Safeway's Sweet AirMiles Deals

[sniperc151]

I find that Safeway's phone CSR's are very very polite, and well trained.

[poppleton]

I agree!! We usually shop at Superstore (can't beat the prices on most things, except with AMs!), and I'm constantly amazed at how wonderful the Safeway staff is. I like to call them "agressively nice", as whenever I wander around looking for someone, as staff person comes by to ask what I need help with!

I find that Safeway's phone CSR's are very very polite, and well trained.

[poppleton]

That's awesome Bob! Wow, 15k - wouldn't it be great if they just gave cash back?

I'm with you on the valuing of the AMs and everything like that, but you lost me on the part below!!

pop,

Donate the $45.25 worth to charity for the receipt and you'd reduce your taxes from $13.13 to $19.91.

I actually hit Safeway tonight to pick up a bunch of HE - bought 33 bottles, a cucumber and a box of chips (I needed a snack - the chips, not the cucumber!). Total came to about $114, and with the 250 bonus my Safeway is still offering, I earned 1130AMs. I value at $.135, so I ended up making $38 (even without a donation receipt). Plus I found a great cause to donate all the toiletries to, so that makes it even better!!

[operabob]

I'm with you on the valuing of the AMs and everything like that, but you lost me on the part below!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by operabob
pop,

Donate the $45.25 worth to charity for the receipt and you'd reduce your taxes from $13.13 to $19.91.

The charitable tax donation credits work this way.

a. You get a 29% credit on the first $200 you donate.

b. You get 44% on donations over $200

(Note: You can save total receipts for up to 5 years to get most into the 44% bracket)

1. If the $45.25 was part of a donation and you had donated less than $200 that year you'd get a $45.25 x 0.29 = $13.13 tax credit.

2. If the $45.25 was part of a donation and you had donated more than $200 total that year you'd get a $45.25 x 0.44 = $19.91 tax credit.

[poppleton]

Ah, makes perfect sense!!! I'm still looking into the donation receipts. We're happy to give anyway when we can find great deals, but if I can get the receipts I can use that money and "roll it over" and have more in the budget for giving next year. It's win-win!! Thanks for clearing that up!!

I so regret not taking the time to really understand this thread earlier. I blame it on having small children - they make my math brain go to mush. We've now saved so much money through these deals it's not even funny!!

[trinity991]

Bought 78 bottles of powerade yesterday... Received 750AM with the b100g100 coupon... Still trying to figure out if I can write it off as a business expense since I do use/drink the stuff at/for work, If I can it will be free :>

Trying to decide how many bottles of herbal essence I should buy this week, I need more gas coupons..

I didn't see the AMs offer on Powerade- too bad as I'm guessing it was over on the 15th?

I'm going to go stock up on HE! I have some coupons left too

[operabob]

5Xs Coupon in case you missed it:

https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/EarnMi...d=Offer6500362

[mammaonthemove]

BTW: How many of you have downloaded the AirMiles search bar?

Up to 30 free AMs/Month.

360/year = over $40 in gas.

You have to do 300 searches to get to 30AMs but if you know what you're doing you can do this in 10 minutes.

Where does one find this AM search bar?

[operabob]

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

[chicoj]

175 AM=25:00$ Rexall GC ..them get Esso , Rogers , Petro Canada GC o any other GC's

[operabob]

Have they started offering PetroCanada Gift Cards?

[sniperc151]

that would be very nice... change the gas evaluation to 14.3 cents instead of 11.4 cents per airmiles

[Giving-Small]

Has anyone ever used a Rexall Gift Card to buy other Gift cards -- does it always work or ?

175 AM=25:00$ Rexall GC ..them get Esso , Rogers , Petro Canada GC o any other GC's

[operabob]

If it does that could be a way to boost Gas value.

Smart if it works.

[victoriastuff]

It says on the Air miles website that the Rexall G.C. are only valid in Ontario