Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[pigletto]

I am so terribly tired of running around to complete their promos and coupons EXACTLY as required and then having to run around proving their own policies to them. This of course, after I get no help at the store end, the website, or on the phone. It's been a sham lately.

 

[bababear_50]

O/T
The bababear is sad and ranting ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I have had some pain and weakness issues with left arm-shoulder neck area.
So I had an Xray and it showed I need an MRI--I'm booked for first week of March.
After work I went to the Dr. and as I excitedly mentioned my upcoming trip she sat their shaking her head.
Me: "It's just a car that goes super fast and has a few curves" Dr:Nope........... so no Test Track
Me: The G force is mild and it one of my favorite rides.....................Dr: Nope........... so no Mission Space.
Dr: No roller coaster rides--Thunder,Space,7 dwarfs,Splash,Dinosaur......................
God I could hear the tune of It's a small world in my brain...............I'm grounded this trip.
I uh did not mention the itty bitty drop on cause what's a Disney trip without this ride.
Well atleast it will be sunny and warm I hope.
Hugs Mel

 

[ottawamom]

I take it you won't have the results of the MRI before you leave on holiday. On a positive note there's still Dole Whip! (My new favourite obsession since my December trip when I had one for the first time.)

 

[ottawamom]

On another note. I just received an email about Rexall Load and Go offers.

1. If I load my first offer will I still get the weekly email with the bonus spend $X get X AM or will it just be the offers I get with Load and Go. At the moment I am able to double dip the weekly email offer with the coupon offer I get at the bottom of the receipt (Fri-Sun)(not available in all regions). I would hate to miss out on being able to do that. At the moment it's the only thing keeping me going.

2. Do I have to load one targeted offer before I'm part of Load and Go or is it just thrust upon me whether I want it or not (progress?)

 

[bababear_50]

I take it you won't have the results of the MRI before you leave on holiday. On a positive note there's still Dole Whip! (My new favourite obsession since my December trip when I had one for the first time.)

I asked and she said it takes a week ....so I would be on Holidays by then and to be honest I kind of would rather not know until after my Disney trip. Ah yes Dole Whips---with a side of rum.
onto good things
Two bags of chocolate M&M's got me 10 airmiles at Metro--Happy Valentine's Day
I actually picked up 62 airmiles today at Metro--kind of surprised myself.
I will say alot of my airmiles shopping has moved from Sobeys to Rexall.I really miss the weekly meal deals at Sobeys.
Hugs Mel

 

[pigletto]

O/T
The bababear is sad and ranting ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I have had some pain and weakness issues with left arm-shoulder neck area.
So I had an Xray and it showed I need an MRI--I'm booked for first week of March.
After work I went to the Dr. and as I excitedly mentioned my upcoming trip she sat their shaking her head.
Me: "It's just a car that goes super fast and has a few curves" Dr:Nope........... so no Test Track
Me: The G force is mild and it one of my favorite rides.....................Dr: Nope........... so no Mission Space.
Dr: No roller coaster rides--Thunder,Space,7 dwarfs,Splash,Dinosaur......................
God I could hear the tune of It's a small world in my brain...............I'm grounded this trip.
I uh did not mention the itty bitty drop on cause what's a Disney trip with out this ride.
Well atleast it will be sunny and warm I hope.
Hugs Mel

Oh I'm sorry to hear that. What do they think is the issue?

 

[bababear_50]

Oh I'm sorry to hear that. What do they think is the issue?

Hi Hon
The MRI is for the cervical spine--I am not sure what they are looking for, I'm kind of trying to not focus or worry too much at this point. "Google is NOT my friend",just scaring myself silly.
I am respectful and appreciate that we have good medical care here in Canada. I do however think that it is sad when we have to book a MRI at 2:50 am on a Sunday night/morning --I mean some people (myself) need sleep before they go to work the next day. And bless the hospital staff for working those hours.
Hugs
Mel

 

[kerreyn]

On another note. I just received an email about Rexall Load and Go offers.

1. If I load my first offer will I still get the weekly email with the bonus spend $X get X AM or will it just be the offers I get with Load and Go. At the moment I am able to double dip the weekly email offer with the coupon offer I get at the bottom of the receipt (Fri-Sun)(not available in all regions). I would hate to miss out on being able to do that. At the moment it's the only thing keeping me going.

2. Do I have to load one targeted offer before I'm part of Load and Go or is it just thrust upon me whether I want it or not (progress?)

I've been using the Load and Go app since it was offered out west (Alberta), and I still receive the email bonus offers.

I load all the offers from the app, including the spend $$ and get X AM, plus I print the bonus spend $$ and get X AM emailed coupon, and end up getting double the AM. This week was spend $50, get 80, so I spent approx. $63 and got 160 AM.

I'm not sure about your region, so can't speak to #2, but I can tell you from my own experience that the Load and Go app has been really helpful in accumulating airmiles.

 

[Donald - my hero]

On another note. I just received an email about Rexall Load and Go offers.

1. If I load my first offer will I still get the weekly email with the bonus spend $X get X AM or will it just be the offers I get with Load and Go. At the moment I am able to double dip the weekly email offer with the coupon offer I get at the bottom of the receipt (Fri-Sun)(not available in all regions). I would hate to miss out on being able to do that. At the moment it's the only thing keeping me going.

2. Do I have to load one targeted offer before I'm part of Load and Go or is it just thrust upon me whether I want it or not (progress?)

I've been using the Load and Go app since it was offered out west (Alberta), and I still receive the email bonus offers.

I load all the offers from the app, including the spend $$ and get X AM, plus I print the bonus spend $$ and get X AM emailed coupon, and end up getting double the AM. This week was spend $50, get 80, so I spent approx. $63 and got 160 AM.

I'm not sure about your region, so can't speak to #2, but I can tell you from my own experience that the Load and Go app has been really helpful in accumulating airmiles.

You can count me as one who HATES the Load n Go --- once we were pushed to that, it was an all or nothing thing. I still get the weekly coupons (which i really apologize for not sharing lately but dang, so tired!) but only some stores will let me use it coupled with my Load n Go offers. I can only use those offers ONCE now, before i would print them out multiple times ... I can only use the spend X get X AM once ... no more multiple sales. I don't have a smartphone so if i want to know what offers i have to use i need to go extremely old school and write the darn things down and cross my fingers that i choose the right product.

Gone are the days of me getting this kind of bonus PRE-Load n Go

POST- Load n Go

Makes no sense for me to do multiple sales now because i can only get the Spend X get X ONCE... pre-i did 3 separate sales and got triple the miles, post if i did 3 sales i only end up with 3 times the product

 

[Donald - my hero]

O/T
The bababear is sad and ranting ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I have had some pain and weakness issues with left arm-shoulder neck area.
So I had an Xray and it showed I need an MRI--I'm booked for first week of March.
After work I went to the Dr. and as I excitedly mentioned my upcoming trip she sat their shaking her head.
Me: "It's just a car that goes super fast and has a few curves" Dr:Nope........... so no Test Track
Me: The G force is mild and it one of my favorite rides.....................Dr: Nope........... so no Mission Space.
Dr: No roller coaster rides--Thunder,Space,7 dwarfs,Splash,Dinosaur......................
God I could hear the tune of It's a small world in my brain...............I'm grounded this trip.
I uh did not mention the itty bitty drop on cause what's a Disney trip without this ride.
Well atleast it will be sunny and warm I hope.
Hugs Mel

Hi Hon
The MRI is for the cervical spine--I am not sure what they are looking for, I'm kind of trying to not focus or worry too much at this point. "Google is NOT my friend",just scaring myself silly.
I am respectful and appreciate that we have good medical care here in Canada. I do however think that it is sad when we have to book a MRI at 2:50 am on a Sunday night/morning --I mean some people (myself) need sleep before they go to work the next day. And bless the hospital staff for working those hours.
Hugs
Mel

Well crap, that sucks!!! I agree that our medical care is amazing but the time waiting for said care can drive a person to drink I've had those lovely middle of the night MRI appointments and they are stupid! I'll put in some good thoughts for you that your pain level is manageable while you wait and that it doesn't put too much of a crimp in your Disney-style.

AND yes, stop Googling or you'll discover that you need surgery for an enlarged prostate

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

I am Onyx until the end of March 2018. If the STB miles go towards my yearly tally for 2017 and I earn 6000 miles prior to my current Onyx status running out in 2018, will they extend my status again for another year?

 

[ottawamom]

March 2018 is the end of the benefit period for the AM status you accumulated in 2016. So ONYX by the end of 2016 you get ONYX benefits until March 2018. You'll need to collect 6000 more AM by the end of 2017 to get ONYX benefits to March 2019. If you manage to do that say Mid June your status will change within a week or two of reaching that milestone. They don't make you wait till the end of the year.

 

[ottawamom]

Donald and kerreyn thanks for the info on the load and go. I usually only use the email coupon once per week. I combine that with my cash register receipt coupon. I may get a few extra AM with the targeted offers so I guess I'll give it a try. If my email coupons dry up I just sign DH up and use his.

 

[dancin Disney style]

Well crap, that sucks!!! I agree that our medical care is amazing but the time waiting for said care can drive a person to drink I've had those lovely middle of the night MRI appointments and they are stupid! I'll put in some good thoughts for you that your pain level is manageable while you wait and that it doesn't put too much of a crimp in your Disney-style.

AND yes, stop Googling or you'll discover that you need surgery for an enlarged prostate

I agree that the late night MRI appointments are no fun at all but the reality is if those machines didn't run 24/7 there would be very few of them and the wait times would go from 4-6 weeks to 6-8 months or longer. I've had many MRI's and I think if you are under a certain age you get the late appointments because the earliest I have ever gone in was 11pm. In a way I don't mind it though, I'm tired and can zone out while laying in the machine.

 

[tinkerone]

There was a few posts in December about a offer to become Onyx if you collected x number of base airmiles in that month. I had to collect 450 or something like that, which I did, however they mostly were not base miles they were bonus miles. I thought I had missed out. Yesterday I saw that they indeed did make my account Onyx and it lasts until March of 2019.
There were a few others on here that had a similar offer so if you were one of these people check your account, you may be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

I hope it is not anything that turns out to be serious. I hate the waiting game!!! As I am thankful for our healthcare system, we were waiting for 10 months for one appointment with a pediatric specialist for our son. As happy as we were to finally get the appointment, it makes me sad. Thank god it for something non emergent. It makes me wonder how long someone would have to wait if it was an emergent case. But we went to the appointment...now for the next step! For that I'm thankful for.

Even if you can't go on many rides in Disney...enjoy just being there!!!! You get to see if from a different perspective

 

[Aladora]

March 2018 is the end of the benefit period for the AM status you accumulated in 2016. So ONYX by the end of 2016 you get ONYX benefits until March 2018.

According to the Airmiles website I am Onyx until March 2018 but when I got my shiny black Airmiles card the expiry is March 2017.

I really can't be bothered to call about it.

 

[Donald - my hero]

According to the Airmiles website I am Onyx until March 2018 but when I got my shiny black Airmiles card the expiry is March 2017.

I really can't be bothered to call about it.

The card doesn't give you any extra benefits and the only thing I've had happen (repeatedly) is the cashier telling me "I need to scan your AM card before you pay" Once they look closer it leads to the next comment "OH you're an avid collector" -- or something along the lines, followed by "do you use your miles?"

The one significant bonus attached to the ONYX level vanished when they cancelled the expiration policy, namely that our miles didn't expire so long as we maintained that level. You will be able to get some rewards for less miles but don't need to show your card to get them. They state on the website that you will get priority when you call in but i have NEVER had any significant decrease in the time i wait and once I do actually talk to someone the resolution is no different.

long way of saying, Don't worry about the fancy black card

 

[Aladora]

long way of saying, Don't worry about the fancy black card

I figured as much which is why I can't be bothered to call...

 

[ottawamom]

I hope it is not anything that turns out to be serious. I hate the waiting game!!! As I am thankful for our healthcare system, we were waiting for 10 months for one appointment with a pediatric specialist for our son. As happy as we were to finally get the appointment, it makes me sad. Thank god it for something non emergent. It makes me wonder how long someone would have to wait if it was an emergent case. But we went to the appointment...now for the next step! For that I'm thankful for.

Even if you can't go on many rides in Disney...enjoy just being there!!!! You get to see if from a different perspective

In my experience with my parents they will take you very quickly if it is an emergency. I always judge how serious something is by how long we have to wait for the appointments. Our system is not perfect but its all we've got.