Today Only: Earn 100% Bonus Aeroplan Miles on select Air Canada bookings within Canada or between Canada and the U.S.

Checking my email just now and I see this offer that has a little over 3 hours left! If you register and book Economy Flex or higher fares by 7:59pm ET tonight you'll earn 100% bonus Aeroplan miles on those flights that are within Canada or between Canada and the U.S.

REGISTER AND BOOK HERE

Here are the T&C's

• You must be an Aeroplan Member. If you are not an Aeroplan Member, you can visit the Aeroplan website (www.aeroplan.com) and enroll today. Membership is free.
• Must register on December 29, 2017. A one-time registration is required and can be completed online on this page.
• The Bonus Aeroplan Miles for eligible flights flown will be awarded for new bookings only made on December 29, 2017, by 19:59 Eastern Time inclusively, for travel on select eligible flights between December 29, 2017, and June 30, 2018.
• In order to qualify as a new booking, the booking must have been created for the first time with a new booking reference number during the eligible booking period of the promotion. Any booking made prior to the start of the promotion that is subsequently changed to include travel dates within the qualifying travel period will not be considered a new booking that is eligible for the promotion.
• Only valid on select eligible scheduled non-stop or direct flights operated by Air Canada (including flights operated under the Air Canada Express^® banner) and Air Canada Rouge^®, for travel between December 29, 2017, and June 30, 2018.
• To qualify for the 100% Bonus Aeroplan Miles, the eligible round trips or two one-way flight segments must be travelled in the eligible fare options (booking classes) as follows: Economy Flex (although Tango and Flex fare options share certain booking classes, only Flex fare option purchases will be eligible for a bonus mile offer; Tango fare option purchases are excluded and are not eligible for a bonus mile offer); Economy Latitude; Premium Economy lowest; Premium Economy flexible; Premium Rouge; Business Class lowest; Business Class flexible.
• For example, for itineraries booked in a Flex fare option, 100% of the bonus mileage will be assessed for every two segments. When booking a Flex fare option and travelling from Toronto (YYZ) to Montreal (YUL), basic mile accumulation amounts to 314 Aeroplan Miles per segment, for a total of 628 Aeroplan Miles per round trip. Based on the 100% Aeroplan Mile promotion, a member would earn an additional 628 Bonus Aeroplan Miles, which is based on the accrual percentage when purchasing a Flex fare. For more information regarding earning Aeroplan Miles, please click here
• 100% Bonus Aeroplan Miles will be applied exclusively towards miles earned based on the distance flown as per the fare mileage accrual rule. The class of service bonus miles and miles earned in conjunction with Altitude Bonus Select Privileges are excluded.
• A minimum of one round trip or two one-way segments are required to earn any Bonus Aeroplan Miles.
• Valid on published fares and Flight Passes that are eligible for Aeroplan Mile accumulation. Offer is not valid when travelling on an Air Canada Unlimited Flight Pass.
• Bonus Aeroplan Miles are not Altitude Qualifying Miles and do not count towards Air Canada Altitude status.
• Bonus Aeroplan Miles will be credited up to three weeks after the qualifying flights are completed.
• Upgraded flight segments (eUpgrades, Last-Minute Paid Upgrades, Star Alliance^® Upgrade Awards, etc.) will be tracked for this promotion based on the eligibility of the original Economy Class fare purchased. 
• Aeroplan Flight Rewards are not eligible for mileage accumulation.
• Bonus Aeroplan Miles cannot be sold and are non-transferable. They have no cash value and cannot be converted to cash or refunded if unused.
• Offer is subject to change at Air Canada’s sole discretion without notice; other conditions and restrictions may apply.

Kaligo: 70% Bonus Miles/Points in the program of your choice on all hotel stays booked by December 31!

A great way to boost your balances for stays at non-chain hotels or even at chains that aren't your regular cup of tea is booking via third party hotel sites like Kaligo. Right now you can get even more miles or points for Kaligo bookings with their Flash Sale that offers a 70% bonus!

Offer details
70% Bonus Miles or points in the program of your choice on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo.  Full details and online booking Book by Dec 31 for stays until Jun 30, 18

Here are all of Kaligo's partners:

December 20 Update: Episode 38 of the Rewards Canada podcast, 100 FREE Aeroplan Miles, Give A Mile Christmas Campaign update

Episode 38 is the last Rewards Canada Round Up Podcast of 2017! You can listen to or download it on Apple iTunes, Google Play, our website and Soundcloud.  This week the Rewards Canada Podcast takes a look back at the industry in 2017 and looks forward to what may happen in 2018. From credit cards to airline to hotel programs and more, we cover it in this episode.

Earn 100 free Aeroplan miles for completing this survey. This is always a good way to keep your Aeroplan account current so you don't lose your miles to inactivity!

Just a reminder to check out our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations as the list is growing on a near daily basis. Click here to find which locations you'll earn 5 to 10x points at!

It's the last few days before Christmas and there's still time to donate to the Give A Mile Christmas Campaign! Here are the stats so far since the campaign launched:

47 flights given
towards our goal of 50 flights given

1,520,477 miles donated
towards our goal of 3,000,000 miles raised

And Special Message from Kevin Crowe, Give a Mile Founder

Be sure to check out the Give A Mile Flight Hero campaign! You can find out more and donate here.



Posts since our last update:

• Aeroplan's Countdown to early Boxing Day deals - earn bonus miles with Costco, Toyota, Uniprix and online retailers
  Aeroplan released details of some early Boxing Day offers to earn even more miles for your online shopping. Right…
• Marriott Rewards MegaBonus - Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Points per stay starting with your 2nd stay (Jan 16 - Apr 15)
  As we mentioned earlier today, we'd be bringing you the details of Marriott's latest systemwide promo that will run for…
• Earn up to 4,000 Honors Bonus Points per stay at Hilton Hotels Worldwide from Jan 1 to Apr 30
  We are quickly learning about all the major hotel promotions for the first part of 2018! We already know…
• American Express confirms removal of the Fairmont President’s Club Platinum membership benefit
  Last Friday American Express Canada sent out an email to holders of The Platinum Card that announced the discontinuation…
• Starwood Preferred Guest - Double Starpoints starting with your 2nd stay in Q1 2018 (plus 500 bonus points on Weekends)
  Starwood has released the details of the next systemwide promotion for SPG members. Registration is now open for the offer…

Travel Deals

Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking siteto book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers
Air Canada / Aeroplan
- 100 FREE Aeroplan Miles when you complete a brief survey. More... Until ?

Other Bonus Offers
Hilton Honors
- Earn 2,000 Bonus Honor Points per stay at Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Earn an additional 10,000 bonus points for every 5 stays completed during the promotional period. More... Jan 1 - Apr 30, 18

Le Club AccorHotels
- 1,000 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for your next stay at any Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 14 for stays until Feb 28, 18

Marriott Rewards
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at participating Marriott Hotels Worldwide starting with your second stay.  More... Register by Mar 31 for stays Jan 16 - Apr 15, 18

Miles & More
- 1,500 Bonus Miles & More Miles for Avis rentals Worldwide. More... Until Jan 31, 18

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Earn Double Starpoints on stays at participating Starwood Hotels Worldwide starting with your second stay. Earn an additional 500 bonus Starpoints for stays that include a weekend night More... Register by Mar 31 for stays Jan 16 - Apr 15, 18

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Aeroplan's Countdown to early Boxing Day deals - earn bonus miles with Costco, Toyota, Uniprix and online retailers

Aeroplan released details of some early Boxing Day offers to earn even more miles for your online shopping. Right now purchases made on Costco.ca will earn 4x Aeroplan Miles or if you choose to shop online via the Aeroplan eStore you can earn up to 7x the miles depending on the retailer. While it may be too late to get something in for Christmas it is nice to get ready for the Boxing Day sales blitz! There are also offers in-store at Uniprix and Toyota - how about a new car under the tree?

Find all the Boxing Day Aeroplan offers here.

Marriott Rewards MegaBonus - Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Points per stay starting with your 2nd stay (Jan 16 - Apr 15)

As we mentioned earlier today, we'd be bringing you the details of Marriott's latest systemwide promo that will run for the first part of 2018. We've seen IHG's, SPG's, Hilton's and now this is the Marriott offering. Members will earn 2,000 bonus Rewards points per stay starting with their second stay. If that 2nd stay or beyond includes a weekend night (Fri/Sat or Thu/Fri in the Middle East) Marriott will add an additional 1,000 bonus points in for a total of 3,000 bonus points per stay. The bonus maxes out at 50,000 points during the promotional period. As we always say, register for this offer now so that you don't forget about it in the future and end up having two Marriott stays and not getting any bonus points!

Offer details
Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at participating Marriott Hotels Worldwide starting with your second stay.  Earn 2,000 points per stay and an additional 1,000 bonus points for stays that include a weekend night (Fri/Sat or Thu/Fri in the Middle East) starting with your second stay. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Register by Mar 31 for stays Jan 16 - Apr 15, 2018

Find many Marriott Rewards bonus points offers here

Earn up to 4,000 Honors Bonus Points per stay at Hilton Hotels Worldwide from Jan 1 to Apr 30

We are quickly learning about all the major hotel promotions for the first part of 2018! We already know what IHG and SPG are offering. Later today we'll post Marriott's new offer but in this post we look Hilton's offer for the first third of 2018. Hilton was on a roll in 2017 by offering double points all year long with additional bonuses on top of the double points and all their promotions covered all hotels globally except for some in China. They continue this momentum into 2018 with this offer that awards up to 4,000 bonus points per stay at all hotels Worldwide except for Hampton by Hilton hotels in mainland China. The bonus awards 2,000 bonus points per stay, no matter what. Complete 5 stays and Hilton will throw in an additional 10,000 points which works out to 4,000 points per stay. Rinse and repeat for stays after that. This is an awesome bonus for those who complete a lot of one night stays at locations that aren't expensive but shouldn't be overlooked for any Hilton stay as any bonuses are always good.

Offer details
Earn 2,000 Bonus Honor Points per stay at Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Earn an additional 10,000 bonus points for every 5 stays completed during the promotional period. Full details, online  registrations and booking (Registration is required) Jan 1- Apr 30, 18

Find many more Honors bonuses here!

American Express confirms removal of the Fairmont President’s Club Platinum membership benefit

Last Friday American Express Canada sent out an email to holders of The Platinum Card that announced the discontinuation of the Fairmont President’s Club Platinum Membership Benefit. This was pretty much expected since we saw the letter for the Visa Infinite Privilege cards a few weeks ago, a comment from one our readers that Amex customer service told them as such and then the email from Accor and Fairmont announcing the integration of President's Club into Le Club AccorHotels.

The Platinum Card already lost the Platinum Status benefit with Le Club AccorHotels some time ago and now of course this benefit is leaving the program. Of course this one is beyond Amex's control but it was one of the most sought after benefits of the card. Hopefully Amex is working on adding some new hotel benefits to the card, not that the remaining ones should be ignored, Gold Elite Status with Starwood Preferred Guest (which gets you Gold Elite Status with Marriott), Gold Elite Status in Club Carlson and Gold Elite Status in Hilton Honors. All great benefits considering other hotel programs like Best Western Rewards will match any of those statuses!

Starwood Preferred Guest - Double Starpoints starting with your 2nd stay in Q1 2018 (plus 500 bonus points on Weekends)

Starwood has released the details of the next systemwide promotion for SPG members. Registration is now open for the offer titled Great Weeks, Grand Weekends which will award Double Starpoints starting with your second stay. You'll also receive 500 bonus Starpoints if that 2nd stay or beyond includes a weekend night  (Friday or Saturday, Thursday or Friday in the Middle East). This offer is somewhat weaker than what SPG has been running lately seeing that it starts with the second stay, although that requirement is typical of SPG's first quarter promotions and once again they have introduced a participating hotel list which means there are hotels that will not be offering the bonus points. Nonetheless you should register for this promotion right away even if you don't have any stays planned to ensure you earn any possible bonus points on future stays.

Offer details
Earn Double Starpoints on stays at participating Starwood Hotels Worldwide starting with your second stay. Earn an additional 500 bonus Starpoints for stays that include a weekend night (Fri/Sat or Thu/Fri in the Middle East) starting with your second stay. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Register by Mar 31 for stays Jan 16 - Apr 15, 2018

Find many SPG bonus Starpoints offers here

December 15 Update: WestJet & American part ways, Up to 3,000 Bonus Points on your next IHG stay, changes to Aeroplan earning on First Air

WestJet Rewards will be losing their first ever airline partner next year. American Airlines and WestJet will part ways at the end of July 2018. The partnership has been around since June of 2012 but with the announcement last week that WestJet and Delta are looking at forming a Joint Venture it is no wonder the partnership with AA will come to an end.

Check out this IHG Rewards Club bonus - it is meant for Miles & More members but you can choose to earn IHG Rewards Club points instead. If you aren't a member you'll earn 3,000 bonus IHG Rewards Club Points (or 1,000 Mile & More miles if you choose) on your next stay. If you are already a member you just need to register for the offer and you can score 1,500 bonus IHG Rewards Club points (or 500 Miles & More miles) Find out more here

CORRECTION - Thanks to Nunavut Wolf for pointing out that earning is going up not down!

Aeroplan earn rates for flying on First Air changed at the beginning of December just like they did for Canadian North. Once again the amount of miles earned is going down in most fare classes. Is Aeroplan prepping their non Star Alliance airlines that will likely remain partners with them post 2020 to help their revenues?
Changing course here since we totally read it wrong, so apologies to our readers and to Aeroplan. Kudos for increasing the earn rates on First Air instead of lowering them as was seen with Canadian North!  (Source Aeroplan)

- Continue to earn 100% of the miles in booking class Y.
- Earn 100% of the miles in booking class C, M . For travel until November 30, 2017, earn 75%.
- Continue to earn 75% of the miles in booking class B.
- Earn 75% in booking class H. For travel until November 30, 2017 earn 50%.
- Earn 75% in booking class N. For travel until November 30, 2017 earn 25%.
- Earn 50% of the miles in booking class G. For travel until November 30, 2017 earn 25%.
- Continue to earn 25% of the miles you fly in booking class Q.
- Earn 25% in new booking class A.   

We don't mention new routes that start outside of Canada very often unless they will have some bearing for us in terms of rewards and one route announced this week that should be of interest to a lot of Star Alliance collectors is United Airlines' new San Francisco to Tahiti route. This route will launch in October of 2018 and be winter seasonal to start but it now allows for the possibilty of using Aeroplan, MileagePlus and other Star Alliance miles to get to Tahiti! The route is only 3x weekly so there will be lots of competition for those award seats but if you do snag them, especially in business class, you'll enjoy the comfort on United's 787-8 aircraft!

Just a reminder to check out our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations as the list is growing on a near daily basis. Click here to find which locations you'll earn 5 to 10x points at!

We're going to keep this reminder going in each update until Christmas:
Check out the Give A Mile Flight Hero campaign! The charity can really use donations of miles to help provide flights to those who otherwise would be unable to travel to visit terminally ill or critically sick family and friends. Rewards Canada has pledged to raise 100,000 miles and we are half way there! We are putting the call out to all of our fans, readers and even new visitors, if you can give please do so. It can be as little as 1,000 miles! You can find out more and donate here.




Posts since our last update:

• Hotel Review: Manitou Springs Resort, Watrous, SK
  We welcome another hotel review from Rewards Canada contributor Bill Wheatley: I had the occasion to spend a couple of…
• A closer look at the Membership Rewards Fixed Points Travel program
  This post is the third and final part of a closer look at American Express' Membership Rewards program. Since 2014…

Travel Deals

Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers
N/A

Other Bonus Offers
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- 4,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles when you join the MilleMiglia program and fly on Alitalia within 3 months of joining. More... Register by Dec 31, 17

British Airways Executive Club
- Triple Avios when you subscribe to The Economist. More... Until Jan 31, 18

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to 800 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Turkey. More... Book by Feb 5 for stays until Mar 3, 18

Miles & More
- Earn up to 1,000 Bonus Miles & More Miles or 3,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for your next stay at an IHG Hotels. More... Register and book by Dec 31, 17 for stays until Mar 31,18

Shangri-La Golden Circle
- 25% to 50% Bonus MIles when you convert Golden Circle points to Airline miles. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Triple KrisFlyer Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at Fairmont Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 31 for stays until Feb 28, 18

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Hotel Review: Manitou Springs Resort, Watrous, SK

We welcome another hotel review from Rewards Canada contributor Bill Wheatley:

I had the occasion to spend a couple of days at the Manitou Springs Resort & Mineral Spa.
This is an older hotel, but is kept in good condition. In fact, it was under renovation during my stay. The renovation work in no way interfered with my stay as it was being carried out during the day. Even though the lobby floor was part of the renovations, there was no disruption to either the check-in or check-out process.

The room was quite comfortable, with the usual amenities (coffee machine, fridge, hair dryer, ironing board, and the usual toiletries. There was also a bottle of red and a bottle of white wine available in the room (though these were not complimentary), but the convenience factor was nice if you cared to indulge. There was also a safe available for use, but as it was not bolted down to anything (just sitting on the table), I don’t think it was of much use. Granted, it would be difficult for anyone to get at the contents once locked, but it could be easily carried out of the room to open at leisure offsite.

 

 

The bed was very comfortable, sleep was not an issue. Water pressure and temperature in the shower was fine, no issues with either.  The hotel was very quiet, though this is the off season, so the occupancy rate was not high. The only downside to the stay was the wireless Internet; it was very poor which was a surprise as there were very few guests in the hotel (I was 1 of only 5). However, this was mentioned to the Front Desk and I am certain they will look into improving it.

They had an on-site Waters Edge restaurant & lounge which I utilized both nights. It has been a long time since I have seen a salad bar, but it was nice to be able to choose your own salad fixings. The food was very good; I had the ribs (choice of 4 flavors) one night and the lasagna the other. Portion size was very good, no question about value for your money. Service was great, attentive staff.  The lounge had 3 VLT’s if you felt like taking a chance with Lady Luck…..

The hotel itself is located right across the street from Lake Manitou, known as the Dead Sea of Canada due to its high salt content. It was, of course, partially frozen at this time of year.

The big claim to fame for this Hotel is the spa and mineral waters that they are able to utilize from the lake.  There is a very large pool area, but as it was part of the renovations, I am unable to offer an opinion on it.

Overall, I would recommend staying at this Hotel when you are in the Watrous Area. With all the health benefits available from the mineral waters, it is a good place to rest (and relieve) your aches and pains.

For more details on this hotel visit: Manitou Springs Resort & Mineral Spa.

A closer look at the Membership Rewards Fixed Points Travel program

This post is the third and final part of a closer look at American Express' Membership Rewards program. Since 2014 Rewards Canada has rated it as the number one loyalty currency for Canadians, and while the program has evolved over time, innovative new features keep the program at the top of our list. One of the most recent additions is the Fixed Points Travel Program. The Fixed Points Travel Program is a take on traditional reward flights from frequent flyer programs. That is, you use a set amount of points to travel within, or to, certain regions without typically worrying about the price.

Booking flights using fixed points can come handy, especially during peak seasons when market fares are quite high. Amex’s Fixed Points Travel Program doesn’t limit specific airlines you need to book with. You can literally fly any airline, any time to any destination!

This provides a lot more flexibility than your traditional reward program, where typically the biggest complaint is a lack of flight availability!

Here are the points grids from Amex’s Fixed Point Travel Program:

The portfolio of Membership Rewards’ earning cards provides various earning options, from 1 point per dollar spent to up to 5 points per dollar, which means you can fly for as little as $3,000 in spending depending on what card you have. You won’t get that with any other card in Canada!

Even business class to Europe is an amazing deal, only $28,000 in spending at 5x points (the American Express Cobalt card is your 5x card!) gets you that round trip flight to Europe. It would cost almost double for most other cards in Canada!

Let's now look at how you can pull some real value out of the Fixed Points Travel Program.

We searched a flight from Toronto to Los Angeles from March 15 to 18, 2018. For those dates, you can fly direct on Air Canada (ticketed by United) for $699.97. This price was confirmed on the American Express Travel website and on United's site as well.

When you search on American Express Travel and select the flights you’d like, you'll have the option to choose between the Fixed Points Travel program or the Flexible Points Travel Program. When you select either option, it will adjust the screen to tell you how many points you need.

The Fixed Points Travel option only covers the base fare, so you still have to pay for the taxes, fees and charges. You do have the option to pay with cash, or you can use points to cover some or all of the taxes using the handy slider:

If you wanted to pay for this flight using only points you can see that the Fixed Points Program is your better option, as it would run you 54,799 points versus 69,997 with the Flexible Points option.

What happens if your flight exceeds the maximum amount allowed in the Fixed Points Program? You simply pay the difference with cash or points. Here is Toronto to San Francisco from January 4 to 7, 2018:

The maximum ticket price allowed for a long haul North America flight is $700 which is covered by the 40,000 points. The remaining $259.97 plus taxes and fees of $168.39 can be paid with cash or using the slider once again to use points against those additional amounts.

Overall, the Fixed Points Travel Program is a great option for travel bookings when you have flights that approach that maximum ticket amount allotted to each category. If there is a seat sale, you may be better off with the Flexible Points option. That's where even the American Express Travel booking engine comes out ahead. You don't have to do multiple searches to decide whether Fixed or Flexible would be the better option. Just toggle between the 2 buttons once you search your itinerary and see which one gives you better value! Simple as that!

Finally, you should note as well that these are actual revenue tickets for flights on these airlines. They are not your typical award tickets seen from your traditional frequent flyer programs. What does that mean? It means, in most cases, you'll earn frequent flyer miles for these flights with the respective program of your choice. For the examples above, you could credit these flights and still earn miles from Aeroplan, United MileagePlus, or virtually any other Star Alliance program.

By having this very versatile option, American Express is giving their Cardmembers every possible route to getting the most out of their points. Whether it's the Fixed Points option, Flexible Points option, or even transferring points to a partner program, all of which could be used for the flight examples above, you get to make the choice that represents the best value for you. Most other proprietary credit card programs or even traditional frequent flyer programs do not give this many options for booking travel.

Learn more about American Express Membership Rewards Fixed Points Travel program here.

How about you? Have you used the Fixed Points Travel program? Tell us how and what for and feel free to ask us your questions about the program if you aren't a Cardmember yet.

This is part three of a three-part Membership Rewards series sponsored by American Express.

Part 1:  Membership Rewards - the loyalty currency every Canadian should be utilizing

Part 2: Membership Rewards Use Points for Purchases explained

This post was sponsored by Amex Bank of Canada.  The views and opinions expressed in this blog, however, are purely my own.

December 12 Update: Delta SkyMiles lowers earning rates on partner airlines, World of Hyatt category changes, Air France Seat Sale

Delta SkyMiles is lowering the amount of SkyMiles earned on many of their partner airlines in select fare classes. For example, here is a comparison of what you earn flying on WestJet now and after the changes take effect on January 1. The good news is that WestJet flights will now count towards Medallion qualifying status. You can find all the changes listed here.

Last week we let you know that the partnership between Alaska Airlines and Air France KLM will be ending in 2018. Mileage Plan members can earn miles until the end of April 2018 but what is interesting is Flying Blue members will lose earning privileges on April 1st. (Source Flying Blue)

Hyatt Hotels announced their annual category changes for hotels in their World of Hyatt of program. Only 9 hotels are changing this year - 8 are going up in category while 1 is going down. None of their hotels in Canada are affected by these changes. These changes take affect at 12:01am Central time on December 13 (tonight really!) (Source One Mile at a Time)

We're going to keep this reminder going in each update until Christmas:
Check out the Give A Mile Flight Hero campaign! The charity can really use donations of miles to help provide flights to those who otherwise would be unable to travel to visit terminally ill or critically sick family and friends. Rewards Canada has pledged to raise 100,000 miles and we are half way there! We are putting the call out to all of our fans, readers and even new visitors, if you can give please do so. It can be as little as 1,000 miles! You can find out more and donate here.



Posts since our last update:

• It's Official - Fairmont President's Club will end on July 2, 2018, to be integrated into Le Club AccorHotels
  Last week we were discussing the fact that Visa Infinite Privilege cards were losing the Fairmont Elite Status benefit tied…
• You can now redeem WestJet Rewards dollars for flights on Qantas
  It was told to us in a press release early this year that you could expect a Qantas redemption…
• Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions - December Edition
  One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide…

Travel Deals

Air France has launched a Christmas seat sale! Fares start as low as $722 all in if you book by December 18 for travel from January to April 2018. Find out more here

• Montréal - Paris from $ 774
  
• Montréal - Strasbourg from $ 830
  
• Montréal - Stocklom from $ 1 157
  
• Montréal - Madrid from $ 1 091
  
• Montréal - Berlin from $ 1 150
  
• Montréal - Prague from $ 1 093
  
• Montréal - Vienna from $ 1 099
  
• Montréal - Dublin from $ 829
  
• Toronto - Paris from $ 766
  
• Toronto - Strasbourg from $ 1 001
  
• Toronto - Stocklom from $ 1 157
  
• Toronto - Madrid from $ 934
  
• Toronto - Berlin from $ 1 150
  
• Toronto - Prague from $ 1 093
  
• Toronto - Vienna from $ 1 159
  
• Toronto - Dublin from $ 731
  
• Vancouver - Paris from $ 875
  
• Vancouver - Strasbourg from $ 1 230
  
• Vancouver - Stocklom from $ 1 291
  
• Vancouver - Madrid from $ 1 256
  
• Vancouver - Berlin from $ 1 221
  
• Vancouver - Prague from $ 1 223
  
• Vancouver - Vienna from $ 1 248
  
• Vancouver - Dublin from $ 722

Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers
N/A

Other Bonus Offers

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- 500 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles on qualifying rentals of 3 days or more at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. More... Until Feb 28, 18

IHG Rewards Club
- IHG Rewards Club Accelerate: Earn 500 to 30,000 or more Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you complete stays at IHG Hotels Worldwide. Bonus varies by member  More... Jan 1 - Apr 30, 18
- 2,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points (For Ambassador members only) for stays at participating InterContinental Hotels Worldwide More... Ongoing

Le Club AccorHotels
- 1,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Greece or Israel. More... Book by Jan 25 for stays until Jan 28, 18

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Earn up to 14,000 Bonus QMiles when you fly between Pattaya and Doha. More... Jan 28 - Apr 30, 18
- Earn up to 6,000 Bonus QMiles when you fly between Thessaloniki and Doha. More... Mar 27 - Jun 30, 18
- Receive up to a 50% QMiles discount when you redeem for award tickets between Pattaya and Doha. More... Until Apr 30, 18
- Receive up to a 50% QMiles discount when you redeem for award tickets between Thessaloniki and Doha. More... Mar 27 - Jun 30, 18
- Receive up to a 20% Discount when you buy, gift or transfer QMiles. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Double Starpoints for SPG Pro members on all eligible revenue for your events when you arrive on Insider Dates — when you’ll get the absolute best rates — with 10 or more booked rooms. Plus, you’ll earn a signing bonus of 1,000 bonus Starpoints for every 10 room nights you book. More... Until Mar 31, 18


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