Sep 18 Highlight: Canada.com Travel Site of the Week, 2x Dividend Miles on all US Airways flights and more!

News, Tips & Tricks
Next week is going to see the launch of one of the new travel reward credit cards that I previously hinted at. The launch party is on Monday the 24th and unfortunately I cannot attend but hopefully I'll have the details on the card at the same time so the Canadian's masses can find out about this card that is being highly touted as a big points earner!

I was pleasantly surprised to see Rewards Canada as Canada.com's travel website of the week last week and the author made some interesting notes in particular about my 'News' and 'Articles' section. He correctly states that most of them do end up here on the blog so you might as well just follow the blog. I'll be the first to admit that I have done a terrible job of keeping up on the 'Articles' portion of Rewards Canada. I guess time constraints with all the other features, charts, bonuses etc. on Rewards Canada has kept me from writing proper articles and focusing more on quick posts on the blog. I would like to know if you, my readers, find or could find value in an updated articles section or are you fine with the way things are run with most of the 'article' type stories being simply posted here on the blog. Let me know by commenting below!

Some American Express cardmembers including myself have been receiving targeted offers for referring friends to American Express. One of my readers, Randy received an offer of 15,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for referring friends or family to an AeroplanPlus card while I received an offer of 10,000 Bonus Membership Rewards points for a Gold Rewards Card referral. If anyone is interested in my referral you will actually get 20,000 Membership Rewards points if you spend $500 in the first three months (that sign up bonus is 5,000 more than the regular offering for the card and the highest offering yet for this card). If you are interested please send me an email at info@rewardscanada.ca. If you are looking to be referred or you received an email to refer people feel free to comment in my post on the referral bonuses

Watch for some travel rewards articles to come out soon in Metro Toronto, Halifax Soar and the Ottawa Citizen as I recently completed some interviews for them.

In case you haven't done so yet, be sure to vote for your favourite travel rewards credit cards at Canada's Choice - Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards 2012

Bonus Offers
El Al Matmid (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 20 Bonus Matmid Points when you rent a car outside of Israel via Ofran. More... Book by Sep 30 for rentals until Oct 31, 12

Emirates Skywards
- Earn up to Triple Skywards Miles for stays at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Mar 31, 13

Etihad Guest
- Earn up to Triple Guest Miles on all Etihad flights Worldwide. More... Book by Sep 30 for travel until Oct 1, 12 Targetted Offer - May not work for everyone
- Double Guest Miles for stays of 3+ nights at any participating Millennium & Copthorne Hotels in Europe, North America, Asia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Africa. More... Oct 1 - Nov 30, 12

Gulf Air FalconFlyer (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 6,000 Bonus FalconFlyer miles when you fly twice to GCC/Middle East or once to Europe/Far East. More... Oct 1 - 31, 12
- 500 Bonus FalconFlyer miles when you update your profile online with your mobile number, mailing and email address. More... Until Nov 5, 12

InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club
- Triple Priority Club Points on qualifying rentals of 2 days or more, at participating Avis locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. More... Until Dec 31, 12

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Double Mileage Bank Miles for stays at the East, Beijing. or The Opposite House Beijing. More... Until Feb 28, 13

JetBlue TrueBlue (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double TrueBlue Points on qualifying rentals of 1 day or more at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. More... Until Dec 31, 12
- Earn up to Triple TrueBlue Points on a qualifying rental at participating Budget airport locations in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. More... Until Dec 31, 12

US Airways Dividend Miles
- Double Dividend Miles on all US Airways flights Worldwide when you use a MasterCard card for booking. More... Register and book by Oct 31 for travel until Dec 31, 12
- 1,000 Bonus Dividend Miles for stays at participating Westin Hotels in the U.S. Canada and Caribbean. More... Until Dec 31, 12

Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Velocity Points on qualifying stays at Crown Towers, Crown Metropol Melbourne and Crown Promenade Melbourne. More... Until Oct 31, 12
- Triple Velocity Points when you book and stay at selected Hilton Hotels & Resorts worldwide. More... Until Oct 31, 12
- Double Velocity Points when you stay at participating Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. More... Until Oct 31, 12
- Double Velocity Points on qualifying stays at Mertius properties in Singapore, Malaysia, China and Indonesia. More... Book by Oct 31 for stays until Dec 31, 12
- Double Velocity Points on qualifying stays at various Sir Richard Branson resorts. More... Book by Oct 31, 12