This promotion, fan-favourite of AIR MILES Collectors in recent years, is back!

The last one was in December 2023, and we weren’t expecting it to return so soon in 2024.

With this Shop the Block event, AIR MILES is offering bonus miles by using offers from different partners from September 20 to October 4, 2024 :

• Get at least 1 mile from 2 partners to earn 100 bonus miles
• Get at least 1 mile from 4 different partners to earn 250 bonus miles
• Get at least 1 mile at 5 or more different partners to earn 775 bonus miles

Earn an additional 50 bonus miles when you make an eligible Shop the Block purchase with your BMO^® AIR MILES^® World Elite Mastercard or BMO AIR MILES^® Mastercard^®* credit card.

First and foremost, don’t forget to sign up for the Shop the Block offer! It’s mandatory to get your miles.

Here are the partners:

• Airmilesshops.ca
• AIR MILES Receipts
• airmilescardlink.ca
• AIR MILES Travel
• In store

As a reminder, here’s what counts as a partner for this promotion:

• 1 or more AIR MILES Receipts = 1 partner
• 2 purchases via Airmilesshops.ca at 2 different stores = 2 partners
• 3 purchases from 3 different partners with cardlinkedoffers = 3 partners

And that’s in addition to the bonus miles earned with offers and BMO credit cards affiliated with the AIR MILES program.

Note that a mile can be accumulated as a base mile or a bonus mile.

There’s a big difference between the 4th and 5th partner (about $55). AIR MILES probably wants to encourage its members to diversify the way they collect miles.

With fewer AIR MILES partners than a few years ago, you might think it’s hard to get that desired 825 miles. However, it’s easy to take advantage of this promotion.

Here’s one strategy, but it will need to be refined at the start of the promotion on September 20:

*** Please note that the above table is an example of how to optimize promotion. You can just as easily replace the $5 purchase at Shell with a full tank of gas (at least 20 litres of Bronze and Silver gas for 1 AM or at least 10 litres of Premium gas for 1 AM).

Another tip is to buy an item listed in AIR MILES Receipts when you buy $30 at Dollarama. This way, you check off 2 partners (AIR MILES Rewards and Card Linked Offers) in 1 single purchase.

Need to buy an eSim card soon? Buy it with Airalo (one of the latest additions) and your Mastercard linked to your AIR MILES account. This will count as a Card Linked Offer.

So, for purchases you would have made anyway and with an eligible BMO AIR MILES card, it’s possible to receive the full 825 AIR MILES miles. That’s a value of $86.

If you earn them as Cash miles, use those miles to:

• Pay $80 for gas at Shell
• Buy an eVoucher for $80:
  • Shop at Walmart, Amazon, Air Canada, Airbnb;
  • To pay for a meal at St-Hubert, The Keg, Boston Pizza, AW, Starbucks;
  • Shopping at Winners, Bath & Body Works, Decathlon, H&M, The Children’s Place, Dollarama, etc.

And don’t forget that the AIR MILES program allows you to transfer miles between your Cash and Dream accounts.

The payment of the promotion of 775 miles will be made on October 31, 2024.

Reminders for those wishing to take part in this event:

• Online registration on the AIR MILES website is mandatory .
• Keep your receipts
• Join the Milesopedia community for tips on AIR MILES
• Check out our AIR MILES Guide