Uncle Doug Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 About a year ago, I signed up for the Punto de Oro card at the Boquete Romero. Now, I've accumulated over 20,000 points. With my limited grasp of Spanish so far, I understand that it's now the program time period to redeem the points. But how exactly does one do that? Am I supposed to grab an item from the display shelf at the front of the store and take it to the cashier? Or is that "display only"? I've tried to decipher the Punto de Oro website, and I think it says that I can apply the points to my current purchase of groceries at the time. But I'm not sure. If it's easier to trade points for a couple bottles of Holiday booze, I wouldn't complain all that much. But the catalog of "prizes" looks like a better bargain. How do you guys redeem your points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyS Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I have paid for my groceries with my points. Just tell the clerk at checkout that you want to pay with your points. I have never used points to buy the appliances, etc that are displayed, so I don't know how that works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Use your points now! I had 17,000+ points and they expired because I left for 6 months... wish I would have known :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Doug Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 I definitely will. The Missus already made that perfectly clear to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querencia Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Maybe just me but today I was told my Novey points expire this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger B Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 On 12/7/2016 at 9:43 PM, JudyS said: I have paid for my groceries with my points. Just tell the clerk at checkout that you want to pay with your points. I have never used points to buy the appliances, etc that are displayed, so I don't know how that works. Judy & Uncle Doug: It is easy to redeem your points. You should go to the place inside El Rey. There you should spot the appliance you are interested and check if they are covered by the points you have accumulated. The appliances have in their boxes some stickers that shows the amount of points needed to get them. If everything is ok. You ask for to redeem your points for that appliance. You should show your Punto de Oro Card and your cedula. They will do some paperwork and reduce from your account the points used and that's it. You go home with your new appliance. My wife got an electric knife, and blender, a toaster as I can recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger B Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 On 12/8/2016 at 7:23 PM, MJ said: Use your points now! I had 17,000+ points and they expired because I left for 6 months... wish I would have known :-) As I can recall the points you get in Punto de Oro from El Rey, Farmacias Metro, Romero... dont expire. Novey's, Do it Center.... they do expire. I have never used or accumulated enough points with those programs from Novey or Do It Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Points definitely expire at Romero. I recall when I had been saving mine for a long time to get an electric knife, only to be told I didn't have enough points because the majority had expired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Sounds like we should be checking soon then, as we held the belief that the points didn't expire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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