Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Pumpkin1172]

So just got back from a Safeway blue Friday shop...spent 105.00 and got 485 miles. I told the cashier I was going to come back again tonight...and she said that we can only use the 100 bonus miles once a day I'm still going to do second shop...there are still a few items I didn't get...and I will try for the bonus again. Hopefully the cashier wasn't right. She said they just recently changed this policy.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Just want to post an FYI....I belong to the AM FB group and it was posted that effective June 1, Shell has stopped selling some of the gift cards they previously sold and that includes Sobeys/Foodland/IGA. Some others were mentioned as well (Cineplex, Home Depot) but I know some of us had planned to buy these gift cards. So that puts a kink in my AMEX AM plan. Looks like I will use my card for gas and if I haven't reached the $200 by the deadline, I will see if they are still selling the Indigo gift cards.

Thanks for the post, I was planning Home Depot gcs today, I'll post if they go through. I bought Home Depot and Indigo on May 31.

Just back from Shell, three transactions, home depot gcs went through fine.
transaction 1: $28 gas, $100 hd gc, 226am (70am 7x bonus, 1am gas, 50am text bonus, 60am june shell bonus offer, 5am personal offer bonus ... takes it to 181am ... no idea how it got to 226am)
transaction 2: $100 hd gc, 75am (normal 70am 7x gonus + 5am personal)
transaction 3 (husband's card: $100 hd gc, 190am (70am 7x bonus, 50am text bonus, 60am june shell bonus offer... takes it to 180am ... again, no idea how they got to 190am)

I'm usually don't have a problem with the math, but I'm really missing something lol. Anyway, just a quick post, I'm suppose to be packing for the weekend so am out of time but thought someone might like to know lol.

 

[hdrolfe]

Does anyone remember in Mar or Apr when they had the promo if you spent $30/day at Sobeys, Shell, Staples (not sure what others) you got a bonus 10 am? It was for the whole month. I'm on Ontario. When and how will these be posted to my account?

I used Sobeys twice and Shell 3 times maybe? They all posted maybe a week after the regular airmiles for the trip posted.

I must be the only one who signed up with that Shell text to get the 5 cents off a litre instead of the bonus AM... they sent me a text saying I get 6 cents off if I pay in store. Money is tight this month, and gas is expensive! So that is a nice little bonus. I notice Sobeys had the spend so much, get money off at Shell again, but I won't likely be spending that much there for a few weeks at least!

 

[Susie63]

So just got back from a Safeway blue Friday shop...spent 105.00 and got 485 miles. I told the cashier I was going to come back again tonight...and she said that we can only use the 100 bonus miles once a day I'm still going to do second shop...there are still a few items I didn't get...and I will try for the bonus again. Hopefully the cashier wasn't right. She said they just recently changed this policy.

I just got back from Safeway....661 AM including a $50 Sears card for $163. I told the cashier I was coming back tonight and she said good idea. I have never tried the spend $100 get 100 am twice in one day. Is it possible?

 

[Sparrow78]

Did my blue Friday shop. $130 and got 512 Airmiles.

would have been better if they put pampers on instead of Huggies diapers.

 

[disneybound08]

Does Airmiles ever offer Universal Orlando tickets?

 

[Susie63]

Did my blue Friday shop. $130 and got 512 Airmiles.

would have been better if they put pampers on instead of Huggies diapers.

Are you saving for DL park tickets?

 

[Donald - my hero]

I don't see a link on the first page where we can sign up for weekly offers. And that's separate from load n go offers?

HI, the link i was referring to is currently absent because the coupons are typically only good Mondays - Thursdays. It is completely separate from the loadngo offers, i get it thru e-mail that comes directly from Rexall (or depending on the week, Airmiles proper!) make sure you have your profile set up within your AM account to receive e-mail alerts from them & partner companies.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Does Airmiles ever offer Universal Orlando tickets?

Yes they do, they will more than likely be back up on the site soon. When Airmiles runs out of stock of items they will pull it down from the site until they are able to get the item back in their supply. Keep looking and/or keep watching here since there are a few others waiting for them as well.

 

[disneybound08]

Yes they do, they will more than likely be back up on the site soon. When Airmiles runs out of stock of items they will pull it down from the site until they are able to get the item back in their supply. Keep looking and/or keep watching here since there are a few others waiting for them as well.

Does anyone recall approximately how many miles and what type of ticket was offered? Just trying to get an ballpark amount to plan around. Thanks!

 

[osully]

Just went to Sobey's (Barrhaven, ON store)

I didn't find many great deals this week so I mainly just picked up things I needed for non AM collecting purposes, but I did pick up:

• Pure Life Tea House Iced Tea @ 1.99 ea + 5 miles when you buy 2
• Johnsonville breakfast sausage @ 5.49 + 8 miles from Sobeys My Offers
• Pillers deal - Kielbassa x 2 @ 4.99 ea & Salami Whips x 1 @ 7.99 ea *there was a coupon on the box for these* + 60 miles when you buy 3

Just to note, the 60 miles for the Pillers deal did NOT show up on my receipt but they added it for me after I went and stood in line at the customer service cash.

In total I spent $38.97 and got 75 miles.

 

[mernin]

The blue Friday offers weren't many of the things I would buy or didn't need. Spend $170 and 385 am. Happy with what I still managed!

 

[bababear_50]

Does anyone recall approximately how many miles and what type of ticket was offered? Just trying to get an ballpark amount to plan around. Thanks!

In Nov 2016 I bought one adult Universal Orlando
2 day park to park access Ticket.
2,425 airmiles
Hugs Mel

 

[Sparrow78]

Are you saving for DL park tickets?

No. We just redeemed all my miles for a vacation package through Westjet, so I'm trying to get up to 3600 for a rental mini van while we are there. we got our tickets in February on the last day thinking the price on Airmiles would jump and it didn't!

 

[DilEmma]

Just back from Shell, three transactions, home depot gcs went through fine.
transaction 1: $28 gas, $100 hd gc, 226am (70am 7x bonus, 1am gas, 50am text bonus, 60am june shell bonus offer, 5am personal offer bonus ... takes it to 181am ... no idea how it got to 226am)
transaction 2: $100 hd gc, 75am (normal 70am 7x gonus + 5am personal)
transaction 3 (husband's card: $100 hd gc, 190am (70am 7x bonus, 50am text bonus, 60am june shell bonus offer... takes it to 180am ... again, no idea how they got to 190am)

I'm usually don't have a problem with the math, but I'm really missing something lol. Anyway, just a quick post, I'm suppose to be packing for the weekend so am out of time but thought someone might like to know lol.

What is the 60 AM June Shell bonus?

 

[disneybound08]

Just ordered my first airmiles 5 day WDW ticket and still scored the Canadian Discount My son and I are jumping and dancing around the living room as the rest of our house still sleeps. I just discovered this thread around the end of April and became obsessed with earning enough miles to use the Canadian Discount. We fell just short when the May 20th deadline arrived and we were so disappointed. Thank goodness Airmiles was still offering. I went to Rexall last night and shopped to earn 155 miles and we were waiting for them to appear. So thrilled right now!
So I'm obviously addicted and we currently don't have a credit card with airmiles. Which credit card with airmiles does everyone like the best. I want the most miles possible of course! Thanks everyone for your awesome contributions to this thread!

 

[Debbie]

Just ordered my first airmiles 5 day WDW ticket and still scored the Canadian Discount My son and I are jumping and dancing around the living room as the rest of our house still sleeps. I just discovered this thread around the end of April and became obsessed with earning enough miles to use the Canadian Discount. We fell just short when the May 20th deadline arrived and we were so disappointed. Thank goodness Airmiles was still offering. I went to Rexall last night and shopped to earn 155 miles and we were waiting for them to appear. So thrilled right now!
So I'm obviously addicted and we currently don't have a credit card with airmiles. Which credit card with airmiles does everyone like the best. I want the most miles possible of course! Thanks everyone for your awesome contributions to this thread!

I have an AMEX that gets 1 point for $10. Unfortunately, not all places take AMEX, and I have the free BMO one which gets 1 point for $20. I also have PCMC (which is what my DH has, and was our first points cc). I'm also sliding into the WJ rewards, and have scored some "free" flights from them-taking my first premium economy this September, and I think that I will like that. As we travel/cruise more, the idea of those flights are nice!

 

[Donald - my hero]

I'm so happy that you managed to snag the ticket @disneybound08 such a great feeling to get something you need/want without any real extra layout of cash. Rexall has to be our fav go-to shop when we are short of miles.

We have both AMEX Platinum Airmiles & BMO Airmiles MasterCard. Our preferred card is the AMEX because we earn 1 AM/$10, PLUS a bonus when we shop at partner stores as well as base miles.
Shows up on our account like this


It isn't accepted everywhere which is why we carry the MC as well .. with that we only get 1 AM/$20
Shows up like this


Now i can't tell you exactly how much we spent total or where on each of those cards but they were just typical months .. AMEX was for April and the MC was last month's when we did the push to use the Mega Miles coupon ---clearly would have earned more if we used the AMEX.

There are often sign-up bonus miles offered with both cards that will make that card a good choice at the time.

 

[bababear_50]

Disneybound08
I'm thinking of getting the BMO credit card (NO annual fee) ,,I am not one to advocate credit cards (my sons would tell you I lecture them frequently about the perils of credit) BUT for 600 airmiles and only one purchase it seems like an ok deal.
I did get the Amex one last year (Aug) and used it to purchase all my Christmas gifts and then this Spring cancelled it. ( I got 2,000 welcome airmile rewards). I am not sure what Amex is offering for their card right now.
I also have the West Jet Mastercard and use it mostly to get the Companion fare.
My advise is to read the fine print before making a choice.
Hugs Mel

 

[kerreyn]

So just got back from a Safeway blue Friday shop...spent 105.00 and got 485 miles. I told the cashier I was going to come back again tonight...and she said that we can only use the 100 bonus miles once a day I'm still going to do second shop...there are still a few items I didn't get...and I will try for the bonus again. Hopefully the cashier wasn't right. She said they just recently changed this policy.

I think she's misinformed - I put through 3 orders yesterday, and got the bonus 100 airmails all three times. Did you get the bonus when you went back?

ETA - My three orders were one after the other, not even hours apart.