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@mrvietnam Free Aquahydrate for you, Mr. V. Senior Day they’ll be 2/$3 - 2 $1/1 Sr Q’s - $1/2 mq printing from the RA coupon machine.

@cows123 said in Amex Plenti to lose several partners in 2018:

@my4mainecoons What gift cards can you buy at Rite Aid with Plenti points? I always understood that you can’t use Plenti points to buy gift cards. Or is it only certain gift cards?

I’ve not bought Visa or MC but you can buy any gift card using PP. I usually buy the gc that are giving PP back that week. This week I’ll probably get Petco. In past 6 mo I’ve bought various ones. Need to be an experienced coupon user and comfortable telling cashier in what order to do things.

@niniss said in Rite Aid 12/3 - 12/9 (Free Bengay & J & J a/ man/RA Qs/PP; 20% off Rite Aid gift cards: 1,000 PP wyb a $50 Rite Aid gift card - Limit 2):

Mr.V – do u know if RA gc can buy 3rd party gc? Thanks!

not any longer. Used to be able to do it.
What I’m going to try is to buy RA gc with RA gc.

@bbsearchlight most folks buying these are buying for the spend not for the cards themselves. If I were to buy these (which I can’t w/o traveling since offer not valid in my state) I would almost immediately spend them either paying utility bill or buying a prepaid which I can use.

If you have a 5% back cc then buy $400 worth, earn $20 on credit card. Then use the $400 in Amex to buy e.g. gas gift cards (B&M), pay a utility bill, etc. Effectively a 5% discount on gas or on your utility.

@mistercheap I’ve done it in the past few weeks and expect to do it this coming week.

@c3 not legally but a fair number of folks do it.

@mrvietnam said in Amex Plenti to lose several partners in 2018:

Luckily I am using a lot of the Plenti points I have. At my peak I had about $600 in points on each of my Plenti cards. Now I cut that in half to about $300 points on one card and about $356 on the other card. I always pay with points every time I shop at Rite Aid now. I agree with Maine that Rite Aid won’t be dropping Plenti anytime soon as that is their loyalty system over at Rite Aid and luckily the Rite Aid stores near me are not turning into Walgreens (as far as I know at least).

I can’t believe that you ever paid real money at RA. After initial “start up” of about $25/card I’ve not used real money unless buying Visa or Best Buy gift cards. Otherwise I pay for gift cards with Plenti Pts.

@barrytuneup ask your DM We have 30 stores and will only have 10 when its all done. DM said they will be keeping the ones in the southern part of the state. I’m in northern part of the state. I asked if it will be the ones near Albany and he said yes.

@dilly101 @ruthie I submitted rebate using the number on the magazine (friend’s copy) and my rebate information. Suspect the requirement for subscriber number is to limit the rebate. Can’t imagine that AARP would give P&G access to its data base to link up subscriber number to rebate submission. Staples doesn’t even link Staples Rebates to Staples Rewards.

@lorenw Just informed that its $5/$15 COUPON not a $5/$5. Asked CSR to show me where it says that on website. He can’t find it. I said its false advertising and not sure where to go next, BBB vs. state’s AG. On hold now for Claims & Litigation.

@lorenw on phone w/ Corp. right now.

@mistercheap THANKS!
I’m getting hydralytes, Carmex, Nico and maybe Olay Regenerist today. Slowly cashing out with Nico. Resells for ~$28 on the bay.

@lorenw I received a $5/$15 today as well. That’s not what the program says we’ll get, I think that’s coincidental.

@barrytuneup said in Amex Plenti to lose several partners in 2018:

well, then don’t recommend buying the RA gift card starting Sun. for 1000 PP. $10.00 profit, but who knows how long the PP will be around. Although they would probably give warning to us your points as of a certain date.

I think Rite Aid and Plenti are pretty committed to each other. The bigger issue is if one will still have Rite Aid stores in 2018. Mine are all being taken over by Walgreens so I’m cashing out.

@mrvietnam Bought both Hydralytes & a glucose meter on friend’s card today. Submitted receipt to CO51 (offers have re-set) and received $5 credit within an hour. Now that was easy.

Will get Hydralytes on my cards for S* tomorrow but by doing CO51 today I don’t have to worry about it running out of offers.

The store had 6 bottles of grape, 4 bottles of orange & 2 lemonade and 4 boxes of tablets but only one diabetes meter.

@mrvietnam I made a quick run to one store. About 8 boxes of tabs and 2 of each bottle. You have competition, I don’t. I’m buying diabetes meters on friend’s cards so I’m more concerned about diabetes meter stock than Hydralyte.

@briarycliffs I probably have 40 bottles at home from when it was a MM on Senior Day this past summer. If you hunt for it, its with stomach medicines since its like grown up Pedialyte.

@mrvietnam yeah. Often get home 3-4AM Thursday having started Weds around 9AM.

@mrvietnam Thanks for letting me know that CO51 is oos. I’m at work and would be racing to finish work, get home and scan receipt before midnight. Now I won’t race.

@mrvietnam Hydralyte liquid is bigger MM on Friday.

@lorenw Chatted online. CSR couldn’t explain why no emailed Rewards, gave me one but told me to call Rewards help. Called & chatted. They didn’t know why rewards weren’t posting. Escalating. You might want to call. I’ve had 2 Pending Rewards disappear into cyberspace w/o the Reward being issued. Expect another will disappear this week too.