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Did you see that a person can only cash in 50$ at a time of their air miles NOW. Another con?  
Also Bell said they would keep phone charges as is for 1 year. Then what? Will we be forced to take out a contract.?

Well I am assuming it was for consumer protection since there was a security breech or something like that. This helps protect if your account ever got compromised you don't lose everything.  
https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/Splash?splashId=23900084&changeLocale=en_CA  
I know the $50 limit won't affect me at all. If I want to cash out more at at time I will do it over two days instead. Comment will this affect you at all?  
 
Everyone knows that the takeover of MTS to Bell was going to increase rates. Did you voice your concern to the CRTC when asked to express your concerns? Chances are if you are just on a month to month the rate will go up to whatever they decide. Most contracts are only 2 years now so many will expire after the year of holding the price. If you do read the fine print I am pretty sure with proper notice given they can increase rates.

Not really sure what you are talking about with airmiles. I cut my card up after they tried to screw every one a few months back. Collected for 20 years and could never manage to book a flight that was convenient or anywhere near a good deal. Their customer service is a joke. May as well contract it out to India with all the big banks. Then I wasted all my miles on a stupid hair dryer and curling iron since they said the miles would expire. Then after the backlash they said they wouldn't expire but too late most, including me blew them all on junk. Nice Airmiles, real nice.  
 
As for Bell they said they would honour current pricing for a year then, well of course they will hike the price of plans up. They won't force you to do anything but if you want a new phone and contract you will have to pay the new rates. They are a corporation. Corporations are greedy. They love money.

Last 2 times I was at Safeway (Corral Centre) air miles program was not working. Could not collect bonus miles on items that were on card. I don't know if this was an isolated store problem or related to the security breach.

Since temporarily suspending the in-store AIR MILES® Cash redemption option last week, we have been working diligently with many of our AIR MILES Cash Partners to reintroduce the feature.  
 
We are now pleased to let you know that we will be reinstating the AIR MILES Cash option for in-store purchases starting Wednesday, April 5 at 5:00 a.m. EST.  
 
The in-store Cash redemption policies have changed, specifically:  
 
• There is a new daily redemption limit of $50 (475 Cash Miles) on in-store AIR MILES Cash transactions across all Partners, per Collector Cash Account, per day.  
• AIR MILES Cash Miles can no longer be used to redeem for gift cards, prepaid credit cards or other similar items.  
Here are additional steps you can take to protect your AIR MILES Cash Account:  
 
• Every AIR MILES Cash transaction prompts an email to inform you of the activity and also provides instructions on what to do if you were not the one who used Cash Miles in-store. Make sure your email address always stays current on your Account to ensure you receive this email notification after every Cash redemption. It is an important part of the fraud detection process.  
• You can easily "lock" your AIR MILES Cash Account, preventing all AIR MILES Cash redemptions from occurring, until you decide to "unlock" it. To lock your Cash Account, simply use your PIN on any one of our channels (airmiles.ca, our mobile AIR MILES App or our Customer Care automated phone system), and select the "lock" feature.  
• For added protection to your Account balance on airmiles.ca, you must now log in using your PIN to access your Cash and Dream balances.  
The security and protection of your Collector Account are of utmost importance to us. We ask that you continue to protect the security of your AIR MILES Account by maintaining the confidentiality of your Collector Number and PIN.