Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ottawamom]

I scan the receipts when I have something on my grocery receipt that qualifies. I don't count on them for miles and don't shop for them specifically, treat the miles like a bonus. I might have earned 80AM this year with receipts. If they make it so that I have to jump through hoops to get one I won't even bother anymore.

 

[dancin Disney style]

Does anyone have any info that I’m missing. I’m looking at booking an all inclusive and would like to use some miles for all the extras that I want. Do we not have a way of booking using miles anymore? The AM site is showing me really high prices compared to other places…like $200+ per person more. It does not even look like a traditional AI package. It appears to be a hotel+air situation. I see Redtag evouchers available through cash miles but I’ve only got 500ish miles available in cash so that’s pointless. All my miles are dream.

I’m wanting to book a Westjet package so that I can add premium and my oldest has like a zillion lounge passes that she will never use. Yes, WJ is also on evouchers but they only accept one as payment and there is still the little problem of all my miles being dream

 

[ottawamom]

I was looking at Disney tickets on the Airmiles site and they were also $200 (for 2) more than what I would pay to get them from Disney itself.

I was thinking about using them anyway to just be rid of them but I'm rethinking that now as I hate paying more than I have to. I find my NA flights are a good deal with Airmiles.

Do your comparison research and then decide what option works best.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Amazon gurus! I have two items I want to buy in separate orders. their categories say "Kitchen" and "Tool and Hardware". Am I right looking at the category in the brackets for the qualifying amazon categories list? Or is there another place I should be finding the categories.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Or is here I should be looking at:

 

[damo]

Or is here I should be looking at:

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When I look at your first item on my laptop, the category says ...
Home & Kitchen>Kitchen & Dining>Kitchen Storage & Organization>Racks & Holders>Under Sink Organizers

 

[Donald - my hero]

The 2nd example you showed is what they go by- it becomes really confusing when that string of words scrolls over and over and then over some more! I put things into my wish list and then click on it from there and see what the heading shows up as, often different from the category i was searching in to begin with. Fingers crossed for you on the rack thing, the BBQ squisher thing doesn't fit into either category you mentioned

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Dang it! I have been waiting forever to order these two things. I must have missed them on the accepted list earlier in the season.

 

[Donald - my hero]

urgh me and the receipt offers are in break up mode, once again!! I saw that pizza needs to be max 1 per receipt, so off i went to zehrs to get 4 that hubby eats for Friday night pizza and a movie night. Did 4 separated transactions, each with a different extra item or two added, came home and tossed them into the freezer before heading out to hunt down milk. Put an arrow beside each pizza on the receipts, wrote a number on the back of each so I could keep them clear in my mind if they need to be followed up. After the 3rd came back with the message nothing found i looked closer at the offer ... what the actual hell? Minimum spend of $5, I missed that part i could have done it as 2 separate instead of 4 and at least got some miles. I would never pay $5 for a frozen pizza, we'd buy an actual one from Domino's first!

that's it for me and the receipts unless it helps complete a promo. Too much effort

 

[mkmommy]

Has anyone gotten the points for Costco using your BMO Mastercard (wholesale store)

I am at Costco once a week and I have not gotten anything since July 9.