Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts of 50% or more between Montreal & Europe

The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. This month we see Montreal as the only Canadian city on offer but with all three Miles & More airlines that serve the city being included.

February 17 Update: Double Status Miles & HON Circle Miles on Lufthansa Group flights, Swoop announces big U.S. expansion & Lynx adds more Canadian routes

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your nøear 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! 

 If you are planning on flying any of the Lufthansa Group airlines out of Canada to Europe and beyond or any of their flights for that matter be sure you include your Miles & More number on the reservation. The reason why is they are now offering Double Miles & More Status and HON Circle miles on all flights until Jun 30, 22 (and it is retroactive to January 1) Click here for more details. No registration is required, simply make sure your Miles & More number is on your reservation.

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts of 50% or more on flights to Europe from Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver

The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. It does appear they are back for good as this is the fourth month in a row we have seen Canada on the list. Once again there's a lot of them in Economy and Business Class to choose from! In fact a total of 288 options to redeem for!

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts of 50% or more on flights to Europe from Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver

As we do each month we bring you the latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards. I say each month but this is in fact only the second month in a row after 19 months of not having them on offer due to the pandemic. Once again there's a lot of them in Economy and Business Class to choose from! In fact a total of 383 options to redeem for!

Eurowings Discover is the latest airline to join the ranks as an Aeroplan partner

This past Sunday, Lufthansa's newest leisure airline Eurowings Discover took to the skies with a flight from Frankfurt to Zanzibar. Being part of the Lufthansa group means this airline is perfect to add as a partner and Aeroplan did just that. As of today Eurowings Discover became the next airline partner of the Aeroplan program and they become a full fledged partner meaning that you can earn and redeem Aeroplan points for flights with them.

May 4 Update: RSVP Rewards - Canada's newest hotel loyalty program, earn 40,000 PC Optimum points for shopping beauty & 3 Lufthansa lounges join Priority Pass

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.

 
In April the Sandman Hotel Group consolidated several of their loyalty programs and relaunched them as one program called RSVP Rewards. The new frequent guest program combines Sandman Hotel's Lucky 13 Rewards and Sutton Place Hotels Prestige into one. The new RSVP Rewards program is points based which is more like the Sutton Presitge program as Lucky 13 Rewards was a stamp based program (think buy 10 get 1 free punch cards. All Sutton Prestige members will retain their existing points balances and elite status levels while Lucky 13 members will have their stamps converted to points, unless you have a full card in which you can still redeem that for a free night. The program is giving Lucky 13 members until June 1, 2022 to convert their stamps into electronic points.

Air Canada Aeroplan adds Air Dolomiti as a partner - you can now earn and burn points on this little Italian airline

 

It is surprising to think that in a year where we saw travel be extremely curtailed that frequent flyer program expansion would also be limited. Such is not the case with Air Canada's Aeroplan as they have added six new airline partners to their roster over the past year. The sixth just being announced today and that airline is Air Dolimiti. The Lufthansa Group owned Italian airline primarily serves major Italian cities and several other European cities from Lufthansa's major hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Both of those cities are major connecting points for Air Canada flights so one can easily see where this new partnership with Aeroplan makes sense.

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts on flights to Europe out of Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto & Vancouver

As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" or Mileage Bargain discounted mileage awards. This month the offers sees many more cities than usual - and an airlines that we haven't seen on the list in ages! Those airlines are Condor and you can get in on their flights out of Calgary and Vancouver and also SWISS' flight out of Vancouver is in there as well. The other cities included are Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. All of these last four have direct service with Lufthansa - the Ottawa route being the newest which actually launches on May 16 (see our post here).

This month's offers:

Calgary to Germany
Condor Economy Class
Book by February 29  for travel between March 1 - June 1, 2020

Montreal to Europe
Lufthansa Premium Economy and Business Class
Austrian Airlines Business Class
Book by February 29  for travel between May 15 - June 30, 2020

Ottawa to Europe
Lufthansa Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class
Book by February 29  for travel between May 15 - June 30, 2020

Toronto to Warsaw
LOT Economy Class
Book by February 29  for travel until February 29, 2020

Vancouver to Germany/Switzerland
Condor Economy Class
Book by February 29  for travel between March 1 - June 1, 2020
SWISS Economy and Business Class
Book by February 29  for travel between May 15 - June 30, 2020

With this month's offer you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip business class tickets on the routes listed above for only 55,000 miles. This is just over a 50% discount off the normal Business Class award ticket price of 112,000 miles. For premium economy class it is a straight 50% discount from 80,000 miles down to 40,000 miles as is economy at 30,000 miles instead of 60,000 miles.

Normally at this point we go into our discussion on how you can get more Miles & More miles by converting Marriott Bonvoy points to the program. However as we reported previously all hotel points transfers to Miles & More have been suspended. That means if you want to take advantage of the offers this month you'll have to just make sure you have all the miles in your account.

Click here for full details on this Miles & More offer  

Lufthansa adding direct Ottawa to Frankfurt flights in 2020!

Exciting news for those living in and around Ottawa! Lufthansa has announced new direct non-stop flights between Ottawa and Frankfurt. The flights will start May 16, 2020 and operate 5x per week:

From Germany's largest hub, Lufthansa will depart for the North American destination five times a week - on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The flight LH472 will leave Frankfurt at 1.45 p.m. and arrive at its destination at 4.05 p.m. local time. The return flight LH473 will depart Ottawa at 5.50 p.m. and arrive in Frankfurt at 7.15 a.m. the next day. An Airbus A340-300 with a total of 279 seats on board will carry out the flight. The booking classes are Business Class, Premium Economy Class and Economy Class.

Seat map of the A340-300 that is being planned for this route

 Air Canada has flown this route as a summer seasonal service so it is entirely possible we may not see Air Canada fly the route next year and leave it to LH. Seeing that LH is an Air Canada / Aeroplan partner it is not that huge of deal. You'll still be able to book it as an Air Canada code share and earn and redeem Aeroplan miles for the flight. What may be even better news, is that if you are a Miles & More member, this route, seeing that it is new will most likely be included in Miles & More's Monthly Mileage Bargain offers that sees redemption amounts typically cut in half (30,000 for economy and 55,000 for business vs. 60,000 and 112,000 respectively). If this is the case we should see those emerge around February of next year.  Watch for our monthly coverage of the mileage bargains later today (This month has SWISS' flight between Montreal and Zurich) and each every month to see if the Ottawa route is offered in the future.

These flights will go on sale tomorrow from Lufthansa who is a Rewards Canada travel partner! You can book your directly flights at Lufthansa.ca (this link helps support Rewards Canada)

Image courtesy of Lufthansa

(HT One Mile at a Time)

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - 50% off Economy Class award tickets between Montreal or Toronto and Europe

As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" or Mileage Bargain discounted mileage awards. This month the offers are for flying out of Montreal and Toronto and are only for economy class this time. There are 143 cities in Europe listed that you can redeem for.

This month's offer:

Montreal and Toronto
Lufthansa Economy Class
Book by June 30 for travel between September 15 - October, 2019


With this month's offer you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip economy class tickets on Lufthansa for only 30,000 miles. This is a 50% discount off the normal Economy Class award ticket price of 60,000 miles. Remember however Miles & More charges some major fees for redeeming miles on these flights so be sure you also check what a revenue ticket for comparison.

Here is an example of some of the offers available for booking this month:

Normally at this point we go into our discussion on how you can get more Miles & More miles by converting Marriott Bonvoy points to the program. However as we reported yesterday all hotel points transfers to Miles & More have been temporarily suspended. That means if you want to take advantage of the offers this month you'll have to just make sure you have all the miles in your account.

Click here for full details on this Miles & More offer  

April 11 Update: 100 bonus AIR MILES at Rexall this weekend, Amex Platinum Card access to Lufthansa lounges extended & a great KLM seat sale!

Rexall is once again offering 100 Bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles when spend $50 or more this weekend (Apr 12-14) No coupon is required.

Sometime ago we let you know that you can use your Platinum Card from American Express (or if you are lucky enough, your Centurion Card) to access Lufthansa Business Class lounges in Frankfurt and Munich as a special limited time offer. Good news is that offer is being extended and you'll be able to access lounges until the end of October. Find out more here (HT OMAAT)

• Platinum Card Members may enjoy access to Lufthansa Business Lounges (regardless of ticket class) and Lufthansa Senator Lounges (when flying business class) in the Satellite area of T2 in Munich Airport, and T1 Concourse B in Frankfurt Airport.

• Centurion Members may enjoy access to Lufthansa First Class, Senator and Business lounges in the satellite area of T2 in Munich Airport, and T1 Concourse B in Frankfurt Airport, regardless of ticket class.

Posts since our last update:

• Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions - April Edition
  One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide…
• Earn 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you join the program & complete your first transaction
  Here is a new offer for those of you who may have not joined Aeroplan yet! Or if you have…

Travel Deals

KLM is celebrating Kings Day with some killer fares out of Canada (namely Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary) with fares as low as $729 from the West! Those are some good prices!. Book by April 16, 2019. Travel before June 20, 2019 or between September 11, 2019 and December 10, 2019. Find out more here!

Here is an example of Calgary pricing:

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
- 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you join the program and complete your first mileage earning transaction within 60 days. More... Unknown end date

Other Bonus Offers

Marriott Bonvoy
- 10,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points when you stay 2+ nights Thursday-Sunday at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe. More... Until May 10, 19
- 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points when you stay any night Monday-Thursday at Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa. More... Until May 28, 19

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Earn up to 6,000 QMiles when you fly Qatar Airways between Doha and Izmir. More... May 23 - Aug 20, 19

Sonesta Hotels Travel Pass
- OFFER EXTENDED 500 Bonus Travel Pass Points per night for stays at the Royal Sonesta New Orleans. More... Until Dec 29, 19


TAP Portugal Miles&Go
- Double Miles&Go Miles for Europcar rentals in Brazil. More... Until Jun 30, 19

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Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Save up to 50% on award tickets between Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Europe

As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" or Mileage Bargain discounted mileage awards. This month the offers are for flying out of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Please note that this should be the last month of business class pricing out at 55,000 miles as Miles & More is boosting the standard 105,000 miles requirement to 112,000 come May 9th.  We aren't sure if they will still discount by 50,000 miles or some amount at that time. Economy class will remain at a 60,000 miles base amount.

This month's offers:

Montreal
Austrian Airlines Economy Class
Book by April 30 for travel between April 29 - June 30, 2019


Toronto
Lufthansa Business Class
Book by April 30 for travel between July 15 - August 31, 2019


Vancouver
Lufthansa Business Class
Book by April 30 for travel between July 15 - August 31, 2019

With this month's offer you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip business class tickets on Lufthansa for only 55,000 miles. This is nearly a 50% discount off the normal award ticket price of 105,000 miles. Remember however Miles & More charges some major fees for redeeming miles on these flights so be sure you also check what a revenue ticket costs however remember this is for business class so even several hundreds of dollars in fees along with 55,000 miles could be the savings you are looking for.

Here are some of the Business Class offers this month:

You can also choose to redeem 30,000 miles for round-trip Economy Class Austrian Airlines flights from Montreal to Austria. This is a 50% discount off the normal Economy Class award ticket price of 60,000 miles.

Here is an example of some of them:

Short on Miles & More miles? Your best bet is to convert Marriott Bonvoy points to Miles & More on a 3:1 basis plus you'll earn 5,000 bonus miles when you convert 60,000 points at a time. That means 75,000 points is all it would take to get one of the economy class tickets if you don't have any Miles & More miles to your name.

If you don't have any Marriott Rewards Points you can get close to amount required to redeem for the tickets by grabbing some credit cards! How so? As we always mention in this post you can boost your Miles & More account with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card to top off your account. Currently the card comes with a 60,000 point sign up bonus when you spend $1,500 on the card and then you could also grab the Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card as it also has a 60,000 point sign up bonus and then you would ultimately be able to have 120,000 points not including what is earned on spending. Of course timing of getting the card(s) now, spending and getting the points will likely not happen for this month but it sets you up for future offers.  Need to grab two tickets for an itinerary? You could choose to get one Marriott card for yourself and one for your partner or spouse.

Click here for full details on this Miles & More offer  

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Save up to 50% on Lufthansa award tickets between Montreal and Europe for July & August!

As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" or Mileage Bargain discounted mileage awards. This month the offers are for flying out of Montreal on Lufthansa in either business or economy class. Please note that this should be the second last month of business class pricing out at 55,000 miles as Miles & More is boosting the standard 105,000 miles requirement to 112,000 come May 9th.  We aren't sure if they will still discount by 50,000 miles or some amount at that time. Economy class will remain at a 60,000 miles base amount.

Montreal
Lufthansa Economy or Business Class
Book by March 31 for travel between July 1 - August 15 , 2019

With this month's offer you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip business class tickets on Lufthansa for only 55,000 miles. This is nearly a 50% discount off the normal award ticket price of 105,000 miles. Remember however Miles & More charges some major fees for redeeming miles on these flights so be sure you also check what a revenue ticket costs however remember this is for business class so even several hundreds of dollars in fees along with 55,000 miles could be the savings you are looking for.

Here are some of the Business Class offers this month:

You can also choose to redeem 30,000 miles for round-trip Economy Class Lufthansa flights from Montreal to Europe. This is a 50% discount off the normal Economy Class award ticket price of 60,000 miles.

Here is an example of some of them:

Short on Miles & More miles? Your best bet is to convert Marriott Bonvoy points to Miles & More on a 3:1 basis plus you'll earn 5,000 bonus miles when you convert 60,000 points at a time. That means 75,000 points is all it would take to get one of the economy class tickets if you don't have any Miles & More miles to your name.

If you don't have any Marriott Rewards Points you can get close to amount required to redeem for the tickets by grabbing some credit cards! How so? As we always mention in this post you can boost your Miles & More account with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card to top off your account. Currently the card comes with a 60,000 point sign up bonus when you spend $1,500 on the card and then you could also grab the Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card as it also has a 60,000 point sign up bonus and then you would ultimately be able to have 120,000 points not including what is earned on spending. Of course timing of getting the card(s) now, spending and getting the points will likely not happen for this month but it sets you up for future offers.  Need to grab two tickets for an itinerary? You could choose to get one Marriott card for yourself and one for your partner or spouse.

Click here for full details on this Miles & More offer  

February 12 Update: Bonus Miles & More Miles for Lufthansa Economy Class out of Canada, Aeroplan Costco bonus next week & 20X SCENE Points during Irish Fest

If you plan on flying on Lufthansa out of Canada this year in Economy Class the good news is that you will now earn 6 Miles & More miles per Euro spent instead of 4. The program is offering 2 bonus miles per Euro spent on all of Lufthansa's Intercontinental flights flown in Economy Class. There is no registration required simply book online at Lufthansa.ca

 Here is a heads up that you will be able to earn Triple Aeroplan miles on Costco.ca purhcases starting next week. Registration and use of promo code will be required. Find out more here. 

You can earn 20X SCENE Points during Irish Fest at participating Fionn MacCool’s, D’Arcy McGee’s, Paddy Flaherty’s and Tir nan Òg restaurants until March 16. Find out more here. 

and be sure keep an eye on our blog and social media channels over the next two days for a bunch of exciting updates and industry coverage!

Posts since our last update:

• World Of Hyatt Hotel Category Changes for 2019 - 259 hotels affected globally, 1 in Canada
  The list of hotel chains releasing their hotel category changes for 2019 continues to grow. Hyatt and their World…

Travel Deals
Avis Spring Sale - Save up to 30% on Avis Rentals Worldwide until March 31. 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
Miles & More
- 2 Bonus Miles&More Miles on all Lufthansa Intercontinental flights flown in economy class including those departing Canada. More... Until Dec 31, 19

Other Bonus Offers
Le Club AccorHotels
- 1,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays of 2+ nights at participating Accor Hotels in the French Riviera. More... Until Mar 3, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Fairfield Inn East Rutherford Meadowlands, Residence Inn East Rutherford Meadowlands, Courtyard Edison Woodbridge or the Residence Inn Secaucus Meadowlands. More... Until Mar 16, 19
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT for stays at the AC Hotel New York Downtown. More... Until Mar 16, 19
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel. More... Until Apr 1, 19

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles for Europcar Rentals of 2 or more days worldwide except US, Canada, China and Japan. More... Until Mar 31, 19

Turkish Miles&Smiles
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you rent with Hertz Worldwide. More... Until Mar 30, 19

United MileagePlus
- 400 Bonus MileagePlus miles when you spend $200 more with MileagePlus Shopping. More.. Until Feb 17, 19

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Up to 50% off Austrian Airlines & Lufthansa Economy and Business Class award tickets between Toronto or Vancouver and Europe

As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" or Mileage Bargain discounted mileage awards. This month the offers are for flying on Austrian Airlines or Lufthansa from Toronto or just Lufthansa from Vancouver


Toronto
Austrian Airlines Business Class
Book by February for travel until April 30, 2019

Toronto
Lufthansa Economy Class
Book by February 28 for travel between June 1 - July 15 , 2019

Vancouver
Lufthansa Economy or Business Class
Book by February 28 for travel between June 1 - July 15 , 2019

With this offer you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip business class tickets on Austrian or Lufthansa for only 55,000 miles. This is nearly a 50% discount off the normal award ticket price of 105,000 miles (soon to be 112,000 so we can only assume the discounted price will go up as well). Remember however Miles & More charges some major fees for redeeming miles on these flights so be sure you also check what a revenue ticket costs however remember this is for business class so even several hundreds of dollars in fees along with 55,000 miles could be the savings you are looking for.

Here are some of the Business Class offers this month:

You can also choose to redeem 30,000 miles for round-trip Economy Class  Lufthansa flights out of both Toronto Vancouver to Europe. This is a 50% discount off the normal Economy Class award ticket price of 60,000 miles.

Here is an example of some of them:

Short on Miles & More miles? Your best bet is to convert Marriott Rewards points to Miles & More on a 3:1 basis plus you'll earn 5,000 bonus miles when you convert 60,000 points at a time. That means 75,000 points is all it would take to get one of the economy class tickets if you don't have any Miles & More miles to your name.

If you don't have any Marriott Rewards Points you can get close to amount required to redeem for the tickets by grabbing some credit cards! How so? As we always mention in this post you can boost your Miles & More account with the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express to top off your account. Currently the card comes with a 50,000 point sign up bonus when you spend $1,500 on the card and then you could also grab The Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card from American Express as it also has 50,000 point sign up bonus and then you would ultimately be able to have 100,000 points not including what is earned on spending. Of course timing of getting the card(s) now, spending and getting the points will likely not happen for this month but it sets you up for future offers.  Need to grab two tickets for an itinerary? You could choose to get one SPG card for yourself and one for your partner or spouse.

Click here for full details on this Miles & More offer 

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Save 50% on Economy Class award tickets between Montreal and Austria for travel in May!

As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" or Mileage Bargain discounted mileage awards. This month we see a reduction of offers as we only have Austrian Airlines out of Montreal in Economy Class.

Montreal
Austrian Airlines Economy Class
50% off flights between Montreal and Austria
Book by December 31 for travel between April 29 and May 31, 2019

With this offer you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip economy class tickets on Austrian Airlines from Montreal to 6 cities in Austria also for only 30,000 miles. This is a 50% discount off the normal award ticket price of 60,000 miles. Remember however Miles & More charges some major fees for redeeming miles on these flights so be sure you also check what a revenue ticket costs.

Here are the six cities you can choose from:

Short on Miles & More miles? Your best bet is to convert Marriott Rewards points to Miles & More on a 3:1 basis plus you'll earn 5,000 bonus miles when you convert 60,000 points at a time. That means 75,000 points is all it would take to get one of these tickets if you don't have any Miles & More miles to your name. Remember you can also convert to Marriott (then to M&M) from any American Express card that has Membership Rewards or Membership Rewards Select options. (Think Gold Rewards Card, Platinum, Cobalt etc.)

If you don't have any Marriott Rewards Points you can get close to amount required to redeem for the tickets by grabbing some credit cards! How so? As we always mention in this post you can boost your Miles & More account with the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express to top off your account. Currently the card comes with a 50,000 point sign up bonus when you spend $1,500 on the card and then you could also grab The Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card from American Express as it also has 50,000 point sign up bonus and then you would ultimately be able to have 100,000 points not including what is earned on spending. Of course timing of getting the card(s) now, spending and getting the points will likely not happen for this month but it sets you up for future offers.  Need to grab two tickets for an itinerary? You could choose to get one SPG card for yourself and one for your partner or spouse.

Click here Full details on this Miles & More offer 

Earn Double Miles & More Miles when you fly Lufthansa Economy Class until the end of the year

The Miles & More program has been very giving with flight bonus offers this fall and it continues with this new bonus for flying Lufthansa in Economy class. This promotion is open to Canadian residents and is valid on LH's flights out of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

Offer details
Double Miles & More Miles on all Lufthansa flights Worldwide when flown in Economy Class. Full details & online registration (Registration is required) then book online at Lufthansa. Until Dec 31, 18

Find many more Miles & More Bonus Miles offers here