Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Debbie]

I tried your method Debbie and it worked. The T&C say you have to opt in through the email link. I will call again tomorrow to make sure I qualify. I got the email, the link just didn't work, and I have now opted in. I sat on hold for 30 minutes before giving up this afternoon. I will try first thing in the morning tomorrow.

I had saved my email and just clicked the link that didn't work before. It directed me to sign in and notes that I am now opted in and it is ready to use. It's a win!

 

[Debbie]

I realized that I hadn't given enough thought to the offers & questions for Mastercard surrounding food/drink AND combining them with the BBB that starts in 2 weeks.

quick points before i tackle the mountain of laundry and other crappy weekend tasks

• I've had a few of these offers lately and they all require me clicking on the OPT in button, seeing that message that it's not valid and then needing to log into my account to complete the activation, no worries, they have worked!
• the food/drink category offer includes places like the beer & LCBO store (first category mentioned)
• you can buy anything from any of the listed TYPE of stores - Mastercard doesn't know or care so yes gift cards work, heck if there's a display of screwdrivers in your local hamburger joint those would count as well

MY error when i posted in haste last night (need to keep my fingers from the keyboard when I'm crossing into hangry-land) is that this will probably NOT work in conjunction with the BBB promo since those offers for Mastercard tend to be SPONSOR driven, not category. I'm working on getting that thread ready so I can start it up on the 15th. It is time to think about your lists so that you will be able to work the promo to it's fullest while keeping your budget in check. Consider this your first reminder to WAIT until the 2nd day of the promo to attempt any of the offers to make sure the kinks are ironed out by other poor unfortunate souls
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We don't eat out much, but do takeout every week or two, and coupled with my Christmas gift cards buying I'll have the $150 done easy. I do tend to be on a spending spree these days!

 

[bababear_50]

Ok I'm with Jacqueline ..mountains of Laundry need to be done today.
I did make an early morning trip to get coffee indoors $100 (25x4) Tim Gift cards & $50 McDonalds Gift Card.
The Tim Cards are for Christmas gifts and the McDonalds one is for ME!!

Happy Saturday
Hugs
Mel

 

[mort1331]

Just sharing this that I saw,,,thought someone on here might be interested in treating herself this christmas...hmm wonder who?

 

[bababear_50]

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Just sharing this that I saw,,,thought someone on here might be interested in treating herself this christmas...hmm wonder who?

Oh My Gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I shall talk to middle son right away!!!
Thanks Mort!
Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

I had saved my email and just clicked the link that didn't work before. It directed me to sign in and notes that I am now opted in and it is ready to use. It's a win!

I'll try that again. I sat on hold this morning for another 30 min (30 min yesterday). Got an ambassador who had to email the people doing the promotion. They only work Mon-Fri and can take 3-5 business days to get back to her. But she promised she will get back to me. I was planning on breakfast out and purchase a GC at the same time. Then hit up Timmies for a few stock stuffers and the LCBO. She has also asked them specifically, if the LCBO and Beer Store purchases qualify for this promotion. Terms and Conditions are a little vague. Will post back what I hear, when I hear (which may coincide with Bonus Boom Boost) so it might work out in the end.

 

[Debbie]

I'll try that again. I sat on hold this morning for another 30 min (30 min yesterday). Got an ambassador who had to email the people doing the promotion. They only work Mon-Fri and can take 3-5 business days to get back to her. But she promised she will get back to me. I was planning on breakfast out and purchase a GC at the same time. Then hit up Timmies for a few stock stuffers and the LCBO. She has also asked them specifically, if the LCBO and Beer Store purchases qualify for this promotion. Terms and Conditions are a little vague. Will post back what I hear, when I hear (which may coincide with Bonus Boom Boost) so it might work out in the end.

Good luck! Let us know if you are successful!

 

[bababear_50]

I have a question about booking a hotel room with Airmiles.
I am aware of the dates given that I have to cancel by to get my Airmiles back however .......................... I wanted to
know if you have to cancel are the Taxes & Fees returned to you on your credit card.?
Sorry I have very limited experience booking hotels with Airmiles.

Thanks
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Want to hit the button......................................


Hugs Mel

 

[hdrolfe]

I have a question about booking a hotel room with Airmiles.
I am aware of the dates given that I have to cancel by to get my Airmiles back however .......................... I wanted to
know if you have to cancel are the Taxes & Fees returned to you on your credit card.?
Sorry I have very limited experience booking hotels with Airmiles.

Thanks
Mel

Mine have been, pretty quickly too. As long as it's a refundable rate of course.

 

[bababear_50]

Anyone?

 

[bababear_50]

Thanks Heather
It would be a 5 night stay
the taxes and fees are around 500-600 $
I think if I have to cancel it the taxes and fees would be refunded to my credit card?

 

[hdrolfe]

Thanks Heather
It would be a 5 night stay
the taxes and fees are around 500-600 $
I think if I have to cancel it the taxes and fees would be refunded to my credit card?

Yes. I did it a couple times and got Airmiles and money back (to the CC I used)

 

[bababear_50]

Thanks Hon
I am trying to rein in my excitement with caution ..not easy. LOL
Hugs
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Bunch of things have popped up this week that i keep forgetting to post about, here's a quick summary:

Airmilesshops - currently running a 7X miles sitewide until the 31st

New set of offers from Shell now that I've started filling up there they seem to have noticed and want me to do more! I'm having trouble tracking the different ones but at least they post within 30 minutes now so I can hopefully make the best of them. For November it's something about 30 L fill-ups which are hard to co-ordinate with my trips into the city.

As others mentioned the BMO Bonus Boom/Bust for Sept posted this week, anyone see the AMEX offer from either of the last 2 promos show up yet?

I haven't used my secondary card since the Shop the Block promo in 2019 because it hasn't been worth it so DANG, they've stepped up to make me use it! Buy anything at Metro get 25 miles, fill-up with 30 L at Shell get 50 miles (can do this one twice), do both get another 100 miles. Car is running on fumes so I'll use this card to fill it up tomorrow and then get a single item from my offer list at Metro, poof I'll get almost 200 miles ,NOICE

Meanwhile the main card has been fairly active since i keep getting increasingly larger threshold spends (which i keep meeting, hello $300 grocery trip yesterday, good grief!) Mastercard thinks offering me 25 miles will make me spend $275 before Sunday - NOT happening!

The Metro offer from last week already posted, fastest turnaround for me from there EVER! Spent $115 got 115 miles

The main account is now sitting over 19,000 which is enough for one Annual Pass, the game is on to get as many miles as possible in the next 15 months to get as close to the 2nd one as we can!

I just looked at the calendar and I have about 12 months to get at least 10,000 or more Airmiles for a hotel stay I want for Jan/Feb 2023.
Fingers crossed and hoping for some half decent deals next week.
Right now I feel safe using the Airmiles for future hotel stays as at least I can cancel a week before without losing them.
I have my sights set on U/O for 12-14 day stay.


P.S. Foodland is taking forever to post this round.
Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

You can do the 10,000 AM no problem! You're a really engaged Airmiles hunter. Piece of cake (chocolate with fudge topping).

 

[bababear_50]

You can do the 10,000 AM no problem! You're a really engaged Airmiles hunter. Piece of cake (chocolate with fudge topping).

LOL .... LOL
I swear you chocolate cake people (middle son just baked one) are out to get me....LOL
Hugs Hon
Mel

 

[TammyLynn33]

Hey guys not airmiles but Disney related . Those who have ventured south how many masks did you take ? Use a day? I’m trying to figure out how many I would need for the 5 of us .. ( two littles have kid sized obviously ) but just wondering roughly how many you used daily etc before I place an order

 

[hdrolfe]

Hey guys not airmiles but Disney related . Those who have ventured south how many masks did you take ? Use a day? I’m trying to figure out how many I would need for the 5 of us .. ( two littles have kid sized obviously ) but just wondering roughly how many you used daily etc before I place an order

I took reusable ones and had 5 for each of us, I washed them at the end of the day and they dry quickly. I used lanyards on them, which i would never do at home but were very handy there. You really only have to use them in certain lines, on transportation, elevators, inside food places when picking up your food. So we had them on and off a lot. I also took disposables on the flights, which kiddo went through. They gave us clean ones in a little pack on the flights, and I kept those just in case as well.

 

[dancin Disney style]

Hey guys not airmiles but Disney related . Those who have ventured south how many masks did you take ? Use a day? I’m trying to figure out how many I would need for the 5 of us .. ( two littles have kid sized obviously ) but just wondering roughly how many you used daily etc before I place an order

For the 2 of us...7 night trip....I took a box of 50 plus a ziploc bag with probably 10 more in my carry on bag. I also had 2 cloth masks each just in case. Keep in mind we spent almost all our time at the pool so masks were not required there, even for the swim up bar. We only wore them to enter the buildings for dining. We also often wore them while visiting with the monkeys in the morning as lots of people were doing the same and did not respect space. We used 2 each on the flight south.....after taking them on and off a few times on the flight I wanted a fresh one to get off the plane to stand with the masses in the immigration line. After that daily we used 1 each. The return flight we used 2 each. So clearly I took way too many but you can't be caught short and I was in Mexico so not like being at WDW where you can easily buy more if needed. I could easily see using 3-4/day/person on a WDW trip. I would not be walking around down there, even outdoors, without a mask on at all times....that's just me though.