Redeem HBC points for Air Miles

Posted by Fay on Nov 26, 2011 in Shopping | 0 comments

When it comes to Air Miles collecting, I thought I knew most of the tricks.  But it’s still possible to learn something new every day! On Thursday night, Coupons from Canada announced a bonus Air Miles coupon for HBC card holders.  I read the post and discovered that you can redeem your HBC rewards (earned at The Bay, Home Outfitters, or Zellers) for Air Miles!   There are two choices:

1. A weekly automatic redemption OR

2. A one-time redemption.  With this option, you need to redeem a minimum of 40,000 HBC Rewards points.

For either option, the conversion is 2000 HBC Rewards points for 1 Air Miles reward mile.

Here is the earning structure of HBC rewards points:

• 50 points for every $1 spent at any HBC store
• 50 points for every $1 charged on your HBC MasterCard
• 100 points for every $1 charged on your HBC MasterCard or HBC Credit Card

I don’t shop too frequently at the HBC family of stores, so I haven’t accumulated a lot of HBC rewards points.  The automatic redemption option works well for someone like me, because I can concentrate on building up my Air Miles while optimizing the small amount of rewards points earned through another loyalty program.