Here’s an update on the Beauty Enthusiast Points. You’ll earn $5 (5,000 Balance Reward Points) when you spend $50 on participating Beauty & Personal Care products. Check out my previous post for more on inclusions HERE. Here are a couple of situations to help you plan your transactions.
1. If you pay with a manufacturer coupon (MQ), the price of the product (including MQ) will count towards Beauty. If you use a Walgreens coupon (Wags Q), the amount after the Wags Q will count towards your Beauty points.
e.g. You buy Beauty Item priced at $5. You use $1 Wags Q and a $1.50 MQ, then $4 will count towards Beauty.
2. If you pay with Register Rewards (RR), the price of the product (including payment covered by RR), will count towards Beauty.
e.g. You buy Beauty Item priced at $5 and a candy filler, You use $1 MQ, and $4 RR, then $5 will count toward Beauty.
3. If you pay with Points, the price of the product, minus the points you used to pay for it, will count towards Beauty.
e.g. You buy a Beauty Item priced at $5, you use 50¢ MQ and a $1 Wags Q, you pay with $1 in points, then $3 will count towards Beauty
4. If you have a combo purchase, whatever points you used to pay will count towards the NON-Beauty purchase first, then the remaining points (if the non-beauty purchase is less than the value of the points redemption), will be deducted from the Beauty. It doesn’t matter which items you scan first (Beauty or non-Beauty).
e.g. #1 You buy Beauty Item priced at $5 and non-Beauty Item priced at $1.50. You use $2 (2,000 Balance Reward Points) to pay, then $4.50 will count towards beauty.
e.g. #2 You buy Beauty Item priced at $5 and non-Beauty Item priced at $5, You use $5 (5,000 Balance Reward Points) to pay, then $5 will count towards Beauty.
5. If you use a Walgreens Merchandise Return Card to pay, the amount of the Beauty will be reduced by the credit you used to pay.
e.g. You buy Colgate Toothpaste priced at $3.50, You use MQ for $1, you use $2 (2,000 Balance Reward Points), and use a merchandise return card to pay remaining balance of 50¢, only $1 will count towards Beauty.
Keep in mind that for the Merchandise return card use, the amount counting towards Beauty will vary slightly if the item you are buying is a taxable item, so this situation will vary by pennies from state to state since the merchandise return can be used to cover taxes!
6. If you are about to earn points and you pay with points, your $5 (5,000 Beauty Points) points will be awarded, so long as you meet your dollar amount points needed to earn the $5 AFTER deducting the points you use to pay.
e.g.#1 Say you have $49 towards your $50 Beauty total. You buy Beauty item priced at $3. You use $1 MQ and pay with $2 (2,000 Balance Reward Points), then the value of the Beauty purchase for this transaction is $1, and you will earn your $5 in Beauty Points in this transaction since you were $1 away from reaching $50
e.g.#2 Say you have $49 towards your $50 Beauty total. You buy Beauty item priced at $1. You pay with $1 (1,000 Balance Reward Points), then the value of the Beauty purchase for this transaction is $0, and you will NOT earn $5 in Beauty Points in this transaction.
These are some of the situations I encountered, if you have a transaction example not covered here, please be sure to share 🙂 .
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