Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[momof2gr8kids]

I ended up getting over 40,000 PC points yesterday, but if i had been paying attention i could have gotten 10,000 more. I had to shop for my mom as well, so i did 2 orders instead of 1. i would have ended up with 20,000 points for total spend instead of 10,000.

I didn't do the Christie offers - they were 3.47 at no frills which is a rip off! At shoppers they were 1.99 each, but limit 4, or 3.47 after that. And no they don't round up, as i didn't get any bonus for 4.

Oh, and that pre cooked pasta .... I tried it the other day... Just make sure you've got some good sauce to drown it in. I thought it tasted funny. (Gotta wonder what's in it when it's good til June!) It'll be handy for our trip and the kids might use it when they are lazy, but now I'm not disappointed I didn't go back for more!

 

[roxysmum123]

About six months ago I got the BMO Airmiles card - but now I"m looking at the sign up bonus for the 'world elite' one...the one with the 120$annual fee....if I already have one BMO card, will I be unable to get the sign up perks for the next one? If I got approved, I would close out my current card after a couple months so would just have one on the go

 

[tinkerone]

About six months ago I got the BMO Airmiles card - but now I"m looking at the sign up bonus for the 'world elite' one...the one with the 120$annual fee....if I already have one BMO card, will I be unable to get the sign up perks for the next one? If I got approved, I would close out my current card after a couple months so would just have one on the go

I would call and asked Mastercard directly but I can tell you it 'used to be' if you already had a BMO MC and were upgrading then you would not get the bonus. If you opened a new account you would but then you had to be able to qualify for income on both.
Things could have changed so again I would suggest calling them directly and asking before you apply.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

A couple of years ago, a bunch of us on the forum started card churning for all of the bonuses attached.

I started with the free Sobeys BMO Air Miles Mastercard and got 500 miles upon sign up. After that, I signed up for the World Elite mentioned above for the 2,000 miles. I've had that card ever since.

You can't re-sign up for the same card, ever, and receive the bonus miles. It's a one-time only thing.

There's also sign up bonuses with American Express, which I've done two separate cards as well.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Well now we can add "2019: pasta-palooza bamboozle" to the list of AM promos that got us all hopping like Donald Duck. For one reason or another!

 

[Donald - my hero]

We had decided that a trip to Sobey's for just the pasta and the chicken things wasn't worth it. HOWEVER, we did finally spy it in Longos last week and snagged a pack for one of my inevitable gastritis attacks but for some stupid reason i didn't read the label till we got home and now i'm really happy we didn't make the drive ... I'm pretty sure most of you know this household's moratorium is still in effect and that darned stuff is made in the USA. I would have put the stuff back on the shelf if i'd noticed & now I'm hoping i don't end up liking it

 

[osully]

Speaking of BMO... I got an email about a new AirMiles banking plan. 1000AM on sign up, and you earn miles for everything that goes through your account. I already bank with BMO though so I've sent my guy at BMO an email to see if I can sign up!

If I can't get the bonus 1000AM it'd still be worthwhile for anything that goes through the bank (mortgage, taxes, etc) to get some AM!

 

[Silvermist999]

Speaking of BMO... I got an email about a new AirMiles banking plan. 1000AM on sign up, and you earn miles for everything that goes through your account. I already bank with BMO though so I've sent my guy at BMO an email to see if I can sign up!

If I can't get the bonus 1000AM it'd still be worthwhile for anything that goes through the bank (mortgage, taxes, etc) to get some AM!

I got the same email. The dealbreaker for me is it doesn’t look like they let you waive the $15.95 monthly fee.

 

[tinkerone]

I got the same email. The dealbreaker for me is it doesn’t look like they let you waive the $15.95 monthly fee.

Speaking of BMO... I got an email about a new AirMiles banking plan. 1000AM on sign up, and you earn miles for everything that goes through your account. I already bank with BMO though so I've sent my guy at BMO an email to see if I can sign up!

If I can't get the bonus 1000AM it'd still be worthwhile for anything that goes through the bank (mortgage, taxes, etc) to get some AM!

I would love to see a copy of this if anyone can post it.

ETA--Disregard this request, I found a link to it online. Not a good deal at all IMO. You only get one AM per $30 DEBIT CARD purchase. I'm getting one AM per $10 purchase with my mastercard. Also, with my chequing account at BMO I get one AM for every $40 debit card purchase so not exactly a big bonus. I almost always use my MC. Yeah, not much of a program at all.

 

[Donald - my hero]

A few things have popped up from Rexall today but since I'm still in bed (it's just too cold out there for the wimpy Duck!) I'm just gonna mention them and once I make it to my desk i'll share links and images.


Spend $50 get 50 AM Valid Jan 28th - 31st

Spend $25 save $5 Valid Jan 28th - 31st

Seniors day tomorrow, 20% off and spend $30 get $10 gift card



Customer appreciation days, free snaacks

 

[dancin Disney style]

I did well with the PC Points over the weekend. Not sure exactly what I spent because I had three purchases. My total points was 47,500 for around $178. I did my main shop at my usual store on Friday. Then Saturday I stopped in at a Loblaws on my way home from taking my DD her groceries at school. At Loblaws I did two transactions....one was just for Coke that my DH needed for the break room at work (that cost me nothing and earned 8000 pts)...the other transaction was mainly instore offers that they had and earned me another 10,400 pts. All in all a good weekend for me.

I'm going to swing by Sobeys today to see if they have the pasta in that I have rainchecks for.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Since we are chatting about Shoppers, does anyone recall how often they do thoe 20x/$50 point events? Is it once per month? I know I've seen spend $75/20x points as well, or maybe that is a beauty offer?

 

[Donald - my hero]

I've just edited my post above to give links & images -- if you've already looked at your notifications you won't know that i've fixed it up!

NOW .. off to tackle my super exciting Monday chore (still have yet to find the sarcasm font here ) Last night when i decided to give into the urge to complete International Chocolate Cake Day by making a Chocolate Pudding Cake (sorta like a mock lava cake, ooey gooey GOOD!) I noticed some odd red glow coming from the bottom of the oven. Fast forward to almost midnight when i asked hubby to help me remove the bottom tray so i could clean up whatever was smelling burnt and we discovered the heating element had almost burst open! OMG, much longer and then entire oven would have gone up in smoke & wonderful sparks according to the few youtube videos i watched at 1 am Sooooo, this morning i pulled the oven out, unplugged it, removed the door and took out said element -- that danged thing had actually melted some of the bottom of the oven !! Hubby has gone for an MRI on his foot -- did the other on Friday because OHIP will only pay for one foot a day (How stupid is THAT!?!) and took some pictures with him so he can stop somewhere and buy a new one. ME? Yeah, i get to clean the oven because how often can you work around the stupid element ?!?!

Here's the cake in case you're curious BTW

 

[hdrolfe]

I've just edited my post above to give links & images -- if you've already looked at your notifications you won't know that i've fixed it up!

NOW .. off to tackle my super exciting Monday chore (still have yet to find the sarcasm font here ) Last night when i decided to give into the urge to complete International Chocolate Cake Day by making a Chocolate Pudding Cake (sorta like a mock lava cake, ooey gooey GOOD!) I noticed some odd red glow coming from the bottom of the oven. Fast forward to almost midnight when i asked hubby to help me remove the bottom tray so i could clean up whatever was smelling burnt and we discovered the heating element had almost burst open! OMG, much longer and then entire oven would have gone up in smoke & wonderful sparks according to the few youtube videos i watched at 1 am Sooooo, this morning i pulled the oven out, unplugged it, removed the door and took out said element -- that danged thing had actually melted some of the bottom of the oven !! Hubby has gone for an MRI on his foot -- did the other on Friday because OHIP will only pay for one foot a day (How stupid is THAT!?!) and took some pictures with him so he can stop somewhere and buy a new one. ME? Yeah, i get to clean the oven because how often can you work around the stupid element ?!?!

Here's the cake in case you're curious BTW
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Glad to hear you caught it before it caught on fire! Sounds scary... Hope your hubby can find the replacement part somewhere he can also earn airmiles

And now I need chocolate cake. All I have at work is my last mug cake, which I think is vanilla. Might have to do... I am not going to think about how many points it is. I'll just make sure and do a workout later

 

[osully]

I would love to see a copy of this if anyone can post it.

ETA--Disregard this request, I found a link to it online. Not a good deal at all IMO. You only get one AM per $30 DEBIT CARD purchase. I'm getting one AM per $10 purchase with my mastercard. Also, with my chequing account at BMO I get one AM for every $40 debit card purchase so not exactly a big bonus. I almost always use my MC. Yeah, not much of a program at all.

Here is the link. IMHO it's better than nothing. I would definitely switch to BMO if you are an AirMiles collector and have not had an account there. I love their service anyways.

https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/EarnM..._-2000410079&refererPageName=SponsorDirectory

 

[juniorbugman]

Last night when i decided to give into the urge to complete International Chocolate Cake Day by making a Chocolate Pudding Cake (sorta like a mock lava cake, ooey gooey GOOD!)

Well to work off all your stress from yesterday I read that today is National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day so go find some bubble wrap and go crazy.

 

[marchingstar]

Here is the link. IMHO it's better than nothing. I would definitely switch to BMO if you are an AirMiles collector and have not had an account there. I love their service anyways.

https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/EarnM..._-2000410079&refererPageName=SponsorDirectory

thanks for sharing to me, the deciding factor is whether i’d earn enough miles every month to offset the cost of the account. not exact math, but if 95 cash miles is 10$, i’d have to earn 143 miles per month to recoup the account cost. that’s 4300$ in monthly debit transactions, or less if you maintain a 4000$ balance and have the world elite mastercard (with both, it would take 2000$ in monthly spending to hit 143$).

the air miles link says a bonus 1500 miles for opening an account, which covers the fees for 10 months. i’m mulling, but i think the return is just not great enough without significant debits per month. the bonus miles wouldn’t apply for online bill payments, right? that would change things for me because i mostly charge credit cards rather than debit.

 

[marchingstar]

I've just edited my post above to give links & images -- if you've already looked at your notifications you won't know that i've fixed it up!

NOW .. off to tackle my super exciting Monday chore (still have yet to find the sarcasm font here ) Last night when i decided to give into the urge to complete International Chocolate Cake Day by making a Chocolate Pudding Cake (sorta like a mock lava cake, ooey gooey GOOD!) I noticed some odd red glow coming from the bottom of the oven. Fast forward to almost midnight when i asked hubby to help me remove the bottom tray so i could clean up whatever was smelling burnt and we discovered the heating element had almost burst open! OMG, much longer and then entire oven would have gone up in smoke & wonderful sparks according to the few youtube videos i watched at 1 am Sooooo, this morning i pulled the oven out, unplugged it, removed the door and took out said element -- that danged thing had actually melted some of the bottom of the oven !! Hubby has gone for an MRI on his foot -- did the other on Friday because OHIP will only pay for one foot a day (How stupid is THAT!?!) and took some pictures with him so he can stop somewhere and buy a new one. ME? Yeah, i get to clean the oven because how often can you work around the stupid element ?!?!

Here's the cake in case you're curious BTW
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yikes, sounds like a dangerous situation! glad you’re safe and that you’re enjoying your hard-earned cake!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I got 50AM. I thought they must be the 50AM that Sobeys didn't post as part of the promotion before Christmas where your spent $B and got C AM. I called about my missing miles for this offer on Monday and Airmiles posted them for me. I just thought these were those AM being posted by Sobeys a little late. DH got 25 in his account and that lined up with his offer.

I was thinking they were for this too, but DH's was earn 70 miles (anywhere) and get 35 bonus miles, so it couldn't be for that offer.

Who knows...I sign myself up for so many offers, the smaller ones I can't always keep track of!

 

[bababear_50]

I've just edited my post above to give links & images -- if you've already looked at your notifications you won't know that i've fixed it up!

NOW .. off to tackle my super exciting Monday chore (still have yet to find the sarcasm font here ) Last night when i decided to give into the urge to complete International Chocolate Cake Day by making a Chocolate Pudding Cake (sorta like a mock lava cake, ooey gooey GOOD!) I noticed some odd red glow coming from the bottom of the oven. Fast forward to almost midnight when i asked hubby to help me remove the bottom tray so i could clean up whatever was smelling burnt and we discovered the heating element had almost burst open! OMG, much longer and then entire oven would have gone up in smoke & wonderful sparks according to the few youtube videos i watched at 1 am Sooooo, this morning i pulled the oven out, unplugged it, removed the door and took out said element -- that danged thing had actually melted some of the bottom of the oven !! Hubby has gone for an MRI on his foot -- did the other on Friday because OHIP will only pay for one foot a day (How stupid is THAT!?!) and took some pictures with him so he can stop somewhere and buy a new one. ME? Yeah, i get to clean the oven because how often can you work around the stupid element ?!?!

Here's the cake in case you're curious BTW
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Oh my God I am so glad you caught that,,I had an element burst in a new oven a few years ago. Glad you are safe.
Oh and that cake looks so good!!
Hugs
Mel