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Hmmm... apparently I did very well shopping through Instacart not too long ago... - PeterB - 07-15-2020
... looks like they'll be paying ME, if I need to buy gas!:
... these are the rewards I'm seeing through my grocery store rewards card. There was a 40x bonus point coupon that I asked my shopper to use on her last trip, apparently that was a very good coupon!
Re: Hmmm... apparently I did very well shopping through Instacart not too long ago... - space-time - 07-16-2020
... looks like they'll be paying ME, if I need to buy gas!:
That was in May when oil prices were negative.
Re: Hmmm... apparently I did very well shopping through Instacart not too long ago... - PeterB - 07-16-2020
space-time wrote:
... looks like they'll be paying ME, if I need to buy gas!:
That was in May when oil prices were negative.
I was joking of course, but notice that what I would be getting off is per gallon. The rewards card maxes me out at buying 20 gallons at a time, but I find that usually lasts me 3-4 months ... under normal circumstances. Right now, I can't see much point in buying gas at all, so I'll probably just use it towards my next grocery order.
Re: Hmmm... apparently I did very well shopping through Instacart not too long ago... - space-time - 07-16-2020
and I was joking as well.
Re: Hmmm... apparently I did very well shopping through Instacart not too long ago... - JoeH - 07-16-2020
Do their points expire after a time?
Reward points where I shop for groceries normally expire after a month, that has been extended for a while under the store's response to the pandemic. Most gas discount rewards from stores in this area do have a maximum that can be used for a single purchase
Re: Hmmm... apparently I did very well shopping through Instacart not too long ago... - PeterB - 07-17-2020
JoeH wrote:
Do their points expire after a time?
Reward points where I shop for groceries normally expire after a month, that has been extended for a while under the store's response to the pandemic. Most gas discount rewards from stores in this area do have a maximum that can be used for a single purchase
They do have an expiration date, but it's not for several months yet ... you can see from the snapshot above that a very small portion of what I have now will expire on 10/31. NOT worried about that at all! (And yes, you can only use the points for gas in a single purchase, meaning that if the gas costs $1.99 a gallon and I use a portion of my points to bring it down to $0/gallon, I have to buy that gas all at once -- which is why I usually buy the maximum I can in one purchase, which is 20 gallons... but that would still leave me with another $3.26 off per gallon to use in future purchases.)