PC Points / Petro-Points Redemption Examples
The name in brackets beside the reward is the program that it must be redeemed in. You can exchange points between all of these programs as follows:
PC Points <-> Petro Points <-> Sears Club
<TABLE bordercolor=black border=1><TBODY><TR><TD> Reward
<TD>oints <TD>Dollar Value <TD>ercentage</TD><TR><TD>Cash at Loblaws, Superstore, Independent, etc. (PC Points) <TD>20000 <TD>$20 <TD>1</TD><TR><TD>Roots Gift Certificate (PC Points) <TD>50000 <TD>$50 <TD>1</TD><TR><TD>Chapters Gift Certificate(PC Points) <TD>20000 <TD>$20 <TD>1</TD><TR><TD>etro Points Autoclub (Petro Points) <TD>40000 <TD>$79.95 <TD>2</TD><TR><TD>Long Distance (Petro Points) <TD>6600 <TD>$10 <TD>1.6</TD><TR><TD>Discount for package or cruise holidays with Sears (Petro Points) <TD>95000 <TD>$125 <TD>1.3</TD><TR><TD>Discount for air travel with Sears (Petro Points) <TD>80000 <TD>$100 <TD>1.25</TD><TR><TD>Sears Gift Certificate (Sears Club) <TD>300000 <TD>$600 <TD>2</TD><TR><TD>Sears Gift Certificate (Sears Club) <TD>200000 <TD>$250 <TD>1.25</TD><TR><TD>5$ gas at Petro-Canada (Petro Points) <TD>10000 <TD>$5 <TD>0.5</TD><TR><TD>20$ gas at Petro-Canada (Petro Points) <TD>35000 <TD>$20 <TD>0.57</TD><TR><TD>A night's stay at Ramada (Petro Points) <TD>55000 <TD>~$110 <TD>2</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
in a couple of words:
1. accumulate PC Points with PC Mastercard on everyday purchases
2. get Petro-Points member card
3. get Sears credit card
4. link Sears card to Petro-Points membership
5. use Sears card to buy gas at Petro-Canada. You'll get 4% from Sears card and 2% from Petro-Points membership
6. When you have enough PC points transfer them to Petro-Points (1 = 1)
7. then transfer combined Petro-Points to Sears Club points (20 = 1)
8. redeem 15,000 Sears Club points for $600 of Sears Gift Certificates
For people frustrated by Sears points expiring .. just convert them to PetroCanada points before they expire (no points expiry in PetroPoints)
example:
spend on gas $2,000 and get 2000 Sears Club Points plus 20,000 Petro-Points.
spend $24,000 on everyday stuff and bills with PC MasterCard and get 240,000 PC Points
tranfser 240,000 PC Points into 240,000 Petro-Points
transfer 260,000 Petro-Points into 13,000 Sears Club Points
redeem $600 in certificates.
Total spend $26,000 for $600 in reward value. What in Canada can beat this program? |