Air New Zealand Valentine's Day Sale - 25% off premium fares out of Canada when booking for two

Air New Zealand has released a companion seat sale offer for Valentine's Day! You can get 25% off tickets in Premium Economy or Business Class when you buy 2 tickets for travel between Canada and Australia or the Cook Islands. Book between now and February 14 with promo code V25. This offer is valid for departures between February 15 and October 15 and return travel completed by October 24.

Here is a Premium Economy booking example between Vancouver and Sydney that with the promo code saves just over $1,500:

And business class between Vancouver and Raratonga with the promo code saving over $3,100

Here's a pricing example of Calgary to the Cook Islands in September in Business Class:

When booking Air New Zealand flights remember to use a credit card that maximizes your points earning on travel purchases such as the HSBC World Elite Mastercard, American Express Gold Rewards Card or the Platinum Card from American Express. These are just three cards that have excellent multipliers on travel purchases, for a larger list of cards check out our Credit Card comparison chart

Learn more about and/or book the Air New Zealand Valentine's Day sale here!

Images via Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand Cyber Monday Sale - Fly Vancouver to New Zealand and Australia from $988

Continuing on with our Cyber Weekend deals we have a new one from Air New Zealand for Cyber Monday. They are offering some great fares from their Canadian gateway of Vancouver to New Zealand and Australia. Economy class fares run as low as $988 all in round trip, Premium Economy from $2,999 and Business from $4,999. This sale is only running today (December 2)

Air New Zealand’s Cyber Monday sale is across all of its cabins and highlights include:

• Economy fares from Vancouver to New Zealand from *CDN $999
• Economy fares from Vancouver to Australia from *CDN $988
• Premium Economy fares from Vancouver to New Zealand from *CDN $2,999
• Premium Economy fares from Vancouver to Australia from *CDN $3,188
• Business Premier fares from Vancouver to New Zealand from *CDN $4,999
• Business Premier fares from Vancouver to Australia from *CDN $5,288

Travel period: Economy: Dec 24, 2019 - Jan 02, 2020, Jan 13 - Jun 28, Jul 24 - Sep 17, 2020. Premium Economy: Dec 23 - Dec 31, 2019, Jan 19 - Jun 28, Jul 24 - Sep 17, 2020. Business Premier™: Dec 23, 2019 - Jan 02, 2020, Jan 13 - Jun 28, Jul 24 - Sep 17, 2020.

$100 surcharge round trip for Economy on weekends, $200 for Premium Economy and $500 for Business Premier™.

The sale is advertised for their direct flights out of Vancouver but the Air New Zealand site allows you to book from other Canadian cities which also appear to be part of the sale For example Calgary to Auckland is $1042.51 all in - not much more than the Vancouver flights:

When booking Air New Zealand flights remember to use a credit card that maximizes your points earning on travel purchases such as the HSBC World Elite Mastercard, American Express Gold Rewards Card or the Platinum Card from American Express. These are just three cards that have multipliers on travel purchases, for a larger list of cards check out our Credit Card comparison chart

Learn more about and/or book the Air New Zealand Cyber Monday sale here!

You’ll also find this and other offers on our Black Friday Cyber Monday deals page!

November 27 Update: 50% Bonus converting hotel points to Asia Miles, awesome Air New Zealand Cyber Monday sale + more!

Airlines offering bonuses for transferring points from hotel programs seem to be all the rage right now and today we have another one of those offers. This one sees a 50% bonus for Cathay Pacific Asia Miles members who convert points from any of 13 hotel programs into their Asia Miles accounts. Of course the most popular program to convert from, SPG, is not included but this bonus could be a good way for you to get rid of some straggling hotel points that you may otherwise never use. Find out more here

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.



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Travel Deals
Air New Zealand has some amazing Cyber Monday fares available for flights out of Canada! They do offer all in pricing from major Canadian cities that will have you fly on Air Canada or WestJet to their gateway cities of Vancouver or Los Angeles. Some of the fares are pretty crazy including the Cook Islands for under $800 in Economy! Find out more here.

 
Check out our separate post that rounds up all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday 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
Air Canada / Aeroplan
- 6x Aeroplan Miles for stays at Fairmont Hotels in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Caribbean and Bermuda. More... Book by Dec 18 for stays until Mar 31, 18


Other Bonus Offers
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus MileagePlan Miles for stays of 2+ nights at Marriott Hotels & Resorts in the Caribbean and Latin America. More... Until Jan 15, 18

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- 50% Bonus Asia Miles when you convert points from any of 13 hotel programs to Asia Miles. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Etihad Guest
- Double Guest Miles on Sixt rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide that are booked online. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Iberia Plus
- Double Avios for stays at Iberostar Hotels in the Canary Islands. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to 3x Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... . Book by Dec 10 for stays until Jan 31, 18
- Earn up to 3X Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Africa and the Indian Ocean. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Miles & More
- Triple Miles & More Miles for stays at Taj Hotels & Resorts. More... Until Mar 31, 18

Wyndham Rewards
- Double Wyndham Rewards Points on qualifying rentals of 1 or more days at participating Avis locations worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 18
- Double Wyndham Rewards Points on qualifying rentals of 1 or more days at participating Budget locations worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 18

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2010 Mega Award Winners

I spent the majority of this past week in Montreal attending the Airline Information 2010 Mega Event and the 1st Annual Mega Awards which I was honored to be a judge for. The conference itself was extremely well attended with nearly double the number of people over last years Mega Event in Huntington Beach. From airline execs to technology vendors the 3 days of networking, workshops, panels and the awards were a resounding success for the boys from Airline Information. One of the highlights of the Mega Event was of course the Mega Awards which were hosted by Freddie Laker Jr. The Mega Awards recognized marketing campaign excellence in 2009 by airlines, vendors and professionals in the areas Loyalty, Social Media and Ancillary revenue. The awards gala was pretty much sold out and Freddie Laker Jr. (with his marketing background and of course airline heritage from his father) made the perfect host for the evening.

The winners of the awards were as follows:

Best Ancilliary Revenue Product: Wessco International

Best in Airline Social Media: Air New Zealand

Most Innovative Loyalty Technology: Loylogic

Airline Loyalty Manager of the Year: Phil Gunter from Virgin Blue (he's totally awesome! A little inside humour here)

Best in Airline Loyalty: Virgin Blue

Best in Airline Social Media (People's Choice): Air Baltic

Best in Airline Loyalty (People's Choice): American Airlines

I look forward to next year's awards as 2010 has been another great year so far for the various marketing campaigns run by airlines, vendors and professionals.

For more details on this years event and on future events from the organizerst please visit AirlineInformation.org