Airmiles MEGA MILES ****Bonus miles are posting now*** Timeline added to 1st post

The offer that gives you 10 bonus miles for signing up to convert your HBC rewards card to airmiles.. is there anything else that I have to do?? It took me to the enrollment form and I filled it out with my AM # . do I need to purchase anything. It just felt so easy and I didn't have to spend anything so it makes me feel a bit uneasy lol..
I belive that is all that is required. It’s a simple one and a lot of people did it for the STB promotion.
To piggy back on this question, does anyone know if this offer will work if you sign up for HBC rewards at the same time as agreeing to convert the airmiles ? Nobody in my household preciously had an HBC card so I just signed myself up for one, and then agreed to covert to airmiles on the same sign up form. Is that enough?
 
I belive that is all that is required. It’s a simple one and a lot of people did it for the STB promotion.
To piggy back on this question, does anyone know if this offer will work if you sign up for HBC rewards at the same time as agreeing to convert the airmiles ? Nobody in my household preciously had an HBC card so I just signed myself up for one, and then agreed to covert to airmiles on the same sign up form. Is that enough?

That worked for the STB promotion too.
 
Thanks to Donald :) I've now done 3! And haven't spent anything. The IGA sign up, the HBC sign up and signing up for the surveys, then doing one survey. I will be going to Shell for gas tonight. Then just need one more... have to say thank you all because I was worried and now I'm thinking I'll be able to do this!
 
I'm paddling the same boat as you! We can't spend any extra $$$ Both of the online shops you used are usually extremely good with posting, I've found as soon as i get the e-mail notification of shipping that the miles from Amazon post.Indigo is usually within days of ordering. I've registered both MC and AMEX thru the main account and will be doing the Metro cash miles, Rexall and the Sobey's $10.00 pharmacy. The new card i opened for StB .. buying a $75 card at Urban Fresh (can't afford the 150!!), Sobeys pharmacy $10, Metro Cash, Rexall and one fill-up at Shell.

There is one freebie offer that i've used for both cards though that you might as well try as well. After you sign up you can go back into your account and add your Airmiles card # I didn't even fill out the address field, it wasn't flagged as required. This offer will be my *insurance policy* for both accounts.

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I've been up and down my offers, and I can't see this one at all.:confused3
 


If you sneak it in with a grocery shop and use that gift card as part of the payment...you should be able to use it for that. If your wanting to just use it as a single payment on a gift card...probably not
I feel like I should know the answer - but can we buy gift cards with Sobey's cards?
 


Go into the Quebec page and check the IGA offers.

Open a new account at www.IGA.net/en/myaccount , get 10 Bonus Miles!

Ugh, I did this and when I check my account I see this message:

"We can't validate your AIR MILES account number. Please, note that you will still receive your miles."

How much do you want to bet that this means it will not count towards MM promo? :headache:
 
I had that same comment on the 3 I did for my family unit. I was reading on another site that this was the same message Quebec residents were getting when they signed up. Having read that I feel confident that the AM should come through. The website says it will be well after the promotion ends however. Use this coupon as one of your insurance coupons that way if something goes wrong you weren't counting on it to get the full Mega Miles amount. Take screen shots of the page you enter your AM # into and save a copy of the email they send you with the link)

The way I rationalize my signing up. Whose to say we don't have a summer place in Quebec. I shop at Sobeys/Foodland all winter and go to IGA on my way to the cottage for the weekend.:D (I have neighbours who live in Ottawa but their family cottage is in the Lake of the Woods area Ontario/Manitoba border)
 
I've been up and down my offers, and I can't see this one at all.:confused3

Go into the Quebec page and check the IGA offers.

Open a new account at www.IGA.net/en/myaccount , get 10 Bonus Miles!

Ugh, I did this and when I check my account I see this message:

"We can't validate your AIR MILES account number. Please, note that you will still receive your miles."

How much do you want to bet that this means it will not count towards MM promo? :headache:

OOPS, my bad, thanks for pointing out my missing piece of info (don't know why you couldn't read the Duck's mind :P ) and for answering the question! I've updated the first page to add information about the 3 *free* offers. I've also included the info about the AM number not being validated (same message for me on both cards) and mentioned that it should be treated as our "Insurance Coupon" until someone can confirm it has worked for a non-Quebec resident.

The post that has this information is here:
Info about 3 free offers

That post is also where you can find the names of the fellow hunters who are willing to do extra offers for those peeps who live in Airmile dry sections of the country!
 
1. Shell (gas to get to and from our last vacation as a family of 2!)
2. airmilesshops (like I needed a reason to buy more cute baby gear!)
3. Staples (okay, this was a work purchase. But it's work I'm trying to expedite before baby is born!)
4. The Bay (auto-converting points. I don't really shop at The Bay very often, so this one is really just filler)
5. AmEx (to pay for all the baby-related purchases)

And just like that, I'm done MegaMiles 2018. I'll probably do a Safeway or Rexall coupon too, both as insurance and because I shop at those stores regularly anyways. (Future) babies sure do come with a ton of air miles! :rotfl:
 
Donald you can add 2 more no cost ones to your list.
1. The hearing test, easy peasy and call before you may not have to take a friend and just get the 75 bonus miles. No cost just takes time approx. 10mins, and hey now I can figure out what my wife has been saying all along.
2. Prearrange funerals...no need for payment, just get some info give them some and all covered. Its not painful either. Just look up some of their locations and see if they are close by.
So you really can do 5 offers and have no out of pocket expense.
 
This is my plan for our cards now..
Airmilesshops (Indigo and Amazon.. done)
L.C.B.O - (wine.. done)
Convert HBC points (done)
Shell (will do this week)
Sign up for IGA (done)
$150 Sobey’s card (will be done)


DH’s card
L.C.B.O (wine...done)
Shell (to be done)
Convert HBC points (done)
IGA sign up (done)
Foodland (use the Sobey’s gift card)
Rewardyouropinion (will be done)

DD’s card
L.C.B.O. (Wine.. done)
Shell (to be done)
Convert HBC points (done)
IGA sign up (to be done)
Foodland (use the Sobey’s gift card)
Rewardyouropinion (to be done).

So that gives us 6 offers on each card just in case.
 
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Stopped at Shell so I believe I'm done 4 now. I need a few more miles in my cash account and then hopefully I'll do the Metro one when it comes up. I'd like to do one more just in case, but money is super tight right now so I'm not sure I'll be able to.
 
Is Staples the only exception to this? There are no miles on my liquor store bill...I’m in Manitoba.

No, I guess not. I always thought so but it turns out LCBO doesn't show them either. But the grocery store ones are suppose to.

There is one freebie offer that i've used for both cards though that you might as well try as well. After you sign up you can go back into your account and add your Airmiles card # I didn't even fill out the address field, it wasn't flagged as required. This offer will be my *insurance policy* for both accounts.
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Ugh, I did this and when I check my account I see this message:

"We can't validate your AIR MILES account number. Please, note that you will still receive your miles."

How much do you want to bet that this means it will not count towards MM promo? :headache:

I had that same comment on the 3 I did for my family unit. I was reading on another site that this was the same message Quebec residents were getting when they signed up. Having read that I feel confident that the AM should come through. The website says it will be well after the promotion ends however. Use this coupon as one of your insurance coupons that way if something goes wrong you weren't counting on it to get the full Mega Miles amount. Take screen shots of the page you enter your AM # into and save a copy of the email they send you with the link)

The way I rationalize my signing up. Whose to say we don't have a summer place in Quebec. I shop at Sobeys/Foodland all winter and go to IGA on my way to the cottage for the weekend.:D (I have neighbours who live in Ottawa but their family cottage is in the Lake of the Woods area Ontario/Manitoba border)

I had the same error message. I saved a screen shot of the coupon code, as well as several screenshots from IGA and the e-mail from IGA.
 
I'm from QC and when I registered DH at IGA.net with DH's card (I already have an account with them for when I order my grocery online), I got the same message.
 
Donald you can add 2 more no cost ones to your list.
1. The hearing test, easy peasy and call before you may not have to take a friend and just get the 75 bonus miles. No cost just takes time approx. 10mins, and hey now I can figure out what my wife has been saying all along.
2. Prearrange funerals...no need for payment, just get some info give them some and all covered. Its not painful either. Just look up some of their locations and see if they are close by.
So you really can do 5 offers and have no out of pocket expense.

OOOH Good looking ! I've added the Hearing test offer since it's good for everyone other than Quebec but not sure about the funeral planning one... I'm having trouble seeing if they have any locations other than the 6 in the GTA and if that's the case it's only an option for only some of us. :confused3
 
I'm from QC and when I registered DH at IGA.net with DH's card (I already have an account with them for when I order my grocery online), I got the same message.

I was just reading on another site. Someone mentioned that the IGA sign up coupon was valid Mar 22 - April 12 (paper coupon from the flyer). @isabellea can you confirm this. The online coupon is definitely Mar 8 - April 12. This discrepancy may explain the "cannot validate" message. Airmiles should still honour the online coupon for MM as they are the one with the two different dates.
 
I just read the fine print on the hearing test and it says the 75 miles offer is limited to adults 50 and over. I'm 48 so that rules me out.
 
I was just reading on another site. Someone mentioned that the IGA sign up coupon was valid Mar 22 - April 12 (paper coupon from the flyer). @isabellea can you confirm this. The online coupon is definitely Mar 8 - April 12. This discrepancy may explain the "cannot validate" message. Airmiles should still honour the online coupon for MM as they are the one with the two different dates.

I did not experience the cannot validate message.

It is on the New Brunswick page as well online with the Mar 8 date.
 
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