Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Donald - my hero]

You can always try this Mel!

but don't go THIS far

 

[mort1331]

Dang...... no March Break!!
Mel is pouting in her room right now.
Not coming out!

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Sorry Mel,,I will get in trouble if I get too politcal on here,,,but as a daddy of 2 kids,,,we are happy here...Please dont hate us.

 

[mort1331]

You can always try this Mel!
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but don't go THIS far

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WOWOOWWOO,,,,,reminds me of Jessica Rabbit....gulp

 

[tinkerone]

Dang...... no March Break!!
Mel is pouting in her room right now.
Not coming out!

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Sorry, I did a little jig when I heard. We will have our grandson for part of the break so I'm pleased that it will be nicer weather (hopefully) in April and we can take him out without doing the whole snowsuit bit. I dislike the cold. The only time I like March break is if we can go south and since we can't.......So, April, yup!

 

[Debbie]

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I wanted to hit because this picture always make me giggle. But I know how hard the teachers (and for that I include EAs, ECEs, SLPs....) and students have worked and need the break from schooling. I also know how sometimes, teachers have that goal and it is the only thing getting them through the days leading up to it.
I'm old enough to have done Easter break at that point (April 12) of the year. December to April is really long, BUT April to June....gonna fly by. My concern is that the third wave will be here at that point, and it will be a return to online learning until the end of the year

 

[hdrolfe]

The March break change sucks for a lot of parents who booked vacation in advance. I'm fine either way at this point since Jackson is being homeschooled and I wasn't planning to take the week off any way. April will be nicer weather but I don't think I'll take that time off either. I'm saving up for when we can travel.

 

[bababear_50]

Ok I'm over it....April Break it is!!
Mixed with a bit of Easter Break.


Hugs Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Hi gang
could someone help me out with this ad
Sobeys Ad
Page 4 of 20
50 bonus airmiles when $25 spend.
Can I buy any combination of the three products to reach the $25 mark and get the 50 airmiles or do I have to buy all three?
Confusing ad.
Hugs
Mel
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10012/1394470?page=4&selectorHref=/flyers

 

[Donald - my hero]

Hi gang
could someone help me out with this ad
Sobeys Ad
Page 4 of 20
50 bonus airmiles when $25 spend.
Can I buy any combination of the three products to reach the $25 mark and get the 50 airmiles or do I have to buy all three?
Confusing ad.
Hugs
Mel
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10012/1394470?page=4&selectorHref=/flyers

looks to me like spend $25 on any combination of those 3 items to get the miles. That's how I read it anyway but its almost 1 am and my brain is a tad wonky at this hour (ok, wonkier than usual )

 

[ElCray]

There was a Blue Week (new covid way) Jan 14. Next one upcoming if they keep with last years schedule should be the end of February (I shopped Feb 28 last year).

I would love to hear what happens when you call BMO. I'm in the same boat. I figure if they don't waive the fees the least they could do is not remove the unused Lounge visits from last year. That would allow us to use them when we are able to travel again. Again not really a huge amount of money in the scheme of things but it bugs me too.

I called BMO a few weeks ago and said I was thinking about cancelling the World Elite Air Miles card because the perks are for travel and no travel is happening. I said I couldn't justify the annual fee. They proactively offered to waive the fee for this year. I didn't even have to ask! And it was done right away.

 

[tinkerone]

I called BMO a few weeks ago and said I was thinking about cancelling the World Elite Air Miles card because the perks are for travel and no travel is happening. I said I couldn't justify the annual fee. They proactively offered to waive the fee for this year. I didn't even have to ask! And it was done right away.

I just called and got the worst answers. The agent suggested I change to the cash back option. I asked what the difference would be and she proceeded to tell me I would get cash back instead of AM's. Duh! I asked if that would alter my fee, which is what I am inquiring about, and she said no. So why then would I do that. Answer, because then I would get cash back. What?? How does that help?
The whole conversation was a circle of things that made no sense and always came back to nothing changes. There was no offer to do anything. This could all boil down to the fact I use my MC a lot and always pay it off same day as purchase, they make no money from me. All I know is she didn't want to waive any fees.

 

[Debbie]

Hi gang
could someone help me out with this ad
Sobeys Ad
Page 4 of 20
50 bonus airmiles when $25 spend.
Can I buy any combination of the three products to reach the $25 mark and get the 50 airmiles or do I have to buy all three?
Confusing ad.
Hugs
Mel
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10012/1394470?page=4&selectorHref=/flyers

I've done this sort of thing at Foodland before and it has been any combination to the spend limit.

 

[ElCray]

I just called and got the worst answers. The agent suggested I change to the cash back option. I asked what the difference would be and she proceeded to tell me I would get cash back instead of AM's. Duh! I asked if that would alter my fee, which is what I am inquiring about, and she said no. So why then would I do that. Answer, because then I would get cash back. What?? How does that help?
The whole conversation was a circle of things that made no sense and always came back to nothing changes. There was no offer to do anything. This could all boil down to the fact I use my MC a lot and always pay it off same day as purchase, they make no money from me. All I know is she didn't want to waive any fees.

I'm really sorry to hear that!! I've been told in the past that it can depend on which agent you reach and to HUCA (hang up call again). After my experience, a friend of mine called and they waived her fee as well. Hoping they haven't instituted a new policy where they won't consider waiving fees during a global pandemic with no travel abilities!

 

[ottawamom]

The other thing to try is to go into the bank if you bank at BMO and speak with a manager about having them reverse the annual fees charged. Sometimes when M/C is unwilling to do it the actual branch will do it to keep you happy.

 

[dancin Disney style]

I messed up, didn't read an email from BMO. I had one of those weekly offers for Sobeys and it was spend $50 get 100 miles. It expired on the 8th. However, on the up side I completed BB on both mine and DD's card all in one go which I wasn't going to do. I was passing by Sobeys and decided to stop in and get the Bubly water and also got 2 packages of salami. Then redeemed 95 cash miles to complete DD's card. My card I already had a gas purchase so I bought the Bubly water (and a couple other items to get over the $10) and redeemed cash miles to complete the offer. Very quick and simple and my OOP was $12. Between the two purchases I earned 60 miles in store and another 50 from redeeming the cash miles....plus 190 for BB.

 

[juniorbugman]

It is a good thing that I had to check the bonus boom for the Metro offer as I realized that I almost screwed up my card - I thought that the Sobeys offer was 2 offers - you know spend $100 last week and go back this week and get 5x the offers. I thought it was 2 separate offers not 1 offer but you had to do both parts. Now I will either go to Shell for my last offer or just go to Foodland next week and buy our favourite arancini balls and cash in 95 miles.

 

[ElCray]

I'm really sorry to hear that!! I've been told in the past that it can depend on which agent you reach and to HUCA (hang up call again). After my experience, a friend of mine called and they waived her fee as well. Hoping they haven't instituted a new policy where they won't consider waiving fees during a global pandemic with no travel abilities!

New data point! Another friend of mine had her fees waived yesterday, over the phone.

 

[ottawamom]

Thanks @ElCray I just called and at first they said they could waive 9 months worth (fees were paid in November). I promptly replied that I was hoping to travel this year and that is why I didn't call sooner. Mentioned that I haven't been able to use any of the perks the card has to offer etc.

Agent changed their tone and said that "one time only" he could make an exception and reverse the entire 12 months.

Moral, don't wait to make the call. Now I'll take those savings and plunk them into my travel account. I the weird way my mind works that phone call was worth 1140AM.

 

[tinkerone]

Thanks @ElCray I just called and at first they said they could waive 9 months worth (fees were paid in November). I promptly replied that I was hoping to travel this year and that is why I didn't call sooner. Mentioned that I haven't been able to use any of the perks the card has to offer etc.

Agent changed their tone and said that "one time only" he could make an exception and reverse the entire 12 months.

Moral, don't wait to make the call. Now I'll take those savings and plunk them into my travel account. I the weird way my mind works that phone call was worth 1140AM.

What was actually waived? Was it the card fee or the travel protection fee?

 

[ottawamom]

Annual card fee, I think, I didn't know there was a separate travel protection fee. I just assumed. It should show up on my card in a day or two so I will confirm when it does.

Pretty sure it was the annual fee because I said it was charged to my card in November.