Bonus pattern

[Aslmac]

I would like to open this discussion to see new perspectives of the pattern for bonus at Everyday Reward.

 

[JohnM]

Welcome, @Alsmac.

Good question.

 

[snabbu]

I too find it strange. Ever since I've used the app I get the same points booster each week which is something I've always bought anyway, I can buy it multiple times a week and I still get the advertised bonus points.
I'm not complaining but I thought these reward schemes were to try and entice you to buy more and/or different products.

 

[maia200]

I seem to get the same points boosters every week as well there is a limit to how many broccoli, potatoes, tomatoes, and carrots I can buy . The other boosters are items that I never buy e.g.pet products. I don't have any pets ; or fish, which I have never bought as I don't eat fish. Really don't know how they work this out.

 

[oz_mark]

I too find it strange. Ever since I've used the app I get the same points booster each week which is something I've always bought anyway, I can buy it multiple times a week and I still get the advertised bonus points.
I'm not complaining but I thought these reward schemes were to try and entice you to buy more and/or different products.

In my case, while the boosters are often on products I buy, they are often not on special the weeks I am boosted.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

One disturbing trend I've noticed for the past year has been the lack of spend bonus offers be it via the EDR app or email. In the past I would receive such wonderful multi-week offers as spend $x each week or 4 weeks and get 10,000 EDR points or spend $30 in week one to get 1000 bonus points, $40 in week 2 to get 2000 bonus points and $50 in week 3 to get 3000 bonus points. To provide further data points here, I noticed this happening after installing and using the EDR app and setting up EveryDay Pay. And I don't think it's a case that I'm a regular Woolies shopper either, as I often prefer Coles over Woolies as they tend to have better prices, carry the products I want and most importantly have the Flybuys bonus points offers.

-RooFlyer88

 

[FlyingFiona]

I can't tell you the last time I had a multi-week offer. I haven't shopped at Woolworths for 2.5 months now and that hasn't prompted any offers either.

 

[maia200]

I agree and I have both the Everyday Pay and the EDR. I've have had no great spend offers the entire year and possibly longer. Having said that my partner who has none of the above and rarely buys at Woolies (prefers our local IGA) receives only two booster products weekly eg apples and potatoes or some such.. and no spend reward offers. So I am really not sure how the bonus spend offers work. I am also receiving really good spend offers with Flybuys. Trouble is I really don't need all those groceries.

 

[SYD]

I use the app and occasionally EP and receive multi spend offers. Just got the 10k one (albeit $115 pw x4). I‘ve received others this year but invariably while I was OS for part or all of the promo . It’s been a while since getting one with weekly points eg spend $X and receive X000 bonus points each week.

 

[drron]

Easy to guess my pattern. Absolutely no spend for points offers for 6 months now.
As for boosters they returned 4 weeks ago and are based on products I buy but never on special. I have noted though some go on special the week after I have them as boosters.

 

[Seat0B]

My boosters are pretty much like everyone else is saying - products I regularly buy like fruit and veg, yoghurt, meat. Never on sale the week I get the boosters. I also have had a few 5x points for deli or books at Big W, both of which are also things I regularly buy. There are a LOT for things I NEVER buy/use like baby things (my youngest grandchild is now 3 years old), pet care (no pets) and online shopping (never use). I also just today got offer for 16,000 for spending $180 for every week for 4 weeks - which is highly unlikely as that is way too high.

I have to say I like EDR as a program to be sure my QFF points never expire, but I don’t find it motivates me to do anything other than buy whatever I was actually planning to buy/need to buy on any particular day. So they are def8 Tiley missing marketing opportunities with me.

 

[Tiki]

I've had woolies car insurance for almost 2 years now which has prompted me to do one big monthly shop of $200 for stock up, then other weeks I usually am working on a Coles Spend x/10k promo. I haven't had any Spend x/10k type offers from Woolies in months. I do get about 10-12 special products, some of which are standard priced pantry goods but never on special the same week. We only have pet birds and that pet store doesn't sell bird products so useless for us. My husband gets maybe 6-8 products on special but we rarely use his account because the insurance 10% is on my account. Once in a while I throw something on his account to keep it alive and try to prompt them to offer specials but they never do.