Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ilovetotravel1977]

US has had one going on 3-d/3-p get 2 days free on their website, but I didn't see on air miles.

 

[isabellea]

Anyone else got an Amex offer? Mine is get 100AM if I charge 4900$ by the end od November

 

[hdrolfe]

Anyone else got an Amex offer? Mine is get 100AM if I charge 4900$ by the end od November

I don't have an Amex so didn't get it but... is that for real? 100 AM for almost $5k! wow... I prefer my BMO offer. Which I managed to complete today with a shop at Shell.

 

[Disney Addicted]

US has had one going on 3-d/3-p get 2 days free on their website, but I didn't see on air miles.

It had been on Air Miles for a few months. I noticed it disappeared a couple of weeks ago.

If you look at Universal Studio Orlando's website it says the buy 3 get 2 days free can only be sold between March 15 to September 13. Air Miles probably sold out of them so the option was removed from their website.

And they have to be used by September 17th as the ticket will expire in full then.

So the promotion is pretty much over. Air Miles either sold out or decided there was not enough time for people to use them.

 

[Donald - my hero]

https://www.rexall.ca/flushotemail
I signed up but I think I did this last year? Not sure if it will work again but worth a shot!

GREAT un(intended) pun there! I did one step better and signed up on both accounts -- attached to 2 adults so why not right?

WOWOW just plugged in next march break for 3 of us $1000.00 can$ return...ugg so tempting....lol

You know you wanna ... nah, you NEED to go -- love to read about others taking advantage of great deals like these and getting to the Hamilton airport is easy for you!!

Omy Gosh GAS!
I have picked up a nasty head cold and I was going to get some on the way home today but I was so exhausted I forgot,,,I just dragged myself out the door and got some,,thanks for the reminder. I think I scared the attendant as I had Nivea cream all over my face--Ahhhhhhhh the things we do for airmiles.lol
Hugs Mel

Baahaaahaa -- that was me (almost not quite as bad) yesterday when hubby announced he would take me to Rexall RIGHT then -- i grabbed my phone (to get the coupons loaded), my AMEX card & AM card and ran to the car -- in the ripped, stained jeans & stretched out Donald t-shirt, shoes in hand and socks tucked under my chin! Neighbour thought I was nuttier than usual

For the mastercard bonus 500 am when you shop at 3 sponsors.... When I go online to see the sponsors it lists a bunch of different shells. Does each individual Shell station count as a separate transaction? Like could I just go from one to the other and put in 20 at each and be done with it?

Nope, someone asked that on the Airmiles Facebook post and they said it needs to be 3 different sponsors NOT just different locations. Side note -- we stopped to fill up the rental car on the way back to the airport and it was a full serve (thought those had gone the way of the dinosaurs) and the bill ended up being $19.50 urgh -- i would have squeezed the extra .50 into the tank

I tried to print these but my printer must not be working!
Anyways my Sobeys acts like you’re a criminal if you try to use coupons. And they only allow one coupon of each kind. Even though the fine print says one coupon per product. Doesn’t say you can only use one coupon per transaction!

We always look for our favourite cashier since he knows us well and will basically let us use any coupon so long as it isn't expired, pushes his glasses up his nose to study the number and types it in. I hate feeling like a criminal for saving money. Don't want to accept coupons? Put up a sign!

Well my Foodland shopping was a big bust for me. They didn't have in half the items for the Blue Friday sales and no blue stickers on the items that were Blue Friday. I spent $120 and only got 181 airmiles. Now I am sure that I could have bought more of the granola bars but I didn't need anymore of those. They didn't have any of the Bothwell cheese or the Melita coffee pods which was my big item to get me to the $100 required. I did spend enough to get the 100 bonus miles with the normal items that I can only get at that particular Foodland. Plus my family will be happy because even though there wasn't any bonus airmiles I did buy 5 boxes of the Nestle frozen treats.

Last time we had a threshold spend on our Metro offers it was fairly low and we could have met it if all the products we wanted were actually in stock! Sure they gave us rain cheques for everything but couldn't give us the extra 50 AM we would have earned -- ticked me off

my shop wasn’t nearly as good, but i got 420 miles on 155$. not too shabby!
plus, i resisted buying products i *know* we’ll never use just for the miles, so that feels like a win.

Major win in my books -- anything over 1:1 for groceries makes me happy and when i get those miles on things we would normally buy then I'm thrilled! We only adjust when we buy things NOT what we buy in the pursuit of the miles -- that has led to a supply of toilet paper that will last till mid 2019 and paper towel till oh, i dunno, 2020

My New grand total for my Airmiles Blue Friday = 2114 airmiles

Well dang Mel, you win the prize! That is a very impressive haul for one day -- you know how to work the system!

I like reading about your stories.
Your tips have been invaluable. The tip about hanging around the customer service desk while you check your bill is a good one, I thought I was being smart by checking in the car (in the past I would check when I got home) but I like your idea better.You guys rock!
Maybe next summer we can have a get together?

Yup, i agree we need to meet up and eat ice cream, munch on granola bars, sip gatorade and clean up using lysol wipes ! It would be great to put faces to the names, heck even REAL names to some of these great screen names and hear the stories behind how you all picked them.

Don't get between me and my air miles is all I can say. Seriously, it drives me nuts when Cashiers and Managers try to impose *their* rules instead of following what is set out in regards to Air Miles.

That's me too! If you want to work at a store that participates in a loyalty programme then you darned well better let me work it to my benefit. Don't try and change the rules to suit your mood and make things easier for YOU. Yes the chain *pays* for the airmiles we earn but tough, if you don't like it then quit and work somewhere else.

Sorry, someone posted the other day about the BMO World Elite card, but I can't find the post. They said that if you spent > $???? (can't remember the figure) that you wouldn't be charged the yearly card fee. Can that person elaborate on this as I have that card and we spend A LOT in a year. If this is the case, I'd like to contact BMO about this as I did get charged the $120 + $50 for my cards a couple of months ago.

I use the search feature to find a specific post -- for this one i typed in BMO and selected "this thread only" It gave me about 20 but i just started at the top and worked my way down till i found it. If i know it's by a specific poster I'll filter it to include their name as well.

Just trying to muster up the energy to head out to Rexall,,wow what a temperature change eh?

I was at an outdoor BBQ last night. I had a hoodie on and thought I was OK but when I got home it took me until 3:00am to warm up.

It has been quite the temperature shift here (Ottawa) but this is they type of weather I normally like. Except that when the temp changes so suddenly I end up with a migraine of course. Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy and cold (14!), I wonder if kiddo will agree to wear pants to school. And if the ones I bought him actually fit lol. He refuses to try things on.

Porter has a very strict luggage allowance so we checked the weather forecast and spotted the rain (OMG did it ever rain apparently the train tracks were washed out as was the Trans Canada HWY the next day ) we chucked in those gorgeous yellow ponchos. It didn't say the temperature was gonna drop like a rock though so we left the sweatshirts on the bed -- EPIC MISTAKE. We got up early the day we came home so we could stop at the Ontario Visitor Centre at the foot of the international bridge to buy sweatshirts!! I now own a nice hoodie from the Soo (seriously, it's really nice!) Then we got back to Billy Bishop and had to strip down since it was much warmer in Toronto. Walked in the front door and dang it was hot in here since our house just holds the heat. Threw all the windows open and woke up shivering!! My feet aren't happy about being stuffed in socks today and by Friday there will be a humidex in the high 30's again. If you don't like the weather, just wait a few hours

Hey there my Air Miles compadres!
I was just thinking about the "shop The Block" promo that has happened in the past and will probably be happening soon (fingers crossed)The last couple of times there has been a use AM cash as one of the possible "shops".My question to you guys is, based on the history of the promotion, do you think this will be one again?My guess is yes BUT I am asking because I keep all my miles locked to Dream but I think I am going to change it to Cash just in case.That way all my Sobeys Blue Friday miles should post to cash and will have enough to redeem for one of the STB shops.DO you guys think I am jumping the gun? Looking for educated guesses LOL

My *Rookie* move is to do it the night before shopping at Rexall because it switches over at 3 am or something the next morning and Rexall always posts within 24 hrs and then as soon as I see the Post I switch back to Dreams. Hope that makes sense.
Hugs Mel

Ok here's the timeline for this promo:

• Nov 14th - Dec 14th 2017
• The first offer to use cash miles was Nov 16th
• Nov 14th - Dec 14th 2016
• The first offer for cash miles was Nov 20th
• During the last Mega Miles promo the first cash mile offer was about 2 weeks in

That's always my plan of attack as well Mel, I don't use cash miles other than these big promos and will use Rexall as a way to build them up since they post within 24 hrs

It seems like there's such variation between what works for all of us at Rexall! But I spent 54$, earned 152 miles. Could have been better, but still a decent earn.
As a question: anyone know what the relationship is between rexall and well.ca? I order from well.ca all the time, and it seems like maybe they're partner companies? I would love it if well.ca got added to airmilesshops.ca.

Heck for me I have access to THREE Rexalls in my city and the luck i have with the pursuit of my miles varies between stores!
The offer with Rexall and Well.ca is spend $40 get $10 with the coupon code REXALL10 with these terms: I can neither confirm nor deny that I've been known to set up a new accounts to take advantage of these types of offers
Coupon offer ends December 31st, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Coupon is valid for new Well.ca customers only, and offers $10 off a first order of $40 or more before tax. Limit one new customer offer/coupon per household.
Cannot be combined with any other coupon, offer or promotion. Coupons are not valid on disposable diapers, baby formula, Britax, UPPAbaby, Baby Jogger, Peg Perego, KidKraft, 4Moms, Diono, Applecheeks, Bugaboo, Beaba, EZPZ, Maxi-Cosi, BOB, Monte Design, Nuna, Bogs, Baby Zen, Clek and gift certificates (other exclusions may apply). Any orders containing misused coupons may be subject to verification and cancellation at the sole discretion of Well.ca. Well.ca also reserves the right to disable coupons at any time.

Would you like to try the one I received from Rexal by phone? It may be that the only thing wrong with it is that she did not tell me there were dashes needed. When I used the one bababear_50 sent me I used dashes and that worked. I'll PM you the number with the dashes placed where they probably should be and you can try it.

Ok, entered the code -- but like everyone else only showing me as a supporter -- not what the promo led us to believe we were getting.

Anyone else ever go through a hiatus?

There isn't a sense of urgency to my collecting these days but I still enjoy the hunt and its rewards. It's become a game to try and outwit.

I'm just coming out of an airmiles hiatus. I wasn't planning a trip and mostly prefer the PC program. I am planning for March Break now and back on the hunt. The bigger promos are definitely worth it for me.. though I don't do Rexall shops anymore as it's too far away and I consistently do better with PC/Shoppers Drug Mart.I should have 1600 cash miles when this Back to School Promo and Blue Friday post. We'll use those for gas at Shell and put the equivalent $ into the vacation account. All my PC points are used to cover groceries at NoFrills and then I put the equivalent $ into the vacation account. Working both programs this way leaves me more flexibility in what I ultimately spend it on , though it's always vacation related.

I work the other points programs and Cash miles like you! Into the savings/trip account!I think it's just overwhelming this time of year with forking out money left and right for sports, Guides, back to school, etc. I feel like I am spending just to earn miles. Everything becomes analysis! Anyways, I'm sure I will be okay once September rolls through. STB will be in November/December so I gotta get out of this funk asap!!

Yup, we definitely go thru periods of time when the push isn't as urgent but since we really try hard not to overextend ourselves even our "pushes" aren't as forceful as some others. We don't have enough extra money to do the food-bank donations like others are able to and we don't get any trick-or-treaters (perhaps that's because i put a sign out and turn the lights off ....) so those options are off the table as well. We don't have much success with using the cash miles/PC points and then transferring to a vacation fund because all of our money is lumped into one account connected to our mortgage so it simply becomes a line in the books that says "vacation" but means NOTHING. I'm just super diligent with the flyer studying, list making and following the Airmiles threads here to get tips and pointers from the rest of you hunters. Currently we're waiting on the online trip booking to go live so i can spend endless hours studying, dreaming & then hopefully, planning a trip for January!

Anyone else got an Amex offer? Mine is get 100AM if I charge 4900$ by the end od November

Nothing here yet but hubby's busy putting out fires and the email will come to him and then get forwarded to me! We *might* be able to spend that much by the end of November.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Sorry for that massive post gang but i had so many posts i wanted to respond to -- can't keep the Duck quiet for so long

 

[isabellea]

So for the Amex offer, I read the e-mail again and it says 3 months after I activate the offer and I have until October 1st to activate. I don't think I can spend that much on my Amex in 3 months since I mostly use my BMO master card and Amex is not accepted at grocery stores where I live and that's probably our biggest expense.

 

[isabellea]

Below is the e-mail I received (in French sorry):

Recevez 100 milles de récompense AIR MILESmd* EN PRIME!

Madame, Monsieur,

Obtenez 100 milles de récompense AIR MILES EN PRIME en utilisant votre Carte de crédit AIR MILES American Express1. Il vous suffit de suivre les étapes ci-dessous pour vous rapprocher de votre prochaine récompense.


Vos milles en prime sont faciles à obtenir!

Rendez-vous à
americanexpress.ca/
airmilesenprime.

Inscrivez votre Carte d’ici le 10/1/2018 au moyen du code RSVP ############## et des cinq derniers chiffres de votre Carte admissible.

Portez des achats totalisant au moins 4900 $ à votre Carte dans les trois mois suivant son inscription1.


Que vous rêviez de votre prochain voyage, de gadgets dernier cri, ou de faire croître votre solde Argent AIR MILES2, utilisez votre Carte de crédit AIR MILES American Express afin d’obtenir vos prochaines récompenses encore plus rapidement.

Sincères salutations,

La directrice, Partenariats de Carte de crédit

Ingrid Kasaks

 

[Donald - my hero]

Below is the e-mail I received (in French sorry):

Recevez 100 milles de récompense AIR MILESmd* EN PRIME!


Madame, Monsieur,

Obtenez 100 milles de récompense AIR MILES EN PRIME en utilisant votre Carte de crédit AIR MILES American Express1. Il vous suffit de suivre les étapes ci-dessous pour vous rapprocher de votre prochaine récompense.


Vos milles en prime sont faciles à obtenir!

Rendez-vous à
americanexpress.ca/
airmilesenprime.

Inscrivez votre Carte d’ici le 10/1/2018 au moyen du code RSVP ############## et des cinq derniers chiffres de votre Carte admissible.

Portez des achats totalisant au moins 4900 $ à votre Carte dans les trois mois suivant son inscription1.


Que vous rêviez de votre prochain voyage, de gadgets dernier cri, ou de faire croître votre solde Argent AIR MILES2, utilisez votre Carte de crédit AIR MILES American Express afin d’obtenir vos prochaines récompenses encore plus rapidement.

Sincères salutations,

La directrice, Partenariats de Carte de crédit

Ingrid Kasaks

Curtousey of Google transalte (we know there will be some serious issues here )
Earn 100 AIR MILES® reward miles * BONUS
Dear,
Earn 100 AIR MILES Bonus Reward Miles using your American Express AIR MILES Credit Card1. Just follow the steps below to get closer to your next reward.

Your bonus miles are easy to get!
Meet at
americanexpress.ca/
airmilesenprime.
Enter your Card by 10/1/2018 using the RSVP code ############## and the last five digits of your Qualifying Card.
Make purchases totaling at least $ 4900 to your Card within three months of enrolling1.
Whether you're dreaming of your next trip, state-of-the-art gadgets, or growing your AIR MILES2 Cash Balance, use your American Express AIR MILES Credit Card to get your next rewards even faster.
Best regard,

Director, Credit Card Partnerships

I'm still not sure if this is for NEW cards or current cards -- still haven't received anything here

 

[isabellea]

Curtousey of Google transalte (we know there will be some serious issues here )
Earn 100 AIR MILES® reward miles * BONUS
Dear,
Earn 100 AIR MILES Bonus Reward Miles using your American Express AIR MILES Credit Card1. Just follow the steps below to get closer to your next reward.

Your bonus miles are easy to get!
Meet at
americanexpress.ca/
airmilesenprime.
Enter your Card by 10/1/2018 using the RSVP code ############## and the last five digits of your Qualifying Card.
Make purchases totaling at least $ 4900 to your Card within three months of enrolling1.
Whether you're dreaming of your next trip, state-of-the-art gadgets, or growing your AIR MILES2 Cash Balance, use your American Express AIR MILES Credit Card to get your next rewards even faster.
Best regard,

Director, Credit Card Partnerships

I'm still not sure if this is for NEW cards or current cards -- still haven't received anything here

I’ve had my Amex for over 10 years so not for new cards only!

 

[osully]

Yeah but I didn’t use a credit when I ordered, so I could get the AM! They applied it without asking me.

Phew - my 500 AM finally posted this evening. 1 week after my delivery so thats not so bad!

 

[osully]

Hi all - I got a flyer in the mail room Wayfair but the coupon code is only valid for first order only. I placed an order about a month before they came to AirMilesShops!

Coupon code E4TPKB1V - 10% off valid til Jan 11 2019!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Hi all - I got a flyer in the mail room Wayfair but the coupon code is only valid for first order only. I placed an order about a month before they came to AirMilesShops!

Coupon code E4TPKB1V - 10% off valid til Jan 11 2019!

I can neither confirm nor deny that I have set up a new account to take advantage of offers like this
2nd e-mail, hubby's name .. then order & get the 10% off plus the 50 AM for ordering from a new online store ... just saying

 

[bababear_50]

Airmiles website is acting funky for me. Anyone else?
Hugs Mel

making me log in using verify signs and then I purchased some movie passes for xmas and then stalled and timed out. No confirmation from airmiles but I logged out and then logged in and the miles are still there but it shows I redeemed for dream rewards.

Ahhhhh maybe they are trying to update for the new online travel stuff?

 

[Donald - my hero]

Going slightly off-topic but not really -- getting ready for the travel booking site to go online (hopefully tomorrow??) has me staring at travel sites, Air Canada, Westjet, Expedia ... Airmiles for flights (funny joke!). We're thinking of St Lucia because hubby read that there are Chocolate Plantations?!?!?! I'm lost in the confusion of resorts i know NADA about & wondering if there anyone has been and has suggestions. OR if not which resort chains would you recommend to the very confused Duck?

 

[dancin Disney style]

Does anyone have the platinum Shell Mastercard? I've ready the T&C for the shop at 3 sponsors get 500 bonus offer. I can't see where it says if this card is included or not.

 

[bababear_50]

Going slightly off-topic but not really -- getting ready for the travel booking site to go online (hopefully tomorrow??) has me staring at travel sites, Air Canada, Westjet, Expedia ... Airmiles for flights (funny joke!). We're thinking of St Lucia because hubby read that there are Chocolate Plantations?!?!?! I'm lost in the confusion of resorts i know NADA about & wondering if there anyone has been and has suggestions. OR if not which resort chains would you recommend to the very confused Duck?

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Nothing like a little taste of Fall weather to get us all thinking of Sun destinations. I've always wanted to go to St Lucia,,I just could never afford it.
I think the resorts with good food reviews would be important.
It does look beautiful!!
https://www.google.ca/destination/compare?q=st lucia&sa=X&site=search&output=search&dest_mid=/m/06s0l&dest_mid=/m/06s0l&tcfs

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/tra...tering-foods-to-try-while-travelling-st-lucia

https://www.expedia.ca/St-Lucia.d601900.Destination-Travel-Guides

https://www.sunwing.ca/en/destinati...UwHMcRwYlKs17U6tX2vhMMnDjU3GoB6AaAsdnEALw_wcB

https://www.redtag.ca/vacations/vacations-to-st-lucia.php


My choice someday
https://www.sandals.com/saint-lucia/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CA_Sandals_NonBrand-St+Lucia&utm_term=st. lucia vacation&gclid=Cj0KCQjwz93cBRCrARIsAEFbWsgZWQC9vyZ8z7CmKm6M014nfSQ2lJH8Ht6XaiW0mBjdFWMO938wbKcaAqfYEALw_wcB

Remember Hon half the fun is planning,,Hugs
Mel

 

[bababear_50]

Metro Ontario Flyer
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10017/1282515

Sobeys Ontario Flyer
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10012/1282191

Foodland Ontario Flyer
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10016/1282200

Hugs Mel

Hopefully Rexall has something good this week.
After reading the flyers over I think I will stick with my plan to use my new BMO card at three shops for $20 for the extra 500 airmiles this week.
Shell gas , Metro-maybe stock up on some Peanut butter ,and maybe use my 2 Rexall $10.00 coupons.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Well I didn't notice anything on the AM page to book packages using AM this morning. Still has just the option to order the travel certificates.

 

[ottawamom]

It's a good thing there is nothing in the flyers this week as there is no room in my freezer or pantry after last weeks shop. Here's hoping for a small threshold spend at Metro so I can pick up some veggies there.