guarantee thingee if price drops within a certain time period... maybe they'd do it for the Airmiles promotion too??

I didn't know that! I will look into it. Thank you!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Did anyone else just get the e-mail about getting your hearing checked?? It says "Test your ears at 60 and get 150 AM" Do you think that means if i go and get my ringing ears tested i won't get the miles cause i'm only 53???

 

[bababear_50]

Did anyone else just get the e-mail about getting your hearing checked?? It says "Test your ears at 60 and get 150 AM" Do you think that means if i go and get my ringing ears tested i won't get the miles cause i'm only 53???

You are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo GOOD!
And my guys call me the airmiles W&^%$!
I'm too young to get mine tested.
You could always see what proof of age requirement they need?
Hugs Mel

Maybe i could get my Mickey ears tested