What are your goto Aeroplan e shop alternatives to Amazon?
I used to do virtually all of my shopping at amazon, and all through the Aeroplane e-store. Racked up a ton of points, especially this year since I got enough to get a higher Aeroplan tier. Unfortunately, amazon pulled out of the program. The Aeroplane e-store itself may or may not survive, but while it's here, I'm trying to shift my shopping to places where I can get bonus points. Thought I'd list what I've got so far, and would love to hear what other sites people use regularly.
Note that I'm also including places where I get similar bonus points, period, if nothing was available through the e-shop. I have an Amex Platinum so this shows in a couple listings.
Sites I routinely use now
I'm especially interested in recommendations in these categories, as well as any other sites you find are good staples for general searches. The thing I like most about Amazon is you can just go there, search, and be pretty sure of finding something.
Note that I'm also including places where I get similar bonus points, period, if nothing was available through the e-shop. I have an Amex Platinum so this shows in a couple listings.
Sites I routinely use now
- Books: Indigo. I find this basically as good as amazon for books. I haven't bought e-books yet, but I have a Kobo from Indigo, and you can get Aeroplan points if you use the Rakuten store too.
- Household goods: I have an Amex platinum with the new double points deal, this currently gets 6x on food, including groceries. I'm doing Metro online orders with the pandemic, and am shifting more of my general goods purchases there as I'm able. Cleaning supplies, toilet paper, toothpaste, etc. Metro also has a pretty good rewards program. I don't know of a shopping portal that gives points on Metro online orders, but if there is one let me know.
- Supplements/Health: Well.ca is pretty competitive to Amazon, though for Protein powders etc I still have to use Amazon for some.
- Sunscreen/creams, etc: The specific kind of sunscreen I use is on Shoppers Drug Mart and Sephora. Most anything that comes in a tube or jar and you put on yourself, you can get at one of these sites.
I'm especially interested in recommendations in these categories, as well as any other sites you find are good staples for general searches. The thing I like most about Amazon is you can just go there, search, and be pretty sure of finding something.
- Movies, Music: I rent the occasional movie on iTunes, and subscribe to Apple Music. Looks like if you use a computer, you can use the Aeroplan portal before a movie rental to get points. 5x currently. I don't think this works for App purchases on iPhone iPad. But if anyone has used it for those, let me know how, that would be worth a lot of points, as iTunes always seems to have a big multiplier.
- Computers: There's a bunch here, but I haven't tried most of them. Dell and the Source are big ones. Indigo has stuff like fitbits, google home, kobos. Microsoft is on the e-store if you have a subscription or computers. HP for ink. Apple, though not for new products. Note that Apple works with the refurbished store, so you can get great deals if you wait for a multiplier and get a refurbished model.
- General: Amazon has a lot of knickknacks not obviously available elsewhere. Aliexpress seems promising to replace some, but never used it. Not really sure how to replace most of my random purchases in a bonuses way, would love to hear suggestions.
- US Merchants/Hotels: Outside amazon, some stuff you can only get from US sites. For these, I'm going to be checking Rakuten to see if they have relationships, and also start booking hotels there, when the world opens up again.
- Flights: I'm pretty sure Amex Travel gives a bonus MR when you book flights there, so I'm going to try to do my flight bookings there with my Amex Platinum
