Whew! We made it.
Susan and I dashed off to our local
grocery store yesterday and quickly racked up more than $70 worth of groceries, so we
could get an extra 20 Air Miles before December 31st.
It was a coupon I had
received.
I was glad to hear earlier
this month, the company behind Air Miles had scrapped plans to let accumulated
miles expire at the end of this year.
Loyalty One had warned Air
Miles collectors their first miles would expire December 31st 2016.
There was a huge backlash and a class action lawsuit was filed by an Alberta
man.
A lot of people hurriedly
cashed-in their Air Miles after hearing that Loyalty One planned to let them
expire. Now that Loyalty One has changed its mind, those people must be even
more ticked!
I can remember years ago,
going into my boss’s office to ask for a raise. I asked if I could have more
money. He said no. I asked if I could have more vacation time. He said no. I
asked if I could have a parking space in the garage. He said no. I asked if I
could have a radio station coat. He said he’d see what he could do. I got the
coat.
Stand back! When my claws
come out, I am one scary tough negotiator, right?
In 2000, after being told by
the same boss that budgets were frozen, I left his office with a pile of Air
Miles points. As a result, I’m sentimentally attached to Air Miles.
I believe we got a flight for
one person to western Canada out of those Air Miles.
Here we are, on the verge of
2017, still doing that Air Miles thing, hoping to reach some ever-elusive goal.
You got it Puck, what fools we
mortals be…
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