Monday, April 12, 2021

April 12 Update: The upcoming Hampton Inn & Suites Bradford destroyed by fire, 50% bonus when you convert points to Etihad Guest & Alaska Airlines increasing lounge access pricing

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.

 
Over the weekend the number of new Hilton Hotels opening in Canada changed from nine to eight. This is due to the unfortunate news that the under construction Hampton Inn & Suites in Bradford was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. This hotel was set to open in August of this year. It is too early to stay right now what the future will hold for this hotel and whether ir will be rebuilt. (Source Orillia Matters)

Image via Paul Novosad (Bradford Today)

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The Etihad Airways Guest program is offering a bonus of 50% when you convert points from select bank and hotel program into Guest Miles. Once again American Express is excluded however Marriott Bonvoy is part of the bonus. So if you are looking to boost your balance with Etihad this could be the time to convert from Marriott as you'll get 37,500 Guest Miles for every 60,000 Bonvoy points converted over. Learn more here.

Image via Etihad

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Alaska Airlines announced last week they will be opening a new lounge in San Francisco. The airline will move into the former American Airlines Admirals Club space in Terminal 2. More pressing in last week's news however is that Alaska announced pricing changes to their lounge access program

In October 2021, Alaska Airlines will update its Lounge membership structure to give members more options and flexibility. Starting this fall, Alaska will offer two tiers for Lounge memberships: Alaska Lounge and Alaska Lounge Plus. With the standard Alaska Lounge membership, members will receive access to all Alaska Lounges they know and love when flying on any airline. With the optional addition of a Lounge Plus membership, members will also receive access to an extended network of partner airline lounges across the country when flying Alaska – including all American Airlines Admirals Clubs. Pricing will also be updated as follows, remaining as one of the best values for lounge membership in the industry: 

  • Alaska Lounge membership: $450 annually ($350 for Alaska Airlines MVP, MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75k members) 
  • Alaska Lounge Plus membership: $600 annually ($500 for Alaska Airlines MVP, MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75k members) 
  • New Lounge membership enrollments and renewals made before Alaska's two-tier structure goes into effect in October will be grandfathered into an Alaska Lounge Plus membership for the year.

You can find some details of Alaska's lounge membership program in our Guide to Business Class lounge access and we will update that piece accordingly once these changes take effect.

Image via Alaska Airlines

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Canadian Bonus Offers

Marriott Bonvoy
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Other Bonus Offers

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Receive up to 60% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy or gift miles. More... Until May 22, 21

American AAdvantage
- 40% discount when you buy 10,000 to 150,000 AAdvantage Miles. More... Until Apr 30, 21

Coast Hotels Coast Rewards
- Double Coast Rewards Points on all stays at Coast Hotels in Canada & the U.S.. More... Until May 6, 21

Ethiopian ShebaMiles
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Etihad Guest
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IHG Rewards
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- Earn 60,000 IHG Rewards Club Points on the IHG Rewards Club Traveler Credit Card when you spend $2,000 within the first three months. More... Unknown end date

Marriott Bonvoy
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- 2,500 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays of 2 or more nights at the Boston Marriott Burlington, the Residence Inn Woburn or the Residence Inn Tudor Wharf Boston. More... May 7 - Jul 30, 21
- 2,500 bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Aegon Mykonos, Autograph Collection. More... May 20 - Aug 12, 21
- 5,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel. More... Apr 9 - Jul 2, 21
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- 5,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per stay at the SpringHill Suites Austin Round Rock More... Until May 21, 21
- 3,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays of 7 or more nights at the St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca Resort. More... Until Jun 1, 21
- 3,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays of 7 or more nights at the Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel. More... Until Jun 1, 21
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- 1,500 bonus Bonvoy Points per stay at Courtyard Kingston, Jamaica. More... Until May 9, 21
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Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
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United MileagePlus
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Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
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