Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[bababear_50]

A quick visit to airmiles chat
Now I need to decide if I want to invest my food budget 1,200.00 to get 1200 airmiles.

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Deborah has joined the chat session.
Deborah: Hi Melanie
MELANIEM: Hi
Deborah: How can I help you today?
MELANIEM: In the Autumn Hub
MELANIEM: Sobeys buy 150.00 gift card and get 150 airmiles 4 transactions per collector card
MELANIEM: I will probably do this however
MELANIEM: Foodland buy 150 .oo gift card get 150 airmiles 4 transaction per card
MELANIEM: Are Sobeys and Foodland offers considered seperate
MELANIEM: So can I make a total of 8 transactions between these two Stores?
Deborah: Melanie, that sounds like a great offer. Let me see if I can get my hands on the terms and conditions.
Deborah: One moment please
MELANIEM: Posting answer on a Forum so need to get correct information
Deborah: They appear to be separate offers so I would say yes, you can do 4 at Sobeys and 4 at Foodland
MELANIEM: Thank-you for your time and assistance

 

[Disney Addicted]

Question for those that have bought multiple gift cards in the past (Sobeys, Foodland).
So Sobeys says maximum 4 GC per collector card,,Foodland says maximum for GC per collector card. So can I buy a total of 8 GC or only 4 GC?

I'm trying to figure that out as well! Each time the offer has been out I purchased the max allowed gift cards under both my air miles card and my husband's, but never tried to collect more at the other store. It was always either Foodland or Sobeys - not both.

EDITED: Well, that is nice then! I might go to both stores to max out on my air miles card then. This way I'll definately have more than enough air miles for our 4 Universal and 4 Blue Man Group tickets if the price goes up when the new stock/expiry date come out!

 

[pigletto]

Question for those that have bought multiple gift cards in the past (Sobeys, Foodland).
So Sobeys says maximum 4 GC per collector card,,Foodland says maximum for GC per collector card. So can I buy a total of 8 GC or only 4 GC?

Buy a $150 Foodland Gift Card*

Valid from Oct 4 - 7, 2018

How to use this offer:

Offer valid October 4 to October 7, 2018. Valid at all participating Foodland locations in Ontario. Minimum qualified purchase must be spent in a single transaction. Coupon must be presented at the time of eligible purchase. AIR MILES Card must be presented at time of purchase. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Limit of 4 bonus offers per Collector Number. ®TM Trademarks of AM Royalties Limited Partnership used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co. and Sobeys.

Buy a $150 Sobeys Gift Card*

Valid from Oct 4 - 7, 2018

How to use this offer:

Offer valid October 4 to October 7, 2018. Valid at all participating Sobeys locations in Ontario. Minimum qualified purchase must be spent in a single transaction. Coupon must be presented at the time of eligible purchase. AIR MILES Card must be presented at time of purchase. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Limit of 4 bonus offers per Collector Number. ®TM Trademarks of AM Royalties Limited Partnership used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co. and Sobeys.


Thanks
Hugs Mel

And to piggy back on this question if I may... Am I correct that a Sobey's gift card can still be used at Freshco?

 

[bababear_50]

It looks like Foodland and Sobeys Oct 19 spend 100 get 100 airmiles so I could eventually get 1400 airmiles from this Autumn Hub deal.Hmmmm.....


Hugs Mel

 

[bababear_50]

And to piggy back on this question if I may... Am I correct that a Sobey's gift card can still be used at Freshco?

Hi Hon
It says yes here
https://www.sobeys.com/en/faq/

Sobeys, FreshCo, Price Chopper, IGA and Foodland

Hugs Mel

 

[pigletto]

Hi Hon
It says yes here
https://www.sobeys.com/en/faq/

Sobeys, FreshCo, Price Chopper, IGA and Foodland

Hugs Mel

Great! Our local Freshco is so much cheaper, I will use them there. Now to decide how many cards to get

 

[isabellea]

I buy Foodland GC every time they have a 150AM every 150$ GC and use them at my local IGA (in QC). I know that for some unknown reason, the Foodland GCs don't work at another IGA 10 minutes away. Weird but it looks like it's store-specific whether it works or not in my case. Maybe buy one, test it and then buy more if it works fine?

 

[ottawamom]

And to piggy back on this question if I may... Am I correct that a Sobey's gift card can still be used at Freshco?

I used mine at FreshCo yesterday. I've also used them at the IGA in Quebec. It's really a very versatile card. By the way Sobeys Urban Fresh has Buy $75GC get 75AM on this coming weekend as well.

 

[pigletto]

I buy Foodland GC every time they have a 150AM every 150$ GC and use them at my local IGA (in QC). I know that for some unknown reason, the Foodland GCs don't work at another IGA 10 minutes away. Weird but it looks like it's store-specific whether it works or not in my case. Maybe buy one, test it and then buy more if it works fine?

Freshco near me took them in the past, but I haven't participated in the offer in a year or more so I wasn't sure if the gift cards were still good at all the stores.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

On the off chance that anyone (else ) is having trouble finding the Offer Hub here's a direct link -- dang i miss coffee sometimes!!!

Offer Hub --Select Your Region

THANK YOU!!!!
Sometimes the AirMiles main website makes finding these offers a little... convoluted, should we say?

 

[Donald - my hero]

Those gift cards are a great deal for those of you who can put your hands on the $$ I'll pick up one $75 card at Urban Fresh this week and that will be it. We only shop at any of the Sobey's chain when there is a big AM return and the majority of our shopping is done at Metro. Can't afford to have that much money tied up when we still need to shop for basics.

Anyone who buys candy for Halloween i remember that last year there was a big bonus offer at Sobeys so that would be a way to triple dip **of course only works if they have a similar offer this year!!
1-use AM credit card to buy gift card this weekend
2 buy the candy with the gift card
3 get the bonus miles for the candy
-- gonna look for the specifics
FOUND IT

 

[Debbie]

I figured i had nothing to lose so i signed up for the Staples emails even though i get far too many from them and the miles posted on the 28th (yeah, i don't check the secondary card much once everything I'm waiting for has posted) SO i just did it with the main card, let's see if that works!
Here's the link again in case someone either missed it or decided not to bother
Sign up for Staples emails and get 50 AM valid Sept 24th - Oct 5th

**edited because i don't think you need to SING to get the miles

I discovered that I hadn't done this one. Thanks!

On the off chance that anyone (else ) is having trouble finding the Offer Hub here's a direct link -- dang i miss coffee sometimes!!!

Offer Hub --Select Your Region

Thank you! I looked earlier today and could NOT find it. I now have it bookmarked.

It looks like Foodland and Sobeys Oct 19 spend 100 get 100 airmiles so I could eventually get 1400 airmiles from this Autumn Hub deal.Hmmmm.....


Hugs Mel

I'm wondering if that is a Blue Friday day in Ontario.

 

[tinkerone]

Watch your email as well. I received this one today and it should work with the GC's.

Get up to 170 AIR MILES® Bonus Miles1

get a tasty bonus for shopping at Foodland.

All you have to do is:

1. Activate your offer.
2. Shop at Foodland between October 1 and October 31, 2018.1
3. Pay for your qualifying purchase with your BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard and show your AIR MILES Card.

GET:

90 Bonus Miles when you spend $250

130 Bonus Miles when you spend $375

170 Bonus Miles when you spend $500

This offer is exclusively for the AIR MILES Card ending in XXXX .


Its targeted so who knows who will get it but it may/should stack.

 

[Disney Addicted]

Great! Our local Freshco is so much cheaper, I will use them there. Now to decide how many cards to get

FreshCo also price matches!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Watch your email as well. I received this one today and it should work with the GC's.

Get up to 170 AIR MILES® Bonus Miles1

get a tasty bonus for shopping at Foodland.

All you have to do is:

1. Activate your offer.
2. Shop at Foodland between October 1 and October 31, 2018.1
3. Pay for your qualifying purchase with your BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard and show your AIR MILES Card.

GET:

90 Bonus Miles when you spend $250

130 Bonus Miles when you spend $375

170 Bonus Miles when you spend $500

This offer is exclusively for the AIR MILES Card ending in


Its targeted so who knows who will get it but it may/should stack.

I got a similar offer for Sobeys but unfortunately in the Terms & conditions both things you mentioned are excluded: You can only access the terms thru a very tiny link in the email --i copied this from mine. --- (you might want to delete the last 4 numbers of your card from your post BTW)

Offer valid October 1 – 31, 2018 at participating Sobeys locations in Ontario. Minimum spend must be spent in a single transaction and does not include tobacco, lottery, gift cards, prescriptions, applicable tax and/or enviro fees, deposits or charges and other goods and services which are non-discountable or excluded by law. AIR MILES® Card and BMO AIR MILES Mastercard must be used in the same transaction to receive the Bonus Offer. Limit of one (1) Bonus Offer per Collector Number. This is an exclusive, non-transferable offer. Cannot be combined with other minimum spend/receive offer

 

[tinkerone]

I got a similar offer for Sobeys but unfortunately in the Terms & conditions both things you mentioned are excluded: You can only access the terms thru a very tiny link in the email --i copied this from mine. --- (you might want to delete the last 4 numbers of your card from your post BTW)

Offer valid October 1 – 31, 2018 at participating Sobeys locations in Ontario. Minimum spend must be spent in a single transaction and does not include tobacco, lottery, gift cards, prescriptions, applicable tax and/or enviro fees, deposits or charges and other goods and services which are non-discountable or excluded by law. AIR MILES® Card and BMO AIR MILES Mastercard must be used in the same transaction to receive the Bonus Offer. Limit of one (1) Bonus Offer per Collector Number. This is an exclusive, non-transferable offer. Cannot be combined with other minimum spend/receive offer

Thanks for the reminder about the numbers.
As for the exclusions, while it does say gift cards are not included, I have done these offers before and as one person in this group here reminded me, Mastercard can not distinguish between what is and is not a gift card. It worked when I did this with my American Express offer, which had pretty much the same qualifiers. I have no interest in this offer as I don't use Foodland or their sister stores enough to make it worth investing that much money however if I were going to I would certainly give it a try. What's to lose?

 

[ottawamom]

Watch your email as well. I received this one today and it should work with the GC's.

Get up to 170 AIR MILES® Bonus Miles1

get a tasty bonus for shopping at Foodland.

All you have to do is:

1. Activate your offer.
2. Shop at Foodland between October 1 and October 31, 2018.1
3. Pay for your qualifying purchase with your BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard and show your AIR MILES Card.

GET:
90 Bonus Miles when you spend $250
130 Bonus Miles when you spend $375
170 Bonus Miles when you spend $500
This offer is exclusively for the AIR MILES Card ending in XXXX .

Its targeted so who knows who will get it but it may/should stack.

I got the same offer but for Sobeys and I would have to spend $900 to get 300AM. I activated the offer and will purchase $600 in GC this weekend. If it works great if not, no biggie. I was going to buy the GC anyway. (I will get 150AM for spending $630)

 

[Silvermist999]

Got that targeted MC offer for Sobeys as well. I only go into Sobeys for air miles, my usual grocery shopping is done elsewhere (price matching!). They need to come up with a better offer to get me to only go to Sobeys all month, lol.

 

[mort1331]

Thses GC are perfect timing..i do the office lotto pool and can use the gc for it..so 300am just for buying the lotto like i normally would.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Any BMO World Elite cardholders get an email for spend $XXX and earn XXX miles at Sobeys?

From October 1-31, earn:
120 Bonus Miles when you spend $350
180 Bonus Miles when you spend $525
240 Bonus Miles when you spend $700

It was targeted as I had to opt my air miles card in to the activate the offer.