Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[tinkerone]

for the STB BMO offer the “participating partners” for me are some that are not even in Ontario except thunder Bay and West of there
This has been the case before too. It seems to think my area is not Ontario. Anyone else having this problem. It’s hard to make 700$ on gas and dog food alone!

What about gift cards for things you use, purchased from Shell, Metro, Foodland, Sobeys? I often pick up Netflex, gas, restaruant, childrens Place, gift cards to top up my spend. Not going to this time but I have hit the $350 so I'm good with that.

 

[ottawamom]

for the STB BMO offer the “participating partners” for me are some that are not even in Ontario except thunder Bay and West of there
This has been the case before too. It seems to think my area is not Ontario. Anyone else having this problem. It’s hard to make 700$ on gas and dog food alone!

Not sure where you are from but confirm that you have the correct province in the upper right hand corner. You can force it to pick Ontario as your region if that is your local area. I routinely choose Quebec over Ontario when I cross the river to shop. All transactions at a partner in the country will count not just the Ontario ones.

If you need more help let us know.

 

[Teresa1963]

I am in south eastern Ontario. It didn’t give me an option when I opted in. Or after, to change province etc. i just used the link from STB promo to opt in. And when I clicked on participat partners it gave me the ones I showed you. bmo has not included any sobeys shops I have done. Just shell and global pet food. bmo updates me with how close I am to the 350$ and I correlate it to my statement. If anyone else can look on their STB promo from bmo and tell me what their participating partners are I would be interested.

 

[Teresa1963]

What about gift cards for things you use, purchased from Shell, Metro, Foodland, Sobeys? I often pick up Netflex, gas, restaruant, childrens Place, gift cards to top up my spend. Not going to this time but I have hit the $350 so I'm good with that.

Yes I did some of that but don’t need too many

 

[cari12]

For those of you that did the Sobeys/Safeway buy 5 x milk and/or Nature Valley granola bars get 100 AM, it’s still on. I noticed the AM tag in the milk section said end date Jan 6, 2021. There was no AM tag by the granola bars but I picked up 2 milk and 3 granola bars just in case and I got the 100 AM! Thought I’d let you know in case anyone else can do this one again.

 

[bababear_50]

Teresa1963
Hi Hon
When I do the BMO spend $350.00 offer I usually think about where I spend the most money for self and future family gifts.
Ultimate Dining Gift Card.
Shell Gas Gift Card (not so much right now)
Tim Hortons Gift Card
Amazon Gift card
Mc Cafe Gift Card
Staples Gift Card
Starbucks Gift Card
LCBO Gift Card
etc.
Then I go to Sobeys and buy $350.00 worth of gift cards from there to meet the requirements.
I have noticed that Metro has a few different Gift Cards than at Sobeys also.

Here is a link to Ontario BMO sponsors
https://bmoairmilesmastercard.airmi...66.1311413781.1607821790-816727427.1602985023
This time around I am skipping the BMO offer as $350.00 for 100 airmiles ($10.00) is not a good return for me. I also am filling up every month and half at Shell where I used to be filling up every week. I am no longer driving to Foodland as my groceries have switched over to No Frills PC express ,Real Canadian Superstore/Loblaws. I occasionally pick up a few things at Metro and Sobeys if the Airmiles are good.

Best wishes Hon
Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

I am in south eastern Ontario. It didn’t give me an option when I opted in. Or after, to change province etc. i just used the link from STB promo to opt in. And when I clicked on participat partners it gave me the ones I showed you. bmo has not included any sobeys shops I have done. Just shell and global pet food. bmo updates me with how close I am to the 350$ and I correlate it to my statement. If anyone else can look on their STB promo from bmo and tell me what their participating partners are I would be interested.

Here's a copy of the page I get for Ontario. All of these will work for you. Don't worry about the email from BMO if that's what you're using they are notoriously wrong. It may be that Shell and Global pet food were just a few of your early posting shops. The amount will catch up with your partner shops eventually.

The email counted Sobeys, Foodland, Metro, Shell and RONA for me.



The upper right hand corner of this page where you see the ON in blue. Click on that and a page will pop up that will allow you to change the province. If you're close enough to the Quebec border there may be a few other options for you there.

 

[bababear_50]

For those of you that did the Sobeys/Safeway buy 5 x milk and/or Nature Valley granola bars get 100 AM, it’s still on. I noticed the AM tag in the milk section said end date Jan 6, 2021. There was no AM tag by the granola bars but I picked up 2 milk and 3 granola bars just in case and I got the 100 AM! Thought I’d let you know in case anyone else can do this one again.

Thanks for sharing
I am low on milk right now.
Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

Here's a copy of the offer from the flyer Dec 3-9. I don't know if the prices are still in effect but as Mel and Cari12 mentioned the offer of the 100AM is still good.

 

[Teresa1963]

Here's a copy of the page I get for Ontario. All of these will work for you. Don't worry about the email from BMO if that's what you're using they are notoriously wrong. It may be that Shell and Global pet food were just a few of your early posting shops. The amount will catch up with your partner shops eventually.

The email counted Sobeys, Foodland, Metro, Shell and RONA for me.

View attachment 543550

The upper right hand corner of this page where you see the ON in blue. Click on that and a page will pop up that will allow you to change the province. If you're close enough to the Quebec border there may be a few other options for you there.

Yes I get that when I go to airmiles and look At it generally. It is different when I look at participating partners for the BMO shop the block promo. That is where I get partners such as Safeway and thrifty foods To count toward my spend. they don’t seem to be counting sobeys as I did some spending there in between my shell and global pet food shops that were counted.

 

[bababear_50]

What's a girl to do when she looks to see what time Sobeys opens Sunday morning and the *live* button says the store is Not Too Busy At All right now!!!!
Well pretend that the tropical pj pants we are wearing are cool and jump into the car with hand sanitizer ,,double mask & gloves.
I mean people can't see behind the mask right?

Picked up a few fresh fruits ,, some milk and donated some Betty Crocker fruit shapes and Granola bars to the Food drive.
505 Airmiles.
Ahhhh now I can sleep in tomorrow morning.

Hugs
Mel

 

[dancin Disney style]

What's a girl to do when she looks to see what time Sobeys opens Sunday morning and the *live* button says the store is Not Too Busy At All right now!!!!
Well pretend that the tropical pj pants we are wearing are cool and jump into the car with hand sanitizer ,,double mask & gloves.
I mean people can't see behind the mask right?

Picked up a few fresh fruits ,, some milk and donated some Betty Crocker fruit shapes and Granola bars to the Food drive.
505 Airmiles.
Ahhhh now I can sleep in tomorrow morning.

Hugs
Mel

I think I'm going to go back to Sobeys tomorrow and do something similar.....I'll do the granola bar/fruit shapes and use cash miles to pay. I've got lots of cash miles earned from promos way in the past. I think that's a really good conversion to dream miles. Now to figure out how much I will get.

As to the PJ's......a few days ago there was a fender bender outside my house and the woman that caused it was wearing PJ's and a bathrobe. So lesson learned....always get dressed when you leave the house. That lesson I learned many years ago when I drove my DD to school in my PJ's and got a flat tire.

 

[ottawamom]

Yes I get that when I go to airmiles and look At it generally. It is different when I look at participating partners for the BMO shop the block promo. That is where I get partners such as Safeway and thrifty foods To count toward my spend. they don’t seem to be counting sobeys as I did some spending there in between my shell and global pet food shops that were counted.

What I printed above was from the StB link. The upper right hand corner of the page has the two letter region code. You can change that.

The emails from Airmiles re BMO are not accurate. Keep your receipts, shop at the trusted partners it will be fine. Keep a copy of your BMO statements for the StB time period. All the usual partners will count towards the BMO coupon. Worst case you may have to call Airmiles about it but it will work. If you're really worried and have a Metro nearby go purchase some gift cards for future use.

 

[dancin Disney style]

Well I completely forgot about going to Sobeys yesterday.....I spent the entire day in front of the TV with the dog and a fuzzy blanket. It was FABULOUS!

 

[hdrolfe]

Well I completely forgot about going to Sobeys yesterday.....I spent the entire day in front of the TV with the dog and a fuzzy blanket. It was FABULOUS!

I did that too, well plus a few cats who came and went. I have never watched so many Hallmark Christmas movies in my life. But I do love those happy romantic endings!

 

[dancin Disney style]

I did that too, well plus a few cats who came and went. I have never watched so many Hallmark Christmas movies in my life. But I do love those happy romantic endings!

Dogs don't leave when they get to lay on the couch with a warm blanket.....they just flip flop around and slowly edge into your space until you get up and move. LOL....I watched Beverly Hills 90210.

 

[ottawamom]

I had a BMO offer spend $480 Nov 24-30. I checked my total on Nov 30 and I was a little short. Decided to do an online order to finish that up (it also counted as StB coupon). Order arrived, StB postings all worked out but the transaction was posted to my M/C as Dec 3 (the day they shipped) so I miss out on the BMO bonus (targeted offer)AM. Because its BMO there is no easy way to follow up and get those miles. I'll just have to let it go.

Thank goodness I have a small stash of "extra" AM I didn't earn (you know those pixie dust AM) that I will subtract this loss from.

 

[Donald - my hero]

In case anyone is still willing to play the double or even triple edge sword game of "will the miles post properly" "will my order get shipped on time" "will my order get split up and ruin my miles"

Time for more online shopping

 

[tinkerone]

Reminder for anyone with the Shell offer of 25 AM's for 30 Lt or $10 spend, that starts today. I'm going to stop in and pick up a few of the Lotto Gift Packs. See how it works.

 

[tinkerone]

Is children place a AM store or just when shopping online.