Airmiles Armchair Chatter

Heads up on another exclusive offer, Shell/Coke/AM promo in email today, heading "Buy a Coke get 25 airmiles". No idea how much a Coke would cost there, but this might help bring the cost down for someone.

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I got this too. It says max 5 transactions in a day. Sounds like in 4 days I can get the 500AM for my “earn 500AM get 250” offer....
 
Travel voucher question...

Does anyone know if you can use the vouchers towards the Daily Service Charges for cruises if I pay for them up front at the time of booking my cruise?
 


No targeted offers from AM for either of our cards but i did get the most ludicrous suggestion from them, click on the link in the email to get to this
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We all know that 95 cash miles will give you $10.00 off a purchase so why on earth would i want to do THIS!?!? 100 miles would cost me TWENTY DOLLARS???(tell me if my math is off... I've been known to be wrong a time or 2 before :P )
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**ETA this is a SALE price normally they cost $0.30/mile
 
No targeted offers from AM for either of our cards but i did get the most ludicrous suggestion from them, click on the link in the email to get to this
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We all know that 95 cash miles will give you $10.00 off a purchase so why on earth would i want to do THIS!?!? 100 miles would cost me TWENTY DOLLARS???(tell me if my math is off... I've been known to be wrong a time or 2 before :P )
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**ETA this is a SALE price normally they cost $0.30/mile
Your math is right, but AMs is crazy. Let me spend double what I am getting back....makes sense....unfortunately there will be some to fall for it.
 
No targeted offers from AM for either of our cards but i did get the most ludicrous suggestion from them, click on the link in the email to get to this
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We all know that 95 cash miles will give you $10.00 off a purchase so why on earth would i want to do THIS!?!? 100 miles would cost me TWENTY DOLLARS???(tell me if my math is off... I've been known to be wrong a time or 2 before :P )
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**ETA this is a SALE price normally they cost $0.30/mile

Math looks good to me. The only useful part of this I see is that they are "instantly deposited to your dream account".

So if you are short a few points and need to redeem now, for whatever reason ... flights finally available and you are short a few points and don't want to lose the opportunity, some family emergency so need a flight now, short points for a promo and it's the last day etc., then this could be useful.
 


Last year I bought 200 at 0.20$ (same sale) because that is what I was missing to get my last WDW kid ticket (Canadian tickets) and I was so afraid they would disappear since the adult ones had disappeared from the website. For me the 40$ was worth it to get my ticket since it was early June and the WDW sale had ended.
 
No targeted offers from AM for either of our cards but i did get the most ludicrous suggestion from them, click on the link in the email to get to this
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We all know that 95 cash miles will give you $10.00 off a purchase so why on earth would i want to do THIS!?!? 100 miles would cost me TWENTY DOLLARS???(tell me if my math is off... I've been known to be wrong a time or 2 before :P )
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**ETA this is a SALE price normally they cost $0.30/mile
They have this sale fairly often. Personally, I don't think $20 for 100 AM is that bad. If you think about how much you would have to spend in a normal week to earn 100 AM, it's a decent offer. Yes, I realize that you would be getting something (groceries, pharmacy etc) for that money but in those average weeks where there is no ice cream deal or something similar you wouldn't come close to that 100 miles without spending a lot of money. Does that make sense? It did in my head.

ETA: there is no reason to buy miles unless you need to redeem for something right now. Also, if comparing to last weeks ice cream deal it's almost equivalent.
 
They have this sale fairly often. Personally, I don't think $20 for 100 AM is that bad. If you think about how much you would have to spend in a normal week to earn 100 AM, it's a decent offer. Yes, I realize that you would be getting something (groceries, pharmacy etc) for that money but in those average weeks where there is no ice cream deal or something similar you wouldn't come close to that 100 miles without spending a lot of money. Does that make sense? It did in my head.

ETA: there is no reason to buy miles unless you need to redeem for something right now. Also, if comparing to last weeks ice cream deal it's almost equivalent.
For us it would NEVER be a good deal to buy miles since we don't buy things to strictly earn the miles, we alter our spending habits to maximize the number we collect but rarely have we ever bought something we don't need simply because there is a bonus ( i say rarely because there was that one deal last year on those Cheesecake single serving things :rolleyes1) We do have some very lean earning weeks that stretch into months but I will even let big bonuses pass if we can't afford the money outlay for the pursuit. We aren't as diligent at collecting as some of you are, this thread and the others are really just a way to keep me out of trouble :P

Makes perfect sense if you are very close to a reward that you are worried about disappearing (the Disney tickets are an excellent example)
 
For us it would NEVER be a good deal to buy miles since we don't buy things to strictly earn the miles, we alter our spending habits to maximize the number we collect but rarely have we ever bought something we don't need simply because there is a bonus ( i say rarely because there was that one deal last year on those Cheesecake single serving things :rolleyes1) We do have some very lean earning weeks that stretch into months but I will even let big bonuses pass if we can't afford the money outlay for the pursuit. We aren't as diligent at collecting as some of you are, this thread and the others are really just a way to keep me out of trouble :P

Makes perfect sense if you are very close to a reward that you are worried about disappearing (the Disney tickets are an excellent example)
I hear ya.....I work under contract in health care and in the winter months there are outbreaks. So far this year I have been off, without pay, for nine weeks. I will admit that from time to time I do buy things for the AM. Usually, it's something I shouldn't be buying just like that cheesecake last year. I've never bought anything that could not be used but I have paid more for something.
 
I hear ya.....I work under contract in health care and in the winter months there are outbreaks. So far this year I have been off, without pay, for nine weeks. I will admit that from time to time I do buy things for the AM. Usually, it's something I shouldn't be buying just like that cheesecake last year. I've never bought anything that could not be used but I have paid more for something.
I loved those cheesecake thingies. Yummm. (I didn't share, either. :blush:)
 
Remember how we were talking about our husbands being clueless about our points strategies??? (sorry mort, I know not all men are created equal...). Today I send dh with a specific list to shoppers for some bonus points on things that were loaded to my card. Well he comes back all proud that he only spent $3 on $63 worth of stuff. What?!??!?!? He said, oh, the guy said there was a promo (spend your points event), and I assumed that's why you gave me the card. Ugh. So instead of getting my bonus points, now I'm down 50,000. So annoying.
 
No Sobeys for me this week. I missed out on the Friday only offers yesterday as we were on our way home from a road trip and I couldn't really bother to bug my husband to stop by when we were home!

I ended up spending $114 ($14 over my usual weekly grocery budget) at FreshCo instead and stocking up on several things cheaper there than at Sobeys!

I think it's funny though that Compliments ground turkey is $3.99 at Sobeys and $4.00 at FreshCo. Who comes up with this?!
 
Just hanging out hoping the power stays on,,,when will Spring arrive?:daisy:
On the way home from Niagara Falls I grabbed a few boxes of Prime Chicken and some Lays potato Chips at Sobeys ( Fri 13th sale). (Maple Leaf bacon was on sale for $3.99).
I am being a bit more selective with my purchases since going half time in February,,however I have to admit I did buy a lot of ice cream sandwich.:lovestruc
Stay warm and safe everyone!
Hugs Mel
 
Remember how we were talking about our husbands being clueless about our points strategies??? (sorry mort, I know not all men are created equal...). Today I send dh with a specific list to shoppers for some bonus points on things that were loaded to my card. Well he comes back all proud that he only spent $3 on $63 worth of stuff. What?!??!?!? He said, oh, the guy said there was a promo (spend your points event), and I assumed that's why you gave me the card. Ugh. So instead of getting my bonus points, now I'm down 50,000. So annoying.
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Remember how we were talking about our husbands being clueless about our points strategies??? (sorry mort, I know not all men are created equal...). Today I send dh with a specific list to shoppers for some bonus points on things that were loaded to my card. Well he comes back all proud that he only spent $3 on $63 worth of stuff. What?!??!?!? He said, oh, the guy said there was a promo (spend your points event), and I assumed that's why you gave me the card. Ugh. So instead of getting my bonus points, now I'm down 50,000. So annoying.


Oh My Goodness!!!
Last year my son said he wanted to get something on airmiles for just a few miles,,,ah nope he used all my miles for two tickets to a soccer game and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yep he took my Ex, his Dad for a great evening out. I do love him and he is a great son....BUT I have changed my airmiles PIN.

Hugs Hon!
Mel
 
Remember how we were talking about our husbands being clueless about our points strategies??? (sorry mort, I know not all men are created equal...). Today I send dh with a specific list to shoppers for some bonus points on things that were loaded to my card. Well he comes back all proud that he only spent $3 on $63 worth of stuff. What?!??!?!? He said, oh, the guy said there was a promo (spend your points event), and I assumed that's why you gave me the card. Ugh. So instead of getting my bonus points, now I'm down 50,000. So annoying.
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Classic example in my house.....mine doesn't listen to ANYTHING, he used a bunch of cash miles at Metro when he was sent to buy some items to earn miles. I sent him with a written list and the flyer with the items circled in black sharpie. He got the correct items but I guarantee that when the cashier asked him if he wanted to redeem X amount of cash miles he had absolutely no idea what she said and his stock response is 'ya, sure'. When he got home he says to me that he couldn't figure out why it was so cheap. So my lesson was learned....LOCK THE CASH MILES.
 
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Classic example in my house.....mine doesn't listen to ANYTHING, he used a bunch of cash miles at Metro when he was sent to buy some items to earn miles. I sent him with a written list and the flyer with the items circled in black sharpie. He got the correct items but I guarantee that when the cashier asked him if he wanted to redeem X amount of cash miles he had absolutely no idea what she said and his stock response is 'ya, sure'. When he got home he says to me that he couldn't figure out why it was so cheap. So my lesson was learned....LOCK THE CASH MILES.

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