Air Miles Trip #3

Today we went to Lawtons and Sobeys to collect the air miles deals. The Sobeys trip was very disappointing...ended up only getting 12 air miles. Spent $28.89...so each air mile cost ~$2.41. Didn't get much of anything that I had planned to get.

At Lawtons we did get $25 worth of both Proctor and Gamble products and Johnson and Johnson products. But it wasn't as easy to do as I thought it was going to be. First of all they didn't have any of the Tide so that really put a wrench in my plans. Anyway...we picked our way through the isles trying to find out which items belonged to which company. We did eventually manage to find $25 of each but again it was not an easy process. We spent $72.82 and received 106 air miles...so each air mile actually cost about 69 cents. :o)

Sobeys Air Miles flyer February 26 to March 4

This week at Sobeys there are a few things that are of interest to me. These include:

-Compliments hulled sunflower seeds 350g $2.99 buy 2 get 2 air miles
-Store made small size side salad starting at $1.99 buy 2 get 2 air miles
-Prime rib premium oven roast $9.99lb purchase $10 get 5 air miles
-Club House slow cookers seasoning mix $1.29 buy 2 get 3 air miles
-Pillsbury cookies 351-468g $2.49 buy 3 get 4 air miles
-Compliments Balance Pasta Sauce 700mg $2.19 buy 2 get 2 air miles
-Compliments Balance Whole Kernel Corn .99 buy 3 get 1 air mile
-Compliments Sensations Fusilloni Pasta (lumaconi or pennoni) 500g $2.49 buy 2 get 2 air miles
-Degree ultra clear antiperspirant $2.99 buy 2 get 4 air miles

Not any great deal of air miles here but that's okay because Lawtons has super deals this week.

With regards to the Air Miles toolbar I did install that yesterday. The toolbar did appear yesterday but it is only today that I can see the number of seaches being counted to go toward airmiles. I find it very interesting. I just have to remember now that I need to do at least 10 searches a day to get the 30 air miles a month. Given the amount of time I spend on the computer and the variety of topics that you can search, this goal should be very easily attainable.

Air Miles Toolbar???

I didn't know this before until today but apparently you can earn air miles by installing an Air Miles Yahoo Toolbar! I don't know the specifics on it but in a nutshell it says you can earn up to 30 air miles a month on 'valid' searches. Don't know what qualifies as a valid search but according to the air miles website it is "free from spyware, adware and malware" and it is FREE air miles so I'm in.

I am however a google person so I'm not sure that I will be completely impressed...but hey...it is for a good cause. :0)

Increase in Air Miles needed for a 'free' trip

Well I found out tonight that they have actually increased the air miles needed for those free trips which is kind of sad...but I can't change that so I have to build a bridge and get over it. :0)

For a trip from Deer Lake to Tampa in low season you now need 2675 air miles. Low season this year is stated as:

Jan 8- Feb 28
Apr 1- May 31
Sept 16- Dec 15

To take the same trip during high season it will cost 3500 air miles.

So...we are going to take our trip during low season and will need 8025 air miles for three trips. We currently have 2537 air miles so just 5488 more miles and we are flying!

Lawtons Flyer February 27 - March 5

The Lawton's flyer has some SUPER air miles deals starting on Saturday...with a big note on the top of the flyer that indicates you can collect 1500 bonus air miles THIS WEEK! It would be nice to do that but I think you would have to be stocking a small army with supplies in order to collect that amount.

I will definately be racking up some miles this week at Lawtons. Here's what interests me:

1. Buy $25 of Procter and Gamble products and/or Johnson and Johnson products and receive 50 air miles!

The end.

That alone in the flyer is what I'm going to be concentrating on this week because that's fifty cents a mile!!! I seriously doubt that it will EVER get any better than that.

Procter and Gamble products include:
-Tide Liquid Laundry Detergent 1.47 L for $5.99 Think I`ll buy 3
-Always Maxi-Pads- assorted 14s-24s and Pantiliners assorted 24s-60s $4.29 - Think I`ll buy one of each
-Crest regular tootpaste 130ml buy one get one free...grrr no price advertised...dont know if I`ll buy at all!!

Johnson and Johnson products that I can see in the flyer that are of interest include:
-OB tampons assorted 40s $7.99

...guess I`ll have to have a look around Lawtons for other Johnson and Johnson products...

There is another offer that I`m interested in but not completey sure I will take advantage of:

Milani/O-P-I/Prevens/Kiss/Broadway/Ardell/Andrea Eye Q`s Makeup remover Cosmetic bags buy $25 receive 50 air miles.

I`d like to get 150 bonus air miles at Lawton`s alone this week. Let`s see what happens!

Sobey's air miles trip #2

Tonight at Sobey's we spent $111.05 and earned 43 air miles. So...each air mile cost about $2.58. That's not near as good as the first trip but still good considering that 'normally' 43 air miles would cost $860!!! I wish I had taken note of these bonus air miles a long time ago!!!

I hope to take another trip to Sobey's tommorrow because there seems to be items that earn bonus air miles that they don't advertise in their flyer.

Lawtons air miles collection

Just got back from Lawtons and ended up accumulating 67 air miles! This week it cost me $85.57 so that works out to be ~ $1.28 a mile. My snack cupboard is now full and I won't be needing to buy shampoo for a few months!

There was one offer that I was thinking about when I saw the flyer- the Reach toothbrush and floss buy 3 get 15 air miles. I didn't go for that after because they were $5.00 each! A bit too steep for my liking.

I also purchased my presciptions at Lawtons tonight...I thought I had read you get 3 air miles with each presciption...but apparently you don't. Don't know where I read that...have to investigate it a little more.

Anyway...next stop this week...Sobeys.

February 19-25 Sobeys Flyer

Not much for maximizing air miles in the Sobeys flyer this week, but it all adds up. These are the items that I'm interested in:

1. Milk Bone dog treats 2/$5.00 buy 3 get 6 air miles

2. Bounty basic paper towels (6 rolls) $4.99 buy 2 get 10 air miles

3. Sterling Silver T-bone Grilling steak 9.99 lb purchase $10 get 5 air miles

4. Sunkist Seedles Navel Oranges (4lb) and Cara Cara Oranges (3lb) $5.47 get 5 air miles

5. Compliments English Muffins (6's) $1.99 each buy 2 get 2 air miles

6. Kraft Handi-Snacks $0.99 each buy 5 get 5 air miles

7. V8 Fusion Juice 1.36 L $2.99 buy 2 get 5 air miles

8. Chun King Chow Mein Stir-Fry $4.29 buy 2 get 3 air miles

Lawtons flyer February 20-26

There are a few things in the Lawtons flyer this week that I am interested in picking up:

1. Quaker Granola Bars chewy/dips $2.49 each buy any 2 receive 5 air miles

2. Lay's Potato Chips 235g 2/$5.00 buy any 4 receive 6 air miles

3. Crispy delights 2/$5.00 buy any 2 receive 10 air miles

4. Hershey 100 calorie wafer bar $2.99 buy 1 receive 2 air miles

There are other items that I may be interested in but it all depends on the prices charged and unfortunately Lawton's is not advertising the price of these items in their flyer (BIG pet peeve of mine)

1. Reach toothbrushes and Reach dental floss buy 3 for 15 air miles

2. Vive hair products buy any 2 and receive 10 air miles

3. Goody Haircare products buy any 3 receive 10 air miles

4. Garnier Fructis Haircare Products assorted buy any 2 receive 8 air miles

5. L'Oreal Everstrong Everpure Haircare products assorted receive 15 air miles

6. Dove haircare products assorted buy any 2 receive 10 air miles

7. Sunsilk Haircare Products selected types and sizes buy any 2 receive 6 air miles

8. Down Under Fruit Kicks haircare products buy any 2 receive 5 air miles

9. Salon Selectives haircare products buy any 2 receive 5 air miles

10. Nexxus Haircare products assorted buy any 2 receive 15 air miles


Now obviously I'm NOT going to buy ALL the variety of shampoos that they are offering...but I wouldn't mind having a few different kinds. I guess I'll have to figure out which is the best deal when I actually go to the store. (NOTE TO SELF: bring calculator!)

Looks like this week instead of stocking my medication cupboard I'll be stocking my shampoo and conditioner cupboard!

Second trip this week for Air Miles!

Tonight we scored 50 miles at Lawtons which cost us $65.77. Which means each mile this trip cost $1.32...not quite as good as the first Sobey's trip but still a nice bonus. My medication cupboard is now well-stocked.

Here is a breakdown of the miles I received tonight:
$11.99 Advil Liquid Gels 72's x2 = 15 bonus air miles
$11.99 Tylenol = 15 bonus air miles
$1.66 2L Coke products x6 = 10 bonus air miles
$1.79 Hershey Bars x2 = 2 bonus air miles
+ 5 base air miles

I had a peek at Sobey's online flyer for next week. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be many interesting air miles offers.

First Shopping Trip for AirMiles!

I scanned through the Sobeys flyer the other night and jotted down items that gave bonus airmiles AND that were of interest me. So tonight I headed off to Sobeys with the flyer and my list in hand. I felt kind of lost when I walked in because it just wasn't my 'normal' grocery shopping experience. I ended up taking a longer time to pick up the things that I had on my list...and I only bought a couple of things that were not on my list.

So the grand total of air miles earned on this Sobeys trip was 107!!! With a total cost of $127.82 so each air mile tonight actually cost me $1.19. Not so bad when you consider that normally 1 air mile is earned with every $20.

Anyway...not bad for my first air miles shopping trip.

Starting Air Miles Balance...

Currently I have 2366 airmiles collected. So that is almost enough for a return trip to the sunny south. By the end of February 2011 I would like to have about 7500. Would that be possible I wonder? I've just noticed that according to my Airmiles card I've been a collector since 2003/07. So in almost 7 years I have not collected enough for ONE trip and now I want to collect enough for a little over TWO trips in one year. Seems a little out of reach but with the numbers that I calculated while looking through the Sobeys and Lawton's flyers...it seems somewhat attainable.

I Love Vacations!

...but unfortunately I don't get to enjoy as many vacations as I would like.

Today I decided that I would try to change that and hence the reason I started this blog. I have been an Aeroplan member since about 1999 and I have reaped many vacations thanks to this program. The problem I have with Aeroplan is the annual hefty fee of $120 that I pay for my Visa Aerogold. I HATE fees of any sort. So when I think that I have paid $1320 to Visa Aerogold for those 'free' vacations...well it doesn't make me happy. I've been thinking about canceling this card because of the fee for several years and now that I am no longer collecting Aeroplan points on my mortgage I think that August will be the end of my Aerogold card.

So...what is my plan? Well I'm going to see how much mileage I can get through my Air Miles card. My husband and I have had an Air Miles AMEX card (with NO fee) and the regular Air Miles card for quite some time but we have never quite compiled enough miles to take a trip anywhere. BUT...tonight when I decided to have a look at some Air Miles sponsors and the offers they have the numbers in my head started to multiply, pretty quickly I might add, so I thought it would be interesting to try and take advantage of some of these offers and see how long it takes for us to finally build up our Air Miles so we can enjoy a trip somewhere warm and cozy.

Stay tuned hopefully this will be a rewarding experience!