20X's offers are usually Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally they are longer but that doesn't happen a lot. I have never seen a 20x's offer only for Friday. It's really not hard to calculate. The basic is 15 points for every dollar. If you have a 20X's offer than just multiply the dollar value X 15 X 20. So if you are spending $50 your points would be 750 (50 X 15). If its a 20X's offer than mulitiply that by 20 (750 X 20) for a total of 15,000. You either get .75 or $15.00 depending on the 20X's offer.The only thing I take into consideration is that today there are items on sale that I can put toward the spend $50 get 10,000 points.
often I find the 20x the points offers I receive are limited to the Friday and traditionally Shoppers sales end Thursday and the next one does not start until Saturday so Friday I’m paying full price for everything.
I don’t know about others but I often find the Shoppers offers so complicated to calculate that i just give up on them and don’t even try considering their prices often start higher than other stores and they don’t price match. When I do the calculations, personally I cannot justify the prices if what I’m paying there vs points earned.
All foods count. I almost always get a Christie cracker offer of 200 points on every $2 spend. They always go on sale Saturday so I wait and buy them with my 20X's offer for a bigger points return. I then get the 20X's for the spend and the bonus points as well.This is ME and the reason why i had to ask for help teasing out the math! The things i need to buy rarely, if ever, go on sale ANYWHERE and are expensive so i might as well get points for them! Normally they were on my Rexall list for earning big Airmiles but since they started up their own reward system (that i also find confusing!) that only allows me to redeem in their store, I won't be shopping there again -- too hard to get to for rewards i won't use.
Glancing at the flyer now and it looks like it runs Friday - Sunday, 20X the points, i have no idea how much I need to spend to get those (usually a threshold right?) but the flyer doesn't start till Saturday? Bonus for me though, I see several things i need ARE on sale! Do I get points for food items as well or are they excluded? This system hurts my head
My 20X's offer this week is a spend $75. I don't need anything much so this one I will pass on.