Buy $20 minimum of fuel and then any in-store purchase of over $5 gives 5X Airmiles on the in-store purchase.  A purchase over $10 gives 10X Airmiles.  I purchase weekly lottery tickets anyway so these purchases can easily offer me bonus Airmiles.

Safeway offers bonus airmiles with $100 in purchases.  I purchase my postage stamps at Safeway for this bonus.  I need them for my business anyway as well as Christmas cards.  Postal stamps can be used as a top up if you are short on your grocery purchases.  Purchasing stamps is an easy way to receive bonus Airmiles.

I couldn't currently find the Shell airmiles coupon but when I do find it (or they release another) I'll post it asap.   If you have this coupon email it to me and I'll post  it.   The Safeway spend $100 get 100 airmiles is released every so often... just keep on checking this site for when I post it!

Metro Coupon Book
If you live in the East and are looking for some great Airmiles Deals look no further than the Metro Coupon book! You can get up to 500 airmiles and it's valid until December 31st, 2009. Download the coupon book here. (I will be doing a review of the coupons this week)

Olivieri Fresh Filled Pasta ($4.59) - Buy 4 get 60 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.31.

Buy ITunes Multipack ($30) - Buy 1 get 40 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.75.

SpongeTowels Ultras ($6.99) - Buy 2 get 50 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.28.

Method Cleaners ($3.99) - Buy 3 get 25 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.48

Also, please don't forget to give to those in need at this time of year. The Christmas Toy House and your local Food bank are always in need around the holidays!

That's all for this week. Stay tuned for more airmiles tips, tricks and what's coming in the new year at BestAirmileDeals.com.

Season's Greetings

Print the coupon off here (PDF)

The coupon is valid from December 8 to 20, 2009 at all Jean Coutu stores.

What Kind of Gift Cards Can I buy?
You can get a gift card for almost everything and anything. From fashion and entertainment to food and automotive.

How do I calculate what the best deal is?
Find the number of airmiles and the value of the gift card. Divide the number of airmiles by the dollar value (ie: 125 / 20 = X). The best value I've found is 7.3 as this ratio. The lower the better and typically you don't want to go higher than 10 (over even 9) as that would be a bad redemption value. I've listed the best gift cards to airmiles deals below.
Fashion:Roots $20 = 125 airmiles
Health, Food & Beverage: Metro (Ontario) or Sobeys (Atlantic) $20 = 140 airmiles
Gas: Shell $20 = 175 airmiles
Sports & Entertainment: Night Out Movie Package (approx value $30+ ) = 175 airmiles
Home, Reading & Renovations: Rona $20 = 150 airmiles

Also, remember that sometimes if you spend more airmiles you'll get a better deal. ie: Buying a $50 gift card will cost less than a $25 (not significantly but occasionally by 5 airmiles).

How Do I redeem my airmiles for gift cards?
I get this question quite often and it's actually very simple. You can either call airmiles directly at 1-888-AIRMILES. When you do call be sure to have a speaker phone as it takes quite a while to get through, especially during the holidays. The other option is to login into your airmiles.ca account, click rewareds, giftcards & subscriptions and then select the gift card / category that you'd like.

Finally, even though you're trying to maximize your airmiles you still want to get a present that they'll like. If they would rather shop at Gap then Roots than buy the Gap card and visa-versa.

Extreme Airmiles Alert - (If you know of more Extreme airmiles please let me know and I'll add them to the list for everyone to use)

• Madison Safeway - Winnipeg
• 32 Ave NE Safeway - Calgary

Olivieri Fresh Filled Pasta ($4.59) - Buy 4 get 60 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.30.

Bick's Dill Pickles ($2.50) - Buy 5 get 40 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.31.

Colgate Toothpaste. ($1.99) - Buy 5 get 40 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.25.

McCain Crescendo Pizza ($6.49) - Buy 2 get 25 airmiles, airmiles-to-dollar ratio $0.52.

Also, don't forget to check your email for some other great coupons including a spend $100 get 100 air miles deal. More to come on the site this week including the full flight schedule on how many airmiles to fly to anywhere in the world.

To redeem your airmiles you can visit the airmiles site at airmiles.ca or call them at 1-888-AIRMILE.

Remember, that you can also use your airmiles for gift cards which are a great present because then they can buy whatever they want. And in lots of cases you can get a better deal when you buy a gift card vs. buying the item using your airmiles.

1) Every Swipe Counts - ie: always use your airmiles card.

2) Visit the airmiles tower - Safeway has a tower that shows you all the airmiles specials going on that week. I prefer to follow the weeks best airmiles deals to get the best deals. :p

3) Customer Appreciation Day - Get 10% off or 10X the base airmiles on the first tuesday of each month.

4) Get an airmiles credit card. We recommend the American Express Platinum Credit Card

5) Sign Up for Email Direct - Get 100 airmiles FREE!

6) Look for blue - Safeway has a blue sign whenever bonus airmiles are possible on products

7) Use the Safeway Pharmacy - Get 7x the airmiles when shopping at the pharmacy

8 ) Collect Together - Airmiles cards for additional family members is free, might as well get some extras!

9) Bonus Offers - Watch for bonus offers, especially on my site best air miles deals!

10) Liquor Purchases - You can collect airmiles at Safeway liquor stores (where applicable).