May 1 Update: RBC Avion to British Airways Transfer bonus, JAL Mileage Bank introduces one way awards, SriLankan joins oneworld

The highly coveted RBC Avion transfer bonus to British Airways returns!

News, Tips & Tricks
The two big pieces of news today had their own posts right here on the RC blog, so no rehashing just links to them:

• 50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is back until June 30 
• Aeroplan Announces Exclusive Online Marketplace Partnership with SHOP.CA - Up to 16 Miles per $1 on your first purchase!

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank has introduced one way awards for flights on their partner airlines! (HT LoyaltyLobby)

SriLankan Airlines has joined the oneworld Alliance and to celebrate all the oneworld airlines are slated to offer bonuses for flying on UL. To keep track of them all as they are released please see my summary over on the FFB Blog: Summary of promotions celebrating US Airways, TAM & SriLankan joining oneworld.
 


Bonus Offers
Aegean Miles&Bonus
- Double Miles&Bonus Miles on Hertz rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide. Rental must be booked online. More... Until Jun 6, 14

American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jul 1, 14

ANA All Nippon Mileage Club
- Double Mileage Club Miles for stays at any participating hotel or resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 14

British Airways Executive Club
- 50% Bonus Avios for RBC Avion cardholders who convert their RBC Rewards Points into British Airways Executive Club. More... Until Jun 30, 14 Residents of Canada Only

Garuda Indonesia GarudaMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple GFF Miles when you fly in Executive Class on Garuda Indonesia between Balikpapan and Jakarta, Surabaya, Makassar, Yogyakarta, Manado or Singapore. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Germanwings Boomerang Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Quadruple Boomerang Miles on all Sixt car rentals in England. More... Until May 31, 14

Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Double Frequent Flyer Points on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jun 30, 14

S7 Priority (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
-Double Priority Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jul 1, 14

United MileagePlus
- 5,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on your very first booking with Rocketmiles for stays of 3+ nights (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before)  More... Book by May 31 for stays until Dec 31, 14
- 1,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on rentals for three days or longer at National locations in the U.S. and Canada. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 10% Velocity Points Discount on any Reward Seat on flights marketed and operated by Virgin Australia. More... Book by May 31 for travel until Jun 30, 14

Oct 10 Update: Rewards Canada Blog comment changes, Amex Tim Hortons Offer, up to 3x FlySmiles for Hilton Stays

Here is your Thursday in the world of travel rewards!

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News, Tips & Tricks
Rewards Canada Update!
You may have noticed that we have changed the comments portion on the blog here. We have moved over to Disqus, which we have been using on the FFB blog for sometime. It provides a more powerful commenting platform than blogger and also provides for better tracking of comments, especially when it comes to contest posts. (Hint Hint!) That being said over the past few months there have been an influx of readers posting their American Express referral links for the larger sign up offers than what is provided by Amex themselves. We have let most of these slide especially when they are for the same product as the main content of the post. As much as we don't like moderating however, some of these comments will be pulled especially when the referral does not fall into the context of the post. For example today there was numerous comments from one reader pushing the American Express AeroplanPlus Gold card and they posted it on a post about the Scotiabank Gold American Express card. Comments like that will be removed.

Air Canada has announced the temporary supension of their Edmonton-London UK service for the first quarter of 2014. (Source Airline Route Updates)

American Express is reaching out to their members to promote their new relationship with Tim Hortons whereby you can get a $10 statement credit if you spend $20 at Tim Hortons. This offer is limited to the first 100,000 members who successfully register for the promt0ion. Details can be found here.

Bonus Offers
AeroMexico Club Premier
- Quadruple Club Premier Kilometers on all Sixt car rentals of 7 or more days Worldwide. More... Until Oct 31, 13

Emirates Skywards
- Double Skywards Miles when you stay on the Short and Suite package at participating Raffles Hotels & Resorts properties Worldwide. More... Until Dec 30, 13

Frontier Airlines Early Returns (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Denver and Memphis. More... Mar 7 - May 7, 14
- Triple EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Trenton and Charlotte. More... Feb 12 - Apr 12, 14
- Triple EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Trenton and Cincinnati. More... Feb 12 - Apr 12, 14

Gulf Air FalconFlyer (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Falconflyer Miles for stays at the Rotana Al Ghurair Rayhaan. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Falconflyer Miles on Budget rentals in Bahrain and KSA, UAE (2 days or more), Kuwait (3 days or more) and Egypt (4 days or more). More... Until Nov 30, 13
- Earn up to Quadruple Falconflyer Miles on Hertz rentals Worldwide of 4 or more days. More... Book by Dec 31 for rentals until Jan 31, 14

Norwegian Reward (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Cash Points on Norwegian flights between London and Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Oslo or Stockholm.More... Book by Oct 14 for until Dec 15, 13

SriLankan FlySmiles
- Earn up to Triple FlySmiles Miles for stays at Hilton Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. Earn double miles when you stay 2 nights or triple miles for 3 nights or more.  More... Until Dec 31, 13

Air Canada and SriLankan Airlines to start codeshare service

At the end of this month Air Canada and SriLankan airlines will begin codesharing on services between Canada and SriLanka via Europe.With this announcement we have now launched a page on Rewards Canada covering bonus offers for the SriLankan FlySmiles frequent flyer program. You can visit that page here.

Air Canada operated by SriLankan Airlines
Colombo – Frankfurt
Colombo – London Heathrow
Colombo – Paris CDG

SriLankan Airlines operated by Air Canada
Frankfurt – Calgary
Frankfurt – Montreal
Frankfurt – Ottawa
London Heathrow – Calgary
London Heathrow – Edmonton
London Heathrow – Halifax
London Heathrow – Montreal
London Heathrow – Toronto
London Heathrow – Vancouver
Paris CDG – Montreal

Source: Airline Route Updates

SriLankan to serve Toronto?

I have not seen much news on this but according to this SriLankan newspaper, the national airline, SriLankan will begin to serve Toronto this October via London Heathrow. Apparently the service will be daily and would provide another option for those looking to go to the Indian Sub-continent or Southeast Asia.