So I have a long over-due post to make. Months ago I was very grumpy (depressed) and posted. I should know better than to post anything when I'm grumpy!
In my ramblings I worried about an upcoming cruise booked using our Air Miles. My daughter refused to go and it was already paid-in-full. I was very worried Air Miles would refuse to replace my daughter with my father. Well, they did! They were very nice and accomodating about it. I do not know why I fretted so much. I should have called ages earlier than I did! (Ohh, I phoned Air Miles back in November or early December 2017 about this.) I have needed to phone them twice more about the cruise and AM has been wonderful. By the way, daughter is staying with her favorite much loved Aunt and excited about going.
I pretty much stopped collecting Air Miles after cashing in for the cruise. I was so discouraged at being forced to cash in my air miles. I am very glad I came across this thread again and decided to give Air Miles another try after reading about all the promotions happening.
At the begining of August 2017 I only had 1,510 air miles. Four months later I had over 18,000 in November and cashed in 14,560 miles for a gaming computer as my son's Christmas present. He was over-the-moon on Christmas morning!!
Back story: I was originally saving Air Miles for a Universal Studios trip. Then Air Miles came out with a gaming laptop that was just over 18,000 air miles and retailed $2,000+ in the stores. I did not have near enough miles to redeem. Sobey's then offered jam on sale at $4.29 and 25 air miles. I remembered someone's post about pickles... So, I, umm, bought 80 jars of jam.
You should have seen the Cashier's face at Sobey's. Now, my son had been saving his newspaper money slowly for almost a year at this point. He had $700 saved up but nowhere near enough for a gaming system. I figured it was a win-win-win situtation. A) Cheaper than buying miles from Air Miles. B) Son would pay me back the $350 I shelled out for jam. C) Everyone got jars of jam at Christmas. By the time the jam air miles posted, the laptop was gone... never to be seen again. However, I was able to get a gaming computer instead that retailed $1,600+ at the time. Son paid me back the $350 and used the rest of his money to get a monitor, gaming keyboard & mouse, webcam, etc. He still gives me a hug and thanks me for his computer. When he gets snarky about my limiting his gaming time, I remind him I could have gone on vacation with Dad instead.
That usually shuts up his complaining for awhile.
So back to the air miles hunt I went. As of today, when all the mega mile bonuses are posted AND the extra 600 from sobey's gift cards - my balance will be 10,900. That's enough for three 3-day 3-park-to-park Universal Studio tickets. My husband's card (I started in December) will have 5,155 - enough for his Universal Studios pass. Only since I cannot cash them in right away for US tickets (due to the ticket expiring before we want to go), I will keep on collecting and collecting.
Only my husband is starting to hint it's his turn for a laptop...
BIG THANK YOU'S to everyone on here!! I truly could NOT have collected so many without this amazing thread!
