May 8 Update: RocketMiles adds Toronto, Aeroplan flight & hotel bonuses and Miles & More buy mile bonus

We are now half way through the week! Here is what is going on today:

News, Tips & Tricks
RocketMiles.com, the online hotel booking engine that offers up thousands of miles for booking select hotels in select cities has expaned their presence. Originally offering 15 cities in the U.S. they quickly added other cities including Montreal and Vancouver here in Canada. Now you can add Toronto to the mix as the latest RocketMiles update saw them add three more cities: Toronto, Austin and Seattle. The booking site now has 23 cities in total. You can earn 1,000 miles on your first RocketMiles booking if you use my referral link to join RocketMiles.

Gary over at View from the Wing brings us the details of Alaska Airlines increasing the cost of Air France KLM award ticket redemptions made through the Mileage Plan program. The changes come into effect on June 11 and some examples of them are: North America to Europe in Business Class goes from 100,000 Mileage Plan miles to 125,000 and intra Europe awards jump to 50,000 from 45,000.

Don't forget to enter the FFB8 contest!


Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn 50% more Bonus Aeroplan Miles for every roundtrip (or 2 one way segments) when you book and fly everywhere that Air Canada flies in Premium E conomy, Executive Class® or Executive First® and in Premium rouge with Air Canada rouge.  More... Travel booked before May 7, 2013 will not qualify for this offer. May 7 - Sep 2, 13
- Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles  on every qualifying stay at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Alliance Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Resort®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations® hotels, Staybridge Suites® or Candlewood Suites® hotels Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Double Asia Miles on all Sixt rentals in Worldwide. More... Until Sep 21, 13

Gulf Air FalconFlyer
- Triple Falconflyer Miles for stays at the Centro Barsha by Rotana Dubai. More... Until Jun 30, 13
- 1,000 Falconflyer Miles for Budget rentals in the UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Egypt or Kuwait. More... Until May 31, 13

Miles & More
- Triple Miles & More Miles for stays at any of the 16 Hyatt hotels in India. More... Until Jun 30, 13
- Double Miles & More Miles on all Budget rentals in Europe, the Middle East, Africa or the USA/Canada. More...Book by May 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 13
- 20% Bonus Miles & More Miles when you purchase Miles & More miles. More... Until Jun 30, 13

Oman Air Sindbad
- Double Sindbad Miles for stays at all participating Golden Tulip Hotels Worldwide. More... Jul 1 - Aug 31, 13
- 1,000 Sindbad Miles for Budget rentals of 4 or more days United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Oman. More... Until May 31, 13

TAP Portugal Victoria
- Double Victoria Miles on all Accor Hotels stays Worldwide. More... Book by Jun 30 for stays until Aug 31, 13