WAGS rewards & couponing tutorial

As we all know, WAGS is a total pita. Their cashiers are also well known for making up couponing/rewards rules as they go along. However, they run some really good sales every week. I thought I'd share how their couponing/rewards deals work, so others can join in on the fun too.

BALANCE REWARDS POINTS

1. You earn 1% balance rewards on all purchases. From time to time, you might get offers for 10x everyday points. You also get 10x everyday points for the entire month of  your birthday.

2. You CAN use points when earning a RR (Register Reward).

3. You CAN use points when a deal requires you to purchase X amount of items.
Eg. buy 2 Bic Razors, earn 3000 points. It's only when you have to purchase a certain NUMBER of items to earn Bonus points, that you can pay with points.

4. You DON'T earn points when a deal requires you to spend a certain amount. Eg. Spend $20 on Schick, earn 5000 points.

5. IVC (Instant value coupons) found in the monthly booklet, will lower the amount needed to earn a reward. These are store coupons, and they don't count towards your total needed to reach your threshold amount.

Eg Spend $25 on Schick, earn 5000 points. If you use a $2 off Schick coupon from the monthly booklet, it will lower your total purchase amount by $2.

or

Earn 5000 bonus points when you spend $25.

You won't earn bonus rewards points if you use points to pay.

5. When you have a bonus points offer like the 5000 WYS $25, you don't have to use it. I know that cashiers normally push for it, because the register displays it on the screen. However, if you don't want to spend too much OOP, just skip the deal and pay with your points. There will always be more bonus points offers.

6. Sometimes balance rewards points will cover part of your tax. I don't know that amount that it cuts off at, but I've noticed that it paid for part of my sales tax on several occasions

REGISTER REWARDS

7.  You won't earn a new RR if you roll it into the same deal.
Eg. You purchase Crest and earn a RR. If you use the RR to pay for another Crest deal, then new RR won't print. So be sure to use your RRs on different deals.

It's always best to save RRs for the Spend X amount deals where you cannot use points to pay.

COUPONS

8. The number of coupons/RRs must match or be less than the number of items you purchase.
If you're purchasing 8 items, you can have no more than 8 coupons. Except in the case of IVCs (these are store coupons and can be stacked with manufacturer coupons. You can use one store q & 1 man q per item).

So if you purchase 8 items, you can use up to 8 IVC + 8 Man Qs.

9. IVCs will deduct from all qualifying purchases. You only need to have it scanned once.
If you purchase 3 Revlon mascara and have a $2 Revlon mascara IVC, the register will automatically deduct $6 once the IVC is scanned.

10. WAGS digital coupons are mainly manufacturer qs and can only be used once. Only the bonus points qs are store qs. Occasionally, you'll be able to clip an IVC to your account too.

I hope this helps anyone who is interested in shopping at WAGS.

Please feel free to ask any questions. I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability.

Happy shopping everyone!