Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[kerreyn]

Ohhhh one night at Volcano House is on my bucket list too!
Please let me know how you like that new Marriott property. We were looking at the Kings Land condos that allow use of the Hilton Waikoloa. I guess maybe we need a “Canadians going to Hawaii” thread LOL sorry for hijacking the Air Miles one!

Will do!

Also, I phrased that wrong - the Kolea condos are *by* (near) the Marriott. I tripped across the rental, and it was a better price than the other condos we've rented previously (Waikoloa Beach Villas).

 

[bababear_50]

Stock up NOW on that favorite Chocolate/Candy

Halloween candy could be in short supply this year, Hershey warns​

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/oth...arns/ar-AA10704R?li=BB15ISWR&ocid=hplocalnews

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Hugs Mel

 

[juniorbugman]

Stock up NOW on that favorite Chocolate/Candy

Halloween candy could be in short supply this year, Hershey warns​

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https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/oth...arns/ar-AA10704R?li=BB15ISWR&ocid=hplocalnews

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Hugs Mel

But if I stock up now it may be eaten before Halloween and then where will I be???

 

[bababear_50]

But if I stock up now it may be eaten before Halloween and then where will I be???

Yep I'm in the same boat.... those little mini Kit Kat bars with be gone pretty darn quick.
On the positive side I don't have to buy them for school this year. I still do make my sons treat bags,,
maybe this year I'll make small treat bag and a gift card for coffee shop.

Hugs Mel

 

[ottawamom]

Lindt has a pretty good deal on their truffles this weekend. Check your local store out for a chocolate stash.

 

[bababear_50]

O/T
Jiffy Home Maintenance Services
Anyone have any personal experiences dealing with them?
In need of a plumber (toilet has shifted) and thinking of trying them.

https://jiffyondemand.com/

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I just drained the last of my cash miles today at Sobeys. I have switched them back to Dream miles for my account since I will have limited places to redeem Cash miles for now on a regular basis. I currently have 7,400 Dream miles, so a good start to rebuild those miles. I left DH's account as Cash miles as I can use his for gas at Irving once in a while.

Hopefully Sobeys will have more info on the Scene+ program in the coming weeks. August 11 will be here soon!

 

[tinkerone]

I just drained the last of my cash miles today at Sobeys. I have switched them back to Dream miles for my account since I will have limited places to redeem Cash miles for now on a regular basis. I currently have 7,400 Dream miles, so a good start to rebuild those miles. I left DH's account as Cash miles as I can use his for gas at Irving once in a while.

Hopefully Sobeys will have more info on the Scene+ program in the coming weeks. August 11 will be here soon!

Don't forget you can use your cash miles for e-vouchers as well. I enjoy the things I can use them for that don't take AM's any other way. I have used for Starbucks, Uber Eats and have used $1100 on Via Rail. Not every ones cup of tea but just something that sometimes falls through the cracks.

 

[bababear_50]

Found a work around for Body Shop products I wanted and paid no delivery fee.
So I checked and they are listed as *Beauty* under Amazon. (one of the products is even on sale)
So I ordered them via Airmiles shop / Amazon and will also get the Bonus 30 Airmiles.
Where there's a will there's a way!
Yeah!

Hugs Mel

Amazon July 1st List
Included categories*:
Amazon Fashion Private Brands
Amazon Cloud Cam
Automotive
Beauty & Grooming
Echo Devices
Eero Devices
Element Smart TV
Fire TV Devices
Furniture
Handmade
Home
Home Entertainment
Kindle E-readers
Kitchen & Dining
Luggage
Luxury Beauty
Major Appliances
Patio, Lawn & Garden
Ring Video Doorbells and Cameras
Software
Tires & Wheels
Watches

 

[bababear_50]

Quick stock up at Sobeys today (yeah tomorrow's new flyer has nothing for me).
Knorr's/Lipton side kicks (Pasta & Rice) buy 5 @ 1.99 each get 25 Airmiles
They had great expiry dates and some new types. (Cheddar Chipotle).

4 Betty Crocker Cake mixes
nice selection (Devil food cake ,Carrot , French Vanilla and Pecan nut). Buy 4 @ 2.49 each get 30 Airmiles
4 cans of whipped frosting , happy to get the cream cheese one this time. Buy 2 @ 3.79 each get 20 Airmiles
Plus I had an extra 8 bonus airmiles for frosting in *My Offers*

I also had a *My Offers* for stuffed crust pizza which was on sale for $6.49 get 20 Airmiles.

Total spend $42.81
Total Airmiles 125

Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

My airmiles earning is in the absolute toilet these days. I might do some of the use 95AM cash this weekend at Metro and Foodland. Beyond that nada.

 

[bababear_50]

*My Offers* website seems to be experiencing technical difficulties and now says check back later.



Hugs Mel

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I just checked "My Offers" from Sobeys and that whole part of the app is gone. I actually can't wait to see how Scene+ is going to work in terms of bonus points, targeted offers, etc.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

My airmiles earning is in the absolute toilet these days.

Mine too. We have been tightening up the spending. Usually I'll go in and get a few things to even donate to the food bank, I haven't even done that. It's sad really.

I just checked "My Offers" from Sobeys and that whole part of the app is gone. I actually can't wait to see how Scene+ is going to work in terms of bonus points, targeted offers, etc.

I received an email from them about the coming changes to the program. One was we can no longer use our points towards movie tickets We have only redeemed points for a few movies pre-covid, as we usually get the Costco deal...but geeze...great way to make me want to collect scene points

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

@Pumpkin1172 I got that email too. I interpreted it that the Scene+ programs still let's you use your points for movie tickets, but they are changing what that looks like. You can now redeem part of your ticket with points vs. all of your ticket. If you only want to spend $10 in points vs $20, you can do that.

 

[hdrolfe]

Mine too. We have been tightening up the spending. Usually I'll go in and get a few things to even donate to the food bank, I haven't even done that. It's sad really.


I received an email from them about the coming changes to the program. One was we can no longer use our points towards movie tickets We have only redeemed points for a few movies pre-covid, as we usually get the Costco deal...but geeze...great way to make me want to collect scene points

You can use them towards tickets but it's a $ amount. Used to be something like 1000 points per ticket, now it's $1 = 100 pts so if the ticket costs $12 that's 1200 pts. Not the best deal to be honest but I can understand why they've done it. You can also use them towards popcorn, etc at the concession stand.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I'm going to take my own thread off-topic into another travel reward program cause .. why not right? I put the same post in the CORRECT thread but I'm hoping one of my Airmiles stragglers might know the answer ...

Question regarding the AEROPLAN e-store and if the answer is what i think we can earn enough to fly one of us round trip to see the Duck in February (fingers AND toes double crossed!)
This just seems to good to be true so please help:

1. Need a new washing machine (i truly DESPISE the one I bought just over a year ago URGH)
2. One i want is $1299 at Best Buy
3. Best Buy's earn rate is 3 points/$1.00
4. Appliances are under the eligible categories
5. Currently a 7X event on that includes Best Buy

My calculations are as follows:

1. Base points 3 x 1299 =3897
2. Bonus 7 x 3897 = 27,279
3. I assume same as Airmiles I won't earn the base miles twice so total earn will actually be 23,382 points (27,729 - 3897)?!?!

Thoughts????

 

[kristabelle13]

I'm going to take my own thread off-topic into another travel reward program cause .. why not right? I put the same post in the CORRECT thread but I'm hoping one of my Airmiles stragglers might know the answer ...

Question regarding the AEROPLAN e-store and if the answer is what i think we can earn enough to fly one of us round trip to see the Duck in February (fingers AND toes double crossed!)
This just seems to good to be true so please help:

1. Need a new washing machine (i truly DESPISE the one I bought just over a year ago URGH)
2. One i want is $1299 at Best Buy
3. Best Buy's earn rate is 3 points/$1.00
4. Appliances are under the eligible categories
5. Currently a 7X event on that includes Best Buy

My calculations are as follows:

1. Base points 3 x 1299 =3897
2. Bonus 7 x 3897 = 27,279
3. I assume same as Airmiles I won't earn the base miles twice so total earn will actually be 23,382 points (27,729 - 3897)?!?!

Thoughts????

I’m not aeroplan - but would you collect 7x on 1299 or 3897? I would assume 1299.

 

[youngdeb12]

I'm going to take my own thread off-topic into another travel reward program cause .. why not right? I put the same post in the CORRECT thread but I'm hoping one of my Airmiles stragglers might know the answer ...

Question regarding the AEROPLAN e-store and if the answer is what i think we can earn enough to fly one of us round trip to see the Duck in February (fingers AND toes double crossed!)
This just seems to good to be true so please help:

1. Need a new washing machine (i truly DESPISE the one I bought just over a year ago URGH)
2. One i want is $1299 at Best Buy
3. Best Buy's earn rate is 3 points/$1.00
4. Appliances are under the eligible categories
5. Currently a 7X event on that includes Best Buy

My calculations are as follows:

1. Base points 3 x 1299 =3897
2. Bonus 7 x 3897 = 27,279
3. I assume same as Airmiles I won't earn the base miles twice so total earn will actually be 23,382 points (27,729 - 3897)?!?!

Thoughts????

Anytime we get a multiplier on AM it's the base miles multiplied, so your calculations make sense to me! I can't speak for Aeroplan as we are super limited in where we can earn them here, but it seems right.

 

[TammyLynn33]

I’m in the same boat as everyone else . Miles are drying up. Only thing saving me is my MasterCard.
I can’t justify foodland prices with the prices going up and up.
Shell also is the most expensive gas station usually in our area and the stores attached aren’t shell . And I can’t rem filling up 5x in a month.
Even my PC points seem to be drying up the thresholds are getting higher and higher .
Uggh