Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Eveningsong]

We do/did the same with our Petro Points but something changed this past year and they were significantly devalued -- hubby was on the phone FOREVER and i don't really remember the final outcome but i know he wasn't very happy!!!

So do you buy Shell gas now, instead of Petro?

 

[isabellea]

Can you exchange your petro points for CAA dollars in Quebec? I logged in to Petro Points today and it has a *Ontario Only disclaimer on the website for this option.

I don't know. We only gas at Shell or Esso.

 

[Donald - my hero]

So do you buy Shell gas now, instead of Petro?

No, we still use Petro Can almost exclusively because they are Canadian. This isn't new btw, we have always done our best to buy Canadian products whenever possible.

 

[Eveningsong]

No, we still use Petro Can almost exclusively because they are Canadian. This isn't new btw, we have always done our best to buy Canadian products whenever possible.

We buy a lot of Petro gas too. I always do the Petro receipt surveys. You get 200 Petro points per survey. I do one every 4 days, the website says one survey every 72 hours. If my husband buys a coffee at the same time as fuel he gets me two separate receipts. One for the fuel, and one for the coffee.

 

[TFC_UNTIL_I_DIE]

Blah Sobeys Ontario flyer is disappointing....with back to school I figured they would do a big flyer but only spend 100 get 100. Really nothing else

 

[bababear_50]

Foodland Ontario
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10016/1280246?page=8

Sobeys Ontario
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10012/1280331
Spend $25.00 on Pepsico products--get 25 airmiles
Spend $100.00 get 100 airmiles Or a $10.00 Sobeys gift card

Metro Ontario
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10017/1280337
Thursday to Sunday ONLY
20 airmiles when you spend $50.00
50 airmiles when you spend $100.00
100 when you spend $150.00

I will pick up the Lactantia purfiltre Milk buy 2 at $3.99 each and get 20 airmiles,, but I think that is it for me,,edited to add: maybe two boxes of Bounce.
Charmin, Tide Simply Clean or Gain Detergent, Bounce & Downy, Swiffer Refills or Bounty
$4.99 each buy 2 get 15 airmiles



,,Foodland is worse than Sobeys with only 525 airmiles ,,not many posted in the flyer
though.

Hugs Mel

 

[osully]

That's amazing! Mind if I ask how many air miles it cost to cover the flights, hotels and tickets? How many are going? How long?

No problem!

It’s 2 adults - my husband and I.

Hotel - Delta Lake Buena Vista near Disney Springs - for 9 nights is approx 11,000 AM. (I always check using the newest dates that are up on the AM travel rewards portal. Right now the dates I’m searching with are Aug 14-23 (farthest out) but the November rates for this year were very similar. Taxes and fees are around $315.

Tickets - I’ve already redeemed for these and did so when there were non expiring 7 day WDW tickets - one was 3250AM and one was 4500AM I believe.

Flights - the most recent check I’ve done is for YOW-MCO round trip and for June 2019 rates. Flights you can only book 10 months out. Wednesday departure and following Friday return. 7700 AM + $315 taxes and fees total for both of us. However I have seen lower rates for November last year so I’m hoping these go down a bit. I’ve seen the same flights for around 5600AM or 6626AM(Stitch!) from last November.

Will really just need to keep aside money for food and souvenirs. Probably just take Lyft from airport to Delta hotel. Then use the hotel’s free shuttle or walk to Disney Springs and take their buses to the parks.

 

[osully]

At one point I had asked AirMiles personal shopper to quote me how much to stay at on on property WDW hotel but apparently they can’t. There are a few of the Disney Springs Official Hotels on the portal though.

I am also considering the Doubletree Walt Disney World. Which is one of The DS Official hotels. It looks like it will be about 2500 more AM but if they announce that 60 day fastpass booking and extra magic hours are going to be offered again there in 2019 I will probably go for the upcharge!

If anyone has been able to do that via Onyx personal shopper please let me know and when you did book that!

 

[Disney Addicted]

Can you exchange your petro points for CAA dollars in Quebec? I logged in to Petro Points today and it has a *Ontario Only disclaimer on the website for this option.

That probably has something to do between CAA and Petro Points.

CAA is Canada-wide.

 

[ottawamom]

I think I read over on the resorts board that the 60 day window and EMH are going to be offered through the end of 2019. We stayed at the Double Tree once and it was a nice hotel. The shuttle to the park drops you at the TTC and doesn't run quite as often as Disney buses but it worked.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I just read that there is a Canadian offer on tickets on the WDW website. I clicked on 5 day base tickets and it's regular $79/per day and now it's $65.80, so around 17% savings. I would wait to see if the 25% off sale comes back in the fall. Air miles rewards site still has them at regular miles rate.

 

[Disney Addicted]

Could you try for the Saturday at 7pm then?

Sending you a PM!

 

[bababear_50]

Rexall email
Thursday Aug 30th Only
spend 50.00 get 100 bonus airmiles
http://images.rexall.ca/newsletter/2018/Aug29/RexallPharmaPlus_ON_MB_TB.html
Hugs Mel

 

[kristabelle13]

Ughhhh, the Canadian discount tix are back. That’s frustrating. Now, my Airmiles tix that I buy will only be $279 towards an AP and not $370. Was trying to minimize the cash outlay of the $1000+ DL AP for next year. What’s that saying? Even the best laid plans...

(Yes, I realize this is really not a huge problem - I'm super happy friends and family can join me now! )

 

[Donald - my hero]

So far i have 3 of my transactions over the weekend posted on the main card. I can also confirm that the idiotic scanning of the lighter instead of my Magnum in Toronto did NOT post. No sign of the Sobey's gift card yet but it's early and our Metro has about 3 weeks before they will post that one pitiful mile we earned there on Sunday.

 

[isabellea]

Then use the hotel’s free shuttle or walk to Disney Springs and take their buses to the parks.

There’s no Disney buses from Disney Spring to the parks. You would need to go to Saratoga Springs to get on a Disney bus to any of the parks.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

I am also considering the Doubletree Walt Disney World. Which is one of The DS Official hotels.

There’s no Disney buses from Disney Spring to the parks.

Actually you can take the Disney Springs buses that pick up at the hotels in Disney Springs then go to the different parks. My daughter and I did that 2 years ago when we visited. We stayed at the Best Western in Disney Springs. It was a very clean quiet hotel with huge rooms and a good sized bathroom.

The Disney Spring buses runs every 30 minutes and goes to all 4 parks and ( downtown ) Disney Springs. We had absolutely no trouble using the buses to get to the parks. Our next trip, I will be staying in Disney Springs again. For two people who have NOT done much travelling and had never been to Orlando or Disney, I found it extremely easy.

 

[ottawamom]

Rexall email
Thursday Aug 30th Only
spend 50.00 get 100 bonus airmiles
http://images.rexall.ca/newsletter/2018/Aug29/RexallPharmaPlus_ON_MB_TB.html
Hugs Mel

Only downside is that the flyer ends today! Nothing will be on sale. I can probably make it work anyway as a bunch of the things I need rarely go on sale.

Sober second thought. I am not going to reward them with my business on a day with nothing on sale. 100AM isn't enough of an incentive to spend $50 in the store on overpriced items. I don't like that the flyer only ran 6 days this week. No doubt timed to end before this coupon.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Hey the $100/100 coupon for Blue Friday is back! YAY! I have been so irritated with nothing for 2-3 sale weeks with pretty much no good AM, plus DH has the bad habit of shopping every other day for a few things and NOT consulting my shopping list. I tried to stay within a budget for August but he really made a mess of that, LOL

 

[alohamom]

I just read that there is a Canadian offer on tickets on the WDW website. I clicked on 5 day base tickets and it's regular $79/per day and now it's $65.80, so around 17% savings. I would wait to see if the 25% off sale comes back in the fall. Air miles rewards site still has them at regular miles rate.

Any one want to guess how many Air Miles they might be? I cant even remember how many it was for the last ones, something like 4500?