thank everyone that post about the brookside deal;
got 12 x $3.29 = $44.66 including taxes
regular points = 585
in store bonus =24000
digtial bonus 48000
total 72,585
then went to nofrils regular grocery shopping totaling $54.20, used 50,000 points and got back 7500. so at the end i am up about 30,000