Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[bababear_50]

I was thinking about the Scene+ program today....
The offers via them (in the future) for Sobeys & Foodland are going to have to be awesome because right now those two Food store prices are way up there compared to Real Canadian Super Store /No Frills / Food Basics/ and even Metro.

I don't often eat at Harveys/Swiss Chalet or any of the other restaurants Scene+ covers.

I mean 52 weeks of shopping and just saving $20 a week in a separate Baggie is going to pocket me 1,040.00

In the past my kids and I have not had good experiences with Expedia......

So far I am 3/4 of the way to my goal of 1,000.00

I guess time will tell ,,,till then I am trying my best to collect as many Airmiles as I can.
I'd really like enough to book a nice Hotel down south.
Hugs Mel

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

According to Scene, we will be able to redeem our points at sobeys in the same way we did with air miles. I plan on utilizing the program in the same way as I did with Cash miles. I am most curious as to the bonus offers and maybe targeted offers. Here in NS the program starts next Thursday, so hopefully Sobeys will have a brochure or something in the stores this weekend trying to get people to sign up. I will post any info I get here for everyone to read.

 

[ottawamom]

Report back and let us know how it is. It's coming this way soon (ish).

 

[Pumpkin1172]

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.

Thanks for this explanation! It's not the best deal...but it seems like nothing is right now.

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

It's definitely getting harder as a collector. For those of us who are more hardcore collectors, it definitely hard to see the winds of change happening. I have been following a couple of people of the ticker tocker that give some great collecting advice for pc points.

According to Scene, we will be able to redeem our points at sobeys in the same way we did with air miles. I plan on utilizing the program in the same way as I did with Cash miles. I am most curious as to the bonus offers and maybe targeted offers. Here in NS the program starts next Thursday, so hopefully Sobeys will have a brochure or something in the stores this weekend trying to get people to sign up. I will post any info I get here for everyone to read.

I guess it's time to add the scene card to the virtual wallet. So I have it on me at all times. I'll have to see if there is an app - but dh screwed around with the scene card a few years ago and screwed the emails up. I tore him a new one about screwing with MY points that I work hard to collect. I told him the next time he does that - I screw around and use his Triangle/Crappy Tire points Don't ask what he was trying to do...I still don't understand and don't care....just don't screw around with any of the points cards!!!!!!

 

[bababear_50]

O/T Off Topic
Mel is a new Mama to a sweet little girl kitten.
It's been 14 years since I've had a cat.
Her name is Cocoa. She looks like a Baby Bengal Tiger to me.
She only spent 2 weeks at her old home before they discovered an allergy.
She is approx. 3 months old..... this will be verified by my vet next week.
Yep she is going to need all her shots.
Right now she is alternating with checking the whole house out and hiding under my bed, and watching me type right now.
I definitely think she is going to bond with my son Andrew.. she goes to him for pets & treats.
Here she is!!!

Hugs
Mel

 

[ottawamom]

OMG Mel what a cutie! Enjoy the new addition to your family. Kitten days are precious and gone too quickly.

 

[dancin Disney style]

Such a cute kitten!!! You know, I was resistant to getting another dog and now I'm excited to get home in the afternoon just to get my hug from her.

 

[ottawamom]

I think that's what I missed the most during our two years of no dog in the house. No one waiting in the front window for me to come home and then excitedly running to the door to greet me.

 

[dancin Disney style]

I think that's what I missed the most during our two years of no dog in the house. No one waiting in the front window for me to come home and then excitedly running to the door to greet me.

If Kona were bigger she would full on take me down when I walk in. She runs back and forth between the 2 doors until I open one of them and then she turns in circles barking, then jumps up on me ramming her head against me until I lean down to giver her a squeeze/belly rub. I don't think anyone in my life has been that excited to see me....EVER!

 

[bababear_50]

Here we go
August 5, 2022

1 REWARD MILE EVERY $20 SPENT
+5

She is definitely full of energy this morning.
I ordered her some more toys and a Cactus scratching post from Amazon.
Right now her favorite toy is a crinkle ball.

 

[ottawamom]

Get a little fishing rod kind of toy. Either a wire with a feather on the end or a string kind. Lots of great interactive play with a toy like that. Laser pointer on the wall is fun also.

Don't dismiss a good old fashioned cardboard box with a few holes in it that they can hide in and then poke their pay out of. Another favourite game ours used to play was with a plastic straw (the bendable kind). We would move it around and he would try to catch the end.

 

[hdrolfe]

My bengal found my box of plastic straws and ripped it open to steal about 50 of them, I find them everywhere now. He loves those things. He also likes pipe cleaners. Both of those he will bring me to throw for him. I got a cat dancer from amazon (they do sell them in stores as well) and a fishing line toy with a bunch of things to add to the end of it, so it came with feathers and little fluffy things, and when Olaf rips one apart I can snap on a new one. He also plays in the water fountain, he will put toys in it and fish them out, then come jump on me with his wet little paws. And of course the ball in circle toy, he plays with that on his own sometimes, but he'll get bored with it so I put it away and bring it back out a month of two later and he rediscovers it. All my cats like the pompom balls and bell in ball toys but so does the dog and he tend to break them so they don't last long.

 

[TammyLynn33]

O/T Off Topic
Mel is a new Mama to a sweet little girl kitten.
It's been 14 years since I've had a cat.
Her name is Cocoa. She looks like a Baby Bengal Tiger to me.
She only spent 2 weeks at her old home before they discovered an allergy.
She is approx. 3 months old..... this will be verified by my vet next week.
Yep she is going to need all her shots.
Right now she is alternating with checking the whole house out and hiding under my bed, and watching me type right now.
I definitely think she is going to bond with my son Andrew.. she goes to him for pets & treats.
Here she is!!!
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Hugs
Mel

She’s adorable

 

[Debbie]

Get a little fishing rod kind of toy. Either a wire with a feather on the end or a string kind. Lots of great interactive play with a toy like that. Laser pointer on the wall is fun also.

Don't dismiss a good old fashioned cardboard box with a few holes in it that they can hide in and then poke their pay out of. Another favourite game ours used to play was with a plastic straw (the bendable kind). We would move it around and he would try to catch the end.

My kitty's favourite toy is her pink stick (with a pink ball on the end with a feather) that we buy at Dollarama. Last Christmas, she got 6 variations of the stick, but the pink one remains her favourite.

 

[tinkerone]

I ordered some Samsung Smart Tags with my AMs. Anybody have any experience using them or a similar product? I picked them up for my luggage and wondering how well they actually work. I've watched some youtube on them and read reviews but it's always nice to get the opinion of people who aren't strangers, people you trust.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Hopefully I get my weekly flyers tonight. There would normally be a flyer for both Sobeys and Lawtons Drugs. My local Sobeys is closing early Wednesday night to prep for the new program launch on Thursday morning.

Here is what will be available for Sobeys & Co. :

 

[ElCray]

Mix and Match is on Airmilesshops!!!!!

 

[bbangel]

Do we need to start a Scene+ thread for the new program?

 

[Donald - my hero]

Do we need to start a Scene+ thread for the new program?

There's one for PC Optimum that's active so I imagine one for that program would have some interest. Not something that I'll do though, I can't stay on top of THIS one!

 

[cari12]

AirMiles just posted on Twitter that it’ll niw be only 500 AM to qualify Gold and 5000 AM to qualify Onyx.