Showing posts with label Avianca LifeMiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avianca LifeMiles. Show all posts

Thursday, February 3, 2022

February 3 Update: Earn 2x elite qualifying points on your IHG stays, Flair Airlines 50% off to the U.S. & Mexico flash sale and Avianca Latin America seat sale

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your bear daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 100,000 bonus points worth $500, has no foreign transaction fees and no annual fee in the first year! 

A reminder that you can now earn Double IHG Rewards Points (Elite Qualifying) on all stays at IHG Hotels & Resorts in Canada and worldwide. Register and book now for stays Feb 1 – Mar 31, 22. Click here to register for and to book stays with this offer.

Monday, November 22, 2021

Receive up to a 170% bonus when buying Avianca LifeMiles

 
Avianca LifeMiles is famous for their buy miles sales, especially so during the Black Friday / Cyber Monday period! They have returned with an offer providing up to a 165% bonus (This is what all members can get per the email from them this morning) however One Mile at a Time has once again secured a better deal that provides up to a 170% bonus. Note that last year LifeMiles offered a 200% bonus so this one doesn't match that! Buying miles at the 170% level works out to US$ 1.22 cents per miles.

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Avianca LifeMiles potentially becomes a better frequent flyer program for Canadians


Avianca LifeMiles is an extremely popular frequent flyer program for mileage maximizers, points hounds or whatever term you would like to call us. The use of buy miles bonuses to fly business or first class on Star Alliance airlines around the globe has been a key factor in that popularity. However the program is rarely looked at for flights within North America but that may change now. As reported earlier today by Ben at One Mile at a Time, LifeMiles has made some changes to their redemption model for flights in Canada and between Canada and the U.S.. And unlike most changes to programs this one actually makes it better if you can find flights to redeem for!

Friday, October 1, 2021

Your October points & miles agenda - these offers are all slated to end this month

Here is a list of promotions, offers and more that are slated to end during the month. Whether its stay bonuses, registering for offers or signing up for a limited time credit card offer we'll have it here if it expires in this month.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Avianca LifeMiles award flight sale: Save up to 30% on select Star Alliance routes


 

Avianca LifeMiles is once again offering discounted award flights on select Star Alliance routes. These offers are available for booking until October 11, 2021. Remember that right now you can buy LifeMiles with a 150% bonus via the OMAAT offer which you can combine with this award sale as that sale runs until October 15. The best options are the business class flights between North America and Asia that are now available for 60,000 to 64,000 LifeMiles one way. This includes Vancouver to Taipei at the 64,000 mile level. There is one other Canadian option and that is Toronto-San Francisco in Business Class for 20,000 miles each way.  You can buy 128,000 miles (52,000 + 150% bonus) for US$1716 which would get you round trip flights between Vancouver and Taipei in business class. That’s a really good price to pay for those flights! The only question is.... can you find availability?

Friday, December 11, 2020

December 11 Update: Alaska Airlines reveals oneworld benefits for Mileage Plan elite members, American Airlines to offer Elite Choice Rewards & changes to Avianca's LifeMiles program

 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. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard.

 
Earlier this week Alaska Airlines revealed what their Elite Mileage Plan members will receive as oneworld tier status in the global alliance. The airline officially joins oneworld on March 31, 2021 and the matching oneworld tier status happens automatically at that time. Here is how the status will line up:

Friday, December 4, 2020

OFFER EXTENDED LifeMiles offering a 200% bonus when buying miles – and how to use it to fly on the cheap within Canada or beyond

 

The biggest bonus for buying Avianca LifeMiles has returned as their Cyber Week offer. From now until December 3 December 8 when you buy any amount of LifeMiles from 1, 000 to 200,000 you will earn a 200% bonus (Triple Miles). No matter which level you buy at you are buying the miles for US 1.1 cents each. That’s an incredible deal to be buying miles that can be used for Star Alliance flights including Air Canada.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

September 9 Update: The Ultimate Student Credit Portfolio, a better offer for the LifeMiles buy miles bonus and 2x RBC Rewards points on airbnb & VRBO bookings

 


Rewards Canada's Ultimate Student Credit Card Portfolio received a much needed update at the end of last week and it is perfect timing for those students returning to school right now. This portfolio looks at one American Express, one Mastercard and one Visa card that are best for students and when you combine them all they create the Ultimate Student Credit Card Portfolio. We see the Student BMO CashBack Mastercard take over the Mastercard position while the Scotiabank SCENE Card and SimplyCash from American Express remain in their respective positions. Check out the portfolio here.

 

 A quick update to our piece from yesterday about buying LifeMiles with a bonus and utilizing it for cheap flights on Air Canada and other Star Alliance airlines. It turns out there is an exclusive 'blog' offer from One Mile at a Time. His offer provides the 200% bonus on any amount of miles purchased from 1,000 miles and up. Much better than the standard offer of only getting a 200% bonus when you purchase 101,000 miles or more. This means our example of using 50,000 LifeMiles for an Air Canada flight in business class means you only have to buy those 50,000 miles (or less if you already have some LifeMiles) instead of double that amount. Find out more here.

RBC Avion cardholders can earn 2x RBC Rewards points on airbnb or VRBO bookings. The offer is good until November 10. Find out more here

Airline Schedule Updates
A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change and right now they are changing frequently!

Air Canada has cancelled more international flights for the upcoming winter season as follows. (Source RoutesOnline)
Calgary – Los Cabos
Calgary – Puerto Vallarta
Montreal – Holguin
Montreal – Port-au-Prince
Montreal – Puerto Plata
Montreal – Toulouse
Ottawa – Varadero
Toronto – Barcelona
Toronto – Belize City
Toronto – Copenhagen
Toronto – George Town
Toronto – Holguin
Toronto – Madrid
Toronto – Puerto Plata
Toronto – Quito
Toronto – Samana
Vancouver – Auckland
Vancouver – Melbourne
Vancouver – Orange County

Pacific Coastal Airlines is looking to resume flights between Victoria and Prince George in October (Source RoutesOnline)

Icelandair has cancelled pretty much all their flights to Canada except for Toronto right through to October of next year. Seeing that it is for such a long period there is a chance this could change but for now Edmonton, Montreal and Vancouver flights are all gone. (Source RoutesOnline)

Remember to visit and bookmark our COVID-19 resource page where we are keeping you up to date with all the latest airline, hotel, lounges and loyalty program news, policies, closures and more.

 

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Canadian Bonus Offers

Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to 50,000 Aeroplan Miles when apply for and approved for the TD® Aeroplan®Visa Infinite Privilege* Credit Card. More... Until Nov 7, 20 For residents of Canada only
- Earn up to 25,000 Aeroplan Miles when apply for and approved for the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card More... Until Nov 7, 20 For residents of Canada only
- Earn up to 20,000 Aeroplan Miles when apply for and approved for the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Platinum* Card More... Until Nov 7, 20 For residents of Canada only

Other Bonus Offers

Avianca LifeMiles
- 200% bonus when you buy LifeMiles. More... Until Sep 25, 20

ALL Accor Live Limitless
- Triple ALL Rewards Points for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide when you book that stay via Flight Centre. More... Until Nov 30, 20
- Double ALL Rewards Points when you book the Swissoffice package at the Swissotel Chicago.  More... Unknown end date

British Airways Executive Club
- Earn up to 18,000 Bonus Avios when you subscribe to The Economist. More... Until Oct 31, 20

Iberia Plus
- Double Avios when you stay at any Paradores Hotel in Spain. More... Until Oct 31, 20

JAL Mileage Bank
- Double Mileage Bank Miles for stays at the Tokyo Bay Shiomi Prince Hotel. More... Oct 1 - Dec 31, 20

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you book a stay at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. More... Until Dec 20, 20

WestJet Rewards
- Earn Double Elite Qualifying Spend on all eligible WestJet flights. More... Book between Sep 4 and 30 for travel until Dec 15, 20

World of Hyatt
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt House Kanazawa or the Hyatt Centric Kanazawa More... Until Oct 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Altoona / Des Moines More... Until Sep 29, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at The Last Hotel St Louis More... Until Sep 29, 20




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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

LifeMiles offering up to a 200% bonus when buying miles - huge opportunity to fly Air Canada or other Star Alliance airlines on the cheap

 

UPDATE: If you access the offer via One Mile at a Time you can get the 200% right from the lowest mileage purchase level of only 1,000 miles!  This means you can buy just the amount of miles you need (such as 50,000 as in the example below) for an award ticket.

LifeMiles has long been famous for their buy miles bonuses as being some of the best in the business. Well today they have gone beyond what made them famous with their latest offer that came out today. From now until September 25 they are offering up to a 200% bonus when you buy LifeMiles. That’s right 200% or Triple Miles in total. This is the biggest and best offer they have ever run and it’s not even exclusive to select bloggers – this one is for everyone. Now the airline associated with LifeMiles is Avianca and the latter is in bankruptcy protection right now. That being said the two are separate companies and LifeMiles isn’t in bankruptcy protection but you could imagine that if Avianca went under it would adversely affect LifeMiles just like JetPrivilege (now InterMiles) was when Jet Airways folded. The good news is Avianca has received several hundred million dollars in loans so the hope is the airline will survive. The program itself also placed this line in the email announcing the sale today, which is definitely a bit suspect:

Even though we do not intent to change our award rates, for the members who purchase this promotion we will honor these award tables until at least January 2021.

So while they do not intend to change their award charts right now for them to mention this and actually state a date of January 2021 would have me worried that the loyalty program is having some back room discussions around their charts.  I mean why else would you put that line in the email? Anyways, now back to the offer, it is a tiered bonus as follows:


 

If you buy at the 200% level (101,000 to 200,000) you are buying LifeMiles at an incredible 1.1 cents each.


Offer details:
Receive up to a 200% bonus when you buy LifeMiles. Buy miles here. Until Sep 25, 20
Buy 1,000 to 50,000 miles receive a 150% bonus
Buy 51, 000 to 100,000 miles receive a 175% bonus
Buy 101,000 to 200,000 miles receive a 200% bonus

And here's how this buy miles offers can offer huge savings and provides a classic example of some great travel hacking by being able to buy a $2800 business class ticket for under $800.

Even though there isn't much international travel happening right now you can still utilize this great Latin American offer to travel within Canada. How about a quick weekend getaway from Toronto to Vancouver - and not in economy class but business class on internationally configured aircraft with lie flat seats. This is for October 8 to 11. Here is the availability from LifeMiles (click to make larger)



 And to buy the same flights on Air Canada:




Let's do the math here. The redemption is 50,000 LifeMiles plus US40.05 in taxes and fees. You are buying the miles at 1.1 cents US each. That equates to US$550 for the miles and add in the fees for a grand total of US$590.05. Convert that to Canadian and you are looking at about $780. To buy the same ticket with cash on Air Canada is $2809.72. By taking the buy miles route with this bonus from LifeMiles you are saving over $2,000 on this flight alone! It's like paying for an economy class ticket (Well the cheapest no frill price is $608 on those same flight) but being able to fly in a lie flat business class cabin in both directions!

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

May 12 Update: Avianca goes into bankruptcy protection, Pacific Coastal Airlines set to resume flights on June 1, Air Canada schedule update


We updated the entire Canadian airline and loyalty program section on our COVID-19 resource page. We'll continue the big update of this page with U.S. and International programs over the next few days.


B.C.'s Pacific Coastal Airlines announced they are going to resume service next month. The airline first announced a suspension of all flights until May 3 which was then extended to May 31. They have now announced on their website that they will be back in the air as planned on June 1 although with a reduced flight schedule. Learn more here.
Image via Pacific Coastal


Colombia's Avianca filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday citing the COVID-19 Pandemic. While Avianca themselves only flew to Toronto their loyalty program is extremely well known and popular in points and miles circles. Being a Star Alliance airline and loyalty program LifeMiles is famous for their frequent very valuable buy miles bonus offers and great redemption options on Star Alliance that didn't have fuel or carrier surcharges added on. Avianca reiterates they will return to the skies but most of you are probably more concerned about LifeMiles. The good news that LifeMiles are safe as the LifeMiles program is a separate company from Avianca and is actually not part of the bankruptcy process. The potential bad news for LifeMiles is if Avianca does not survive as the program would lose access to Star Alliance. This is exactly what we saw happen with India's Jet Airways. When they went under their separate loyalty program JetPrivilege lived on to become Intermiles. It was no longer associated with Star Alliance but did expand earning and redemption options for its members albeit at a more expensive cost on the latter. Learn more about Avianca's Bankruptcy plans here and learn more about LifeMiles plans here.
Image via Avianca




Airline Schedule Updates
This will now be a standard feature for the foreseeable future in our daily update posts as we summarize Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change and right now they are changing frequently!


Air Canada's provided a major schedule update on May 8. The airline looks to restart some service to the U.S on May 22 with flights from Toronto to Washington Dulles as well as Vancouver to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Two more flights will be added on May 25 and then a much broader U.S. schedule looks to be implemented on June 1. June also sees a planned increase with more international flights resuming See all the planned and suspended flights here

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Travelzoo and Cape Mudge Resort on B.C.'s Quadra Island are selling discounted vouchers for future stays that are 100% fully refundable. You can buy vouchers for 2 night stays starting at $179 each for May 2021 or $229 each for summer stays in 2020 or 2021. Find out more here

Hello Fresh: save $65 in total, including free shipping on the first box! Find out more here.

Missfresh: Simplify your life with 45% off your first 2 consecutive orders with code SIMPLIFY45. Find out more here.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Avianca LifeMiles – 145% bonus when you buy miles by December 3


Avianca has launched a great buy miles offer for Cyber Week! It is not tiered, it is not exclusive to select blogs. This is one of the best buy miles offers yet from Avianca and matches the Cyber Week offer from two years ago. You can buy 1,000 miles or you can buy 200,000 miles and get the 145% bonus! The price per 1,000 miles is USD33 which means you are buying miles for USD 1.35 cents pre tax! As you may or may not know Avianca LifeMiles are some of the best miles to buy and have for flights on Star Alliance including Air Canada!

Offer details
145% Bonus LifeMiles when you buy 1,000 or more miles. Buy miles here. Until Dec 3, 19

You'll can also find this offer and many others on our Black Friday Cyber Monday Deals page!

Thursday, October 17, 2019

October 17 Update: Targeted Aeroplan bonus offer for Auckland flights, 1,000 bonus points at Delta Toronto extended and fly Avianca to Latin America from $629


Check your email for a targeted Aeroplan bonus mile offer to fly on Air Canada's new route to Auckland, New Zealand! What's interesting this time is the bonus counts on both revenue or Aeroplan award tickets! In fact the bonus is bigger on award tickets! There is no landing page for this offer as we now see with targeted Aeroplan offers. You need to see if you have it in your email and click the link in that email to register for it.

Book your flight on aircanada.com and earn:
  • 5,000 bonus miles on selected Economy Fares
  • 10,000 bonus miles on Premium Economy Fares
  • 15,000 bonus miles on Business Class Fares
OR

For each Air Canada Fixed Mileage Flight Reward or Market Fare Flight Reward redeemed on aeroplan.com, get miles back:
  • 10,000 miles back on Economy Class
  • 15,000 miles back on Premium Economy Class
  • 20,000 miles back on Business Class

We see the 1,000 Bonus Marriott Bonvoy Points offer for stays at the Delta Hotel Toronto extended to Marriott offer extended to December 1st. Learn more here.

Air Transat has made their winter seasonal route to New Orleans year round! The flights will continue into next summer operating twice weekly. (Source Routesonline)

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals


Avianca has a new seat sale from Toronto to Latin America. Book by Oct 22 and fly for as little $629 round trip. Find out more here.

TAP Air Portugal
has flights from Toronto to Portugal and beyond on sale! Fly for as little $315 one way. Find out more here.

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

Marriott Bonvoy
- OFFER EXTENDED 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy points for stays of 2+ nights at the Delta Hotels Toronto. More... Until Dec 1, 19

Other Bonus Offers

Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Up to 75% Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you buy 4,000 or more miles online. More... Until Nov 7, 19
Avianca LifeMiles
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus LifeMiles for stays of 2+ nights at participating Marriott Hotels in Peru. More... Oct 30 - Dec 20, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points and up to a $75 F&B daily credit for stays at winter resorts in California, Colorado and Utah. More... Until Dec 31, 19
- 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays of 2 or more nights at any of 18 Marriott locations in the Orlando area. More... Until Dec 24, 19
- 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays on Thursday-Sunday nights (Friday or Saturday night stay required) at The Park Central San Francisco. More... Until Nov 1, 19
- 2,500 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at the HOTEL PASEO, Autograph Collection Palm Desert. More... Until Nov 12, 19
- 3,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays at the SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown. More... Until Dec 9, 19
- 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays at the Fullerton Marriott at California State University. More... Until Dec 23, 19
- 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays of 2+ nights at the Sheraton Grand Salzburg. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Dec 24, 19
- 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays on Thursday-Saturday nights at the Marriott Memphis East. More... Until Nov 24, 19
- Earn up to 3, 000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays at the Sheraton Grand Incheon Hotel. More... Until Nov 27, 19

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Triple Qmiles for stays at the Bosmal Arjaan by Rotana Sarajevo. More... Until Dec 31, 19

Shangri-La Golden Circle
- Double GC Award Points + Breakfast for 2 for stays at the Kerry Hotel Pudong, Pudong Shangri-La or the Jing An Shangri-La, Shanghai. More... Book by Dec 31 for stays until Feb 29, 20
- Double GC Award Points + Breakfast for 2 for stays at the Shangri-La Hotel, Jinan. More... Until Dec 31, 19
- Double GC Award Points 2 for stays at the Sule Shangri-La, Yangon. More... Book by Oct 31 for stays until Dec 31, 19

Stash Hotel Rewards
- Double Stash Rewards Points for stays in Executive Rooms at the The Hotel at the University of Maryland College Park More... Until Dec 31, 19
- Double Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Saratoga Casino Hotel Saratoga Springs More... Until Nov 26, 19

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

May 8 Update: Air Canada increasing Toronto-Dubai flights for W19, Avianca seat sale between Toronto & San Salvador + more!

Air Canada is increasing their flights between Toronto and Dubai for the winter 2019 season. Previously they were set to fly 3 to 4 times per week and they have moved the maximum allowed 5x weekly from October 27 to March 28. Hopefully this proves helpful for those looking to redeem Aeropln miles for this flight! (Source Routesonline)

A quick one day search did bring up some availability for Business Class - 165,000 miles + $1280 in fees
versus:
165,000 miles saves you $3908.12 or a value of 2.3 cents per mile - that's OK but not great for a business class redemption.  This is where the hope is that Air Canada with the launch of the new program in 2020 can change things. Bring down those fees! It would be a better deal at 165,000 miles plus the $99.98 in fees that Air Canada charges.

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Travel Deals



Avianca has a Mother's Day seat sale. Fly from Toronto to San Salvador for as little as C$569 round trip! Find out more here.

Save up to 30% at participating Radisson Blu, Radisson RED, Radisson, Park Inn by Radisson, and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotels in the Americas. Book by May 31 for stays August 30, 2019 to February 29, 2020. Find out more here.

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


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Other Bonus Offers


Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
-  Double Mileage Plan Miles when you fly on Alaska Airlines between Spokane and Seattle. More... Register & book now for travel Sep 8 - Oct 10, 19

Avianca LifeMiles
- Earn up to 125% Bonus LifeMiles when you buy LifeMiles. More... Until Jun 5, 19

British Airways Executive Club
- 33% Bonus Avios when you book hotel stays via Hotels.com. More... Book by Jun 7, 19
- 50% Bonus when you buy Avios. More... Until May 21, 19

Etihad Guest
- Earn up to 20% Bonus Guest Miles when you buy miles. More... Until May 31, 19

IHG Rewards Club
- 1,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for stays at Kimpton Hotels in Los Angeles. More... Until May 31, 19
- 50% Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points on stays at select IHG hotels in the Americas. More... Book by Jun 30 for stays until Jul 31, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- 500 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night on Thursday-Sunday nights (Friday or Saturday required) at the Courtyard Seoul Namdaemun. More... Until Jun 30, 19

Thai Royal Orchid Plus
- Earn up to Triple ROP Miles for stays at all participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 19


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