I love your deals!

I love it when you email me about the deals you find!
Thanks Denise for the heads up that the Purex TP 15 double rolls is also at Safeway for $5.99 and when you buy 2 you get 50 airmiles! Might as well get some airmiles with your toilet paper!!

Bonus Airmiles

This came in a mailing from airmiles.You may remember my post about  bonus airmiles and Shell a little while back. At that time they offered 100 airmiles(our free movies and popcorn and pop gift certificates are on their way!) if you filled up 4 times with a $30 purchase each time. Now it's 50 airmiles and you need to spend $40 4 times. Last time I found it worth it as it worked out to $18.84(movie coupons)for 100 airmiles. This time it works out to $9.50. According to my calculations if I did what I usually do(fill up at Superstore)I'd get $5.69 in gas bucks for the same $160 spent. On top of that my credit card pays me 5% on my gas purchases so that's another $8. So from my point of view I would save(or make?)more($13.69-$9.50=$4.19) by doing what I always do. Plus, I wouldn't have to make 4 special trips to Shell.

It's always interesting to see how it all works out, according to your circumstances! Maybe it will be beneficial for you?

Bonus Air Miles

I am posting this because IF you get it(not sure how they decide who gets it)you may decide to throw it out without looking at it first. It came in my mailbox and looked like an envelope of junk mail. I opened it and inside was this. Now, before I decided to blog it, you can see I did a little figuring on it. I wondered, how much are airmiles worth anyways? Well, if you use them for the entertainment vouchers, for movie nights out, here's how it tallies up.

Cineplex movie night out for two package 175 airmiles

Actual value? 2 Admissions $9.50x2=$19.00(these are based on the prices at our Cineplex)

One regular popcorn $5.99

Two regular pops $3.49x2=$7.98

Total cost $32.97

$32.97/175=.19/airmile

So, these free 100 airmiles are worth $18.84

Now, normally we buy our gas at Superstore and get gas bucks. So, if you figure out about 24 litres per fill(to spend the $30)and you do that 4 times then you would have received $4.32(4.5cents/litre). So, now the $18.84-$4.32=$14.52 actual value

Option Two:Let's say you went on cheap Tuesday. This same package would cost $18.98(you get an extra popcorn as it's 50% off)

Option Three:Finally, you could go to Costco and buy the Cineplex Entertainment Package for $24.99

So basically, all told it looks like you would profit about $14.52 to fill up 4 times at Shell. If this looks good to you, I hope you get it in your mail box!