Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[cari12]

Woo! Got 333 AM for $150 at Safeway, those Nature Valley granola bars have been very helpful AM earners this year LOL

They sure have and my daughter loves the sweet’n’salty ones! I was planning on picking up a couple of boxes for the 50 AM when I go tomorrow.

 

[bababear_50]

The count down to Bonus Boom has begun.
Feb 4th

https://bonusboom.airmiles.ca/en/coming_soon

 

[juniorbugman]

The count down to Bonus Boom has begun.
Feb 4th

Hope nobody is counting on the Bay for any offers as I just saw this on airmilesshoppes.ca
"""Hudson's Bay is temporarily unavailable.
Starting Jan 4, 2021, and until further notice, Hudson's Bay is temporarily unavailable through airmilesshops.ca."""

 

[Donald - my hero]

time for the reminder from the Duck to pay close attention to the return for this promo.

• You need to complete 3 offers to get ONLY 95 miles which equates to $10
• The Mastercard offer requires you to spend $250 in just 2 weeks, only at partners to get ONLY another 50 miles which equates to $5
• Those of us in Ontario at least are still under a "stay at home order " until at least February 9th

we won't be chasing these miles with much vigor, IMHO it's not worth it. I doubt we'll be able to come close to the threshold spend at just Metro in only 2 weeks. We won't be buying gift cards to get to that point unless either shell or metro has an offer to give extra miles for them, we don't consider gift cards a good bet during uncertain times. I'll wait and see what the other offers are but I ain't gonna be leaving my city to chase down $10

 

[panez]

I wanted to double check my records for you to make sure you didn't miss miles because I wasn't right on top of everything throughout the promo. Luckily I keep every single piece of email that i get from airmiles so I dug up the one about Black Friday and found this info (occasionally they will mention about certain stores as well as the big site wide multipliers) unfortunately for you though the deal with Dell was ONLY valid on the 27th while Dell Technologies was the entire weekend. Again, I'm sorry
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Thank you for this now I can sleep!!!!

 

[bababear_50]

time for the reminder from the Duck to pay close attention to the return for this promo.

• You need to complete 3 offers to get ONLY 95 miles which equates to $10
• The Mastercard offer requires you to spend $250 in just 2 weeks, only at partners to get ONLY another 50 miles which equates to $5
• Those of us in Ontario at least are still under a "stay at home order " until at least February 9th

we won't be chasing these miles with much vigor, IMHO it's not worth it. I doubt we'll be able to come close to the threshold spend at just Metro in only 2 weeks. We won't be buying gift cards to get to that point unless either shell or metro has an offer to give extra miles for them, we don't consider gift cards a good bet during uncertain times. I'll wait and see what the other offers are but I ain't gonna be leaving my city to chase down $10

Now hush
I need something to look forward to.
So true the return on $ value is low but at this point maybe they will have some half decent LCBO offers? LOL

Hugs Mel

 

[Disney Addicted]

Ooo! I want to hear people’s goals! Mine are burning a hole in my pocket but obviously not many fun things to spend them on these days.

My evergreen goal is to have enough “laying around” for a DL 5 day PH. Although next time I might try to see if I could get a voucher from the Onyx shopper for whatever the new AP program looks like.

My other “savings” is for 7 day car rentals in Hawaii. it’s a bit evergreen too....lol

I don’t ever need flights or hotels (way too many Marriott points) so am at a bit of a loss to “dream bigger” lol

What are you saving for/what’s your AM goal?

I'm saving my cash miles for a trip in 2024. My husband will be turning 57 and this time he gets to choose. He keeps talking about visiting Ireland one day (his mom was Irish and his dad English), but then he keeps talking about an Alaska cruise out of Vancouver as well. In 2019 I tried to figure out how much a trip to Ireland (and England) would cost through Air Miles but they had changed the way they redeemed miles for travel since we took a cruise with them. I couldn't figure it out with their new partner and I still remember the voucher fiasco. So I changed to Cash Miles. I put that money in a separate vacation account for our future trip. Up to $3,000!

Ohhhh are you long term planning a trip to Hawaii? Possibly a DL/Hawaii combo?

If you (or any one else here ) has never been to Hawaii, ask me before you book hotels, flights etc
We have been many times, to all the islands and have done DL/Hawaii combos too.
Not pushing it on you just here if you need any advice because I LOVE Hawaii

Those Marriott points can get you to an amazing resort just down the road from Disney's Aulani called the Marriott Ko Olina Beach Club.
We like to do a split stay between the two resorts, usually at Marriott first and then the last few days we rent DVC points to stay at Aulani for quite a bit less than rack rate (plus free parking)

and that brings me around to what I am saving my AMs for-airfare to Hawaii! I have enough for two round trip tickets and DH has almost enough for one more on his card.

Ohhhh I have a large MS Word file on Hawaii! I have been waiting to go there for so long. I may hit you up in the future.

I’ve found my best bet is to keep airmiles on cash miles. I then use them for gas and groceries and put the corresponding amount in to vacation savings in cash. Then I’m free to book a good deal anywhere without as many restrictions. Thats just what works for me. By the time I expect to be able to go again I will have two years of airmiles, Westjet rewards, PC Optimum points, survey points , birthday and Christmas gifts ( I always ask for Disney gift cards).
The goal will be to pay as little as possible out of pocket for a 10 night offsite trip at some point. I think I can cover at least half but probably two thirds this way !
Dreaming is keeping my head above water during this cold lockdown winter

I switched my AM back to Cash this morning. I cash them out when I shop at Metro (I have GC to use at Sobeys) and put the funds into my travel savings. I feel better having the funds under my control than sitting with AM for a few years. Who knows what they are going to do in the near future.

Yes! This! We want the versatility on our next trip. If Ireland/England, then we want to rent a car, tour around, stay at different places for a couple nights here and there. If we take the Alaska cruise instead, then we plan to rent a SUV in B.C. and drive home to Ontario, stopping at many places along the way.

When Air Miles changed from setting up vacations themselves to outsourcing it to other travel agencies.. the way they did it twice so quickly as well... I lost my trust in them. If there is dream rewards merchandise or personal quotes we want, then I'll save dream miles. But for travelling/vacations - cash miles all the way now.

 

[bababear_50]

Foodland Flyer Ont
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10016/1393034?selectorHref=/flyers
Metro Flyer Ont.
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/13406/1393638?selectorHref=/flyers
Sobeys Ont
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10012/1393028?selectorHref=/flyers
Sobeys Urban fresh
https://www.reebee.com/flyers/10092/1393035?selectorHref=/flyers
Hugs Mel

 

[ottawamom]

It's a drought out there again. There may be a few things I can pick up in the flyers but no great AM offers. I'll just have to hold out for the next Blue Week. Last year that was Feb 28th (Blue Friday). Ahh, the good old days.

Time to move forward with our new normal. I'm only picking up groceries I need for the next week and will be eating through my freezer.

I did notice a Sephora GC deal at Foodland spend $25 get 30 AM.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

hmmmm...I will probably stop on my way home, and pick up the blue Friday deal of granola bars. I will keep half and donate half. And of course, pick up a couple of Sephora GC. This momma loves some new makeup, and have my eye on one thing I was debating about. So I'll have a gc to use when I decide to pull the trigger and spoil myself

 

[tinkerone]

Don't forget to check out the Bonus Boom before your purchases. That, I believe, starts tomorrow and it may be one of the 3 coupons needed.
I agree with Donald, don't put yourself out for this event, but if your buying anyways why not.

 

[ottawamom]

I'm such an Airmiles sucker. I didn't see anything worthwhile in the flyer (AM wise) for this coming week and I just can't seem to go a week without seeing my account go up so I ran out to Metro and purchased some more muffin mix before it went off its deal. DH and DS liked the batch I made so I figured why not. Easy way to seem like I've put a lot of effort in to making something. I also picked up the basics I needed so now I won't have to go out again for a few days.

 

[Debbie]

With moving in less than three weeks, I am in the eat off the shelves, out of the freezer frame of mind. That means very little shopping at all. While I glanced at the flyers, I'm staying strong. I didn't even hit up any of the big PC points this past week. The less food I have to move, the better.

 

[ottawamom]

Good luck with the move. Is it a great distance away from where you are now?

 

[Debbie]

Good luck with the move. Is it a great distance away from where you are now?

Thanks! No it is just 2km away from one end of town to the other. We're in a small village, so even the postal code won't change. We're moving from the 2 story we had built 32 years ago to a 1 year old bungalow. DS is buying this house, so if I feel the need to come back for my view, I can.

 

[bababear_50]

Bonus Boom is live.
Hugs
Mel

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

They sure have and my daughter loves the sweet’n’salty ones! I was planning on picking up a couple of boxes for the 50 AM when I go tomorrow.

The toasted coconut ones are the best!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

This promo will be easy! I can do all Cash miles offers for both cards. Woohoo!

I don't even need to count the BMO one this time.

 

[tinkerone]

Well, the good thing about this bonus boom is it says three different offers. I can easily do the MC offer and maybe both shell offers

 

[hdrolfe]

I might be able to do Shell, note it says you have to pay through EasyPay, not just in store or at the pump. I'm not sure about any of the others. I did get a spend $200 get 200 AM at Metro this week, I'm sure I could do that easily, but then I have to go in store and I'm not sure I want to do that. As things progress I am less likely to go into places. We'll see I guess. Could combine that with the BMO offer I guess?