10,000 + 10,000 Free HBC Rewards Points (offer expires 30 Jan 2012)

[ronin1701]

http://enews.hbcrewards.com/a/hBPFci...Ns/askcanada-0


And after you've done that, you'll get an offer for an additional 10,000 points:

[lord wayne]

Thanks op, signed up, but I HBC points don't really mean much IMO. You need 200,000 points to get $20 off on your travel voucher (ouch)

[nyxeus]

Thanks

[ronin1701]

Thanks op, signed up, but I HBC points don't really mean much IMO. You need 200,000 points to get $20 off on your travel voucher (ouch)

Which is precisely why every HBC point you can get your hands on is a good thing And of course you'll continue to earn more HBC points if you continue to respond to their survey requests.

In terms of HBC point redemptions, I find that the best bang for the buck is to get Cineplex movie vouchers. Consider that the cost of a movie is $13 (in Toronto) and it "only" takes 70,000 points to get one Cineplex movie voucher - the redemption ratio is 1.85 x better than getting the travel voucher. Although I do understand that YMMV depending on where you live and the local cost of a movie.

[tannypenny]

doesnt work for me, i know i entered the correct number, but i keep getting "The Hbc Rewards number you've entered is not valid." do i need to register for the site or somthing

[nippleholic]

i signed up a couple of days ago, but no points have been posted to my account yet.

[dq14]

you can convert hbc points to airmiles. I do this because I'll never have enough hbc point to get anything.

from airmiles.ca

Is it possible to redeem my Hbc Rewards points for AIR MILES® reward miles?
Yes, you can automatically convert your HBC Rewards points at the HBC family of stores such as The Bay, Zellers and Home Outfitters or on-line at hbc.com
Hbc Rewards points can be redeemed for AIR MILES reward miles at a rate of 2,000 points to 1 AIR MILES reward mile (A minimum of 40,000 Hbc Rewards points is required to redeem for AIR MILES).

[ronin1701]

doesnt work for me, i know i entered the correct number, but i keep getting "The Hbc Rewards number you've entered is not valid." do i need to register for the site or somthing

When was the lasy time you used your HBCR account? Are you sure it's still active?

Are you able to login to the HBC Rewards website with your HBCR number? That's the easiest way to figure out if it's valid or not.

[the_fm]

nice. easy 20k points, i like! thanks

[ronin1701]

you can convert hbc points to airmiles. I do this because I'll never have enough hbc point to get anything.

from airmiles.ca

Is it possible to redeem my Hbc Rewards points for AIR MILES® reward miles?
Yes, you can automatically convert your HBC Rewards points at the HBC family of stores such as The Bay, Zellers and Home Outfitters or on-line at hbc.com
Hbc Rewards points can be redeemed for AIR MILES reward miles at a rate of 2,000 points to 1 AIR MILES reward mile (A minimum of 40,000 Hbc Rewards points is required to redeem for AIR MILES).

Redeeming HBC Rewards points to get Air Miles is one of the most inefficient things you could do with them. Here's an example.

It's not exactly apples-to-apples, but seeing as how groceries and petrol are both things the average consumer purchases on a regular basis, I think it's close enough:

• It "costs" 175 Air Miles to get a $20 Metro gift card.
  
• Therefore transferring 2,000:1 for HBC:AirMiles means that the notional value of a $20 Metro gift card is 350,000 HBC points.
  
• On the other hand, it costs 230,000 HBC points to get one $25 ESSO gift card, which works out to 184,000 HBC points for $20 worth of ESSO.
• Conclusion: you're losing 47.4% of the value of an HBC point every time you transfer it to Air Miles.

Make sense?

Of course, you may have other priorities that make a compelling case for transferring HBC points to Air Miles, but the above analysis speaks for itself.

[ronin1701]

you can convert hbc points to airmiles. I do this because I'll never have enough hbc point to get anything.

from airmiles.ca

Is it possible to redeem my Hbc Rewards points for AIR MILES® reward miles?
Yes, you can automatically convert your HBC Rewards points at the HBC family of stores such as The Bay, Zellers and Home Outfitters or on-line at hbc.com
Hbc Rewards points can be redeemed for AIR MILES reward miles at a rate of 2,000 points to 1 AIR MILES reward mile (A minimum of 40,000 Hbc Rewards points is required to redeem for AIR MILES).

Oh, I forgot to mention:

In your post you say that you never have enough HBC points to get anything, so you convert them to Air Miles, but you can only transfer a minimum of 40,000 HBC points at a time.

Are you aware that you can get a Cineplex free adult admission voucher for only 70,000 HBC points?

In my opinion, given that a regular Cineplex adult admission (at most Toronto locations anyways) costs $13, then redeeming HBC rewards for movie tickets is probably the best value redemption they offer. Even if you counter that you can get those same vouchers for $8.50(?) from CAA, let's look at the math here:

If $8.50 = 70,000, then $1 = 8,235, or $20 = 164,705 (comparing to my $20 gift card example above).

If $13 = 70,000, then $20 = 107,692!

Sick isn't it? Well, it gets worse:

Redeeming Air Miles to get a $50 HBC Gift Card costs 440 Air Miles.

Did you know that you can get a $50 HBC gift card direct from HBC Rewards by redeeming 400,000 HBC points?

Given that it costs 2,000 HBC points to get one Air Mile, it effectively costs 440 x 2,000 = 880,000 HBC points to get that same gift card from Airmiles.ca if you're using your transferred HBC rewards to do so - a whopping 120% premium!

[ovechkin1]

Redeeming HBC Rewards points to get Air Miles is one of the worst things you could do with them. Here's an example.

It's not exactly apples-to-apples, but seeing as how groceries and petrol are both things the average consumer purchases on a regular basis, I think it's close enough:

• It "costs" 175 Air Miles to get a $20 Metro gift card.
  
• Therefore transferring 2,000:1 for HBC:AirMiles means that the notional value of a $20 Metro gift card is 350,000 HBC points.
  
• On the other hand, it costs 230,000 HBC points to get one $25 ESSO gift card, which works out to 184,000 HBC points for $20 worth of ESSO.
• Conclusion: you're losing 47.4% of the value of an HBC point every time you transfer it to Air Miles.

Make sense?

Of course, you may have other priorities that make a compelling case for transferring HBC points to Air Miles, but the above analysis speaks for itself.

very true, quite an inefficient way to use your rewards.

[sentor]

http://enews.hbcrewards.com/a/hBPFci...Ns/askcanada-0


And after you've done that, you'll get an offer for an additional 10,000 points:

Thanks ronin1701

[cmoibenlepro]

Thanks. Free $1.

[ronin1701]

Thanks. Free $1.

Well, by my calculations, ~$2.42, but point taken