Earn up to 6,000 bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for all Accor Hotels stays Worldwide (includes Fairmont Hotels)

Le Club AccorHotels is another hotel chain that currently has a global systemwide bonus points offer out in the market. This one is of some significance to us Canadians as Le Club AccorHotels is now the official loyalty program for Fairmont Hotels. Yes, we all miss the old Fairmont President's Club but there isn't much we can do about it now other than to try take advantage of every offer that Accor sends our way. This offer provides up to 6,000 bonus points for stays that are booked by the 27th of this month. The more multiple night stays you complete during the promotion the more points you’ll earn. 500 for your first 2+ night stay, 2,500 bonus points on your second 2+ night stay and then 3,000 on your third such stay. You do have to register for the offer and then book by September 27th for stays September 13th to January 19th to earn the bonus points.

Offer details:
Earn up to 6,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points when you complete stays of 2 or more nights at all participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration & booking. (Registration is required) Book Sep 3 – 27 for stays Sep 13 – Jan 19, 20.

• Earn 500 Rewards points on your first stay (minimum 2 nights),
• 2,500 Rewards points on your second stay (minimum 2 nights)
• 3,000 Rewards points on your third stay (minimum 2 nights)

Find our complete list of Le Club AccorHotels bonus points offers here.

Earn 1,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel hotels

Accor Hotels is celebrating the addition of Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel hotel to their Le Club AccorHotels program with this new bonus! Officially the three hotels from the FRHI group join Le Club AccorHotels on July 2nd and that's when this bonus kicks in. It will also mark the end of the much beloved Fairmont President's Club. As long the hotel is participating and you've registered for this offer you'll earn the bonus.

If you are unfamiliar with the workings of Le Club AccorHotels, you earn points on your stays like most hotel programs and then you can redeem those points at rate of 2,000 points for EUR40 off your hotel bill. That means this 1,000 point bonus is worth EUR20 or about C$30. That's not a bad bonus at all! Granted most Fairmont Hotels aren't the cheapest to stay at over the summer months, I'm thinking Banff and Lake Louise where you're lucky if you can get a rate under $300. You will also have to factor in the base earn rate which is awarded as follow:
Classic members earn 25 points per €10
Silver members earn 31 points per €10
Gold members earn 37 points per €10
Platinum members earn 44 points per €10
The 1,000 point bonus is equivalent to 500 Aeroplan miles as Le Club AccorHotels points can be converted to Aeroplan (4,000 points = 2,000 miles) so that is also an option you can take advantage of.


I would recommend reading this post to learn more about the amalgamation of the programs:
It's Official - Fairmont President's Club will end on July 2, 2018, to be integrated into Le Club AccorHotels

Offer details
Earn 1,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels for stays at Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration & booking. (Registration is required) Book between Jul 2 - Aug 19 for stays Jul 2 - Sep 30, 18

Find many more Le Club AccorHotels bonus offers here

April 23 Update: 35% Discount on buying or gifting Starpoints, Aeroplan & Rocketmiles extend partnership, latest Fairmont Moments offer

Starwood Preferred Guest once again offering of a 35% discount when you buy Starpoints. This is always an ideal buy points offer as you can pull way more value out of the points when redeeming for expensive hotels or converting to airline miles for under US 2 cents apiece.  Your yearly limit remains at 30,000 Starpoints which can then convert to 90,000 Marriott Rewards points. This offer brings the price down to US 2.28 cents each or just above 1.82 cents per airline mile if you take advantage of SPG's 5,000 mile bonus when converting 20,000 Starpoints at a time. Plus you can take advantage of other programs adding bonus on top of those transfers like the current American AAdvantage 25% bonus that would bring the cost of each AAdvantage miles to under US 1.5 cents. You can buy Starpoints here!

Aeroplan announced they have renewed their contract with Rocketmiles, the third party hotel booking site that awards airline miles on those bookings and in some cases the offers of miles can be very rich. (Source Aeroplan) There is currently an offer for first time bookings that awards 50% more miles on the base number of miles awarded, you can access that offer here. My question on the relationship is that if it remains exclusive - that is when I spoke to Rocketmiles years ago when they first launched with Aeroplan, Aeroplan was the only Canadian based loyalty program allowed to be partnered with Rocketmiles.

...and finally keep an eye out right here on the blog tomorrow as we have a new contest launching for the remainder of the week!

Posts since our last update:

• Hilton Honors: 100% Bonus Points when you buy 5,000 or more points until June 7
  One of the better hotel buy points bonuses is back again, although about a month later than when we…

Travel Deals
Fairmont Hotels have released their latest Moments offers that provide up to a 25% discount (+10% more if you are Fairmont President's Club member) for stays at participating hotels Worldwide. 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
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Earn 6,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles when you rent a car with Maggiore for at least two days in Italy. More... Until May 16, 18

Hilton Honors
- 100% Bonus when you buy 5,000 or more Hilton Honors points online. More... Until Jun 7, 18

Marriott Rewards
- 4,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays of 3 or more nights at the Berlin Marriott Hotel, Courtyard Berlin City Center or Hotel am Steinplatz, Autograph Collection® More... Until Jun 3, 18

Philippine Airlines Mabuhay
- Double Mabuhay Miles when you fly between Davao and Siargao. More... Until Jul 15, 18

Shangri-La Golden Circle
- Double GC Award Points for Family Fun Package stays at the Golden Sands Resort, Penang. More... Until Jun 30, 18

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Save 35% when you buy or gift 5,000 or more Starpoints online. More... Until May 31, 18
- Double Starpoints per night for stays on the Grand Opening Offer at the Four Points by Sheraton Auckland. More... Until Oct 31, 18

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March 2 Update: WestJet news delayed, Priority Pass adds restaurant at JFK and Fairmont 3 for 2 offer

Well on Wednesday there was going to be some big news from WestJet but that has been delayed to sometime in spring apparently. As soon as we hear something that we care allowed to share we'll be sure to pass it along!

The latest trend for airport business class lounge access program Priority Pass is offering credits for eating at select restaurants in airports around the world. Most are located in the U.S. and the latest to be added is Bobby Van's Steakhouse in terminal 8 of New York's JFK Airport. So if your travels take you through that terminal you can enjoy a meal here and receive a US$28 credit for yourself and one for a guest. It your family has two Priority Pass cards (ie from two credit cards) you should be able to get multiple credits. Find out more about Priority Pass in our Guide to Business Class Lounge Access and find out more about the Bobby Van's offer here. (Source Doctor of Credit)

Posts since our last update:

• Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Amex Membership Rewards Points for Fixed Points Travel Program bookings
  American Express is really making a big push for their Fixed Points Travel Program. For this month only if you…
• Air Canada: Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles per round trip flight in Premium Economy or Business Class (Targeted Offer)
  Check your email today for this offer from Air Canada - if it's in there your targeted for it.…
• Rocketmiles: 3,000 Bonus Miles/Points in the program of your choice for your first hotel booking made by March 2
  If you have signed up with Rocketmiles but haven't booked with them yet you would have received this email!…

Travel Deals
Fairmont Hotels: Enjoy three nights for the price of two Plus, daily breakfast at select Fairmont hotels or resorts. Full details & online booking

Marriott: Save up to 20% off weekend rates on Thursday-Sunday nights (Friday or Saturday required) at various Residence Inns, Courtyards and TownePlace Suites locations in California. Full Details and online Booking Mar 8 - May 28, 18

Movenpick: Book your stay for a minimum of 2-nights and get 34% off! Full details & online booking

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
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus per round trip flight in Premium Economy or Business Class on Air Canada or Air Canada Rouge.  More... Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone. Register and book by Apr 2 for travel until Aug 31, 18

Air France / KLM Flying Blue
- March Promo Awards - Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for an award ticket. Calgary is included in this month. More... Book by Mar 31for travel May 1 - Jun 30, 18

American Express Membership Rewards
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Amex Membership Rewards Points for Fixed Points Travel Program bookings. More... Until Mar 31, 18

Other Bonus Offers
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Up to 40% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy miles online. More... Until Apr 9, 18

American AAdvantage
- 1,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles per qualifying stay at any Hyatt Place or Hyatt House hotel around the world. More... Book by Apr 30 for stays until Jun 30, 18

Qantas Frequent Flyer
- 1,000 Bonus Qantas Points when you rent a car with Avis in Australia for 3 or more days. More... Until Mar 29, 18
- 1,000 Bonus Qantas Points when you rent a car with Budget in Australia for 3 or more days. More... Until Mar 29, 18

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Double QMiles when you fly on any Qatar Airways flight in Business or First Class. More... Book by Mar 7 for travel until Feb 25, 19

Starwood Preferred Guest
- 1,000 Bonus Starpoints when you book a premium or suite room at any participating SPG® hotels in Asia Pacific. More... Book by Mar 17 for stays until Jul 31, 18

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Fairmont Hotels Suite Moments - 500 Bonus Miles, complimentary breakfast and a $50 hotel credit for stays in the Americas

Fairmont has launched their first Suite Moments offer for 2018. Like usual it gives bonus airline miles and some extra benefits. This time the bonus miles are the same at 500 miles while the benefits are a $50 hotel credit and complimentary breakfast. Also it only appears to be good for the Americas this time while the last offer also included Europe.

Offer details
500 Bonus Airline Miles, complimentary breakfast + $50 hotel credit for stays on the Fairmont Suite Moments package at participating Fairmont Hotels in the Americas.  Full details and online booking. Book by Apr 30 for stays until Jun 30, 18
Bonus miles are awarded with Aeroplan, AAdvantage, Avios, Etihad Guest, Miles & More, and United MileagePlus.

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!

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 into the cards and one of our readers mentioned the same thing is happening for the Platinum Card from American Express. We speculated the reasoning behind it was due to the fact that Fairmont President's Club may soon be absorbed into its parent company's program Le Club AccorHotels.

We now have confirmation that this will happen from the email sent to us today from Fairmont:

Fairmont President’s Club has enjoyed the pleasure of welcoming members to our family of hotels for nearly 20 years. Today we are delighted to share the news that as of July 2018, Le Club AccorHotels will welcome us into its world, an award-winning program with a remarkable collection of luxury brands, including Raffles, Sofitel, Swissôtel, MGallery, and Pullman.

On July 2, 2018, your membership in Fairmont President’s Club will merge with your existing Le Club AccorHotels membership, making your member experience even more rewarding than it is today. With the simplicity of one loyalty card, you will soon have more earning power, more benefits and more rewards.

Rest assured that while your loyalty program is changing, the personal recognition and familiar perks you have come to appreciate while staying at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts will not change. We are committed to exceeding your expectations on each and every stay.

It is important to know that between now and July 2, 2018, your Fairmont President’s Club program will not change. Your annual membership status will renew as usual on March 1, 2018, based on your 2017 activity and stay history. Your status in Le Club AccorHotels will be updated to reflect the integration of your Fairmont President’s Club status (as of March 1, 2018) and boosted by your qualifying nights and stays with both programs in 2018. 

This means that as of July 2, 2018 Fairmont President's Club will come to an end. It will be the first of two hotel programs that will disappear over the next few years - SPG will be next when it is combined with Marriott Rewards in 2019.

Here is the timeline of the integration of the programs:

The biggest question that most Fairmont President's Club members will have will be around elite status. Many of us have thanks to the accelerated offers from our Platinum Card from Amex or Visa Infinite Privilege cards. Your status will be matched in Le Club AccorHotels as follows:

Also if you have status with Le Club AccorHotel's they'll look at the combination of status between the two programs to offer status as follows:

The big winner in that list seems to be FPC Premier + Le Club Gold as they get boosted to Platinum status!

One of the beloved benefits of having status with Fairmont President's Club was all the free room and upgrade certificates you'd get each year that you qualified for status. Those will be awarded for one more year, 2018, after which they appear to disappear based on the charts of benefits:

When reading the FAQ's of the integration this is confirmed:

Basically they are saying you'll get an upgrade if you have Le Club AccorHotels Gold or Platinum status if there is availability - but only to the next best room, not suites like FPC offered.

Stays at Fairmont Hotels after July 2nd will earn Le Club AccorHotels points at the currently published earn rate:

Classic members earn 25 points per €10
Silver members earn 31 points per €10
Gold members earn 37 points per €10
Platinum members earn 44 points per €10

If you are familiar with the FPC program you'll know it wasn't points based however they would award airline miles from several airline programs for your stays - typically 500 miles per stay.  Le Club AccorHotels is partnered with many more airlines than FPC and do have Aeroplan as one of those partners. This will mean that you will more than likely be able to earn more miles in the new program at Fairmont Hotels, especially for stays with more than one night. Most conversions to airlines run at 4,000 Le Club AccorHotels Points to 2,000 airline miles. This means spending 160EUR at Fairmont hotels which, depending on the location, could be achieved with a one night stay so the airline mileage earning definitely gets boosted with the integration.

Overall the integration seems pretty straight forward with status matching and stand alone benefits outside of what was awarded each year by FPC. Those will be greatly missed by all elite FPC members, especially the suite upgrades however there is the distinct possibility that elite members may come out ahead with more upgrades since you won't be limited to the several certificates that Fairmont provided.

Learn more about the integration here.

Aeroplan & Fairmont Hotels Black Friday Offer: 6x Aeroplan Miles for stays in the Americas

The Black Friday/Cyber Monday offers just keep coming in - here is one that should interest a lot of you since most times you can only double or at most quadruple your miles for Fairmont stays! You must be a Fairmont President's Club member to earn miles (free to join). And remember that today only from 2pm EST to 5pm EST (Nov 24) you can get a 15% bonus when you buy Fairmont Gift Cards

Offer details
6x Aeroplan Miles for stays at Fairmont Hotels in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Caribbean and Bermuda. Full details & online booking. Book by Dec 18 for stays until Mar 31, 18

Find many more Aeroplan offers here

November 10 Update: Today Only! 10x AIR MILES for online shopping, 10 Free AIR MILES & Fairmont Orchid Gold Experience

Just a friendly reminder that today only you can earn 10x AIR MILES Reward Miles for each purchase of $20 or more made via airmilesshops.ca - remember as well that Indigo is offering 10x Plum Points on purchases over $40 - so go via airmilessshops to score 10x AM and then 10x Plun Points! More details can be found here or check out our guide to Holiday Shopping

Grab yourself 10 free AIR MILES for completing a 6 question quiz detaling AIR MILES® Travel Insurance, underwritten by Manulife. It only takes 2 or 3 minutes to complete! Find out more here Until Dec 31, 17

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:

• Membership Rewards - the loyalty currency every Canadian should be utilizing
  In the Rewards Canada household we have half a dozen American Express Cards feeding our spending into several Membership Rewards…

Travel Deals

The Fairmont Orchid on Hawaii's Big Island is offering Fairmont Gold Experience rates from $499 USD per night, based on double occupancy, excluding taxes for stays until Apr 30. Find out more here
Package Includes:

• Luxury Fairmont Gold accommodation at 20% savings
• Deluxe breakfast daily in lounge (6:30am - 10am) 
• Afternoon tea service (3pm - 4pm)
• Early evening canapés & honor bar (5pm - 7pm)
• Fairmont Gold evening turndown service
• Private check-in and check-out
• Complimentary valet parking

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
No Canadian specific bonus offers today other than those listed above


Other Bonus Offers
Aer Lingus Aer Club
- Double Avios for hotel stays booked via Kaligo. More... Book by Dec 31, 17 for stays until Mar 31, 18

Etihad Guest
- 500 Bonus Guest Miles, up to 25% off, free cocktail & breakfast + $25 hotel credit for stays on the Suite Moments package at the Fairmont Hotels in the Americas and Europe. More... Book by Dec 31 for stays until Mar 31, 18
- Double Guest Miles for stays at any Millennium Hotels and Resorts Middle East and Africa. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Iberia Plus
- 2,000 Avios when you rent with Avis in Europe for 2 or more days. More... Until Dec 14, 17
- Double Avios when you rent with Budget in Europe. More... Until Dec 14, 17

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to 800 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at Accor Hotels in Italy. More... Book by Nov 23 for stays until Dec 23, 17

Marriott Rewards
- 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay Thursday to Sunday at the Residence Inn or SpringHill Suites Milford. More... Until Dec 31, 17
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT for up to five nights Sunday - Thursday at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Miles & More
- Double Miles & More Miles when you fly on Lufthansa's A380 in Economy Class between Frankfurt and Miami, Singapore, New Delhi, San Francisco, Shanghai, Houston, Los Angeles and Bangkok. More... Register and book by Dec 31 for travel until Jan 31, 18
- Triple Miles & More Miles for stays at the Hyatt Place Frankfurt Airport. More... Jan 4 - Apr 3, 18
- Double Miles & More Miles for early booking of stays at Melia Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Dec 26 for stays Apr 1 - Oct 31, 18

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