Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ilovetotravel1977]

Oh I remember reading those before...thanks for finding them for me!

 

[Debbie]

Just back from my trip into the city and to Sobeys. Everything but 1 Dad's cookies, 1 loaf of bread and 1 lemon had AM attached. I bought 2 of the pork meal deals, 1 of the peameal bacon, Chex cereal (my favourite and on special!), penne pasta, frozen haddock, grapes, english muffins. I spent $87, and will get 408 AM including all bonus AM and had a 23% savings.

 

[pigletto]

Just back from my trip into the city and to Sobeys. Everything but 1 Dad's cookies, 1 loaf of bread and 1 lemon had AM attached. I bought 2 of the pork meal deals, 1 of the peameal bacon, Chex cereal (my favourite and on special!), penne pasta, frozen haddock, grapes, english muffins. I spent $87, and will get 408 AM including all bonus AM and had a 23% savings.

Wow good job!!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Just back from my trip into the city and to Sobeys. Everything but 1 Dad's cookies, 1 loaf of bread and 1 lemon had AM attached. I bought 2 of the pork meal deals, 1 of the peameal bacon, Chex cereal (my favourite and on special!), penne pasta, frozen haddock, grapes, english muffins. I spent $87, and will get 408 AM including all bonus AM and had a 23% savings.

We went last night and didn't score that well, but walked out happy hunters. We couldn't get the fish deal (the one in the steamer packages) since they were already hosing out the display unit and neither of us eat pork --- but we now have an amazing amount of bread products sitting on the counter!!
And your savings of 23% WOW! Great job

 

[star72232]

Not an AM question, but Shoppers Optimum question (I'm guessing at least a few people obsessed with AM also do Shoppers!). Does anyone know if you have a "spend x, get y bonus points" if the take the value of coupons off the total before calculating the amount? I have a couple of coupons that will push me under my $50 value, and I'll toss in a couple extra things if I need too. Thanks!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Not an AM question, but Shoppers Optimum question (I'm guessing at least a few people obsessed with AM also do Shoppers!). Does anyone know if you have a "spend x, get y bonus points" if the take the value of coupons off the total before calculating the amount? I have a couple of coupons that will push me under my $50 value, and I'll toss in a couple extra things if I need too. Thanks!

Must admit that my Shopper's trips are strictly for RX's now that I've been trying to get this trip "paid" for but I seem to recall the last time i did that promotion i ended up needing to grab a few chocolate bars to make up for a coupon stuck to a bottle of vitamins so I'm guessing the value (at least for my store) needed to be after any discounts/coupons are applied

 

[alohamom]

Not an AM question, but Shoppers Optimum question (I'm guessing at least a few people obsessed with AM also do Shoppers!). Does anyone know if you have a "spend x, get y bonus points" if the take the value of coupons off the total before calculating the amount? I have a couple of coupons that will push me under my $50 value, and I'll toss in a couple extra things if I need too. Thanks!

I would ask at SDM just to be sure but I thought I would post this link to another forum that has a dedicated Shoppers section
http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/127130-shoppers-drug-mart-optimum-faq-q-canada/

 

[hdrolfe]

Not an AM question, but Shoppers Optimum question (I'm guessing at least a few people obsessed with AM also do Shoppers!). Does anyone know if you have a "spend x, get y bonus points" if the take the value of coupons off the total before calculating the amount? I have a couple of coupons that will push me under my $50 value, and I'll toss in a couple extra things if I need too. Thanks!

It depends on the coupon and how it is put in. Generally $ off coupons are treated as "cash" in the total, so if you need $50 and have that minus $ off coupons, you are ok. If it is a Buy 1 get 1 or a free product coupon, they will not count towards the total, so you would need to spend that amount above the $50. Hopefully that makes sense I haven't done shoppers in awhile, I tend to go to Rexall now but I have done it in the past.

 

[star72232]

It depends on the coupon and how it is put in. Generally $ off coupons are treated as "cash" in the total, so if you need $50 and have that minus $ off coupons, you are ok. If it is a Buy 1 get 1 or a free product coupon, they will not count towards the total, so you would need to spend that amount above the $50. Hopefully that makes sense I haven't done shoppers in awhile, I tend to go to Rexall now but I have done it in the past.

That makes perfect sense. Thank you!

The only Rexall with 45 min of me is small, basically just a pharmacy. No Pharmaplus near me, so it's a bust for points.

 

[Marbel]

Found a Foodland within a 40ish-minute drive from me. Yay, another option to get AM! Guess where I'm headed tmro?

 

[bababear_50]

Found a Foodland within a 40ish-minute drive from me. Yay, another option to get AM! Guess where I'm headed tmro?

Have a great shopping trip!

Hugs Mel

 

[mab2012]

That makes it an amazing deal. I'm so jealous. Milk here is a little less expensive at $4.29/4L but we don't ever get AM on it.

I did see an AM offer on milk at the Kanata North Sobeys once. No idea if it was advertised or just one of the in-store offers. It wasn't "buy 2, get 50". More like "buy 2, get 20", IIRC. It was awhile back now, but probably within the past year. It may have been on Natrel, so a little more expensive to start with, but that's what we drink anyway. Usually I buy it at Costco though.

Anyway, never say "never".

 

[ottawamom]

I guess there's hope then. AM on milk! we want AM on milk!

 

[Donald - my hero]

I guess there's hope then. AM on milk! we want AM on milk!

It has happened .... now mind you it was only for a 1L container of 1% Naturel but it was on sale for $2.25 ..buy 2 get 25 --- YES, you know i keep all of my receipts

I'm still waiting on close to 600 AM to post from Metro and Sobeys, urgh, I'm not very patient!!!

 

[Debbie]

WOOHOO! AMEX points posted! I'm thinking that, aside from all the stuff I've spent, that maybe the 150 for DH's hearing test came through. I am soooo close to my ticket! Then, thanks to ^^ I'm going to save for airline tickets for next fall. I will need 2800 each for DH and myself to FLL from YXU. If I do it, awesome, and if not, no problem....we'll drive or fly out of BUF.

 

[jenilynn]

Just back from Sobey's. Didn't do that well but there wasn't that much we normally buy with bonus airmiles. Spent $109 and got 86am plus we used the Amex so that's another 8. Happy Shopping this week everyone!

 

[worldwidepayne]

Just ordered 5 day ticket #6. Only one more needed to reach my target of 7 for the year.

 

[Debbie]

I didn't get to Rexall today, BUT I did stumble across this link: http://smartcanucks.ca/rexall-pharm...us-air-miles-when-you-spend-40-on-everything/ Even better than the 60 point coupon in my wallet. Spend 40 get 80 AM. With Jacqueline's help (post1693) I will spend $40 with no problems!

 

[bgula]

I don't have the Sobeys flyer in front of me, but there's mayonnaise on - spend $10, get 25(I think) airmiles. The mayonnaise is $4.99. I do go thru mayo, so I'm thinking about this one, but would I have to buy 3 to get the deal? Or is $9.98 close enough for the AM? Anyone try this one yet - maybe you can post your result?

 

[Donald - my hero]

I don't have the Sobeys flyer in front of me, but there's mayonnaise on - spend $10, get 25(I think) airmiles. The mayonnaise is $4.99. I do go thru mayo, so I'm thinking about this one, but would I have to buy 3 to get the deal? Or is $9.98 close enough for the AM? Anyone try this one yet - maybe you can post your result?

Sorry, no, that won't work --- if you need to spend $10, then you need to spend $10. That's a LOT of mayo ...