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No, Save-On points are the worst of the worst.

Optimum, hands down, is the best value as far as rewards points go. Very little effort involved. Combine the 20X points events at Shoppers Drug Mart with the "Spend Your Points" events, it's insane how much value you get back per dollar spent.

I used to go nuts over Save-On More Points (decades of collecting), until I did the math. Right now, I have maybe $350.00 worth of travel dollars. Don't ask how many decades that took me. In one year of Optimum points, I average $1000.00. That's straight $1000.00 worth of points. Use that with the spend your points events at Shoppers and it's incroyable.

Now that Shoppers has game consoles, games, electronics, etc. it's really worth it. Example, the 20X points event is like 30% off. Where else can you get a Nintendo Switch game or a Playstation Game for 30% off? It's in points, but when you purchase a game using those same points during the Spend Your Points events, you get even more value. The usual spend your points is, buy $300.00 worth of merchandise for $200.00 worth of points = $100.00 savings. I also earn a lot of points at No Frills and Superstore. Plus, I get points using my PC World Elite Mastercard.

Any of you guys apply for the PC Money card and account? I thought it was a good move, but it's such a freaking cumbersome and awkward system. I went back to using Simplii. I can't pay my AMEX card with the PC Money account. It says it's an American company. FFS, it's an American Express Canada issued card. I have no issues paying with the Simplii account. I can't pdf my transactions. Just some of the weird glitches with the way they do stuff. I call them and they give the excuse of it being a young company. Right. Don't fucking roll out something if you can't get the simplest things worked out. It seems the whole system was designed by high school drop outs /rant.