Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[bababear_50]

Check your new my offers (Sobeys & Foodland) before heading out if shopping today.
I got a spend $60.00 on a Netflix gift card get 60 airmiles,
also a spend $20.00 on meat get 30 airmiles.

Hugs
Mel

 

[dancin Disney style]

Check your new my offers (Sobeys & Foodland) before heading out if shopping today.
I got a spend $60.00 on a Netflix gift card get 60 airmiles,
also a spend $20.00 on meat get 30 airmiles.

Hugs
Mel

I have those too plus a couple of other decent ones that I can use. Now to figure out if I can make the Bonus Boom MC offer.

I also have buy 1 beyond meat sausage and earn 20miles.....wonder if that could be part of the $20/30 meat dept offer. I've also got spend $115/45. If I get all my groceries there on Monday I could have a good AM shop.

 

[CanadianKrista]

Airmileshop bonus boom done. We needed a new garbage can, done form Amazon, and I just spent the last of my Children's Place gift card I won in last years contest on some summer clothes for the kids

 

[bababear_50]

I picked up a Netflix card and a bunch of $25.00 Amazon cards at Sobeys to meet the BMO Bonus Boom spend $200.00 offer,, I bought a 12 pack case of pop Pepsi (no airmiles appeared on bill for this,,did chat and they said keep receipt--am will be posted in 120 days.
I have a meeting today at school and I will get Shell 25L gas on the way home to finish the Bonus Boom.


I saw a new kind of hard & soft Taco/Burritos/bowls combo pack in store,,buy 2 special kits ($9.99 each get 75 airmiles).
Kraft Parmesan cheese buy 2 bottles @ $5.29 each get 10 airmiles.

Netflix 60 AM didn't post on my receipt,,, so I called the special My offers number and kind lady added them for me.

All done. I do like shopping very early,,makes me feel safe that only one other person is in the store.

Hugs
Mel

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I just did one of two AM shops transactions. Had to buy new soccer turf shoes from Nike. Too bad there wasn't a multiplier on for that store. The other one I think I am going to buy a purse from Indigo ($22.50).

 

[Pumpkin1172]

sigh...I missed getting the cereal last night. I was having " one of those days " yesterday...where if my head wasn't on my shoulders, I would have left it somewhere in my house

Now to refocus and see what I can purchase for the bonus boom.

I seen on that " fb group " their strategies...and wow...I just don't want it to be that hard Or am I just missing something?

 

[ottawamom]

This Bonus Boom could be quite straight forward. I plan on doing the M/C offer, using 95Cash AM at Sobeys and Foodland (270AM) including BB bonus.

On DH card I will do use 95Cash AM at Sobeys, pick up 6 pack of Gatorade (at Sobeys) and a fill up at Shell. (150AM) DS card same as DH (150AM)

Seems pretty straight forward to me. I'll use my M/C to do regular shopping at the grocery stores listed and will pick up a few things at Lowes. If there is room still left over I'll pick up a Metro GC to get me over $200 but I shouldn't need to.

 

[Donald - my hero]

You all know what our strategy for earning airmiles boils down to :

• No extra outlay of money
• No buying anything we don't use (i LOVE those of you who buy to donate to foodbanks but we can't afford to do that)
• No trying new products simply to get miles
• These "big" bonus offers HAVE to earn me more that I spend on the individual coupons to go out of my way to use them (and for a measly 95 miles, yeah not happening!)
• We aim for a 1:1 ratio when looking at buying something or using a coupon, (most of these don't come anywhere near that!! the metro ones are PATHETIC!)

And something added to this time -- we will NOT drive out of our own area to chase down some miles. That limits us to Metro, Rona, Global Pet & Shell for the coupons for use in store. Metro as mentioned, ain't happening, the $$ involved for a possible 80 miles would come close to (actually OVER) $100 if i used all four. Rona - yeah not spending $180 on anything from there. Global Pet, ain't got any pets! Shell, hubby prefers Petro Can for gas (and i just filled the car for the first time since mid-March on Monday!) and we don't drink those things. Online portal is a slim possibility if i need anything but not likely. I should be able to do the Mastercard offer but that's it!

For those that have access to the stores included AND are able to use the coupons without doing anything that's not part of your regular shopping patterns, go for it! It's worth $10 if you collect cash miles.

 

[ottawamom]

We need a voice of reason to keep us on track. It's so easy to get caught up in the hunt for miles that sometimes we forget to break down the value of those miles and is the time and energy required really worth it. Well said @Donald - my hero

 

[hdrolfe]

Looks like all the MNSSHP have been cancelled, I think someone had used AM to get a ticket and wasn't able to get a refund? Should be able to now. I can't remember who it was to tag them though

 

[Donald - my hero]

Just back from an EPIC Metro hunting trip! Follow-up to the milk mix-up: hubby was reaaally late getting back from his client so my plan to go just at supper-ish time became, OMG the store closes in 45 minutes, hi, bye, love you ... out the door. I headed straight to the dairy section figuring i would just pick the milk up and then do my regular bi-weekly shopping on Tuesday as planned .Pulled up the app to check my offers while waiting to get to the section i needed and loaded my offers (yeah, I'm slow some weeks!) and discovered i had a threshold spend as well as a bunch of offers for things i was planning on picking up next week. YES they had milk and it's all dated July 30th! Hubby's cream was on sale, score, they had my whipping cream (double points for that one!) i darted thru the store trying to remember what we might need, grabbed some treats for hubby on the way past, rang up my purchases and actually danced in place!!
Total spend pre:tax $107.18 (shouldn't be too hard to spend the rest needed for the Bonus Bust!)
total miles snagged???? one hundred and seventy five!! 175!!!!

I was in and out of the store in under 30 minutes, record for me even pre:covid!

 

[cari12]

For us this Bonus Boom is doable with regular shopping. Fill up at Shell, groceries at Safeway (I’ll use the use 95 cash miles to get $10 off Offer next week) and those will be enough to get the BMO bonus.

 

[bababear_50]

So I would like to know if I am normal?

I get severe anxiety if my non perishable Pantry is not topped up.
Years ago when I started airmiling I started a Pantry and have always kept a good stock of Paper towels /Toilet paper and Laundry detergent,, rotating 6 month supply. I've always bought on sale and fairly large amounts to earn airmiles.
Please tell me I am not the only one that has to have a secret stock pile of something in their home.

Hugs Mel

 

[juniorbugman]

So I would like to know if I am normal?

I get severe anxiety if my non perishable Pantry is not topped up.
Years ago when I started airmiling I started a Pantry and have always kept a good stock of Paper towels /Toilet paper and Laundry detergent,, rotating 6 month supply. I've always bought on sale and fairly large amounts to earn airmiles.
Please tell me I am not the only one that has to have a secret stock pile of something in their home.

Hugs Mel

Nope you are not alone. I need to have a stock of Bath & Body works soap in my bathroom vanity. Glad I had lots to tide me over during this time. I see that my nearby store is opening today but I still have a fair amount so no need to go out and weather the mall. I also have to have lots of Red Rose Tea in my pantry but it was getting low so I was glad when Sobeys had the 216 size on sale for a good price - I bought 3 of them.

 

[bababear_50]

Nope you are not alone. I need to have a stock of Bath & Body works soap in my bathroom vanity. Glad I had lots to tide me over during this time. I see that my nearby store is opening today but I still have a fair amount so no need to go out and weather the mall. I also have to have lots of Red Rose Tea in my pantry but it was getting low so I was glad when Sobeys had the 216 size on sale for a good price - I bought 3 of them.

Oh so good to know I am not alone......I braved Canadian Tire today to pick up a healthy supply of Paper Towels that were on sale. I am sure people thought I was pandemic shopping...nope just regular stock shopping for me. It was at 8 am and not many people in the store though.(Mask & gloves).
I'm a Tetley tea girl and yep I will pick up the 216 when I can also.
Thanks for making me feel better.
Be safe in that Mall Hon!!!
Hugs
Mel

 

[alohamom]

Please tell me I am not the only one that has to have a secret stock pile of something in their home.

Hugs Mel

We moved to the country between Milton and Guelph Ontario about 17 years ago. All it took was the first winter for me to realize that I NEEDED to have a fully stocked non perishable pantry!
I had a huge icy hill that I had to drive down to get to town so I really had to plan my shopping from then on forward.
Plus, my father in law taught me that it is usually much cheaper in the long run to buy non perishables like paper products when they are on sale than it is to buy them as you need them, so I stockpile like a maniac.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

So I would like to know if I am normal?

Nope...I do the same thing. I always have a stocked pantry. Which was way I wasn't panicked at all when everyone was stocking up. I have always had a healthy pantry. We used to live outside the city, and if you were out of something, you had to wait until the next trip into the city to restock. When I find things we regularly use on sale, I stock up. It saves us money in the long run.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

I think I came up with a plan for the bonus boom promo. I just had to sit down and take a look at it- and think about what we really needed vs what is the in bank account lol
1) I opted in for the BMO cc offer.
2) I'll go to Safeway liquor and use 95 airmiles, and pick up a bottle of Bailey's for my morning weekend coffee
3) Shell - my car will need a fill here in the next week...and also our truck will need a fill and we are travelling again for Canada day and taking a few extra days to see the grandbaby. These are the days I am thankful for our big truck fuel tank and that we travel long distances.
4) Safeway - I will pick up a few things. NOT spending 200.00 for their coupon, but I seen a couple of things that I want to pick up. So I'll use the BMO cc just to make sure we hit that threshold on the card.

That will be the most AM I will have collected since February. I was in such a good groove for collecting....then it came to a dead stop with the virus. Oh well...I'll keep plugging away at them and cross my fingers that travelling will return to some course of normalcy for 2022 - planning a winter getaway for my 50th OR a trip to Florida for late 2021 for the ds graduation next year

 

[Donald - my hero]

@bababear_50 you are not alone! Our kids have always accused us of being in training for a zombie outbreak!!! We have soooo much toilet paper stashed under our bed, stacks of kleenex in the spare room, 3 bottles of laundry detergent and enough paper towel in the basement to dry up the lawn of whoever it was had a pool explode last week We both grew up in very remote areas, me on what used to be a Christmas tree farm where the closest neighbour was over 2 miles away, the closest grocery store was in (ironically) Guelph which was over 30 minutes away, and him on a farm that was isolated from EVERYTHING. We both experienced power outages that lasted days and my family would often be literally stranded during snow storms because the plows couldn't get up a hill on our road! That means we're used to being stocked up, "just in case"

I keep a running list on my phone of things we always need and *usually* we get close to running out when they're on sale with big airmiles. The last time there was a sale/bonus on granola bars that was excellent i think we bought 20 boxes - they ran out just before the one that happened 2 weeks ago, perfect timing!I always toss things in the cart when they're on sale and then try and put them somewhere that i will later remember We look at it like others, in the long run we save money by shopping this way and i don't need to stress out over running out of essentials. The only thing that has me starting to get nervous is that my stash of hand sanitizer is almost gone. I love the Rexall gel stuff and have been carrying it around attached to by purse for YEARS because of my food allergies, i need to make sure my hands are clean before i put something in my mouth. I only have 1/2 a bottle left

 

[marchingstar]

@bababear_50 you are not alone! Our kids have always accused us of being in training for a zombie outbreak!!! We have soooo much toilet paper stashed under our bed, stacks of kleenex in the spare room, 3 bottles of laundry detergent and enough paper towel in the basement to dry up the lawn of whoever it was had a pool explode last week We both grew up in very remote areas, me on what used to be a Christmas tree farm where the closest neighbour was over 2 miles away, the closest grocery store was in (ironically) Guelph which was over 30 minutes away, and him on a farm that was isolated from EVERYTHING. We both experienced power outages that lasted days and my family would often be literally stranded during snow storms because the plows couldn't get up a hill on our road! That means we're used to being stocked up, "just in case"

I keep a running list on my phone of things we always need and *usually* we get close to running out when they're on sale with big airmiles. The last time there was a sale/bonus on granola bars that was excellent i think we bought 20 boxes - they ran out just before the one that happened 2 weeks ago, perfect timing!I always toss things in the cart when they're on sale and then try and put them somewhere that i will later remember We look at it like others, in the long run we save money by shopping this way and i don't need to stress out over running out of essentials. The only thing that has me starting to get nervous is that my stash of hand sanitizer is almost gone. I love the Rexall gel stuff and have been carrying it around attached to by purse for YEARS because of my food allergies, i need to make sure my hands are clean before i put something in my mouth. I only have 1/2 a bottle left

in my area, shoppers has a consistent supply of sanitizer again. it’s not brands i know, but it has the right alcohol percentages and seems good enough, you know?

last time i was there, they didn’t even have a limit on how many bottles you could grab. i bet if you call your local store, they can tell you if they have stock!