Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[momof2gr8kids]

Weekend #2 of DH buying the groceries. I'm likely going to miss out on a good amount this week from Sobeys. DH came home last weekend with a spend $150, get 95 miles coupon from our store for March 1-3. Not sure if he cares enough to use his calculator while getting groceries though.

Good luck with that! lol. I hate sending my hubby to the grocery store. Even with a specific list, he switches something which makes us lose out on the AM. Last time I was out of town I told him to pick up something on Friday. Blue Friday. 2 Specific things. When I got back I said oh hey, did you get that stuff on Friday. His smart a$$ reply was - didn't you tell me to.... of course I did.
Well, of course he did pick up the things...on Saturday!!!

I tell him to leave me alone to do the shopping. Just stay out of my way!!! lol

 

[tinkerone]

Good luck with that! lol. I hate sending my hubby to the grocery store. Even with a specific list, he switches something which makes us lose out on the AM. Last time I was out of town I told him to pick up something on Friday. Blue Friday. 2 Specific things. When I got back I said oh hey, did you get that stuff on Friday. His smart a$$ reply was - didn't you tell me to.... of course I did.
Well, of course he did pick up the things...on Saturday!!!

I tell him to leave me alone to do the shopping. Just stay out of my way!!! lol

So my take from this is....were married to the same man.

 

[ottawamom]

The lack of any interesting AM this week may be a good thing. It gives us the opportunity to eat through our frezzers/pantries and prepare for Mega Miles. (just looking for some positive spin to a dismal week of flyers)

 

[Aladora]

Ugh, just when I thought that last week's Thrifty Foods flyer was as bad as it could be (198 bonus Airmiles in the flyer)...then I saw the preview for this week's offering. A grand total of 194. It has been months since we last saw a decent AM offer at Thrifty Foods!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Woohoo! Game plan for Sobeys! I haven't been out of the house since last Thursday for my breast Reduction surgery (sorry if TMI), so I'm going crazy bored at this point. I am going grocery shopping this weekend with DH, so I will get to use the calculator while he pushes the cart! lol We haven't been shopping together in forever, so this should be interesting. He might see my "yes I bought that brand for $1 more to earn 10 air miles" strategy...this could backfire on me LOL

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Blue Friday this week out west looks pretty decent to me. I bet we’ll see some awesome air miles earns to kick off March. Not from me though! Instead of earning miles, I’ll be relaxing in a hotel in the mountains. DP and I are taking one last little vacation as a family of 2. Who knew skipping a Blue Friday could be so exciting!

Ehhhhhhh if I had not just been forced to go shopping at Walmart yesterday! But they have much better produce prices and the customers there are so much less elbow-shoving... which is really bizarre for a Walmart... and most importantly, they have a Magical Lunch Hour in which there are like, NO other customers! Imagine, having a WM to yourself for the most part! *shiny eyes*

But I don't see anything in this flyer that I could possibly manage to spend $100 on! I have the "personalized" coupon for Spend $140, get 100 still to use, so... it doesn't expire until March 12th so I have until then to plan how to use it!

Good luck with that! lol. I hate sending my hubby to the grocery store. Even with a specific list, he switches something which makes us lose out on the AM. Last time I was out of town I told him to pick up something on Friday. Blue Friday. 2 Specific things. When I got back I said oh hey, did you get that stuff on Friday. His smart a$$ reply was - didn't you tell me to.... of course I did.
Well, of course he did pick up the things...on Saturday!!!

I tell him to leave me alone to do the shopping. Just stay out of my way!!! lol

OMG I picture a VERY unhappy Mary Poppins face happened at that announcement... AUGH! *beats something with a bumbleshoot umbrella with a parrot head*

 

[Donald - my hero]

In the process of updating the flyer links in the first post and like others have mentioned it's pretty slim picking! We're gonna need some reports about in-store offers -- Sobeys (ON) flyer states "1240 miles in store" and adding up every offer listed in the flyer i only count 75 and 30 of those are from a case of formula that i don't think any of us here use

Ok, how many of us who are NOT covered by the Sobeys WEST want to hire out a shopper to earn us some of those miles up for grabs tomorrow??!!?? I could really clean up on those deals this week, a fair number of those products are actually on my list -- I could probably walk away with close to 1000

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

My sister got this deal back end of January. It is probably the same one that you saw - I just know that she had to buy 2 car washes to get the deal.
27 Jan 18

999 HARDWOOD AVE. EVERYDAY IN-STORE OFFER +2
27 Jan 18

999 HARDWOOD AVE. ULTIMATE CW OFFER +10
27 Jan 18

999 HARDWOOD AVE. CAR WASH SPECIAL OFFER +100

thanks for posting....I know I should have just bought the 2 car washes to see if I got the AM...oh well...hopefully there will be some good AM deals soon...

 

[ebharris]

I'm wondering if anybody has gotten the American Express M/C offer? I'm trying to save up some miles for Universal passes (Disneyland in July). I got an offer to sign up, spend $1500 on the card and get 2000 bonus miles. What I'm wondering is if I can then promptly cancel the card after I pay it off?
Thanks!
Erin

 

[ottawamom]

If you're signing up for a credit card I would recommend holding onto it for 6-11months before cancelling. To sign-up get the bonus and then cancel may adversly affect your credit rating or ability to get another credit card with them down the road. You don't have to make purchases on it each month but don't get flagged as one of those credit card churners.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I'd love to know if anyone who has done that AE bonus in the past (I know there was a bunch of us who did), has tried to reapply recently to get the offer again.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I'm wondering if anybody has gotten the American Express M/C offer? I'm trying to save up some miles for Universal passes (Disneyland in July). I got an offer to sign up, spend $1500 on the card and get 2000 bonus miles. What I'm wondering is if I can then promptly cancel the card after I pay it off?
Thanks!
Erin

I'd love to know if anyone who has done that AE bonus in the past (I know there was a bunch of us who did), has tried to reapply recently to get the offer again.

I just pulled up the terms & conditions for both AMEX & Mastercard to see if i could tease out the answer ...
AMEX regarding the applying/reapplying
Bonus - This offer is only available to new American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Credit Card Cardmembers. For current or former American Express® AIR MILES® Platinum Credit Card Cardmembers, we may approve your application, but you will not be eligible for the welcome bonus. Offer valid for applications received by American Express through the link provided within the webpage. Account must be in good standing. To qualify for the 2,000 Bonus AIR MILES reward miles, you must have at least $1,500 in net purchases posted to your account within your first three months of Cardmembership. Please allow up to eight weeks from the date the bonus reward miles were earned for the bonus to be awarded to your Collector Account. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Subject to change without notice.

I can't see if there is any mention of how long you need to keep the card to keep the miles but i would agree with @ottawamom -- probably a good idea to keep it until just before any annual due is charged.

Mastercard is much cleared regarding the cancelling of a card:

BMO AIR MILES Mastercard applications must be received between January 15, 2018 and March 31, 2018 (the “Offer Period”). The 500 AIR MILES Bonus Miles offer is limited to new BMO AIR MILES Mastercard accounts. You must make a first card purchase with your BMO AIR MILES Mastercard in order to receive the one-time 500 Bonus Miles. The Bonus Miles will be applied to your AIR MILES Collector Account within forty-five (45) days after your first card purchase. All Bonus Miles will be credited in accordance with the set balance preference (between AIR MILES Cash and AIR MILES Dream balances) at the time of posting. Existing BMO AIR MILES Mastercard customers who cancel their card during the Offer Period and existing BMO Mastercard customers who transfer into this product during the Offer Period are not eligible. Limit of one (1) offer per Collector Account. Your credit card account must be in good standing when the Bonus Miles are awarded. If you cancel your card within thirty (30) days from the date your account is opened, all Miles earned within that period will be cancelled. This offer may be withdrawn or changed without notice.

 

[ebharris]

I guess there's also no harm in keeping it if I don't use it, but I'd prefer not to have 3 credit cards on the go! Thank you for the input.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I guess there's also no harm in keeping it if I don't use it, but I'd prefer not to have 3 credit cards on the go! Thank you for the input.

Depending on which cards you have and which rewards you are collecting (if any) with them you should decide which to focus on for the biggest bang for your buck while you keep the 3. We have both AMEX & MC Airmiles cards but our main card is AMEX due to the better earning potential (last month MC = 3 AM and AMEX = 156) We use it for basically everything -- it is more like our chequing account since we pay it off in full every month.

 

[AngelDisney]

Ok, tried this out today, bought $100 of gift cards and got 110 miles. For sure I'll be doing this one a lot between now and May!

I should get some gift cards then if the bonus applies to gift cards.

 

[ebharris]

Depending on which cards you have and which rewards you are collecting (if any) with them you should decide which to focus on for the biggest bang for your buck while you keep the 3. We have both AMEX & MC Airmiles cards but our main card is AMEX due to the better earning potential (last month MC = 3 AM and AMEX = 156) We use it for basically everything -- it is more like our chequing account since we pay it off in full every month.

We do the same. Our main card is WestJet World Elite M/C. I'm not huge on cards with annual fees, but we just got flights to California for $310 out of pocket for all 4 of us using WJ dollars, so it's definitely worth it for us. Thank you, I'm going to get it and I'll see how it goes!

 

[ottawamom]

All this talk of CC reminded me I had one that I got last year. Pushed on me in a grocery store. Thought I would use it to do my groceries with but I use their GC instead (purchase the max amount when they have AM on them). Thanks to all this talk I waited on the phone and actually canceled the one I do not use. A little spring cleaning!

 

[momof2gr8kids]

We do the same. Our main card is WestJet World Elite M/C. I'm not huge on cards with annual fees, but we just got flights to California for $310 out of pocket for all 4 of us using WJ dollars, so it's definitely worth it for us. Thank you, I'm going to get it and I'll see how it goes!

If you have a friend or family member that has an AE card tell them to sign into their account and send you a referral link. That way they will get a bonus 500 I think it is. (Used to be anyways). If not..I'm sure anyone on this thread would be happy to be your friend. Lol

 

[bababear_50]

Woohoo! Game plan for Sobeys! I haven't been out of the house since last Thursday for my breast Reduction surgery (sorry if TMI), so I'm going crazy bored at this point. I am going grocery shopping this weekend with DH, so I will get to use the calculator while he pushes the cart! lol We haven't been shopping together in forever, so this should be interesting. He might see my "yes I bought that brand for $1 more to earn 10 air miles" strategy...this could backfire on me LOL

Ok Girl get ready for a fun shop--I know what it's like to get back into the shopping action after a time off.
I hope you have a shopping list ready --just keep saying to him"But honey it's on my list" and have fun! AND Please take good care of yourself--~~~Healing Hugs~~~ being sent to you!
Hugs Mel

 

[bababear_50]

I am hoping to find some time to check out my Sobeys tomorrow afternoon.
I will take a pen and paper and record an good buys (airmiles) I see,
"There has to be something with their 1240 bonus miles advertised listing."

Sobeys and Foodland posted my miles tonight so I just changed back to Dream miles.
Hugs Mel