Comments on: Walgreens Rewards

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:53:57 +0000

Well, as of March 2011 the Walgreens Rewards program is still in place in the Portland OR market. Unfortunately I’ll be doing less shopping there now since most of our Register Rewards offers are GONE (there is 1-2 still there per week usually)! Instead of a RR printing we are given points on the WR card. (Instead of advertising RR offers our weekly ad states “earn 15x points” or “earn 5x points” etc.) According to the WR website it takes 1000 points to earn a $5 gift card. Definitely lessens the amount of savings, and not being able to roll the rewards to minimize oop spending really sucks. I think I may follow the lead of another post I read and just shop Walmart and have them price match the Walgreens ad. I really hope they do away with the WR program, but my local store manager said they’re likely to switch all Walgreens over to this program

By: Walgreen’s Coupon Quirks! | couponer411

Walgreen’s Coupon Quirks! | couponer411 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:18:42 +0000

[...] Apparently they are already doing it in some places as a test. You can read about it here. Categories: coupon quirks, [...]

By: admin

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:34:02 +0000

Marvin call the 800# on the back of the card and ask if it is not clearly posted on the back.

Ann

By: Marvin Voss

Marvin Voss — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:27:42 +0000

I received a gift card for some of my points
and am wondering if there is an expiration
time to spend it at Eddie Bauer. It was for $25.00. Thanks.

By: Shirley Heiserman

Shirley Heiserman — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:07:20 +0000

I have a coupon that says I will get 250 points for going on line. I don’t see any profile tha I am to fill out. Let me know, okay?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 09 May 2010 02:44:57 +0000

You’re Welcome!

I will have to go tomorrow to roll a bunch of expiring RRs, so I will be curious to see how this all works. *fingers crossed*

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:17:08 +0000

Thanks for the info Rachel! If the in-ad coupons will be attached to the card, this will cut out a lot of deals that involve handing over the MC then the Wags coupon for free or MM items.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:42:03 +0000

Thanks, Ann!! Another great find!!

I am in the test market! I live in the Kansas City area, so I just had to call my 24-hour store. Twice. This is the first I have heard of it, which means they aren’t advertising it very well. The people I spoke to said they were told some about it, but would know more once they were able to do the cards for real.

Here are some questions I asked:
Q: Are there quantity limits on deals or sales? (Since the ads say limit one per offer on RRs and have a limit on in-ad coupons.)
A: None that they are aware of right now. The catalinas should still print, and you can do more than one transaction for the in-ad coupons.

Q: Will this card somehow replace the RRs someday?
A: No word on that.

Q: Do the points expire?
A: Yes, but not until three years after they are earned.

Q: Is it limit one card per household or per person?
A: One per person. You get two cards to share, but if under the same roof there are 32 people 13 years old or older, then they can all get one of their own!

Q: Do the points accumulate on the subtotal before coupons are applied?
A: No. They accumulate on the total after all coupons (store and MQs), before tax, and not on cigarettes, liquor, lottery tickets, etc.

More info I was given:
You can sign up online to get the card mailed, but it will take longer to get than just going to the store Sunday. You can use your card at any Wags – even in non-test market stores – to accumulate points.

Starting next month, test market ads will not have the in-ad coupons. You will need to swipe your card to get the discount. You can swipe it at any time during the transaction. (This must be YMMV because online under FAQ it says to scan card first.) They will also have weekly specials to boost your points. For example, buy item XYZ this week and get an extra 100 points.

This *might* get me into their store a little more than I have been lately. Is it possible to be skeptical and optimistic at the same time?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:42:51 +0000

Please let us know how it goes, Meghan!

Ann

By: Meghan Towner

Meghan Towner — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:34:33 +0000

I’m in a test area (I hope–I’m technically in Washington, but I can be in Portland in under 5 minutes!).

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:59:55 +0000

Paula Dean cookware is some of the worst made in China garbage there is. Wow, nice “reward”.

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Wilson Writes » Blog Archive » Store Lists and More (5/6) — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:15:27 +0000

[...] Deals and More is reporting that Walgreen’s will be test-marketing their own version of a Walgreen’s Rewards card. If you live in the test-marketing areas (or even if you don’t), check it [...]

By: Toi

Toi — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:56:31 +0000

Will the register rewards go away?

By: Patty

Patty — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:14:48 +0000

I’m sure the blogging world will not take kindly to this program. it may be fun to watch all the fireworks about it. i’m glad they aren’t testing it here (buffalo)

By: SAHMinCambridge

SAHMinCambridge — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:55:04 +0000

The reward side of it seems…odd.. shopping extensively at wags gets you a movie ticket or spatula? I think they’ll definitely tweak this program.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:11:24 +0000

I hope this does not add limits to deals like what they have at CVS. Even though Walgreens has it’s quirks I love that I can keep going back and back and back if I want. Heck when they had the Kotex deal going I got a couple of years worth of tampons and never paid anything more than tax and on the first few of those I really did not pay tax because of all the money makers they had the week before. Ugh please please please cross your fingers that there will be no limits.

By: Didi

Didi — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:44:27 +0000

Paula Dean… $10,000 POINTS????? You can get Paula Dean at Ollies at like total discount. I have almost casserole dish she has produced!!
Ridiculous!!!! Their business will be doing a “downslide”….

By: kar522

kar522 — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:35:25 +0000

Well…I haven’t been to Walgreens in nearly 2 months…this may just well seal the deal. I miss the EasySaver Rebates terribly.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:56:27 +0000

Hi Sara,

That is the $64,000 question. Will it be severely limited and tied to your card link CVS? Or will it be unlimited like Rite Aid?

Ann

By: DeeDee

DeeDee — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:54:36 +0000

WOW they would seriously have to adjust the points down, no way is that going to make people happy, it would probably take all year to get there! that is if they taking the final total after coupons. so glad i’m not a fan of them!

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:51:16 +0000

I wonder what this means for register rewards.