Has it really been a year?

I decided to check on the blog today and I am shocked to see it is now over a year since I last posted. There are many reasons for that:

1. Frustration

I used to enjoy grocery and pharmacy shopping (ie. Sobeys and Lawtons) but with the airmile collection obsession I developed, that all quickly changed. I found more-frequent-than-not errors where the bonus points advertised and the bonus miles credited were not jiving. With each error I had to make a trip to customer service to have it corrected. Not fun times

2. Diminishing bonus offers

When I first started recognizing how fast you could accumulate bonus airmiles, I was collecting on average about 500-600 airmiles a month. Over the last two months I have averaged about 250 a month. Why has airmiles decreased their bonus mile offerings and increased the number of miles it takes to obtain a 'free' trip?

3. My lack of stick-to-it-tive-ness.

I tend to get bored very easily. Hence the reason for this three point sermon. I do hope to begin blogging at least bi-weekly now. Not sure that my posts will all be about airmiles though.

BTW...airmiles toolbar (which is another point of frustration) now shows 8322.