Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[ottawamom]

Research Now is legit and the only way you get to earn Airmiles for doing surveys is by invitation only.

On another note, I just received my recent BMO World Elite M/C statement and they mention on the back page that the one perk I got the card for is changing effective Jan 15,2018. Currently I get 25% off flight rewards within North America. This will be changing to a 15% discount. I still get 1AM for every $10 spent but I will have to crunch some #'s to see if the annual fee is still worth it.

Did some quick math and so far this year I have earned 2350AM from using my M/C. If I dropped down to the no fee card I would have earned 1175AM the difference in AM earned by keeping the $120 fee card is offset by the airmiles earned alone. I still get a 15% discount on flights which I wouldn't get with the no fee card. That and two lounge visits woohoo.

 

[ottawamom]

Does a new applicant for a BMO World Elite card get a discount on flights within North America or do they just get one companion flight per year? I can't find any reference to a discount on flights in the application literature.

I am going to have to call and get some clarification. Just wondering if anyone else with this card has already looked into this change.

 

[Donald - my hero]

I just got an email from Air Miles Rewards Program inviting me to do a survey to get air miles. I clicked on the link and it takes me to another site that asks for my name, address, collector number and my birth date.

Is this legit? Anyone have experience with "Research Now"? They are asking for a bit too much personal info, which I don't like to disclose. But yet I'd LOVE more AM!!

Oh, i have a little bit of experience with them .... Yes they are legit and they post within 24 hours This is what happens when you keep an email and access it repeatedly

 

[Pumpkin1172]

I just got an email from Air Miles Rewards Program inviting me to do a survey to get air miles. I clicked on the link and it takes me to another site that asks for my name, address, collector number and my birth date.

Yes they are...i just got a sweet survey that allows me to go back everyday for 7 days for a total of 20 AM + 6 just for filling out the qualifying portion. And going back every day only takes me not even 5 minutes to report what the survey is asking. I usually get around 20-30 Am with them a month...you will get at least one or 2 Am for seeing if you qualify.

This is what happens when you keep an email and access it repeatedly

I never thought of doing that...i might have to try that

 

[Silvermist999]

Thank you @Donald - my hero , @ottawamom and @Pumpkin1172!
I can't wait to do my first survey - I'm supposed to get 40 bonus AM just for doing my first one!

 

[tinkerone]

Thank you @Donald - my hero , @ottawamom and @Pumpkin1172!
I can't wait to do my first survey - I'm supposed to get 40 bonus AM just for doing my first one!

Can you possible post the link to this. I'm wondering if others can use it. Be interesting to try.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Research Now is legit and the only way you get to earn Airmiles for doing surveys is by invitation only.

On another note, I just received my recent BMO World Elite M/C statement and they mention on the back page that the one perk I got the card for is changing effective Jan 15,2018. Currently I get 25% off flight rewards within North America. This will be changing to a 15% discount. I still get 1AM for every $10 spent but I will have to crunch some #'s to see if the annual fee is still worth it.

Did some quick math and so far this year I have earned 2350AM from using my M/C. If I dropped down to the no fee card I would have earned 1175AM the difference in AM earned by keeping the $120 fee card is offset by the airmiles earned alone. I still get a 15% discount on flights which I wouldn't get with the no fee card. That and two lounge visits woohoo.

I have this card as well. My statement isn't until the 25th of the month. TBH, I never even look at them LOL I'm going to look at October's and see if it notes it on that one.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

The one thing with the two programs merging is that Optimum points will not be worth as much as they were before the merge.

Right now, the redemption is 8,000 points for $10 off. After the merge, they will be moving the Optimum points to the same redemption rate as PC points, 10,000 points for $10 off. Now, in order to make that change sting less, Shoppers is giving 50% more points but they have not said (or I have not seen) when that extra boost is ending.

Yeeeeeeeeep this is the rant my DH went on this morning when we got the email. I sense a new gaming console or some new games in the near future because that's what we do with Shoppers points!

Had to force DH along to the grocery load-up because he is better at picking the cuts of meat... but we hopefully earned 251 AM today with our Safeway shopping? I say hopefully because the cashier was quite insistent that AM would only apply ONCE per 24-hours and that AM would "take our miles back" if we used the coupon twice... I stood my ground and told her, "well we have to buy these groceries and your job requires scanning everything, so please just scan the coupons and let AirMiles figure it out, because we have to scan them to pay for them," but I hope that's not true! It worked the last time we went to Safeway and split the bill into $100 increments...

 

[Donald - my hero]

Can you possible post the link to this. I'm wondering if others can use it. Be interesting to try.

Unfortunately the AM surveys are by invite only, just need to watch your email and hope they pick you!

 

[ottawamom]

Yeeeeeeeeep this is the rant my DH went on this morning when we got the email. I sense a new gaming console or some new games in the near future because that's what we do with Shoppers points!

Had to force DH along to the grocery load-up because he is better at picking the cuts of meat... but we hopefully earned 251 AM today with our Safeway shopping? I say hopefully because the cashier was quite insistent that AM would only apply ONCE per 24-hours and that AM would "take our miles back" if we used the coupon twice... I stood my ground and told her, "well we have to buy these groceries and your job requires scanning everything, so please just scan the coupons and let AirMiles figure it out, because we have to scan them to pay for them," but I hope that's not true! It worked the last time we went to Safeway and split the bill into $100 increments...

Unless the coupon said once per day (Metro here in Ontario had a promotion where they specified this on the coupon) you should be good. What coupon were you using?

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Unless the coupon said once per day (Metro here in Ontario had a promotion where they specified this on the coupon) you should be good. What coupon were you using?

The Spend $100, get 100 bonus AM coupon that is available monthly on the AM website.

Ahhh I just looked! There is new fine print on this : "one offer per day per household" *curses* Well my DH will be most unpleased when he has to deal with AM on this... because I cannot see him letting this go without a fight... argh.... but it's true, we did need the groceries!

this fine print is also on the Oct coupon - that we scanned and used 3 times on a visit last month also in $100 increments. so now I really do not know... I will see what happens in a week when the AM post to my account...

 

[osully]

Sobeys doesn't look so good for ON this week but maybe I missed some good stuff. Best deal I see is select K-Cup packs for $7.99 ea + 75AM when you buy 3.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

On another note, I just received my recent BMO World Elite M/C statement and they mention on the back page that the one perk I got the card for is changing effective Jan 15,2018. Currently I get 25% off flight rewards within North America. This will be changing to a 15% discount. I still get 1AM for every $10 spent but I will have to crunch some #'s to see if the annual fee is still worth it.

Ottawamom, I just got off the phone with BMO.

If you are a Gold-level air miles collector, but have the World Elite AM card, starting Jan 15th, you would now only get 15%, not the 25% automatically given to cardholders.

But if you are an Onyx-level collector, you would be receiving 25% off flights anyways through that perk in itself.

 

[ottawamom]

Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that the ONYX perk was only on select flights, not all flights. So this new change would mean a guaranteed 15% possibly more depending on what Airmiles is offering at the time.

The other thing that is bugging me about this is they just put through my annual fee on this statement and now they have reduced the benefits. It would have been nice to have had some warning so that I could opt out before incurring another year of fees. I can't really complain. I have had my moneys worth this past year and will make out alright next year I just don't know if I'll continue with the card beyond that.

 

[Donald - my hero]

Metro has their weekend threshold spend Fri - Sun

• Spend $60.00 get 20 AM
• Spend $80.00 get 40 AM
• Spend $100.00 get 60 AM

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that the ONYX perk was only on select flights, not all flights. So this new change would mean a guaranteed 15% possibly more depending on what Airmiles is offering at the time.

https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/MyBenefits

Says Onyx gets up to 40% off flights...I've never seen that before. Max I've been able to see is 25%.

 

[mkmommy]

The Shoppers Optium bonus on gift cards when does it end, I thought it was Nov 10 but is that correct. And does it need to be one gift card for $200?

 

[bababear_50]

Sobeys flyer
https://flyers.smartcanucks.ca/canada/sobeys-on-flyer-november-10-to-16/all

Foodland flyer
https://flyers.smartcanucks.ca/canada/foodland-on-flyer-november-10-to-16

Rexal Flyer
https://www.rexall.ca/eflyer/

Have a great day
Hugs Mel

 

[hdrolfe]

The Shoppers Optium bonus on gift cards when does it end, I thought it was Nov 10 but is that correct. And does it need to be one gift card for $200?

Nov 10th is the last day. It has to be on at least 2 cards totalling at least $200. So I bought 2 $100 cards and combined them when I got home. I believe it's up to 3 times (though I'm not clear on if that's in a day or for the whole promo). The bonus will not appear on your receipt but should be on your account early next week.

 

[Pumpkin1172]

ut we hopefully earned 251 AM today with our Safeway shopping? I say hopefully because the cashier was quite insistent that AM would only apply ONCE per 24-hours and that AM would "take our miles back" if we used the coupon twice... I stood my ground

It should work. I have shopped twice on Blue Fridays and gotten all my points. I have one cashier point that out to me as well...but I do two separate shops...go to two different cashiers...and my points have always posted. That cashier was just a grumpy goose and trying to make her foul mood spoil over into your day