Earn 2x Mileage Plan miles on Fiji Airways' new Vancouver flight

Fiji Airways will be launching their Vancouver flights on November 25 and you can earn double Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles to celebrate. Announced this past July, Vancouver is Fiji Airways third North American gateway city after Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airline is partnered with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan hence this bonus being put into action with them as I figure not a lot of those who will be flying with Fiji Airways out of North America are members of the airline's own Tabua Club.

The best flight, hotel, and car rental bonus offers for September

 
Here are our Top Travel Bonus Mile/Point Offers for this month. This post covers the best travel related bonuses for Canadian travellers. Whether it is for flying, hotel stays or car rentals you'll find our top picks here to earn more miles more points and more rewards. Many of these offers go beyond this month so don’t count them out if you need to book and/or travel beyond this month. 

Three new Amex Offers from ebay, Estee Lauder & Mr. Mikes plus a new 60% bonus for buying Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles

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A trio of new Amex Offers came out today. There are offers for ebay, Estee Lauder and Mr. Mikes. These were all received on my Platinum Card:

Receive up to a 60% bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles

The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan buy miles bonus is back and once again we see it up at the 60% level which continues to be new normal for the airline.  The bonus is tiered in that if you buy 3,000 to 19,000 miles you’ll get a 40% bonus, 20,000 to 39,000 you’ll get a 50% bonus and the 60% kicks in at the 40,000 mile level.

New winery benefits for Visa Infinite Privilege cardholders, Alaska Airlines changes lounge access day passes & earn 100k Be Well points tomorrow

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Visa Infinite Privilege cardholders have had new benefits added for Winerys in British Columbia and Ontario.Those benefits include complimentary tastings, tours and discounts on wine purchases. The benefit varies by winery. Click here to learn more

Four Marriott Hotels will open in Canada in the next month, small changes for the Platinum Card International Airline Program & redeem Mileage Plan miles for Air Tahiti Nui flights

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Today's update is brought to you by the Scotiaank Gold American Express Card which you can earn up to 45,000 bonus Scene+ Rewards points in your first year with (that’s up to $450 towards travel) Click here to learn more about this offer

 
It's hard to believe it has been almost six months since we posted our series on new hotel openings in Canada! We did a sweep of the new Marriott openings as a few of the locations were supposed to be opening right around now. As is the case with many new hotels however those dates have been pushed back slightly but it does look like we have firm dates in place now for four of the six new locations! North Bay's Fairfield Inn & Suites is actually set to open tomorrow (June 30) while Marriott looks to have a trio of openings in late July with the W Toronto finally opening its doors and Calgary's The Dorian and Courtyard Downtown (Both occupy the same high rise) also opening. Click here to learn more!

Receive up to a 50% bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles

 

Alaska Airlines has launched a new buy miles offer that runs until December 23rd. This time the bonus once again ranges from 30% to 50% depending on how many miles you buy. Ideally you want to buy so you get that 50% bonus which means you’d have to buy 30,000 or more miles. We see the 50% bonus quite frequently now but we also see 60% quite often now as well so unless you really need the miles right now you may want to wait to buy.

EY employees can get instant Alaska Airlines elite status, one new confirmed Cobalt 5x points multiplier & Aeroplan extends generous flight reward change policy

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Today's update is brought to you by the HSBC High Rate Savings Account with which you can enjoy a total annual interest rate of up to 2.65% on new deposits± Click here to learn more about this offer

Over on our global site FFB we posted an offer from Alaska Airlines that provides Instant Alaska Airlines MVP status for 180 days for EY (Ernst & Young) employees. There are no terms stating that Canadian EY employees cannot apply for this so if you do work for EY here in Canada be sure to check out this offer! Simply register with your EY email address and you'll receive status for 180 days. To retain status you must meet the regular MVP requirements. Click here for more details & to register for this offer.

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One new confirmed American Express Cobalt Card multiplier for you today. If you are in the Calgary area, Ritual Doughnuts codes as 5x points and the doughnuts are amazing! You do have to order a few days ahead as they sell out quickly! Check out our list of confirmed multipliers here.

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Air Canada Aeroplan has once again extended their flexible change policy for Aeroplan flight rewards. The extension now sees Aeroplan waiving change fees on reward tickets until June 30, 2022 and the amount of changes you can make are unlimited. For bookings made by June 30 but changed on or after July 1, 2022 you will have the first change fee waived but any others after that will incur a fee. Applicable change fees will apply to any new bookings that are made on or after July 1. The program does seem to be adjusting these frequently so it is entirely possible they will be extended again in the near future.

• For changes, you’ll pay the difference in points or receive a partial refund if your new itinerary requires fewer points. In addition, a difference in taxes, fees and charges may apply when changing your itinerary.
• To make a change to a flight reward call the Aeroplan Contact Centre at 1-800-361-5373. All flight rewards must be changed at least 2 hours prior to departure.

Aeroplan's flight reward cancellation policy remains unchanged.

Learn more about Air Canada and Aeroplan's COVID-19 policies here.

 Images via Aeroplan

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Posts since our last update:

• Clash of the Credit Cards! American Express Cobalt Card vs. RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card
• WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard: 450 WestJet dollars welcome bonus and receive your first checked bag free on all WestJet flights
• Rewards Canada reviews the Neo Mastercard, redeem for Amex prepaid cards with a discount & 40% off AeroMexico award flights out of Montreal
  
  

Deals:

Coast Hotels: Up to 20% off stays at their hotels in Alberta, B.C. and Washington State. Book by May 31 for stays until Sep 5, 22 Click here to book this offer.

Korean Air: Fly from Vancouver to Manila from C$1160 Click here to book this offer

Singapore Airlines: Fly round trip between Vancouver and Singapore from C$1,046. Valid for travel until Oct 29, 22. Click here to book this offer.

Canadian Bonus Offers

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Other Bonus Offers

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Instant Alaska Airlines MVP status for 180 days for EY employees. More...

ALL Accor Live Limitless
- Asia Pacific Double ALL Rewards Points for stays at Accor Hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and French Polynesia. Register & book by Jun 30 for stays until Sep 30, 22. More....

Chatrium Hotels Points Plus
- 3x Points Plus Points when you stay Chatrium Hotels & Residences during your birthday month. Ongoing offer. More....

Marriott Bonvoy
- National Harbor 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Valid for stays until Jun 30, 22. More....

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ALL Accor Live Limitless
- Asia Pacific 200 Bonus ALL Rewards Points for stays at Accor Hotels in Asia Pacific. This bonus is for those who have linked their ALL accounts with Qantas Frequent Flyer. Book by May 31 for stays until Jun 30, 22. More....

Best Western Rewards
- Avis Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Reward Points and up to 30% off on rentals 3 days or longer at participating Avis locations in the U.S and Canada. Valid for rentals until Jul 31, 22. More...
- Budget Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Reward Points and up to 30% off on rentals 3 days or longer at participating Budget locations in the U.S and Canada. Valid for rentals until Jul 31, 22. More...

Marriott Bonvoy
- 10,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points when you book a minimum three-night hotel stay and round-trip airfare package through Vacations by Marriott. Book by Jun 14 for travel until Aug 14, 22. More...

MilleMiglia
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays at select Rocco Forte Hotels in the UK and Europe. Book by Jul 31 for stays until Sep 30, 22 More...

Stash Hotel Rewards
- Ketchum Double Stash Rewards Points fpr stays at the Knob Hill Inn Ketchum, ID, Book by Jun 30 for stays until Nov 23, 22. More...

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Receive up to a 60% bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles

 

The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan buy miles bonus is back and once again we see it up at the 60% level which continues to be new normal for the airline.  The bonus is tiered in that if you buy 3,000 to 19,000 miles you’ll get a 40% bonus, 20,000 to 39,000 you’ll get a 50% bonus and the 60% kicks in at the 40,000 mile level.

April 12 Update: Air France KLM Flying Blue launches a family pooling option, up to a 2.4% interest rate with HSBC High Rate Savings & Alaska Airlines introduces $8 flat rate Wi-Fi

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Air France KLM Flying Blue announced a new family pooling option to the program today. Similar to family pooling programs from Air Canada Aeroplan, British Airways Executive Club and other airline programs, Flying Blue members can now set up a "Flying Blue Family" for up to 8 people to share/pool miles so that it can be easier to get to an award. Learn more about Flying Blue Family here.

Air Tahiti Nui announces Seattle flights and becomes a new Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan partner

 

Hot on the heels of our updated review of the Alaska Airlines card yesterday the airline comes out with some great news today! They have announced a new partnership with Air Tahiti Nui as the French Polynesian carrier revealed they will be launched Seattle to Tahiti flights this fall! Yes, Seattle is not in Canada but this presents a potentially great opportunity for Mileage Plan members in Western Canada as now you'll be able to reach the South Pacific paradise with just one stop flying on Alaska Airlines out of Alberta or B.C. via Seattle. 

March 4 Update: Up to a 50% discount on Fiji Airways award flights with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, the latest AIR MILES card linked offers & double status miles with TAP

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Before the pandemic happened Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan was well known for running promotions with their partner airlines. Whether is was for earning more miles or redeeming less miles, you could count on Alaska to offer something several times per year. That has not been the case for nearly 2 years but as of a couple of days ago if you made sure to read the latest email blast from Alaska you would have seen their first partner offer since 2020 and this one is great because there are two options! The offers are for travel on Fiji Airways and if you redeem miles for a Fiji Airways award flight you’ll be receive up to a 50% discount or if you buy a Fiji Airways flight with cash and credit it to Mileage Plan you can earn double miles on those flights. 

Stay with Coast Hotels and earn 2x Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles

 
Coast Hotels now has a couple of loyalty bonuses on the go for those who are planning to stay at any of their hotels in Canada or the U.S.. The first bonus is for those collecting Coast Rewards points and has been in market since the start of the year and that offers double points on all stays. You can learn more about that offer here. As of this past week they added another offer and this is one that is perfect for those who don't frequent Coast Hotels enough to earn a useful amount of Coast Rewards points. 

Receive up to a 60% bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles

 

The next airline to bring out a bonus for buying their miles/points is Alaska Airlines. The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan buy miles bonus is back and it is nice to see it back at the 60% level.  The bonus is tiered in that if you buy 3,000 to 19,000 miles you’ll get a 40% bonus, 20,000 to 39,000 is 50% and the 60% kicks in at the 40,000 mile level.

January 13 Update: New 70,000 point + first year free offer on the BMO Rewards World Elite Business Mastercard, the Top Bonus Offers & redeem Mileage Plan miles on Royal Air Maroc

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A new offer was released today for the BMO Rewards World Elite Business Mastercard that offers up to 70,000 BMO reward points. You earn 50,000 points when you spend $5,000 in the first three months and an additional 20,000 points when you spend $35,000 in the first twelve months. Plus, they’ll waive the $149 annual fee for the first year. Click here to learn more.

December 8 Update: SCENE unavailable at select restaurants until December 13, stay 2 nights in Mississauga and get a $100 prepaid card, Finnair launching Seattle to Helsinki flights

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One further Scene+ update made its way through our email. As a follow up to last week's news about Scene being unavailable the program let members know as well that as they prepare the upgrade members will not be able to earn or redeem points from today to December 12 at the following restaurants:

Swiss Chalet®, Harveys®, Montana’s BBQ & Bar®, East Side Mario’s®, Kelseys Original Roadhouse®, Bier Markt®, The Prime Pubs®.

Alaska Airlines Buy One Get One Free sale - includes departures from Canada

 

This offer is making the rounds on many of the U.S blogs today and the good news is that it also works for Canadian departures! Alaska Airlines is once again having a BOGO sale for travel in the New Year. When you buy a coach class ticket you’ll only have to pay the taxes and fees on the second ticket. This sale is good for travel on all Alaska Airlines flights except Prudhoe Bay and flights to some destinations are limited to select days but other than that it’s a pretty wide open sale! Tickets must be booked by December 7 for travel between January 5 and March 9, 2022 and you have to use discount code STARBUCKS to receive the discount on the second ticket.

Up to a 50% bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles

 

Alaska Airlines has launched a new buy miles offer that runs until December 23rd. This time the bonus once again ranges from 40% to 50% depending on how many miles you buy. Ideally you want to buy so you get that 50% bonus which means you’d have to buy 30,000 or more miles. We see the 50% bonus quite frequently now from Alaska but have even seen 60% come by on occasion over the past year.

The online holiday shopping bonus season is here! It's time to earn more miles, points and cash back

 
Halloween is done and the Christmas Holiday shopping season is now in full swing! With that comes the opportunity to earn a bunch more miles and points when you shop online. We've seen numerous bonus offers come out for shopping online via airline and cash back shopping portals this week. Be sure to check them out if you are going to be doing some shopping over the next week or two! 

October 18 Update: New Amex Offer for Whole Foods and the U.S. online shopping portals are where it's at!

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One more Amex Offers offer to let know about today! The latest sees the return of a statement credit for Whole Foods. I received this on the Platinum Card but am surprised I was targeted seeing that I'm in Calgary and we don't have any Whole Foods locations here. Anyways be sure to check your Amex account to see if you have received this offer and register for it right away as it is limited to 15,000 cardmembers. Of course I didn't register for it as I don't think I'll be visting a Whole Foods in the B.C. or Ontario by the end of the year. Here is the offer: