Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[Donald - my hero]

I did go to Sobeys this morning, kind of reluctantly, and struggled to make it worthwhile. In the end I managed something like 273 miles on ~$104 pre-tax spend (don't have the receipt in front of me). Still not sure it was worth the time I spent talking myself into (or out of) buying certain items.

I couldn't bring myself to buy the big-miles items like granola bars and cereal. Even though those are things that we go through like wildfire, and even though they were on sale, they are still way, way more expensive than what I pay for the same stuff at Costco. We don't eat very much bacon, and never chicken wings.

I did buy some Betty Crocker stuff that I would not normally bring into my house, but my kids will be happy, and it's not so bad once in a while.

I also have enough dish soap to last a year or more (I think the price on that was fairly similar to what I would pay at Costco), and enough kitchen catchers to probably last the rest of our lives (we don't go through them very fast).

Yup, this is us as well, money is more important than the miles!! We never buy anything simply because it has miles, has to meet my ratio of at least 1:1 before i even consider tossing it in the cart. We spent just over $100 and i think we got around 200 miles (the receipt has grown legs!) only picked up 4 Blue Friday items: cinnamon buns, a salad, burger buns & blue cheese. Everything else we bought was on sale for less than what we normally pay and a few had targeted miles.

We were close to the $100 mark so made a beeline back to the ice cream and picked up a box of ice cream sammies that were on sale for $3.99 and scarfed them down on the drive home Paid with my gift cards from the last THREE promos which made me very happy! Not half bad for my first Blue Friday but nowhere near as good as most of you! I'm impressed and bow down to your wicked skills!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Did you buy the bag?

No, i did not, and can't for the life of me figure out why NOT!?!?!?!

 

[elaine amj]

WDW stopped bridging prices a little while ago. They know how much AM or UT paid for them and that’s the value you get at the upgrade, whether you used it or not before upgrading. If you’re very lucky you might get sone pixie dust and get the gate price but I wouldn’t plan on it when budgeting.

Not true. I've price-bridged over the past couple of years.

Data point from March 2019:

I know there have been other data points posted, but I just wanted to share an additional data point of successfully applying the value of a UT ticket toward a Gold AP renewal. Last week, 2 date-specific tickets for Christmas week of this year purchased from UT prior to the recent price increase were used for the upgrade at Disney Springs. The CM at first tried to apply the "price" found in their system that UT paid Disney for the ticket. The CM was gently advised that the "value" of the ticket was much greater than that "price" and at that point the CM retrieved the actual "value" of the ticket had it been purchased from Disney and successfully bridged the ticket. The CM was also knowledgeable in applying the ticket toward an AP renewal, which is sometimes difficult for them to accomplish.

I just checked the ticket sticky and looks like price bridging is still a go (as long as the CM knows how to do it). They do NOT price bridge when u buy directly from Disney (but do price bridge if you book a Disney room and ticket package). The new rules are so weird and silly.

Anyway looks like I should get US$627 (CAD$842) as my price bridge for my 7 day flex towards my AP upgrade. Not bad for 6400 AM!

 

[Disney Addicted]

Hi Hon
https://www.sobeys.com/en/myoffers/
When you go to my offers at the top of the page is a button *Help center*
click on it
I am missing Bonus miles from an offer redemption,what should I do?

If you are missing Bonus Miles from a purchase where you swiped your AIR MILES® Card at checkout, please call the My Offers Contact Centre at 1-844-896-3337 and a Customer Care Agent will be happy to assist you. The My Offers Contact Centre is open Monday – Sunday from 7:00 am – 10:00 pm EST.

I don't use the app on my phone I use my desktop.
Hope that helps
Hugs
Mel

Thanks Mel!

 

[marcyleecorgan]

congrats to everyone who shopped the Blue Friday - i did all my shopping LAST week of course...
And the quantities to get the AM were crazy! Like I am buying 6 bags of chips, that just causes us to EAT them!

I did however, get to recently update my signature and add more percentage point!

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Data point from March 2019:


I just checked the ticket sticky and looks like price bridging is still a go (as long as the CM knows how to do it). They do NOT price bridge when u buy directly from Disney (but do price bridge if you book a Disney room and ticket package). The new rules are so weird and silly.

Anyway looks like I should get US$627 (CAD$842) as my price bridge for my 7 day flex towards my AP upgrade. Not bad for 6400 AM!

I just ordered 1 of our 7 day flex WDW tickets...I was waiting until I had enough AM for the 2 we need, but decided to order now, just in case the # miles needed increases. The price bridge will be a nice chunk towards the AP upgrade.

 

[Days In the Sun]

Data point from March 2019:


I just checked the ticket sticky and looks like price bridging is still a go (as long as the CM knows how to do it). They do NOT price bridge when u buy directly from Disney (but do price bridge if you book a Disney room and ticket package). The new rules are so weird and silly.

Anyway looks like I should get US$627 (CAD$842) as my price bridge for my 7 day flex towards my AP upgrade. Not bad for 6400 AM!

Unfortunately I am quite sure this doesn't work this way, there is no price bridging unless you have current tickets, which the airmiles are not. The airmiles ones are before the current price increase and expire 2019 not 2020 as Disney's currently do.

I priced them at Disney springs and magic kingdom, both acknowledged they were 7day flex tickets and worth $469, not the current price. I upgraded them at Magic Kingdom and still consider them a great deal. I now have two AP certificates (previously called vouchers) and they expire 2030.

I had calculated them as $521 usd before I left, I don't know why my numbers were off but home next week and will look at it then.

 

[elaine amj]

Unfortunately I am quite sure this doesn't work this way, there is no price bridging unless you have current tickets, which the airmiles are not. The airmiles ones are before the current price increase and expire 2019 not 2020 as Disney's currently do.

I priced them at Disney springs and magic kingdom, both acknowledged they were 7day flex tickets and worth $469, not the current price. I upgraded them at Magic Kingdom and still consider them a great deal. I now have two AP certificates (previously called vouchers) and they expire 2030.

I had calculated them as $521 usd before I left, I don't know why my numbers were off but home next week and will look at it then.

That sucks. Everytime I think AM is improving again, things change yet again and cash miles sound better.

Funny that price bridging works for Undercover Tourist tickets but not for Air Miles. These aren't even Cdn resident discount tickets!

 

[elaine amj]

I just ordered 1 of our 7 day flex WDW tickets...I was waiting until I had enough AM for the 2 we need, but decided to order now, just in case the # miles needed increases. The price bridge will be a nice chunk towards the AP upgrade.

I did the same thing. It will suck not to have the price bridging though. May have been a better deal to use cash miles for groceries, then buy discounted tix from UT that can actually be price bridged.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Whether they price bridge or not, it is still a savings towards the AP. Yes, it would be nice to have the higher price applied, but I was not willing to take a chance that with new stock there would be a AM increase.

I priced them at Disney springs and magic kingdom, both acknowledged they were 7day flex tickets and worth $469, not the current price. I upgraded them at Magic Kingdom and still consider them a great deal. I now have two AP certificates (previously called vouchers) and they expire 2030.

I'm confused, are you saying you can upgrade your flex ticket to an AP now, but not actually activate it?

 

[Days In the Sun]

Whether they price bridge or not, it is still a savings towards the AP. Yes, it would be nice to have the higher price applied, but I was not willing to take a chance that with new stock there would be a AM increase.



I'm confused, are you saying you can upgrade your flex ticket to an AP now, but not actually activate it?

Correct, you have to ask for an AP certificate. I didn't attach them to names on mde so they can be activated by anyone and expire 2030. I have hard tickets and a receipt which they said would help if i ever lost them.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Correct, you have to ask for an AP certificate. I didn't attach them to names on mde so they can be activated by anyone and expire 2030. I have hard tickets and a receipt which they said would help if i ever lost them.

Thanks...I did not know you could do that...now to decide if I want to upgrade my ticket now, or take a chance that the US$/CDN$ exchange rate will be better in November.....

 

[Days In the Sun]

Thanks...I did not know you could do that...now to decide if I want to upgrade my ticket now, or take a chance that the US$/CDN$ exchange rate will be better in November.....

You are going to be there soon? I'd do it before 1. They increase the AP prices ( rumour, in the fall ) and 2. They close the loophole, it's one of the few ways to get a ticket without a short expiry now.

 

[TammyLynn33]

You guys amaze me I thought I did good with my 417 miles yesterday . Good job guys
I also can’ stop giggling thinking how’s many ppl ate wings for dinner last night .. ha ha we bought two dinner and lunch today

 

[elaine amj]

2. They close the loophole, it's one of the few ways to get a ticket without a short expiry now.

Oooo...good point!

 

[bababear_50]

Shell
https://www.shell.ca/en_ca/motorists/loyalty-and-payment/air-miles/every-day-air-miles.html


Get 20 AIR MILES Bonus Miles on select Gift Cards.

Looks like they may be extending the sandwich deal but only offering 30 bonus airmiles

Get 30 AIR MILES Bonus Miles with purchase of a meal deal (buy any Sandwich, Roller Grill item or delicafé by Shell Sandwich, Pringles and choose from a selection of beverages).



Looks like Magnum ice cream is back too...................
Get 5 AIR MILES Bonus Miles with purchase of Magnum Ice Cream 90 – 100mL
Hugs
Mel

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Correct, you have to ask for an AP certificate. I didn't attach them to names on mde so they can be activated by anyone and expire 2030. I have hard tickets and a receipt which they said would help if i ever lost them.

What happens when the AP rate goes up? Will you have to pay the difference between what you paid just now and what an AP costs say in 2025 if you waited until then to use the voucher?

I've got an unused expired AM ticket that I want to use the value towards an AP voucher at some point in time.

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

You are going to be there soon? I'd do it before 1. They increase the AP prices ( rumour, in the fall ) and 2. They close the loophole, it's one of the few ways to get a ticket without a short expiry now.

Yes, we are headed down June 13 for a quick 4 day/3 night trip...I have always wanted to go down to WDW just for a weekend. I had some SouthWest credits that were expiring and I was able to find cheap flights and an AP rate for our room, so we are doing it.
Thanks again for the information, I was thinking they would increase the AP rate now that they have a definite date for SWGE opening.

 

[bababear_50]

Just putting it out there in case airmiles is listening!For Mothers Day..............................
I would like *Ultimate Dining Cards* associated with airmiles please.
Hugs
Mel

 

[Days In the Sun]

What happens when the AP rate goes up? Will you have to pay the difference between what you paid just now and what an AP costs say in 2025 if you waited until then to use the voucher?

I've got an unused expired AM ticket that I want to use the value towards an AP voucher at some point in time.

My understanding is it's a certificate, same as having the older version of the Canadian resident certificates that expire 2030. As long as you use it as is, it's worth the full value Ie an AP pass. If you upgrade to something else, you'd get the value you paid.