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<font color=blue>Aww yes. The dreaded "mouse hand"
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2006
The Shop the Block page holder is up now with a few details to get the excitement started.
Some tips to help when it comes time to track down wayward miles (because let's be honest, there will be several of us who run into Road blocks!) There's no question that this will be similar to the Mega Miles promo and there will be no booklets available so be prepared to keep careful records.
Timeline for miles to post to account
Company line of when the miles should appear in your accounts are as follows.
- November 19th - December 28th, 2020
- Use 3 coupons to get 300 miles
- Use 5 coupons to get 800 miles
- Use 7 coupons to get 1200 miles
- You must use the coupons at DIFFERENT PARTNERS to count towards the big bonus
Some tips to help when it comes time to track down wayward miles (because let's be honest, there will be several of us who run into Road blocks!) There's no question that this will be similar to the Mega Miles promo and there will be no booklets available so be prepared to keep careful records.
- Print out any coupons you use so you can staple a copy to the receipts
- Keep every receipt connected to the promo and do NOT throw them out until the final miles have posted even if you get the miles from the transaction
- Take screen shots of any & all FAQs and fine print attached to both the promo AND each coupon.
- Keep copies of any e-mails from Airmiles & partner stores about the promo.
- ***KEEP ALL INFO connected to your online shopping!!!*** This one will cause problems, be prepared!
- If at all possible, wait a day or so before tackling to promo to let the kinks get ironed out, these rarely start smoothly
- Read the coupons very carefully before you head out shopping, they do NOT all start on the same day
- There's no need to rush through and complete the promo within a week it lasts until December 28th - more offers will appear on the website throughout the entire promo.
- PLEASE remember this important tid-bid -- do the math yourself, take a close look at your household budget and be smart about how you attempt this promo. If you're not careful you will find yourself looking at shocking credit card statements and sad bank accounts. If you're unsure of the terms of an offer, please put a question out because more than likely, at least 2 other people will either be wondering the same thing or even figured it out themselves!
Timeline for miles to post to account
Company line of when the miles should appear in your accounts are as follows.
- The final bonus states 120 days after promo is done - April 27th
- Individual coupons are also 120 days - April 27th
- Online shopping miles will post using these dates from your TRANSACTION date - 60 days for base and 75 for bonus.
- Bonus miles from using the online shopping "coupon" is 120 days - April 27th
- Based on the information below we can expect to see the bonus miles post around the 7 week mark which should be around February 14th-ish
- Mega Miles 2020 ran from August 13th - September 10th with the 120 day mark being January 8th, 2021. Miles started posting on October 27th (47 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Shop the Block 2019 ran from November 14th - December 27th with the 120 day mark being April 26th. Coupon for online shopping posted on January 20th & the final bonus miles starting posting on February 12th (48 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Mega Miles 2019 ran from March 21st - April 25th with the 120 day mark being August 23rd. Miles starting posting on June 18th (54 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Shop the Block 2018 ran from November 15 - December 27th with the 120 day mark being April 26th. Coupon for shopping online posted Jan 22nd & the final bonus miles started posing on Feb 14th (49 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Online Shopping mess-up ran till September 9th 2018 miles had till Nov 23rd to post. Started posting (terribly I might add!!) Oct 19th but eventually they stated Oct 25th to post (46 days ~ 6 weeks)
- Mega Miles 2018 ran until April 12th with the 120 mark being August 10th: first sightings of miles was May 30th (48 days ~ 6 weeks)
- Shop the Block 2017 ran until Dec 14th: first sighting of miles was Feb 3rd, many of us only got 1/2 and were told to wait til Feb 8th but online chat starting adding them around Feb 6th (51 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Mega Miles in 2017 ran until May 31st the 120 mark for that was Sept 28th : first sighting of miles was July 13th, miles for the online shopping coupon around July 31st with some reporting as long as Aug 21st (43 days ~ 6 weeks)
- Shop the Block 2016 ran until Dec 14th the 120 day mark for that was April 13th BUT the site clearly said they would post by end of Feb. First sighting was Feb 3rd but a LOT of people got only 1/2 and it took till middle of MAY for some to get it straightened out (51 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Mega Miles in 2015 was BRUTAL -- needed to use 5 coupons and bonus only went to the first 60,000 who completed the coupons the rest of us got varying amounts, we got (get this FIVE!)
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