Credit Card Freebies.

I love getting freebies and discounts :) I usually have cards like the Bench Card (for Fix/First Aid/PCX/Bench/Aldo/Fox purchases) which I've already earned/collected P200.00 from, A-Card which have a lot of cool freebies in resto's and discounts, SM Advantage which I've already earned P900.00 (credited to the card and can be used to purchase in SM) from the purchases, Tony Roma's card, etc.

Oh and now there's the battle for the best Credit Card freebies! I used to love BPI's free food, I have the BPI card which just my mom's extension way way back, which I would use whenever she asks me to buy anything for her for groceries and errands. My mom would hoard all of these free goodies depending on what freebies are for the month, like there was a time Tokyo Tokyo was the partner, we'd have endless meals from Tokyo Tokyo, then there was Goldilocks, and Chowking. So Ian and I both decided to get this card as our 'joint' card when we got hitched.


From August 1 to September 30, P1,000, P2,000, P3,000 purchases will get you free food in Jollibee! :) But to clarify that, P10,000 charged slip doesn't mean you can claim 10 P1,000 freebies. It's per charged slip, so a P10,000 slip would just give you the P3,000 food freebie.

For a minimum single transaction of P1,000 Jolly Hotdog Classic/Jolly Hotdog Chili Cheese or Ice Craze.

For a minimum single transaction of P2,000 Yum with Sundae (Rocky Road, Black Forest or Chocolate) or Yum with Regular Jolly Crispy Fries .

For a minimum single transaction of P3,000 Cheesy Bacon Mushroom with Large Jolly Crispy Fries or Double Yum with TLC with Large Jolly Crispy Fries.

Not bad right? And then Citibank came up with it's own freebie for the credit card!

Ian and I have been both using Citibank cards as our 'personal' credit card even before we got married, so we just retained it. And the BPI credit card we actually got kind of sucked because of it's low credit limit, they didn't even match our existing credit limit, so we both decided to keep it as well. We love our Citibank Credit Card because we got the Mercury Drug card, it has rebates in Mercury Drug (who doesn't buy medicine in Mercury?) plus that's how we got a low monthly fee in Fitness First because of their tie-up. We don't really check on the interest rates, etc. on choosing the credit cards since we pay on time, but really more for the freebies what we can get from the bank. I'm not a supporter/believer of the 'points' system in credit cards because I used to have an Equitable card (now BDO) and what I got for using it for x years was a measly P500.00 GC. The points conversion are so low. Instant gratification is way better for consumers, imagine the P500.00 GC that I got before can be easily matched in a matter of months from the food freebies one can get from BPI, I mean one can instantly accumulate receipts and get P500.00 worth of food from Jollibee. (Our BPI card's the one with the points system, I just have to consider this as the 'plus' because the main goal was to claim the free food! :p)

Anyway, as for Citibank's freebie, which I absolutely love, it's free movie passes! (Add to that the 5% rebate on all purchases you make using the card until August 31, 2009)

For a minimum single transaction of P1,500 you get 1 Free Movie Pass worth P130.
For a minimum single transaction of P3,500 you get 2 Free Movie Passes worth P260
Plus Popcorn & Softdrinks for 2.
For a minimum single transaction of P20,000 you get 3 Free Movie Passes worth P390
Plus Popcorn & Softdrinks for 3.

Ayala Malls are included! :) You still have to shell out for this though, since movies in Greenbelt 3 are priced at P180 and P200, upon claiming the free movie passes, you'd have to add money. I think the promo's really nice! The free popcorn in Greenbelt 3 is from Chimara (the one cooked in olive oil!).

What we do now if our purchase reaches P1,000, we use the BPI card, if it's P1,500, the Citibank card :D So we can avail of freebies! So if you're reading this, and you've been using HSBC (which only give freebies upon signing like the free Mango watch for instance), or any other card, it's probably the best time to switch! The promos are open to ANY Citibank/BPI credit cards. So if you like the earn-points-system-thing for gadgets/appliances or the one for miles, both banks have that and would still qualify you to grab the freebies I mentioned.

Chris and Rihanna.

Yes, I'm one of those 70,000 who crawled through traffic last November 16, 2008 in Fort. I happen to have free tickets from the office, and gold tickets mind you which was like what, worth P3k and later on worth P6k! I've been through worse traffic which was during the Beyonce concert in the same area. I learned my lesson not to go near the concert, so I parked in Market Market. It was actually a good move since C5 is just right beside the parking at the back.

I totally enjoyed the concert! I actually prepared for it, hahaha. Weeks before the concert, I loaded my Ipod with their latest albums and tried to memorize the lyrics so I can sing during the concert! :)

Aside from watching it for free, the "seats" or rather the area was perfect, I got a good view. In the Beyonce concert I had to look at the screen the whole time, but this time, I looked mostly on the stage. It's just tiring because it's free seating so the whole time we were standing up, but that's also a plus because you can freely dance or sway during the concert. It's just bad if you're not blessed with height, because tall people can block your view.

Chris Brown and Rihanna are really good performers, that I can attest to. People cheered more for Chris Brown, either they're tired when Rihanna performed or they're more Chris fans than Rihanna. Rihanna even said on stage (which I found really funny) something like, "Are you guys this f***ing quiet?" Hahahaha. Awww, poor Rihanna. I wonder if she'll actually come back to Manila.

I can't wait for another free concert!

Cymalicious!

I'm officially a Cyma mystery diner! :) If you know me well, I love freebies and I enjoy joining and winning contests. I got a call yesterday from Cyma and I've been chosen to be a mystery diner. Hooray! This means, I get to eat for free in Cyma and get the job of evaluating my dining experience. I've always loved eating in Cyma and it really doesn't hurt that I'm given P1,500 Gift Certificate to spend, and I can bring someone along to join me, and sorry even before I won, my cousin Kat already volunteered to go with me haha so she was really first to reserve the slot.

The evaluation's a tad technical, like answering if you got your dessert within 15 minutes, if you got greeted etc etc. It's 3 or 4 pages long! Anyway, I'd gladly help Cyma out if they need to improve anything(although I'm very much satisfied with the food and service).. and hooray for free food!

OPA!

I heart Tony Roma's.

I now love Tony Roma's! Aside from the fact that I love ribs, they gave me a free discount card :) I'm such a sucker for discount cards, I'm definitely the target market for those things without a doubt.

Eden before treated us for her birthday in Tony Roma's because she got a "Buy 1 Take 1 Ribs coupon" in her email, which she forgot on how she became a part of the mailing list. So I asked the staff of Tony Roma's before on how I can be part of if(so I can also get a coupon on my birthday). They said to sign up online. So I signed up online before and after signing up, you get a free coupon immediately, 50% off on your second order of main course! :)

Anyway so I was asking yesterday in the Alabang Town Center branch after eating, on how I can get their real discount card, and they said I have to accumulate P7k worth of receipts for the period of 2 months, which kind of sucked because I don't think I'll be able to do that. But the waiter suddenly told me that she can give it for free without the receipts! So they gave me one right then and there :) It's valid for a year, and the first 16 visits it's 10% discount then all visits after are 20% off. (Okay, I don't know if I got the numbers right)

I wish that the Bistro Group still offers the discount card like before, the Outback-Fridays-Italiannis-Fish&Co 20% off discount card. Only Outback offers the discount card now, and it's just 15% off :) Well that's still a discount right? And I'm happy to have it. I have this theory on how those things work(I'm no marketing guru so what I pose is just a mere theory), the 20% discount has to offset the lower prices with customer loyalty. So if you always get 20% less revenue but the customer keeps on coming back, it should equal to more revenue, right? Possibly, this didn't work out right. Or the 20% is an added value on top of what the prices should be, so instead of making the prices higher, they decided to strip the restaurants of discount cards and remove the 20% discount. I'm not really sure :) I'm just glad I have another discount card! :D

Definitely going back to Tony Roma's more often :)

Free Tea Latte.

Aside from drinking coffee, I love CBTL's Tea Lattes! And they're giving it for free :) Hooray! I actually got 2 already, one the other day and yesterday. You just have to vote on What's Your Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Story and then they email the coupon which you can actually print out a couple of times and get lots and lots of latte's. But one person can only claim one drink, but that's not really a caveat :) Who needs two cups when you can up size it for P10. Tomorrow's the last day for this promo.

Sucker for Promos.

If you know me well, you'd know I'm such a sucker for promos. I won movie tickets, plane ticket to Boracay, GC's, cap, shirt, notebook, name it!

And now, I found someone who's way way luckier than me and this person posts these contests online!

Here's the site: Philippine Freebies, Promos, Contests and MORE! Current Freebies, Promos and Contests available to all Kuripot Filipino citizens

I wish my luck doesn't run out. I actually don't win in the Circuit Mag contests anymore, I think I got banned for winning every month. Hahahaha.

*Extra: I found another one! Contest Junkie Blog

Getting Damn Lucky!

If you've been reading my posts, I joined a contest and I won. Thanks to Ivan Henares! I'm flying Seair baby ;) Boracay here I come!

In SEAIR, all seats are business class :)

I want to win FREE SEAIR Tickets!

Everyone who knows me well know that I'm such a sucker for freebies! I love winning and getting stuff for FREE :) I can't even wait till I get home to join the contest, to win SEAIR Tickets, so I'm now doing this while in the office.

Why do I deserve to win in this contest by Ivan Henares? First of all I don't have a planned Boracay trip yet for 2008, and I try to go every year :) Second, my cousin would be working there soon, and it would be nice to pay her a surprise visit, she might get lonely and homesick when she starts ;) Third reason, I've never flown SEAir! So now maybe is the great time to have me converted. If it is indeed a great experience, might fly SEAir in my next trips.

Well since this is gonna be a random draw, I hope I get picked! :D

Freebies.

I absolutely love freebies. With prices of goods sky rocketing, who wouldn't?

I don't know, but for some reason, I think I might be the target consumer for those who try to package things so there's a freebie, because that always works for me :) Like for some reason, you think that you were able to save money, only to spend more because you end up buying something you really don't need. Haha, but that isn't always the case.

There were instances that I actually got something for free, like I was able to get free fries from KFC because the guy behind the cashier said that my Zinger would take 5 minutes and I was hungry already, so I asked if he can give me free fries. He said yes. Haha, Ian's a witness to that. Hmm maybe it's charm or maybe it's my "hungry-look" that scared the guy because I might eat him instead. I was able to get free donuts from Mr. Donut and Dunkin Donut. I have yet to try Gonuts :) But well, I don't get everything I ask for free, well at least not all the time. Not all my attempts were sucessful, at least I tried, and some were a success. I've tried to get away with parking before, but why would you be charged when you're parked for less than 20 minutes right? So I guess, that one's not really asking something to be free, it's more of asking for what's rightfully not chargeable.

There are also other misleading freebies :p Like last week, I ate in Italianni's with my college barkada for Noelle's birthday (Belated noiebun!), and they actually charged the birthday ice cream (the one that they give when they sing to you happy birthday), it was on the receipt. Well although it makes sense, because they never said that it was for free(before it was though), but it should be part of the whole birthday dining experience right? And with the humonguos amount of taxes that you pay when you dine, that should at least be free :) There's the 10% service charge and the 12% tax, I'm just thankful I have discount card at Bistro Group restos. My brother said they eat in Fish and Co. and the birthday ice cream was free, it's part of the Bistro Group too. Anyway, it makes sense also because what if people pretend that it's their birthday so they get the free ice cream right? That's free dessert, but that would be deception and you'd probably feel bad after for making the waiters sing for you just to get free ice cream. I enjoy getting freebies, but freebies that are guilt-free, and doesn't involve any form of deception :)

Oh man, I wish I could get gas for free :) Hmmm, I'll try next time I bring a car. Hahaha.