Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ottawamom]

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https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/ProductTicketingDetails?productId=prod2585330

That must have just come up. I was looking for something last evening and didn't see anything. Thanks for posting

Edit: Just ordered some on DH account. He's down to 9AM now. I'll get him to zero with the movies before his Gold status runs out next year. (Can't waste a single AM)

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Thanks for this! I also won tickets to see Deep Water Horizon through Virgin Mobile on the 28th! I haven't been to so many movies in 3 months as I have in 3 years! lol And they were all FREE

 

[alohamom]

It was this coming weekend one year ago that I began this wild ride on the Airmiles rollercoaster. Since then I've managed to accumulate just over 27,000AM. Have spent most of that on 5 tickets to Disney and three flights. I'm well on my way to getting the flights for our next family trip. Thank you to all have contributed to this thread. It has been a productive year for all of us thanks to all the tips.

Here's to another great year!

WOW-that is amazing!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Oh, and I FINALLY was able to purchase my third WDW 5-day pass last night! Onto saving miles for flights (nearly have one already), and then U.S. passes!

 

[ottawamom]

Foodland gift card deal is back again! I will be 1000AM closer to getting my UO tickets tomorrow! Thanks to everyone for running this wonderful thread!! Happy shopping

It's road trip weekend again everyone!!!

Edit: Thank goodness for the Foodland GC's. Sobey's is an absolute bust for me this week. Maybe a bag of flour but that's it.

 

[Marbel]

Foodland gift card deal is back again! I will be 1000AM closer to getting my UO tickets tomorrow! Thanks to everyone for running this wonderful thread!! Happy shopping

We can cycle these right? Buy one, pay for the next with the purchased one x 5? I don't see any fine print that says we can't. Fingers crossed!

 

[star72232]

We can cycle these right? Buy one, pay for the next with the purchased one x 5? I don't see any fine print that says we can't. Fingers crossed!

They wouldn't let me pay for any part of a GC with a GC last time. Even when I was buying other things and only using a portion of the GC.

 

[brandyleeann]

Our Rexall (Alberta) has an anniversary promotion on - 112 airmiles when you spend $50. I don't shop at Rexall, but will make a trip there to check it out. It looks like there are good bonus miles for some Rexall toiletries that are reasonably priced (body lotion etc...). I suspect it won't be hard for me to spend $50 on stuff I need!

Otherwise, our Sobey's has no 195 miles bonus for $150 for the second week in a row

 

[Donald - my hero]

We can cycle these right? Buy one, pay for the next with the purchased one x 5? I don't see any fine print that says we can't. Fingers crossed!

At the Foodland we hit up for the gift card (and only that, the store was simply to dirty to trust anything!) there was a sign close to the door, at every till and hanging from the gift card rack "gift cards can't be purchased with a gift card" I think this is to avoid someone getting a giftcard thru the foodbank (how our local one handles fresh food) and then turning it around to get whatever they want ...

 

[Debbie]

My Rexall purchases yesterday already posted, along with the points for registering for the LCBO newsletter, the points because I changed my house/car insurance - I saved 50% on my house, and would have done as well on the car if DH hadn't had an accident a few years back. Brings me to my goal of a 3 day adult pass, so I will now start to save some points to the flights for one of next year's trips. That means, since I have been saving in earnest (that 2000 Platinum AMEX) that I have 1 UO ticket, and 2 WDW tickets. We can just add PH to the passes when we get there, right?

 

[pigletto]

It's road trip weekend again everyone!!!

Edit: Thank goodness for the Foodland GC's. Sobey's is an absolute bust for me this week. Maybe a bag of flour but that's it.

I agree.. Nothing at Sobey's for me this week either. I already have more flour than I can use anytime soon. I'll probably get three Foodland gift cards, and then do the spend $50 get 112 airmiles at Rexall.

So 712 airmiles for this week. Not too shabby!

 

[Donald - my hero]

My Rexall purchases yesterday already posted, along with the points for registering for the LCBO newsletter, the points because I changed my house/car insurance - I saved 50% on my house, and would have done as well on the car if DH hadn't had an accident a few years back. Brings me to my goal of a 3 day adult pass, so I will now start to save some points to the flights for one of next year's trips. That means, since I have been saving in earnest (that 2000 Platinum AMEX) that I have 1 UO ticket, and 2 WDW tickets. We can just add PH to the passes when we get there, right?

That's why i LOVE shopping at Rexall -- immediate gratification (ok so ONE of the reasons ) I had a bunch post from Sobeys and Metro very late last night (i wanna say after 7 because we had already eaten and i refresh constantly thru the day) and even with my receipts sitting beside me and hubby starting an Excel worksheet we have NO idea what's up with them! This past Sunday's ... perfect ... August 4 -- maybe 1/2 of them (and no, none of them were Head Office bonus) they will drive me crazy(ier) soon!

And yes, you can upgrade your tickets once you get there, just use it to enter any park (however you do it .. magic band or actual ticket) and then head to a guest services and you will pay the difference between the current gate price of the 2 tickets.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I agree.. Nothing at Sobey's for me this week either. I already have more flour than I can use anytime soon. I'll probably get three Foodland gift cards, and then do the spend $50 get 112 airmiles at Rexall.

So 712 airmiles for this week. Not too shabby!

It's time to start thinking about filling up footwear (stocking stuffers ) so you need to put your Santa hat on when you're at Rexall -- my plan since we have 6 adult socks to fill --
Dove shampoo 3.99 Buy 2 get 6
all kinds of their bagged treats range anywhere from 1.99 buy 2 get 4, to 2.99 buy 2 get 6
hair accessories (elastics & brushes) 25% buy 2 get 3 (we have 2 girls with long hair)
mesh body sponges .99 buy 3 get 3
Rexall brand toothbrushes etc BOGO 50% buy 2 get 5 (everyone is going to Florida so we'll all need travel toothbrushes!)
Most of those work out to my *required* 1-1 ratio AND buy enough of that crap errr stuff and I'll make my $50.00 easily. Another sale with vitamins (BOGO 50% spend $30.00 get 50 AM) and hubby's shave cream will make another $50.00 sale.

 

[AngelDisney]

It's time to start thinking about filling up footwear (stocking stuffers ) so you need to put your Santa hat on when you're at Rexall -- my plan since we have 6 adult socks to fill --
Dove shampoo 3.99 Buy 2 get 6
all kinds of their bagged treats range anywhere from 1.99 buy 2 get 4, to 2.99 buy 2 get 6
hair accessories (elastics & brushes) 25% buy 2 get 3 (we have 2 girls with long hair)
mesh body sponges .99 buy 3 get 3
Rexall brand toothbrushes etc BOGO 50% buy 2 get 5 (everyone is going to Florida so we'll all need travel toothbrushes!)
Most of those work out to my *required* 1-1 ratio AND buy enough of that crap errr stuff and I'll make my $50.00 easily. Another sale with vitamins (BOGO 50% spend $30.00 get 50 AM) and hubby's shave cream will make another $50.00 sale.

I found some coupons on the Rexall website for Pantene hair care products. Can I use them on sale items? I think you get 10AM for buying two Pantene. Will I still get the AM for using the $1 off coupon? Can I use two coupons at the same purchase? I am hoping to get the 112AM plus the individual AMs as well with the coupons. TIA for your expert advice!

 

[AngelDisney]

They wouldn't let me pay for any part of a GC with a GC last time. Even when I was buying other things and only using a portion of the GC.

Fine print says "Purchase must occur in a single transaction". I think I am going to buy 5 GC worth of $750 at once. However, I was able to sneak in a LCBO GC with my grocery using the GC last week. I am not sure if this is allowed or not, but I may try again later. Probably it is just not ok to use Foodland GC to buy another Foodland GC or I just got lucky. I don't do grocery shopping much and I have already filled up my cabinets with pasta sauce and pasta. $750 is a lot of grocery for 2 people. But I need that 1000AM badly.

 

[star72232]

Fine print says "Purchase must occur in a single transaction". I think I am going to buy 5 GC worth of $750 at once. However, I was able to sneak in a LCBO GC with my grocery using the GC last week. I am not sure if this is allowed or not, but I may try again later. Probably it is just not ok to use Foodland GC to buy another Foodland GC or I just got lucky. I don't do grocery shopping much and I have already filled up my cabinets with pasta sauce and pasta. $750 is a lot of grocery for 2 people. But I need that 1000AM badly.

I'll probably get 5 GC. Unfortunately, $750 isn't much when you are feeding 6!

I'm pretty sure the single transaction just means you need to $150 at a time, not that you need to get all 5 at once. So, you could buy 5 $150 GC in 5 transactions, but you can't buy $50 today and $100 tomorrow and have that count.

 

[AngelDisney]

We can cycle these right? Buy one, pay for the next with the purchased one x 5? I don't see any fine print that says we can't. Fingers crossed!

I'll probably get 5 GC. Unfortunately, $750 isn't much when you are feeding 6!

I'm pretty sure the single transaction just means you need to $150 at a time, not that you need to get all 5 at once. So, you could buy 5 $150 GC in 5 transactions, but you can't buy $50 today and $100 tomorrow and have that count.

Got it! It makes sense. That was what I thought last time and bought 2 for $300 thinking I could go back for more. This time I am going to get them all at once.

 

[kuhltiffany]

Newbie here, so bear with me. If I buy the Foodland GC, did I see someone mention before that I can use it at Sobey's? Anywhere else?

A bit OT, we just bought a house, Metro and Rexall are within walking distance! Now I have to figure out where to get all these neat Rexall coupons you keep chatting about...

 

[Marbel]

At the Foodland we hit up for the gift card (and only that, the store was simply to dirty to trust anything!) there was a sign close to the door, at every till and hanging from the gift card rack "gift cards can't be purchased with a gift card" ...

Well that was a buzzkill. lol.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Newbie here, so bear with me. If I buy the Foodland GC, did I see someone mention before that I can use it at Sobey's? Anywhere else?

A bit OT, we just bought a house, Metro and Rexall are within walking distance! Now I have to figure out where to get all these neat Rexall coupons you keep chatting about...

WELCOME to the Family of flyer studiers and AirMiles hunters! Here's the info from the Foodland site:
Gift Cards are available in amounts between $5 and $500, and can be used at any of our banners Foodland, Sobeys, Price Chopper and FreshCo across Canada.
Just have them loaded with the amount in the flyer ($150.00) -- you can buy up to 5 during the promotion. We'll buy 2 and use them at Sobey's for all of the Airmiles specials when they have them --- double dipping! Don't forget to pay for them with an Airmiles credit card! Several peeps here use the cards at the "cheaper" sibling stores for their regular shopping.

We're usually pretty good at sharing the links for the Rexall coupons here in the thread, if you miss it just ask ! Go back to post 1775 on page 89 for the $5.00 coupon.

You'll find that Metro is a bit of a bust lately and the prices seem to be rising (at least ours have after they did a MASSIVE renovation).