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Just days after the notice of Aeroplan and Rexall calling it quits we learn that Air Miles is the new loyalty program of choice for drug store chain in Ontario and the Western Provinces. That's two major retailers in the span of a few months that have jumped ship from Aeroplan to Air Miles. For those of you who read this blog, you'll know my local shopping area once had three merchants participating in Aeroplan and quickly that has changed to only one and two for Air Miles. For Aeroplan frequent shoppers this isn't good news but then again Aeroplan, although a full fledged coalition program, is still a major frequent flyer program and credit card miles issuer which means for them this isn't that big of loss. For Air Miles, which is pretty much only a frequent shopper program the gain is good but one has to wonder, what incentives Air Miles is giving to gain these merchants as we know they have been feeling the pinch from Aeroplan and from many of the other credit card and propietary loyalty programs. You can find out more about the Rexall and Air Miles partnership here.
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people never talk about the mathematical problem with Air Miles. When you shop at a store like Staples where you get 1 Air Mile for $40 of purchase. So if you spend $79, you only get one mile.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely ludicrous. They should really make their points like virtually every other points scheme; 1 point per $. Otherwise you are seriously getting ripped off.