Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[kerreyn]

You will only get miles on the pre tax amount minus the vouchers.

That’s the total, minus the vouchers and tax - trip was over $12k.

 

[dancin Disney style]

That’s the total, minus the vouchers and tax - trip was over $12k.

Ouch!
Where are you going?

 

[osully]

The 25AM for 5x $100+ Sobeys November/December shops bonus just posted for me! This was a targeted email I had to opt into.

 

[hdrolfe]

Was just reading on ‘that’ Facebook group. Someone says that she spoke to a Sobeys manager and was told that next Friday is Blue Friday in Ontario. So now we wait and see

Since I probably won't be able to participate, it probably will be!

 

[bababear_50]

Was just reading on ‘that’ Facebook group. Someone says that she spoke to a Sobeys manager and was told that next Friday is Blue Friday in Ontario. So now we wait and see

Oh Boy,,,(sore topic with me right now)
while I used to be the first one to get VERY excited about this,,, I just do not trust Sobeys corporate,,I finally threw out my Sobeys raincheck for the pasta deal. I am kind of soured on the whole *Blue Friday * thing,,made my start to Jan 2019--kind of Blue!
On a positive note something has to be better than what they have going on right now.
So I guess we wait and see,,
Hugs
Mel

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Off topic, what is the website where you activate your Disney gift cards and can consolidate them?

 

[kerreyn]

Ouch!
Where are you going?

We’re doing a tour in Greece - 16 days, 14 nights. We upgraded everything because a girl only turns 50 once.

 

[tinkerone]

Off topic, what is the website where you activate your Disney gift cards and can consolidate them?

https://www.disneygiftcard.com/Manage/MyCards

 

[dancin Disney style]

We’re doing a tour in Greece - 16 days, 14 nights. We upgraded everything because a girl only turns 50 once.

That’s awesome! I recall the chit chat about Greece but A LOT gets talked about around here so it’s hard to keep it all straight. I think all the social stuff makes this thread fun.

 

[ottawamom]

Was just reading on ‘that’ Facebook group. Someone says that she spoke to a Sobeys manager and was told that next Friday is Blue Friday in Ontario. So now we wait and see

Let the grocery wars begin. Loblaws and Sobeys dueling it out for your grocery dollar. Bring it on! We win.

 

[tinkerone]

Just back from my Shoppers trip. Spent $52.49 and received 20,700 points. That's $20.70 in value. If I have a really good day at Rexall I might make the equivalent in AM's but its pretty hard to find those days. Mind you, this is a 20X day at shoppers so that makes a difference. Also, if I had the Mastercard I ordered from them my points would have been more.
One odd thing that happened, I was calculating my purchases to make sure I hit the $50 mark, wasn't hard as I was getting the prime burgers (2 @ $10.99) and a Buckleys (10.99) plus 4 of the pepsi (4 @ 2.49). Picked up a few smaller items and went to the cash. She rang it in but I noticed the I had left the Buckleys in the cart. I appoligized, gave it to her and she laughed and said that it happens all the time, which led to other conversation. Then she said if I wanted to get the 20X's I needed to spend another $10. Odd because I was sure I had tallied it correctly but it was a bit busy so I went back and grabbed another burger. When I got home and had the time to check my bill I see she didn't ring the Buckleys in. Not going back to fix the error so thanks Shoppers!
I won't do Shoppers all the time but its a good back up and I'll wait for the 20X's days to go.

 

[Disney Addicted]

LOL I just came back from Shoppers as well and had the opposite experience. I'm glad yours was good!

Back in an earlier post I had said there was something I was forgetting about Shoppers but I could not recall. It drove me nuts because a few months earlier I tried shopping at Shoppers; didn't get the points I was expecting which led to a long conversation with the Manager who explained how Shoppers' point worked and how they were different from Loblaws.

THIS time I PHONED my Shoppers location to verify that if I spent $50 I would get the 20X plus the bonus points. The person I spoke to told me YES but made it clear the bonus points would not multiply. That's fine.

Nope.. my bill came to $50.33 pre-tax and the 20X did not appear. The Cashier said it's one or the other. You either get the bonus points or the 20X points, not both. Shoppers considers that double-dipping. Argh.. that's fine and dandy but darn it I phoned when I made my list on Thursday. I would not have bothered going to Shoppers this morning and wasting 45 minutes of my time. I could not give her the name of the person I spoke to because I didn't feel the need to ask/write it down. If I attempt shopping at Shoppers again in the future and phone first, you can bet I will. (wry grin)

In any case, I told her I needed to return most of the items then and apologized for it. I returned $41 worth of stuff. I just can't purchase $41 for a $14 cash-back right now. Not when we still have plenty of cereal (5,000 points) and do not need the cookies (4,000 points). Though I'm regretting returning the $10 of shampoo/conditioner (5,000 points). I thought we still had plenty of bottles but I had a shower right after I came back from Shoppers and we only have 1 bottle of each left! I might drop in this afternoon when I'm at SportsChek to repurchase that.

 

[Disney Addicted]

Oh Boy,,,(sore topic with me right now)
while I used to be the first one to get VERY excited about this,,, I just do not trust Sobeys corporate,,I finally threw out my Sobeys raincheck for the pasta deal. I am kind of soured on the whole *Blue Friday * thing,,made my start to Jan 2019--kind of Blue!
On a positive note something has to be better than what they have going on right now.
So I guess we wait and see,,
Hugs
Mel

What happened with the rain checks for the pasta deal? Would Sobey's not honour it? Or did they just not get any more of the pasta in?

We’re doing a tour in Greece - 16 days, 14 nights. We upgraded everything because a girl only turns 50 once.

Wow, very nice! Enjoy!!

 

[juniorbugman]

Back in an earlier post I had said there was something I was forgetting about Shoppers but I could not recall. It drove me nuts because a few months earlier I tried shopping at Shoppers; didn't get the points I was expecting which led to a long conversation with the Manager who explained how Shoppers' point worked and how they were different from Loblaws.

I remember once not getting my points at Shoppers and I was told if you redeemed points to pay for you purchase you can't earn points. That doesn't sound fair to me either as they said like you mentioned that it was double dipping. I was also told the same thing when I sent in one of those missing points about my Superstore purchase and they told me if you redeemed points you couldn't earn points but I think she was wrong on that because I did earn points on my loaded offers just not the in store offer.

 

[mernin]

So I redeemed 95 am at sobeys as per their flyer. Should get 25 am. I didn’t get it on the receipt. That’s where it should show up right? I activated the offer on the Airmiles app. I got an email from Airmiles saying I redeemed the miles. Can I follow up with Airmiles on chat or does it have to got through sobeys?

 

[juniorbugman]

So I redeemed 95 am at sobeys as per their flyer. Should get 25 am. I didn’t get it on the receipt. That’s where it should show up right? I activated the offer on the Airmiles app. I got an email from Airmiles saying I redeemed the miles. Can I follow up with Airmiles on chat or does it have to got through sobeys?

In the ad it say please allow 4-6 weeks for miles to show up on collector account so I think it is one of those that doesn't show up on the receipt. Mine never showed up either.

 

[bababear_50]

What happened with the rain checks for the pasta deal? Would Sobey's not honour it? Or did they just not get any more of the pasta in?



Wow, very nice! Enjoy!!

Hi Hon
The staff at my Sobeys gave me a raincheck for the pasta BUT the manager refused to honour it.
She said that Sobeys corporate allows her to do this as NO Blue Friday rain checks should or would be issued.
Hugs
Mel

 

[mort1331]

I remember once not getting my points at Shoppers and I was told if you redeemed points to pay for you purchase you can't earn points. That doesn't sound fair to me either as they said like you mentioned that it was double dipping. I was also told the same thing when I sent in one of those missing points about my Superstore purchase and they told me if you redeemed points you couldn't earn points but I think she was wrong on that because I did earn points on my loaded offers just not the in store offer.

You absolutly can redeem points and get points...done many many times...they even have bonus days when you redeem x amount they see that as x plus y amount. The last one was 200000 pojnts gave you something like 270000 payment

 

[juniorbugman]

Hi Hon
The staff at my Sobeys gave me a raincheck for the pasta BUT the manager refused to honour it.
She said that Sobeys corporate allows her to do this as NO Blue Friday rain checks should or would be issued.
Hugs
Mel

Do you have another Sobey's nearby you can go to? My store never got in an item so I just went to another Sobeys and used it there. My Manager is a big airmiles collector so I am sure they will honour mine when I use it. I am thinking of going next week as I saw that they have it in stock now. Just have to decide which ones I want.

 

[juniorbugman]

You absolutly can redeem points and get points...done many many times...they even have bonus days when you redeem x amount they see that as x plus y amount. The last one was 200000 pojnts gave you something like 270000 payment

Guess they were having a bad day then but I didn't redeem them on a special day and it was actually before the 2 plans merged so maybe it was different then.