July 31 Update: Link your Club Sobeys to Air Miles for a chance to win 5,000 Miles, new low cost carrier Jetlines hopes to break into the market

Wow a day where the news almost outnumbers the bonuses offers!

News, Tips & Tricks
Just in case you missed this email, Club Sobeys sent out a notice for linking your Air Miles account to your Club Sobeys account. The main reason you would want to do this is for the chance to win 5,000 Air Miles for doing so and also for a few days of auto conversion of Club Sobeys points to Air Miles. The points convert at a rate of 14 Club Sobeys Points to 1 Air Mile which means without bonuses your earning 1 Air Mile for every $14 spent. This auto conversion will start on September 12th and I assume will run until Club Sobeys is wound down at which point you'll just provide your Air Miles card when you shop at Sobeys. Find out more here

Jet Airways is making some slight changes to the earning structure for flights in their JetPrivilege program. They will now award a minimum amount of miles for flights under 500 actual flights miles. In most cases this should work out better for members as the previous earning schedule was strictly a percentage of the miles based on the fare paid. For example a flight between Chennai and Bangalore will now earn 500 miles on Jet Airways or 375 miles fon JetKonnect whereas under the old earning structure you could earn no more than 168 miles. Find out more here.

Jetlines has been quiet since November of last year (see our post here) but the new ultra low cost carrier has it sights on flights within Western Canada when it plans to launch next spring. Chances are it won't have a reward program initially (or ever) but if they do launch the good news for those of us who do like our Frequent Flyer programs we should see some heavy discounting from Air Canada and WestJet to compete with this new airline. (Source Global News)

Two more new Air Canada routes to let you know about: Montreal - San Salvador, Bahamas and Ottawa-Samana. Both are winter seasonal routes. (Source Airlineroute.net YUL | YOW)

Today is the last day to register for Marriott's Getaway Bonus where you can earn up to 45,000 bonus points or free nights for your Marriott stays. See more on our Marriott page

And finally a reminder of our Redemption Stories post from yesterday on how we got 4 flights on WestJet totally for free.


Bonus Offers
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- 500 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you make a purchase of $150 at Mileage Plan Shopping. More... Until Aug 6, 14

JetBlue TrueBlue (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 400 TrueBlue Points when you join Points for Surveys and complete your first survey. More... Until ?

United MileagePlus
- Double Premier Qualifying Miles on all qualifying roundtrips on United. More... Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone Until Sep 30, 14

Virgin America Elevate (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple Elevate Points on qualifying rentals of 2 days or more at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- Triple Elevate Points on a qualifying rental of 2 or more consecutive days at participating Budget airport locations in the U.S. More... Until Dec 31, 14

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Earn up to Quadruple Flying Club Miles for stays at any Shangri-La hotels, Kerry hotels or Traders hotels Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Flying Club Miles on all Sixt Car Rentals Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Triple Flying Club Miles on all Sixt Car Rentals of 5 or more days Worldwide. More... Until Sep 14, 14
- Double Flying Club Miles on all No.1 Traveller lounge bookings when you book their lounge in Edinburgh and one of their London lounges. More... Until Aug 16, 14

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Nov 28 Update: Lindner Nights added to RC, KLM Worldwide seat sale and a new ultra low cost carrier in Canada?

Here is your Thursday round up:

News, Tips & Tricks
We added a new hotel reward program to the arsenal of frequent guest programs that we cover on Rewards Canada. That program is for the German based Lindner Hotels and Resorts. The program is called Lindner Nights and right now if you join the program and link your account to your social media accounts they will give you 2,000 points for free! While not enough for a free night they do run cash+points offers and many of them right now only require 2,000 points plus a small cash amount. You can find the Lindner Nights page on Rewards Canada here and for more details on the Cash+Points offer see our post over on the Frequent Flyer Bonuses blog.

Aeroplan has a short term bonus for shopping at Home Hardware. From today until Saturday you can earn 3x the miles on for every $2 you spend at Home Hardware, Building Centre and Home Furniture locations. Full details

Looks like another group of ex airline execs are looking to start up a new airline here in Canada. JetLines, based out of Vancouver hopes to bring Ultra Low Cost flights (think Ryanair, Spirit Airlines etc) to Western Canada. It is unlikely they'll have a Frequent Flyer program at launch or perhaps ever as many of the ULC airlines don't offer one except for Spirit Airlines and few others. Source: Financial Post

Travel Deals
KLM has launched a pretty awesome Worldwide sale for flights out of Canada. London can be had for $825 all in and Dubai for $985 all in, both from Eastern Canada. For Calgary/Vancouver departures, $200 needs to be added to those fares. Many other destinations are also available. Tickets must be booked by Dec 2 for travel Jan 1 - May 6, 2014 and include a Sunday night. Find all the details at KLM.com

Bonus Offers
ANA Mileage Club
- Double Mileage Club Miles on purchases at any of the nine Chic Outlet Shopping Villages in Europe and receive an extra 200miles whenever you book the Shopping Express. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Best Western Rewards
- Double Rewards points when you book a family room at participating Best Western Hotels in Denmark. More... Until ?

Emirates Skywards
- Earn Double Skywards Miles for stays at participating Hyatt Hotels in Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Finnair Plus
- Double Plus Points for Sixt rentals in the Netherlands, Germany, UK, France and Austria. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Hertz Gold Plus Rewards
- Double Gold Plus Rewards Points when you add Hertz NeverLost GPS, extras like SiriusXM® Satellite Radio, Pre-Pay the Fuel and Protection Plans. More... Valid for residents of the U.S. and Canada only Until Jan 31, 14

Hilton HHonors
- Double HHonors Points for stays at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Salt Lake City Airport  More... Until Feb 18, 14

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 2,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points plus special amenities at participating Hyatt hotels in Japan. More... Until Jan 17, 14

Lindner Hotels Nights
- 2,000 Bonus Nights Points when you link your Lindner Nights account with your social media account(s) More... Until Jan 31, 14

Stash Hotel Rewards
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays of 3+ nights at the West Inn & Suites Carlsbad. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Triple Stash Rewards Points and 15% off Best Available Rate for stays of 3+ nights at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel New Orleans More... Until May 31, 14
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Kennebunkport Inn. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino Resort. More... Until Dec 31,