Do I earn PC points on Shoppers' Gift card or Prescription? [ON]

lostlsend wrote: ↑ I applied for a new PC world Elite MC recently and I spend quite a lot [25k/year] on prescriptions every year. Currently, I am using Tangerine MC to get 2% cash back on my prescriptions bought from shoppers. It's pretty sweet. Recently I noticed that PC world Elite gives 45 pt for every *eligible* $1 spent at Shoppers. That's 4.5% in pts. the question is if buying prescriptions or Shoppers' gift cards is considered an eligible purchase.

Has anyone tried that before? or are there any other credit cards that give more cash back? Please comment.

ml88888888 wrote: ↑ No 4.5%. Only 3%.
You can get Scotia or CIBC Inf. Visa for 4% on grocery category or MBNA RWE MC for 5x on grocery.

dimon222 wrote: ↑ Shoppers doesn't count as grocery, it's a drugmart category.

lostlsend wrote: ↑ I applied for a new PC world Elite MC recently and I spend quite a lot [25k/year] on prescriptions every year. Currently, I am using Tangerine MC to get 2% cash back on my prescriptions bought from shoppers. It's pretty sweet. Recently I noticed that PC world Elite gives 45 pt for every *eligible* $1 spent at Shoppers. That's 4.5% in pts. the question is if buying prescriptions or Shoppers' gift cards is considered an eligible purchase.

Has anyone tried that before? or are there any other credit cards that give more cash back? Please comment.

hubbabubba73 wrote: ↑ Most internal rewards systems wont give you elevated points unless its for a specific promotion. Usually prescriptions and giftcards are specifically mentioned as exempt.

If there a reason you have to get your prescriptions filled at a Shoppers? When we shopped around, we found them to be at the extreme high end of pricing. We dont have 25K, more like 5k, but we get all of ours at FreshCo Pharmacy, pay with a Cobalt and get 5% back minimum.

ml88888888 wrote: ↑ Simple Solution: buy SDM gc from a grocery store first.

lostlsend wrote: ↑ which grocery store carries SDM gift card? I thought about that, but I didn't find any of my local grocery stores has that.