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COBS is awesome, we used to go when I lived in BC! Now I'll have to find a reason to head down that way...

Off topic but I stopped in at Cobs Bread right next to the Metro in Barrhaven - I really love their ham & cheese croissants so I was getting 1 as a treat - and when I went to pay the cashier said it was on the house! Highly recommend them to anyone in Barrhaven. Always have yummy samples too. :flower1:
 
I hit Rexall on Thursday with the email coupon along with the load N go....spent $51.47 plus tax and earned 126 AM. Then this morning I decided to tackle a couple of projects at home so I went to Shell and got $200 in Home Depot gift cards then across the street to Home Depot. 220 AM from Shell and another 20 for using my Amex. Normally I'm Lowes all the way but today I just needed quick and HD is a lot closer. It actually turned out OK for once.....I got help from someone who actually knew what he was doing.

So I decent AM week for me.

After I bought my gift cards I had a thought. Wouldn't it be better to buy the cards in $50 lots? I'm thinking in terms of the additional 10 miles for the instore purchase. So you would get the 50 miles for the card plus 10 = 60 but on the $100 cards I bought today I got 100 plus 10. Does that make sense?
 


I hit Rexall on Thursday with the email coupon along with the load N go....spent $51.47 plus tax and earned 126 AM. Then this morning I decided to tackle a couple of projects at home so I went to Shell and got $200 in Home Depot gift cards then across the street to Home Depot. 220 AM from Shell and another 20 for using my Amex. Normally I'm Lowes all the way but today I just needed quick and HD is a lot closer. It actually turned out OK for once.....I got help from someone who actually knew what he was doing.

So I decent AM week for me.

After I bought my gift cards I had a thought. Wouldn't it be better to buy the cards in $50 lots? I'm thinking in terms of the additional 10 miles for the instore purchase. So you would get the 50 miles for the card plus 10 = 60 but on the $100 cards I bought today I got 100 plus 10. Does that make sense?

Hmmmmm....................... I am not sure but maybe I will give this a try next week.
Hugs Mel
 
Remember me reporting about the new chocolate/ice cream place last week? WELL, i had an inkling that the name Cobs Bread was familiar so up came Google, cause well, Google is my friend :P Guess what's right beside the ice cream??? Yup, Cobs so now i can satisfy both my carb AND soft ice cream cravings at one stop
 


Hmmmmm....................... I am not sure but maybe I will give this a try next week.
Hugs Mel
of course if you can spend $500 a day then $100 cards are the way to go. Right now I have no need for anything big. Still deciding on the summer trip but if I decide to get off my butt and do something about it I will start buying the prepaid Visa cards. Will need to do a little math on that just to see where I would end up in activation fees to see if the extra cost is actually worth it.....I think it is though.

ETA....$2000 worth of prepaid Visa would cost approx. $120 to earn 2200 AM. Not sure if I would do that and really not sure if my Marlin agent would appreciate having to process 20 cards.
 
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of course if you can spend $500 a day then $100 cards are the way to go. Right now I have no need for anything big. Still deciding on the summer trip but if I decide to get off my butt and do something about it I will start buying the prepaid Visa cards. Will need to do a little math on that just to see where I would end up in activation fees to see if the extra cost is actually worth it.....I think it is though.
For the 100 its 5.95. So still saving 4percent. Been thinking if people have the time you buy the prepaid mastercards. Then turn around and buy the gc. No issues i can see because its not a gc buying a gc. So potential os saving 15percent on your gc.
 
For the 100 its 5.95. So still saving 4percent. Been thinking if people have the time you buy the prepaid mastercards. Then turn around and buy the gc. No issues i can see because its not a gc buying a gc. So potential os saving 15percent on your gc.
ohhhhhhh.......that's a good one!!!!

I actually just did some more math on this and the numbers I mentioned above are actually similar to the pickle deal of last year.....$120 in relish earned 2250 miles. I think I spent about $100 on relish last year but there was a specific goal for the miles and I saved approx 50% buy getting the relish. Hmmmmmm....need to do a little more math. :scratchin
 
I found a Shell that would let me buy my GC with my mastercard.
Yeah ---I bought enough Canadian Tire gift cards for gas this summer.
Hugs Mel

Which one? I have to go down to Toronto next week and plan to get some as well. I'm going to be around the Old Mill so will range out along the Queensway etc (likely come down 427 to get there anyways)

I have 3 days there so $1500 in cards and 1550+150 AM
 
Which one? I have to go down to Toronto next week and plan to get some as well. I'm going to be around the Old Mill so will range out along the Queensway etc (likely come down 427 to get there anyways)

I have 3 days there so $1500 in cards and 1550+150 AM
Plus if they let you do the Master card prepaid and then turn around and buy the GC.
 
Sorry maybe I'm not seeing your logic

If I bought the prepaid mastercard that would count againsts my $100 transaction x 5 per day. (assuming I swipe my AM card)
Also say if I bought the $100 card I then have to pay $6 activation leaving me only $94 to buy gift cards right? And gcs come in $25 (few), $50 and $100 denominations so its going to leave dollars on the prepaid

So I guess if you don't want to spend max per day then its a way to potentially get some more points, however I actually want to hit the limit of gcs
 
Sorry maybe I'm not seeing your logic

If I bought the prepaid mastercard that would count againsts my $100 transaction x 5 per day. (assuming I swipe my AM card)
Also say if I bought the $100 card I then have to pay $6 activation leaving me only $94 to buy gift cards right? And gcs come in $25 (few), $50 and $100 denominations so its going to leave dollars on the prepaid

So I guess if you don't want to spend max per day then its a way to potentially get some more points, however I actually want to hit the limit of gcs
So yes if you buy 5 x $100 MC, that is your daily limit. Then next day buy your GC with those MC. The $6 is on top of the $100 so you will be charged 105.95. You will still have $100 for your GC. This is only good if your close to one of the shells and you want to maximize 15%.
The other way is if you have 2 AM cards, then Buy the MC with one and the GC with the other, and change it next time.
Buying MC is smaller denominations than 100 or greater than 100 will null and void any savings since they all have the extra fee ontop, starting at 4.95 per card.
Hope this is clearer.
 
Which one? I have to go down to Toronto next week and plan to get some as well. I'm going to be around the Old Mill so will range out along the Queensway etc (likely come down 427 to get there anyways)

I have 3 days there so $1500 in cards and 1550+150 AM


Hi Hon
The one I recently found is in Mississauga ,2165 Erin Mills Parkway and /QEW area,,close to Sheridan Mall.
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/''/s...39dda5d5eb31dd!2m2!1d-79.6516512!2d43.5274846


The other one that gave me no issues using credit cards a week or so ago is 680 Queensway in Etobicoke.
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/''/S...fc82b7ec37b1ba!2m2!1d-79.4990145!2d43.6274383




Best Regards
Mel
 
Quick question for the AM pros here. I have a couple flights for later this year booked with AMs. Unfortunately, one of the flights has changed to arrive 2 hours later than I had originally booked which puts some inconvenience into my arrival day. This flight is with Delta. According to Delta's TOS I should be able to get a different flight for no additional charge, however, given that the flight was booked with AMs, does Delta's TOS even apply?

Has anyone changed a flight booked with AMs due to an airline schedule change? Am I to call Delta or AMs? I'm getting conflicting answers via Google.
 
Quick question for the AM pros here. I have a couple flights for later this year booked with AMs. Unfortunately, one of the flights has changed to arrive 2 hours later than I had originally booked which puts some inconvenience into my arrival day. This flight is with Delta. According to Delta's TOS I should be able to get a different flight for no additional charge, however, given that the flight was booked with AMs, does Delta's TOS even apply?

Has anyone changed a flight booked with AMs due to an airline schedule change? Am I to call Delta or AMs? I'm getting conflicting answers via Google.

I had a flight booked with WestJet that was direct, they changed it to no longer direct, I had to call airmiles to deal with it. They were easy to deal with, though I had done my research prior to calling and knew what I wanted in terms of flights.
 

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