March 3 Update: The new Hyatt Place Brampton will open in July and be a World of Hyatt Category 2 Hotel, Rocketmiles and PointsHound combine into one booking site

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your 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 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! 

 
We already have one update to our series on New Hotel Openings in Canada. This one comes to us from Hyatt who have now revealed more details on the Hyatt Place Brampton. First it will be called the Hyatt Place Toronto / Brampton now and an opening date of July 27, 2022 has been published on the hotel website. Also, they have added the hotel to the World of Hyatt program and it comes in as a Category 2 Hotel. This means it will require 8,000 points for a Standard free night award, 6,500 for Off Peak and 9,500 Peak. Click here to learn more about this hotel and others opening in Canada this year.

October 24 Update: More confirmed Amex Cobalt Card multiplier locations & Current Bonus Mile & Point Offers for hotel stays booked via 3rd Party sites

Thanks to the Rewards Canada community we have another update to our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations feature! Once again thanks to Noel for giving us another half dozen locations in Ottawa and Montreal! Check out the feature here and remember that as of November 4th this list will also apply to the American Express AIR MILES Platinum Card.

Over on our global site, Frequent Flyer Bonuses, we have a post that covers all the current bonus miles and points offers for booking hotels via third party booking sites Agoda, Kaligo, PointsHound, Rocketmiles and Trip.com. There are some really good offers on their especially the Qatar Airways up to 20,000 miles bonus via Kaligo and Rocketmiles' 5,000 miles bonus for most of their partners. Check it out here.

Posts since our last update:

• IHG Rewards Club – Up to 4x points for stays at all IHG Hotels Worldwide
  IHG has officially launched their Fall/Winter global systemwide promotion. They have gone away from their ‘Accelerate’ style of offers…
• Amex Offers: Spend $300 with Marriott to get a $60 credit
  A new Amex Offers offer came out recently that should appeal to a lot of our readers. This offer…
• Earn 4x Aeroplan Miles for stays at the Chelsea Hotel Toronto
  Offer details: Earn 4x Aeroplan Miles when you stay for 2 or more nights on weekends (Thu-Sun) at the…
• Kimpton Hotels Annual Sale - 2x Elite Qualifying IHG Rewards Club Points + up to 30% off
  Kimpton Hotels Annual Sale is back. This offer provides up to 30% off the best flexible rate and 2x…
• Receive a $5 statement credit from American Express for enrolling in Online-Only statements (Targeted offer)
  I have one American Express card that I was still receiving paper statements for as I have been too…
• Hertz Gold Plus Rewards - 20% discount on Free Rental Day Rewards (Book by Oct 25)
  Offer details: 20% Gold Plus Rewards Points discount when you redeem points for a Free Rental Day Reward in…
• October 22 Update: 25 Free AIR MILES, Air Canada adding A220 to Montreal-Denver route & Qatar Airways Doha stopover deal

Travel Deals

Qatar Airways Stopover special - Travel from Montreal via Doha to anywhere Qatar Airways flies and enjoy a great stopover option on Doha. Book by 28 December for travel until 31 December 2019 to enjoy a luxurious holiday of up to four nights in a four or five-star hotel in Qatar from just USD 23! 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

Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn 4x Aeroplan Miles when you stay for 2 or more nights on weekends (Thu-Sun) at the Chelsea Hotel Toronto. More... Until Mar 30, 20

AIR MILES
- 25 Free AIR MILES Reward Miles for subscribing to emails from Sobeys. More... Unknown end date

Other Bonus Offers

IHG Rewards Club
- 2x Elite Qualifying IHG Rewards Club Points plus up to 30% off for stays at Kimpton Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Oct 28 for stays until Mar 31, 20

Le Club AccorHotels
- Quadruple Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating new Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Dec 9, 19 for stays until Jan 9, 20

Marriott Bonvoy
- 5,000 Bonus Bonvoy points PER NIGHT at the Four Points by Sheraton Bellingham Hotel & Conference Center. More... Until Nov 16, 19
- Earn 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays of 2 or more nights at the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel at Keystone Crossing. More... Until Jan 30, 20
- Earn 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays of 2 or more nights at the Sheraton Suites Country Club Plaza. More... Until Jan 30, 20

Red Roof Inn RediRewards
- Earn 7,000 Bonus RediPoints when you complete 2 separate stays at any Red Roof location, including The Red Collection and Hometowne Studios by Red Roof in the U.S., Japan, Brazil and Canada. More... Until Feb 29, 20

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- 50% Bonus KrisFlyer Miles when you book hotels via Kaligo. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Mar 31, 20

United MileagePlus
- 30% Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you convert hotel loyalty program points into United MileagePlus Miles. More... Until Nov 30, 19


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Current Bonus Mile & Point Offers for hotel stays booked via 3rd Party sites - Agoda, Kaligo, PointsHound, Rocketmiles

Ever since Pointshound launched quite a few years ago the market for earning miles and points in your favorite programs for hotel stays booked via third party sites has exploded. Second on the market was Rocketmiles and now we've seen huge growth from Singapore based Kaligo which launched in fall of 2014 as well as major booking engine Agoda grow their PointsMAX option. All four operate on pretty much the same premise. Book hotel stays with them and they will award a lot of miles for those stays in the partner program of your choice. As with many third party booking sites the stays may not earn hotel frequent guest points, status credits and the hotels may not recognize your hotel elite status. These sites tend to be best used for hotels that do not have loyalty programs or if they are from a major chain they are ones that you don't collect points with as they are not your brand of choice. Of course, occasionally (well more than occasionally right now) these 3rd party sites offer bonus miles on top of the regular miles they award and those offers can be found right here

If you don't see your program of choice listed below you can book and earn regular miles with our referral link. (we earn a commission on these bookings - thank you for your support!)
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer	2 Bonus KrisFlyer Miles for every US$1 spend on hotel bookings made via Agoda. Full details & online booking	Until Jul 31, 18
If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via Kaligo before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 500 miles)
British Airways Executive Club	Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Avios for all hotel stays booked via Kaligo. - 5,000 bonus Avios for minimum spend of GBP300 on one or more hotel bookings with Kaligo - 10,000 bonus Avios for minimum spend of GBP500 on one or more hotel bookings with Kaligo - 20,000 bonus Avios for minimum spend of GBP1,000 on one or more hotel bookings with Kaligo. For British Airways American Express cardholders only. Full details and online booking	Book by Aug 31 for stays until Feb 28, 19
Ethiopian ShebaMiles	50% Bonus ShebaMiles for all hotel stays booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by Jul 17 for stays until Dec 31, 18
Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings	50% Fortune Wings Points for all hotel stays booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by Jul 31 for stays until Dec 31, 18
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	Double Flying Club Miles for your first hotel stay booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by Jul 14 for stays until Dec 31, 18
	30% Bonus Flying Club Miles for all hotel stays booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by Jul 14 for stays until Dec 31, 18
If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via PointsHound before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
American AAdvantage	Earn up to 6,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you make your first booking on PointsHound. Full Details Spend $150 - $299 = 1,000 Mile Bonus Spend $300 - $999 = 2,000 Mile Bonus Spend $1,000+ = 6,000 Mile Bonus	Until Jul 31, 18
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Flying Club Miles when you book hotels via PointHound. Full details Spend between £150-£399 (or the equivalent) on your booking, you'll receive a 1,000 mile bonus on top of the generous amount you'd usually earn. And if you spend £400 or more, you’ll enjoy a 3,000 miles bonus	Until Jul 31, 18
If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via Rocketmiles before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
Alitalia MilleMiglia	5,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles when you make your first hotel booking via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking	Book by Sep 30, 18
Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles	2,000 Bonus HawaiianMiles when you make your first hotel booking via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking	Book by Dec 31, 18
United MileagePlus	3,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Jul 31, 18
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	75% Bonus Flying Club Miles on your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking	Book by Sep 30, 18

April 27 Update: Credit Cards that earn the most points, 3rd Party Hotel Booking site bonuses, Aeroplan makes commitments to members

Today saw us release another feature on the main Rewards Canada website. This feature looks at the credit cards that earn the most points and miles on everyday spend and nothing else. Read the feature here: The Top 5 Credit Cards for Earning Points and Miles (This feature will be updated as frequently as needed if and when cards change)

Are you someone who likes to earn miles or points for booking your hotel via third party sites? You'll want to check out our summary of Current Bonus Mile & Point Offers for hotel stays booked via 3rd Party sites - Agoda, Kaligo, PointsHound, Rocketmiles that was posted on our global site!

Aeroplan sent out a press release yesterday to detail their commitment to members for the present and the future in 2020 when they split from Air Canada. The press release doens't give specific details but as many of us have assumed it appears that you will be able to use Aeroplan miles to book flights on lots of airlines and at anytime - so in all likelihood a partnership with an OTA like Expedia, Orbitz etc. or at least they'll white label an OTA back end and run it is as their own booking engine. Here are the key highlights from the press release:

• The freedom to choose any seat on more of your favourite airlines: Starting in July 2020, you won't be limited to seat inventory from one airline or one network when you want to redeem valued miles. Instead, you'll be able to choose any available seat from more airlines to more destinations than today.
• The power to reach your travel plans faster: With the ability to earn miles faster and redeem for flights on more of your favourite airlines starting in July 2020, including with future preferred partners, we're committed to helping our members travel sooner than with other travel reward programs in Canada, just as we do today.
• A complete travel offering in one place: Today, you can browse more car rental options than ever before. Tomorrow, an intuitive planning and booking engine will offer you a greater selection of accommodations, destination activities, vacation packages and inspiring content directly through our website and mobile app.
• Unmatched convenience & flexibility: When you earn fast and often, you can get to your travel plans sooner. The convenience of earning on thousands of everyday items in-store and online at over 150 partner brands, flexible payment options plus the ability to earn miles on all cash bookings made with Aeroplan means realizing your plans is easier than ever.
• A more personalized journey: Enjoy a unique travel experience that is more rewarding and tailored to your needs as we proactively serve up suggestions, content and offers based on the things you like.
• An altogether transformed user experience: Staying at the forefront of technological trends, we will reinvent your user experience at every level from mobile to online right up to the Aeroplan Contact Centre.

What are your thoughts?

Posts since our last update:

• IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks Preview - Live on Monday with 170+ hotels
  IHG is giving us a sneak peak at some of the hotels that will be on the newest PointBreaks…
• The Top 5 Credit Cards for Earning Points and Miles
  For some points and miles aficionados it’s all about earning as many points and miles as possible. In reality that's…

Travel Deals
Accor Hotels Private Sale - Save up to 40% on stays at Accor Hotels around the world! Book by May 3. 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
Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings
- Fast track to elite status - fly one flight on Hainan Airlines in Business Class from Calgary or Toronto, the U.S. Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East to China and receive Fortune Wings Elite status. More... Until Dec 31, 18

Other Bonus Offers
MEA Cedar Miles
- Double Cedar Miles when you stay at the Pearl Rotana, Abu Dhabi. More... Until Jun 20, 18
- Triple Cedar Miles when you stay at the Saadiyat Rotana Resort & Villas, Abu Dhabi. More... Until Dec 31, 18

Miles & More
- Earn up to 5,000 Miles & More Miles at participating Enterprise, Alamo and National locations in Europe and North America. More... Book by Jun 30 for rentals until Jul 31, 18

Radisson Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Gold Points for stays on the Park Plaza Plus package at the Park Plaza London Park Royal. More... Until ?

TAP Portugal Victoria
- Double Victoria Miles for stays at Anantara Hotels Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 18

Current Bonus Mile & Point Offers for hotel stays via 3rd Party Booking sites - Kaligo, PointsHound, Rocketmiles

 Ever since Pointshound launched qute a few years ago the market for earning miles and points in your favorite programs for hotel stays booked via third party sites has exploded. Second on the market was Rocketmiles and now we've seen huge growth from Singapore based Kaligo which launched in fall of 2014. All three operate on pretty much the same premise. Book hotel stays with them and they will award a lot of miles for those stays in the partner program of your choice. As with many third party booking sites the stays may not earn hotel frequent guest points, status credits and the hotels may not recognize your hotel elite status. These sites tend to be best used for hotels that do not have loyalty programs or if they are from a major chain they are ones that you don't collect points with as they are not your brand of choice. Of course, occasionally (well more than occasionally right now) these 3rd party sites offer bonus miles on top of the regular miles they award and those offers can be found right here.

There is one Aeroplan offer for Rocketmiles and those miles earned do count towards your Aeroplan Elite status.

If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via Kaligo before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
Aeroflot Bonus	3,000 Bonus Bonus Miles on your first hotel stay booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by May 31, 17
Air China Phoenix Miles	1,000 Bonus PhoenixMiles Kilometers on your first hotel booking via the Kaligo mobile apps. Full details	Until Apr 10, 17
Alitalia MilleMiglia	50% Bonus MilleMiglia Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo.  Full details and online booking	Book by May 15 for stays until Nov 30, 17
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Asia Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo. Regular Asia Miles members will earn up to 4,000 bonus miles, those who book with Hong Kong based Asia Miles American Express card will earn up to 5,000 bonus miles.  Full details and online booking	Book by May 5 for stays until Dec 31, 17
Etihad Guest	50% Bonus Guest Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo plus earn 1,000 bonus miles on your first booking.  Full details and online booking	Book by Apr 30 for stays until Dec 31, 17
flydubai OPEN Rewards	50% Bonus OPEN Rewards Points on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Until Apr 5, 17
Latam PASS	50% Bonus LANPASS KMs on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo.  Full details and online booking	Book by Mar 31 for stays until Dec 31, 17
Philippine Airlines Mabuhay	1,000 Bonus Mabuhay Miles on your first hotel stay booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by Mar 31, 17
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	50% Bonus Flying Club Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo.  Full details and online booking	Book by Mar 31 for stays until Dec 31, 17
If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via PointsHound before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
Air France KLM Flying Blue	Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Flying Blue Miles on your first hotel booking via PointsHound. Full details. • 2,000 extra Miles for bookings of €150-299 • 5,000 extra Miles for bookings over €300	Book by Mar 31, 17
If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via Rocketmiles before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
Air Canada / Aeroplan	50% Bonus Aeroplan Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/aeroplanbonus. The first time booking bonus can only be earned once per member.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Air France KLM Flying Blue	1,000 Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Avianca LifeMiles	1,000 Bonus LifeMiles per night for up to 5 nights when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Copa Connect Miles	1,000 Bonus ConnectMiles per night for up to 5 nights when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Apr 30, 17
Etihad Guest	25% Bonus Guest Miles on all Rocketmiles hotel bookings paid for with your Etihad Guest co-brand credit card. www.rocketmiles.com/etihad-cobrand.	Until Mar 31, 17
Qatar Airways Privilege Club	2,000 Bonus QMiles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
United MileagePlus	3,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Virgin America Elevate	3,000 Bonus Elevate Points when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17

250 Bonus AIR MILES when you book a hotel stay via the AIR MILES Travel Hub

Back in August we let you know about the AIR MILES Travel Hub, a hotel booking engine powered by PointsHound.com. The AIR MILES Travel Hub booking platform allows AIR MILES Collectors to book stays at more than 150,000 hotels and all-inclusive resorts around the world and earn additional AIR MILES Reward Miles for those stays. As always with third party booking options there are pros and cons to booking with them. The pros are that you can earn miles at hotels that you may not normally earn any miles or points at (ie independent boutique hotels) and you can earn miles at hotels that are not normally associated with that loyalty program (ie a chain that does not partner with AIR MILES). The cons are that you may not be getting the best price (always compare with sites like Trivago, Expedia etc.), you may not earn hotel points or elite qualification (many hotel programs do not award points for booking via OTA's and third party sites) and you may not receive hotel elite status perks like late check out, upgrades etc.

Now until the end of November if you book a stay via the AIR MILES Travel Hub you'll receive an additional 250 Bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles. The stay doesn't have to be completed in November, simply booked this month to be eligible for the bonus miles. We value AIR MILES as roughly 11 to 15 cents each so we see this as a return of about $27.50 to $37.50 on your stay.

Offer details
250 Bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles when you book a hotel stay via the AIR MILES Travel Hub. Full details. Book by Nov 30, 16

AIR MILES Travel Hub launched - a new hotel booking engine to earn more AIR MILES (powered by PointsHound)

Amidst all the publicity AIR MILES has been receiving over the past month, and pretty much all of it not so good, there is some good news that came out of the program yesterday. Canada's largest loyalty program has teamed up with PointsHound to launch the new AIR MILES Travel Hub. If you have followed Rewards Canada for sometime now you should be aware of PointsHound. They are a third party hotel booking site that awards miles for hotel stays with numerous airline and other loyalty programs. While there is no sign of PointsHound when you go to the AIR MILES Travel Hub as they have private labelled it you can expect it to work the exactly same as PointsHound.com.

The AIR MILES Travel Hub booking platform allows AIR MILES Collectors to book stays at more than 150,000 hotels and all-inclusive resorts around the world. As always with third party booking options there are pros and cons to booking with them. The pros are that you can earn miles at hotels that you may not normally earn any miles or points at (ie independent boutique hotels) and you can earn miles at hotels that are not normally associated with that loyalty program (ie a chain that does not partner with AIR MILES). The cons are that you may not be getting the best price (always compare with sites like Trivago, Expedia etc.), you may not earn hotel points or elite qualification (many hotel programs do not award points for booking via OTA's and third party sites) and you may not receive hotel elite status perks like late check out, upgrades etc. So while this is a welcome addition to the program be sure to go through all the pros and cons before you choose to book via the AIR MILES Travel Hub. You can learn more and access the hub at travelhub.airmiles.ca

An example of the miles you could earn booking via the AIR MILES Travel Hub (Toronto Sep 14-15):

 

January 18 Update: 5,000 Bonus Gold Points for Club Carlson stays, big Finnair PointsHound bonus and Amex Travel Hotel sale

Welcome to another week of all things pertinent for Canadians to be rewarded!

News, Tips & Tricks
Quiet on the news front today!

Some of you may be recovering from attending the Canadian Points University over the weekend. As you may know we had a last scheduling matter that prevented us from coming out and speaking. Hopefully things work out for the next Points U! I'm sure those of you who did attend learned a lot of the ins and outs of making the most of your travel rewards programs!



Posts since our last update:

• Club Carlson - 5,000 Bonus Gold Points when you complete stays at two of their brands anywhere in the world
  This email came through about half an hour ago. A new bonus from the folks at Carlson Rezidor hotels…

Travel Deals
American Express Travel is once again running a major hotel sale. You can save up to 40% on bookings at select hotels until Feb 29, 16. Find out more here.

SWISS is offering some decent fares on their flights out of Montreal. Fly to Europe for as little as $817 all in. Find out more here.

Bonus Offers
Carlson Rezidor Hotels Club Carlson
- 5,000 Bonus Gold Points when you stay at two different Carlson Rezidor brands anywhere in the world More... Until Mar 31, 16

Finnair Plus
- 10,000 Bonus Plus Points on hotel stays booked via PointsHound. More... Until Jan 31, 16

IHG Rewards Club
- 3,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for Platinum Members on your next stay at IHG Hotels Worldwide. More... Until ? Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone

Oman Air Sindbad (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Earn up to 4x Sindbad Miles for stays at participating Shangri-La Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Feb 29, 16
- Double Sindbad Miles for stays at the at Swiss-Belhotel Sharjah. More... Until Feb 28, 16

Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer
- Double iPrefer Points for stays at AKA Serviced Residences in North America and Europe. More... Until Mar 31, 16

TAP Portugal Victoria
- 2,000 Victoria Miles for stays of 3 or more nights at the PortoBay Liberdade Lisbon. More... Until Feb 15, 16
- Triple Victoria Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Feb 29, 16

Limited Time: Earn 1,000 Bonus Points or Miles on your first PointsHound booking (Book by Dec 31)

Here is a nice Christmas present from the crew at PointsHound! They are offering 1,000 bonus points or miles on your first booking made by December 31st, 2014 for stays right through to the end of 2015.  This offer is for anyone who hasn't signed up with PointsHound yet and is a 'referral bonus' which means you'll get 1,000 bonus miles/points in the PointsHound program of your choice and we'll also receive 1,000 miles/points.

If you haven't joined PointsHound yet you can do so via our referral link to get this bonus on your first booking

* - The normal bonus is 250 miles for referrals via most referrers save for a few other bloggers who have also been extended this increased referral bonus offer from PointsHound.  To get the 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points simply make your first booking before the end of the year after you signed up via our referral link.

You can earn miles and points in the following programs:

PointsHound Flash Sale: 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points on any stay (Book by 10/24 for stays until 12/31)

PointsHound has launched a three day flash sale that will award 1,000 Bonus Miles or Points in the program of your choice that partners with the third party booking site. Simply book any stay by Friday October 24 that will be completed by December 31st and you'll earn the bonus. Book online at PointsHound.com. The Promotional offer cannot be combined with any other bonuses or offers and has a limit of one per user and one per stay.

These are the current programs you can earn this bonus with:

Kaligo, the latest entrant in awarding miles via a third party hotel booking site

Based out of Singapore, Kaligo.com is a new competitor to likes of PointsHound.com and Rocketmiles.com. This start up looks and feel likes it competitors and seems to work on the exact same premise. They are a third party hotel booking site that awards miles from various loyalty programs for those bookings once the stay is completed. You can tell they are quite new as Kaligo's roster of loyalty partners is small compared to the other two established sites. Right now Kaligo only offers miles with American AAdvantage, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and US Airways Dividend Miles.

We became aware of Kaligo via Cathay Pacific as they are running a bonus for Kaligo bookings (as taken from our Asia Miles bonus miles page):

Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Asia Miles when you book hotels via Kaligo. Earn 2,000 Bonus Asia Miles when you register and book for the first time at any of their 300,000 hotels. Plus, earn an additional 8,000 Bonus Asia Miles if you book eight or more room nights. Full details Until Jan 31, 15

Now that there are three companies vying for your bookings in this space we thought we would do some comparisons between them all. Since American AAdvantage and US Airways are the only program that all three services partner with choose to compare AAdvantage earning across all three in our home city of Calgary for stays at the Hotel Germain, a boutique hotel that does not participate in any loyalty programs:

Kaligo.com

PointsHound.com

Rocketmiles.com

Looking at this quick comparison you can see that Rocketmiles is the clear winner with the best price and the most miles awarded for this stay but this is not always the case.

Update: Thanks to DoctorOfCredit for pointing out that Kaligo prices include taxes! So in fact all three sites in our comparison would be comparable on price so the deciding factor would be the number of miles awarded.

We would recommend checking all three sites to see which can provide the best bonus for the best price and for hotels that may not be featured on one of them. We checked a few other cities (Los Angeles, Singapore) and the trend was for Kaligo to be more expensive but they also tended to award the most miles out of the three. You also need to take into account any bonus offers such as Kaligo's bonus Asia Miles as outlined above or anyone of the numerous Rocketmiles first booking bonuses (find those here). Finally, you'll also need to take into account the program you want to earn miles in, for example Asia Miles are only available with PointsHound.com or Kaligo.com.

Unlike Pointshound and Rocketmiles, Kaligo does not have a referral program to get new members but we wouldn't be surprised if that is something they bring along soon to attract more awareness to their site.

I recall talking with Pointshound when they launched and were soon followed by Rocketmiles. They were in fact happy there was competition as it validated their concept. Obviously it seems to be a good concept since there is now a third player in the space!

We wish the best to Kaligo and hope they succeed as well as there can't be enough places to earn more Miles, more Points and more Rewards!

July 28 Update: 50 Free Iberia Plus Avios, PointsHound bonus for C$ bookings, and lots of news & bonuses

We're back to a full week of travel rewards and loyalty program coverage here on Rewards Canada!

News, Tips & Tricks
Catching up on lots of news here!

Air Canada Rouge, looks to take on WestJet's stranglehold on flights to Palm Springs as they will be adding 3x weekly service to the desert oasis from Vancouver this December. (Source Airlineroute.net)

Aeroplan award flights for travel on EVA Air are once again bookable. They were unavailable for awhile. I recall a comment on one of our posts where a reader could not access their flights at all so hopefully you have not booked yet as now you'll be able to get those flights you want.

If you are booked or were planning to travel on Lufthansa's seasonal Vancouver-Munich service you should double check your email for flight changes as they are cutting short their service by two weeks. Originally flights were to run until Oct 25 but that has been changed to Oct 11. (Source Airlineroute.net)

WestJet Encore will launch a new Toronto to Fredrection service on April 15, 2015. The flights will operate twice daily. (Source Airlineroute.net)

WestJet also announced the details of their winter 2014/15 flight schedule which includes two new routes: Calgary-Loreto, Mexico and Winnipeg-Ft. Lauderdale. Their will also be increased frequency on 19 of their existing routes. (Source WestJet)

In the bonus offers section be sure to take advantage of the 50 Free Avios offer from Iberia. Always good to get some free miles! This will also make your account active if you haven't earned any Avios yet and let you eventually transfer Avios between British Airways and Iberia, with the latter being an option for avoiding fuel surcharges on certain routes.

And a further round up of news we already posted to the blog today:

• Rewards Canada Offer: 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points on all PointsHound bookings made in CAD
• IHG PointBreaks now live - Award nights for only 5,000 points for stays until Sep 30

Travel Deals
Up to $1000 Instant Air Credit Savings At Sandals Resorts

Bonus Offers
American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage Miles on Japan Airlines flights between Tokyo and Indonesia. More... Until Sep 30, 14

China Eastern Eastern Miles
- Quadruple Eastern Miles Points for stays at the Tokyo Andaz or the Andaz Shanghai Xintiandi. More... Until Sep 30, 14

Delta SkyMiles
- Earn up to 1,000 Bonus SkyMiles when you shop online via the SkyMiles Shopping portal. More... Join by Aug 31, 14

Germanwings Boomerang Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Boomerang Miles on weekend flights (Fri-Sun) to/from Dusseldorf, Hamburg or Berlin-Tegel. More... Book by Jul 31 for travel until Mar 31, 15
- Double Boomerang Miles on flights to/from Paris. More... Book by Jul 31 for travel until Aug 31, 14

Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple HawaiianMiles for stays of 4 ore more nights at the Coconut Waikiki Hotel or Shoreline Hotel Waikiki. More... Until Dec 25, 14

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 2,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays on the Mall of America Package at the Hyatt Place Minneapolis Airport - South. More... Until Dec 31, 14

Iberia Plus
- 50 Free Avios when you enter Iberia's Summer Flights contest. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- 30% Bonus Avios when you buy, gift or transfer Avios via Iberia Plus. More... Until Aug 17, 14

IHG Rewards Club
- 5,000 points per award night - IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks Redeem only 5,000 points for stays at select hotels Worldwide. More... Until Sep 30, 14
- 60% Bonus IHG Rewards Club points when you buy 10,000 or more points online. More... Until Sep 30, 14

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 25% Miles&Smiles Discount when redeeming for a MIles&Smiles award ticket on any new Turkish Airlines routes. More... Until Dec 31, 14

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Rewards Canada Offer: 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points on all PointsHound bookings made in CAD

Similar to last weeks offer on our global site, FrequentFlyerBonuses.com, we are excited to announce that Rewards Canada has teamed up with PointsHound.com for a  5 day Bonus Offer. Keep on reading for the details!

For over two years we have been providing coverage of PointsHound right here on Rewards Canada so our seasoned followers should know this site well. However for those of you who have not heard of or perhaps have forgotten about them, PointsHound.com is a third party hotel booking site that awards loyalty program miles and points for booking hotels via their site. The U.S. based site was recently acquired by Points (the Canadian company based in Toronto responsible for most program's buy/share/gift miles offers) and since that time they have added more partners with Cathay Pacific's Asia Miles being the latest and heftily increased the amount of miles/points you can earn on hotel bookings.

One of those changes has been the addition of their 'Big Earn Rate' hotels which earn you the most possible miles/points on your booking. These hotels can be identified on the PointsHound site with a tag "Big Earn Rate" on the hotel's picture. A quick search of hotels in Toronto showed these Hot Deals hotels offering between 8 and 14 times the regular amount of miles that PointsHound would award for a stay. These 'Big Earn Rates" are only available for bookings made in USD or CAD. This is great news for those of us here in Canada, by choosing CAD you get to avoid foreign transaction fees on your credit card and get a very competitive exchange rate that matches the actual markets (see the XE.com screenshot below)

PointsHound.com had the Sheraton Toronto Airport at US$150 or C$161

Overall the site is a great way to earn more miles and points than you could regularly within an airline program for stays at many hotels or even from hotels that don't partner with an airline or hotel loyalty program. By booking a stay via PointsHound.com you are looking at a good way to boost the balance(s) in your favourite program that is a participating partner.


The RewardsCanada.ca Offer!
Now with this Bonus Offer with PointsHound.com when you purchase any hotel reservation on PointsHound in Canadian currency you’ll get a bonus of 1,000 points or miles — on top of your regular reservation earning! This offer is good not only for new members but also existing members who have already booked via PointsHound! Simply make your booking via our link by August 1st for any stay completed in 2014.

July 15 Update: Amex AeroplanPlus cards Distinction eligible, PointsHound 1st Booking Bonus, Best Western AAA/CAA bonus

Lots of great deals to bring your way today!

News, Tips & Tricks

American Express® AeroplanPlus®* Platinum Card / American Express® AeroplanPlus®*Gold Card is no longer available as of August 26th, 2020. For more information, please visithttps://www.americanexpress.com/ca/en/credit-cards/aeroplan-cards/

Over on our global site, FrequentFlyerBonuses.com we have an exclusive Flash Offer with PointsHound.com where you can earn 1,000 bonus points/miles on your first in the PointsHound partner program of your choice! Stays must be booked by July 17. Find out more here.

In the bonus offers section check out the new AAA/CAA offer from Best Western Rewards. Definitely a decent offer to take advantage of for your BW stays during the remainder of the summer.

Bonus Offers
Best Western Rewards
- 1,500 Bonus Rewards for AAA/CAA Best Western Rewards M embers who book the AAA/CAA qualified rate on bestwestern.com for stays at Best Western Hotels Worldwide. More...Until Sep 1, 14

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 5,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays in a Grand Executive Suite at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok More... Until Sep 30, 14
- 1,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok More... Until Sep 30, 14

La Quinta Returms
- Earn up to Triple Returns Points for stays at participating La Quinta locations in the U.S. More... Until Aug 7, 14

Le Club accorhotels
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor hotels in the Asia Pacific region. More... Until Nov 1, 14
- Earn up to Quadruple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor hotels in Austria. More... Until Aug 31, 14

Miles & More
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays at Best Western hotels in Germany and Luxembourg. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays at Leonardo Hotels in Europe.More... Until Jul 31, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles on all Wyndham Rewards Hotels stays Worldwide starting with your 2nd stay. Bonus also awarded on 3rd and 4th stays. More... Until Sep 5, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles on all Hertz rentals Worldwide. More... Book by Jul 31 for rentals until Sep 30, 14

Philippine Airlines Mabuhay
- Double Mabuhay Miles on all eligible Etihad Airways Worldwide. More... Sep 1 - Oct 31, 14

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- 7,500 bonus Flying Club miles when you fly round trip on Virgin Atlantic in Upper Class between the U.K and the Caribbean. More... Register by Sep 1 for travel Sep 1 - Dec 31, 14

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