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Aeroplan Launches Partnership with LCBO (Intro Offers)
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Make sure to keep your receipt and check your Aeroplan carefully. I bought some articles with bonus points in store this week and they did not credit properly on my Aeroplan.
Note that LCBO offers points on the purchase value AFTER deducting HST and bottle deposit (13% + $0.20). In the example provided by Ricky “if an Aeroplan member spent $59 on their choice of liquor, they’d earn 14 Aeroplan points, not 15” they would actually earn 13 points, not 14. I can confirm this happened to me in my first purchase. Also, the 2x bonus has not posted.
LCBO has no tax though?
Just bought a $400 gift certificate at Lickbo and that purchase does not qualify for Aeroplan points! So I think I just gifted my 100 Aeroplan points. That is goofy!
LCBO has lots of taxes, but they are all included in the price shown, so that not additional tax is paid at the checkout. Of the price shown, ~60% is taxes (similar to gasoline). The HST is part of this. For some reason, Aeroplan and LCBO have decided to exclude the HST portion of the taxes (13%), but not the other taxes. Since the earning rate is so low (1 point for every $4), I would have thought they could afford to award points on the shelf price, not the shelf price minus 13% (and minus the $0.20 bottle deposit). Also, they are rounding down, so purchases that are $3.99 above the previous point threshold will not earn that last point. Seems very tight-fisted to me.
This works out to 1 Aeroplan point to every $4.52 spent at the LCBO (after deducting the $0.20 bottle deposit). At this low rate of return, I would have hoped Aeroplan could have included the tax portion of the price paid, and provided 1 Aeroplan point for every $4.00 spent, as advertised.
I cannot see a partnership with SAQ in Quebec when they have their own in-house rewards program.
Doesn’t LCBO qualify as Food & Drink? Therefore buying LCBO giftcards isn’t really necessary?
Nope, unfortunately LCBO doesn’t code as Food & Drinks.
It’s not a ton of points, but I’m hoping they can strike up some partnership like this with the BC Liquor Stores.
Get the Scotia Amex Gold and reap 5pts/$ instead.😉
Agreed. This is a great and easy way to keep aeroplan active and boost the expiration down the road.
this is great news! I was hoping LCBO would hook up with Aeroplan after they parted ways with Air Miles. Now I can earn Aeroplan points at Home Hardware, Starbucks, London Hydro, and soon LCBO. The more partners to earn some points the better. Glad LCBO did not create their own rewards program like Rexall did after leaving Air Miles.