Donald - my hero
<font color=blue>Aww yes. The dreaded "mouse hand"
- Joined
- Jun 11, 2006
The Shop the Block website is live with the following details:
Some general tips to help when it comes time to track down wayward miles (because let's be honest there will be several of us who run into Road blocks!)
Grab several copies of the booklet to allow you to staple the correct coupon to the receipts
Timeline for miles to post to account
Company line of when the miles should appear in your accounts are as follows.
*******Based on the information below we can expect to see the bonus miles post around the 6 - 7 week mark which will be February 7th - February 14th, 2020*******
Historical timelines from previous promos:
- Thursday November 14th - Friday December 27th.
- Use 3 coupons to get 300 bonus miles
- Use 5 coupons to get 800 miles
- Use 7 coupons to get 1200 miles
- You must use coupons at DIFFERENT PARTNERS
Some general tips to help when it comes time to track down wayward miles (because let's be honest there will be several of us who run into Road blocks!)
Grab several copies of the booklet to allow you to staple the correct coupon to the receipts
- Keep every receipt connected to the promo --store these until AFTER the bonus miles have posted!!
- Take screen shots of any & all FAQs and fine print attached to both the promo AND each coupon.
- Keep copies of any e-mails from Airmiles & partner stores about the promo.
- There's no need to rush through and complete the promo within a week - more offers will appear on the website throughout the entire promo
Timeline for miles to post to account
Company line of when the miles should appear in your accounts are as follows.
- the final bonus states 120 days after promo is done - which is April 26, 2020
- ******MILES HAVE STARTED POSTING ON FEBRUARY 12TH*********
- Individual coupons are also 120 days - which is April 26, 2020
- Online shopping miles will post using these dates from your TRANSACTION date - 60 days for base and 75 for bonus. Use THIS WEBSITE to find out what those dates are
- Bonus miles from using the online shopping "coupon" is also 120 days - which is April 26, 2020
*******Based on the information below we can expect to see the bonus miles post around the 6 - 7 week mark which will be February 7th - February 14th, 2020*******
Historical timelines from previous promos:
- Mega Miles 2019 ran from March 21st - April 25th with the 120 day mark being August 23rd. Miles starting posting on June 18th (54 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Shop the Block 2018 ran from November 15 - December 27th with the 120 day mark being April 26th. Coupon for shopping online posted Jan 22nd & the final bonus miles started posing on Feb 14th (49 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Online Shopping mess-up ran till September 9th 2018 miles had till Nov 23rd to post. Started posting (terribly I might add!!) Oct 19th but eventually they stated Oct 25th to post (46 days ~ 6 weeks)
- Mega Miles 2018 ran until April 12th with the 120 mark being August 10th: first sightings of miles was May 30th (48 days ~ 6 weeks)
- Shop the Block 2017 ran until Dec 14th: first sighting of miles was Feb 3rd, many of us only got 1/2 and were told to wait til Feb 8th but online chat starting adding them around Feb 6th (51 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Mega Miles in 2017 ran until May 31st the 120 mark for that was Sept 28th : first sighting of miles was July 13th, miles for the online shopping coupon around July 31st with some reporting as long as Aug 21st (43 days ~ 6 weeks)
- Shop the Block 2016 ran until Dec 14th the 120 day mark for that was April 13th BUT the site clearly said they would post by end of Feb. First sighting was Feb 3rd but a LOT of people got only 1/2 and it took till middle of MAY for some to get it straightened out (51 days ~ 7 weeks)
- Mega Miles in 2015 was BRUTAL -- needed to use 5 coupons and bonus only went to the first 60,000 who completed the coupons the rest of us got varying amounts, we got (get this FIVE!)
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