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

 

The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. This month we see a few more cities on the list with offers available from Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

Earn up to a 75% bonus when you buy Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles Miles - a great deal even for Canadians!

Turkish Airlines has brought back their rare bonus for buying Miles&Smiles miles! The bonus is tiered and maxes out at 75% when you buy 50,000 to 99,999 miles. The cost of the miles are US$30 per 1,000 which means buying 50,000 miles will cost you US$1,500 but you’ll end up with 87,500 miles after the bonus. That ends up being 1.71 cents per mile which is a great deal considering Turkish Miles&Smiles has some real gems for reward flight options. 

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles Student Program offers flight discounts and bonus miles

 
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles has a special program for students (both in Turkey & abroad) that provides discounts on Turkish Airlines flights, bonus Miles&Smiles miles and more. The program doesn’t state what level of student you have to be, I would assume college or university but who knows maybe high school and even lower grades of students can join as well. You have to upload proof of being a student like a student card or other document if you are not a Turkish citizen or not studying in Turkey. With Turkish Airlines flying to and from Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, Canadian students should take note of this program!

Award Availability Alert: 30% discount on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles award tickets out of Canada (and worldwide)

Turkish Airlines has brought back another one of their really good award flight sales. You can book trips this month for travel through to the middle of May and receive a 30% discount in the numbers of miles required. Availability and routing do play into account here so it's not like every award ticket is discounted. You'll have to search for those discounts!

Aeroplan Availability Alert: Business Class on Turkish Airlines out of Canada for up to 4 people in March 2022

 
Here's our next Aeroplan availability alert! There is a bunch of business class availability showing in March 2022 for flights to Istanbul. It appears most of TK's flights on Sunday, Wednesday, and Fridays out of Montreal have up to four business class seats open. Toronto is showing most days with four seats while Vancouver is hit and miss with only a few days showing up to four seats. Aeroplan charges 70,000 points each way for these partner award flights in business class plus the $39 partner award booking fee.

September 21 Update: Fly Turkish Airlines out of Canada for as little as $719 and the Lenovo Amex Offer is available on all Amex cards

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Turkish Airlines has a seat sale with some great fares for their flights out of Canada. You can fly Toronto to Amman for as little as $719, Montreal to Cairo for $749 and Vancouver to Dubai for $879. The sale ends on October 11 and is good for travel until March 31, 22. Click here to learn more.

April 26 Update: Voila Grocery Delivery/Pick up codes as 5x points for Cobalt Card and Turkish Airlines set to launch Vancouver route on May 2

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Added one more merchant to our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations listing! That merchant is Voila.ca - which is the online ordering for curbside pick up/delivery from the Sobeys family of grocery stores. They launched out east in 2020 and f I'm not mistaken are relatively new out west - well to me at least they are! Here in Calgary we can only use it at four locations and for curbside pick up only. I used it for a Safeway purchase last week and the transaction shows up as Voila with American Express. The good news is Voila codes as a grocery partner (as it should!) and earns 5x points. See it and other confirmed locations here.

Aeroplan Availability Alert: Business Class on Turkish Airlines out of Toronto for up to 4 people for Fall 2021/Winter 2022 travel

 

Spencer at Straight to the Points sent out an alert about business class tickets for up to 4 people being available on Turkish Airlines and since the airline is a Star Alliance member you can use your Aeroplan points to redeem for these flights. Availability is showing from September 2021 through to February 2022 for flights to Istanbul and beyond. Aeroplan charges 70,000 points each way for partner award flights in business class plus the $39 partner award booking fee.

Great deal! Earn up to a 75% bonus when you buy Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles Miles - use it to get three business class tickets to Hawaii for US$1560

 

Here is a rarity – Turkish Airlines is offering a bonus for buying their Miles&Smiles miles until February 19. The bonus is tiered and maxes out at 75% when you buy 50,000 to 99,999 miles. The cost of the miles are US$30 per 1,000 which means buying 50,000 miles will cost you US$1,500 but you’ll end up with 87,500 miles after the bonus. That ends up being US$ 1.71 cents per mile which is a great deal considering Turkish Miles&Smiles has some real gems for reward flight options. It only costs 10,000 miles to fly one way in economy class within North America but Turkish includes Honolulu, Mexico and Bermuda. So yes you can get a round trip economy class Star Alliance ticket on Air Canada or United from Canada to Hawaii for 20,000 miles. Even better is business class for only30,000 miles round trip! So if buy yourself 52,000 miles for US$1,560 to score 91,000 Miles&Smiles you’ll have three round trip flights in business class to Hawaii! To buy those three business class tickets will cost you a lot more than US$1,560.  Four tickets would be US$2,070! And that’s only one example – the Miles&Smiles program has quite a few other great redemption options that you can check out here. The only major caveat we can see is the bonus miles on the purchased miles must be used by December 31, 2022.

October 9 Update: Purchase Give A Mile's limited edition Pilsner to help fund flights of compassion, Amex Centurion Lounge in JFK now open & Turkish Airlines further delays Vancouver launch

 Shout to our friends at Give A Mile who sent us their limited edition Reservoir Pigs Pilsner brewed by Calgary's Village Brewery. A portion of each sale of this beer goes to Give A Miles to help provide their flights of compassion. As you may or may not know we have been partnered with Give A Mile for several years now and super proud to support them in any way we can and we do have to thank our readers as well who have donated miles or cash to them to help fund their fligths of compassion. The charity recently provided their 712th flight of compassion which is a huge accomplishment considering they were at 300 flights when we starting working together. Be sure to order some of this brew to help them out! Learn more about and order the beer here

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American Express opened up their newest Centurion Lounge today. Their new flagship lounge is open at New York's JFK airport. It's located in Terminal 4 and that's the terminal that WestJet is in so this is good news for those who hold The Platinum Card from American Express as you'll be able to access this lounge once WestJest resumes flights to JFK. Learn more about the lounge here. And check out this video on twitter of the very first person to visit the new lounge.

Recommended reading: Rewards Canada's Guide to Business Class Lounge Access

Image via American Express 

 

It has been awhile since we provided HNN's hotel occupancy statistics for Canada. Now that we are in fall and starting to see higher rates of COVID-19 cases the overall occupancy rates are dropping again. We peaked in the 40% range back in August but the latest stats for September 27 to October 3 show occupancy down to 34%! (Source HNN)

For the week ending with 3 October, British Columbia (43.2%) was the only province to reach or surpass a 40% occupancy level.

Among the major markets, Vancouver saw the highest occupancy level (34.2%).

The lowest occupancy among provinces was reported in Quebec (19.7%). At the market level, the lowest occupancy was reported in Montreal (16.0%).

Image via HNN

 

Airline Schedule Updates
A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change and right now they are changing frequently!

Turkish Airlines continues to further delay the launch of their Vancouver to Istanbul route. Their latest schedule update now show the route starting on January 3, 2021. (Source RoutesOnline)

Pacific Coastal Airlines is set to resume twice weekly service between Vancouver and Masset as of October 29 (Source RoutesOnline)

Remember to visit and bookmark our COVID-19 resource page where we are keeping you up to date with all the latest airline, hotel, lounges and loyalty program news, policies, closures and more.

 

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Air France KLM Flying Blue
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Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
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Etihad Guest
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Hertz Gold Plus Rewards
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Hilton Honors
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Iberia Plus
- Double Elite Plus Points on all Iberia Group, Vueling and British Airways flights. More... Oct 1 - Mar 31, 21

Marriott Bonvoy
- Earn a Free Night Award (Value up to 35,000 points) when you book and complete a 3 or more night stay with Homes & Villas by Marriott International. More... Until Dec 31, 20

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you rent a car with Avis for 3 or more days in USA and Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia More... Book by Nov 30 for rentals until Dec 15, 20

World of Hyatt
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August 14 Update: Canada, U.S., Mexico non-essential travel ban extended to September 21, Turkish Airlines further delays new Vancouver route & hotel occupancy rates approach 40%

 Canada, the U.S. and Mexico have agreed to extend the non-essential travel ban between the countries to September 21. Remember this applies primarily to land and sea travel whereas air travel is not covered by this ban. (Source Global News)

 

The much anticipated (well at least before COVID) new route from Turkish Airlines from Vancouver to Istanbul has had its launch postponed again. The latest update has them launching the route on October 3. (Source RoutesOnline)

 

Hotel occupancy rates in Canada continue to increase ever so slightly. For the week of August 2-8 the average was 39.9%. This still down almost 50% from the same time last year. (Source HNN)

 

Airline Schedule Updates
A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change and right now they are changing frequently!

Air Canada Aeroplan partner EVA Air will be flying three flights per week out of Vancouver and two per week out of Toronto to Taipei for the months of September and October. (Source RoutesOnline)

Cathay Pacific is banking on increased travel by October it seems as right now they are planning 2 flights per day out of Vancouver and 1 flight per day out of Toronto for that month. (Source RoutesOnline)

 

Remember to visit and bookmark our COVID-19 resource page where we are keeping you up to date with all the latest airline, hotel, lounges and loyalty program news, policies, closures and more.

 

Posts since our last update:

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TAP Air Portugal released a new us 15% Discount Code for new bookings made between today and August 18. The discount applies for flights from Canada to Europe. The discount code MULTI15 is good for travel until March 31, 2021 (Black out from Dec 17 to Jan 10) and is valid on all fares except Discount and Top Executive. Bookings made with this promo code are allowed 1 free booking change should your travel plans change due to COVID-19. Find out more here.

If you aren't using the Ampli Cash Back app yet you can get $5 when you download the app and join today with promo code AMPLI5 Find out more here

Fairmont Hotels Stay Close - Buy Night 1 Get 1 Night free at select hotels in Canada, U.S. and Mexico. Find out more here

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WealthSimple Trade:  Receive $5 when you deposit and trade at least $100 worth of stock with WealthSimple Trade. Find out more here (We will also receive $5 when you receive $5)

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Marriott Bonvoy
- 2,500 Bonus Bonvoy Points per stay at any participating Marriott Hotel in Canada and Worldwide. Plus earn a one time bonus of 5,000 points when you complete 3 stays. More... Until Oct 18, 20

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Best Western Rewards
- Double Rewards Points or Airline Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at the Best Western Danville Sycamore Inn More... Until Oct 1, 20

United MileagePlus
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World of Hyatt
- OFFER EXTENDED 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night at the Grand Hyatt Hefei, Hyatt Place Changchun Jingyue, The Lixury Hotel Chongqing, Hyatt Regency Hengqin or the Hyatt Place Changsha Airport More... Until Dec 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Miraval Berkshires Resort and Spa More... Aug 31 - Nov 29, 20

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February 5 Update: Turkish Airlines Vancouver route now open for reservations, new Amex Offer for Wayfair and 10 new bonus offers

Back in October Turkish Airlines revealed they will start flying to Vancouver from Istanbul in 2020. We now know the schedule and aircraft for the route and that it is now open for reservations (at least for cash bookings). The first flight will take place on June 9 and operate 3x weekly with a Boeing 787-9. Turkish Airlines is a Star Alliance member which means it is a great option for Aeroplan members to utilize for flights to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In fact, maybe you've seen Turkish's recent Super Bowl commercial that reiterates the airlines flies to more countries worldwide than any other airline. However at the time of posting this flight was not showing up at all in some Aeroplan and United MileagePlus searches we conducted. All routing from YVR to IST had the routes connecting via Montreal. It is possible if you call in that Aeroplan may be able to find it but with the system switch over there are still super long wait times to get ahold of an agent. (Source Routesonline)
Schedule per Routesonline:
TK075 IST1405 – 1550YVR 789 247
TK076 YVR1720 – 1450+1IST 789 247

Image via Turkish Airlines

Amex Offers released another deal today as we see a Wayfair offer make its way back for select cardholders. I received it on The Platinum Card from American Express and it offers a $15 credit when you spend $100 or more. You can check to see if you are targeted for it by signing into your Amex account online or via the Amex app. You can also find it on our Amex Offers page which gives detailed instructions and tips on how to make the most of Amex Offers.This offer runs until March 31, 2020

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Canadian Bonus Offers

Air Canada Aeroplan
- 5x Aeroplan Miles for stays for stays at over 7,000 Choice Hotels worldwide. More... Feb 14 - Apr 30, 20

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Earn a minimum 10,000 Mileage Plan Miles when you fly on eligible Mileage Plan Global Partner flights between North America and a non-North America destinations. More... Mar 1 - Dec 31, 20

Miles & More
- Earn Double Miles & More miles on all Lufthansa Intercontinental flights flown in economy class including those out of Canada. More... Until Mar 31, 20
- 2 Bonus Miles&More Miles on all Lufthansa Intercontinental flights flown in Premium economy class including those out of Canada.. More... Until Feb 29, 20

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Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
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Best Western Rewards
- Triple Rewards Points when you stay at the Best Western Parkside Motor Inn Coffs Harbour, Best Western Zebra Motel Coffs Harbour, Best Western Heritage Motor Inn Corowa, or the Best Western Beechworth Motor Inn. More... Until Feb 29, 20

Czech Airlines OK Plus
- 33% OK Plus Miles discounts when you redeem for award tickets between Prague and Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Kiev, Moscow, or Paris. More... Book by Feb 27 for travel until Feb 29, 20

Finnair Plus
- Receive up to 25% discount when you buy Plus Points. More... Until Feb 18, 20

Miles & More
- Earn Triple Miles & More Miles when you fly on Austrian Airlines between Vienna from Boston, Chicago, New York City or Washington D.C. and Vienna. More... Register and book now for travel Mar 29 – Apr 30, 20

Millennium Hotels My Millennium
- 2,000 Bonus My Millennium Points + up to 20% off for stays of 2 or more night at participating Millennium Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 20



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Turkish Airlines to launch Vancouver - Istanbul flights in 2020

As first reported by Aeronews  and now confirmed by Turkish Airlines, the airline is set to start flights between Vancouver and Istanbul as of mid-2020:

This is significant news as Turkish Airlines is part of Star Alliance and thus is an Air Canada Aeroplan partner airline. The airline is well known for the regard that award flights on their planes carry no surcharges like we see on Air Canada, Lufthansa and so on! Not only that, but Turkish Airlines is a huge airline that offers amazing connection opportunities via Istanbul to Europe, Asia, Africa and some of those great islands in the Indian Ocean. Add on top of that an excellent in flight product for both business and economy and you can see why this route will be important (and popular)

Related: 5 Tips to Avoid or Mitigate Fuel Surcharges on Award Tickets

Currently Turkish Airlines serves Toronto and Montreal so this will be a welcome addition to those living in Western Canada.

Aeronews states the flights will be 3x weekly to being with and will be operated with either a 787 Dreamliner or Airbus A350 which both have Turkish Airlines latest interiors.

Rewards Canada covers Turkish Airlines' own FFP called Miles&Smiles on a regular basis, primarily for bonus miles offers which you can find here.

Title Image via Turkish Airlines
HT One Mile at a Time

May 7 Update: 2x Points or Miles at Best Western Plus Winnipeg Airport, 30% Bonus Miles on Turkish Airlines Toronto-Istanbul flight & more!

Today is all about bonuses!

The Best Western Plus near the Winnipeg Airport is offering double points or airline miles on all stays until the end of June! Perhaps you have an early flight to catch and want to stay close to the airport so this option may be right for you and you can earn extra points! Find out more here

Maybe you're flying to Toronto to connect to Turkish Airlines's flight to Istanbul and if that's the case and it's in June you can earn 30% bonus Miles&Smiles miles on the flight! Of course you don't have to be coming from Winnipeg - this bonus is for anyone flying between Toronto and Istanbul on a paid ticket in celebration of 30 years of Miles&Smiles. There are eight other routes that have the bonus as well so if you are connecting via Istanbul to anyone of those cities you'll earn the 30% bonus on that segment as well. Find out more here.

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Travel Deals

Save up to 30% at participating Radisson Blu, Radisson RED, Radisson, Park Inn by Radisson, and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotels in the Americas. Book by May 31 for stays August 30, 2019 to February 29, 2020. 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

Best Western Rewards
- Double Rewards Points or airline miles  for stays at the Best Western Plus Winnipeg Airport Hotel More... Until Jun 30, 19

Turkish Miles&Smiles
- 30% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you fly on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and Toronto. More... Jun 1 - 30, 19

Other Bonus Offers

American AAdvantage
- Up to a 40% Discount when you buy American AAdvantage Miles. More... Until May 31, 19

Hilton Honors
- Triple Honors points on your next stay at Hilton Hotels Worldwide. More... Targeted offer - may not work for everyone Until Jun 30, 19

Le Club AccorHotels
- Quadruple Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating new Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Jun 17 for stays until Aug 4, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- 3,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points + 10% off for stays of 7+ nights at participating Marriott Hotels in Mallorca. More... Unknown end date
- 10,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays of 2 or more nights in a premium suite or villa at The St. Regis Bali Resort. More... Until Jul 12, 19

SAS EuroBonus
- Earn up to 5,000 Extra EuroBonus Points on Hertz rentals in participating countries in Europe and in the USA and Canada. More... Book by Jun 15 for rentals until Dec 31, 19

Turkish Miles&Smiles
- 30% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you fly on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and Abuja, Sochi, Cape Town, Constanta, Islamabad, Marseille, Ljubljana, Salzburg or Toronto. More... Jun 1 - 30, 19
- 30% Miles&Smiles Discount when you redeem for award travel on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and various cities in Europe, Africa, and Asia. More... Jun 1 - 30, 19
- Double Miles&Smiles Miles for stays at all participating Eresin Hotels in Turkey. More... Until Jun 3, 19

World of Hyatt
- Earn up to 40% Bonus World of Hyatt Points when you buy points. More... Until Jun 11, 19


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January 7 Update: Turkish Miles&Smiles extends mileage validity, Aer Lingus introducing intra-Europe lie flat business class & more!

Rewards Canada contributor Martin L. passed along this note from Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles. On December 31st, any miles that were three years old were set to expire (the program has a three year life span on miles) however due to some technical issues with their booking processes Turkish has extended the expiry date to January 15. So if you happen to have some older Miles&Smiles Miles check their website to see if there is anything you can redeem for rather than losing the miles!

Aer Lingus, which flies to Toronto and soon to Montreal will be adding lie flat business class seats to some of their European routes late in 2019. They will be utilizing some of their new A321LR aircraft that have the lie flat seats from Dublin to cities like London, Paris and Barcelona. This is a definite perk if you are flying Aer Lingus beyond Dublin from Canada! For the most part we have seen true business class disappear for intra-Europe flights so this will be a welcome change. (Source Irish Times)

WOW Air, the troubled Icelandic carrier officially nixed plans to fly to Vancouver next year. If you have purchases tickets for those flights you can get a refund from the airline or your credit card company. (Source Routesonline)

We are still looking for someone who would be interested in reviewing the newly opened Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge in St. John's. If you are interested please email us at info@rewardscanada.ca (we do pay you for it!)

Posts since our last update:

• IHG Rewards Club 2019 Hotel Award Night Category Changes - 28 hotels in Canada affected
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• Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards - Save 25% on business class awards from Calgary or Toronto to Europe
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  Hilton Honors members can to save up to 25% on stays across the entire Asia Pacific region when you…

Travel Deals
Hilton APAC Year End sale - Save up to 25% when you book by Feb 2 for stays until Sep 30, 2019!

Hilton Winter Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa

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 France KLM Flying Blue
- January Promo Rewards - Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for an award ticket. Destinations vary by each promotional period. Calgary and Toronto included this month. More... Book by Jan 31 for travel Mar 1 - Apr 30, 19

Other Bonus Offers
Avianca LifeMiles
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus LifeMiles when you stay 2 nights at participating Marriott Hotels in Caribbean and Latin America. More... Until Jan 31, 19

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn 500 to 40,000 or more Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you complete stays at IHG Hotels Worldwide. Bonus varies by member. More... Register by Mar 15 for stays Jan 15 - Apr 30, 19
- Receive a Free Night Award when you complete 2 nights at selected UK IHG hotels. Free night award must be redeemed by Oct 31, 19. More... Until Mar 31, 19

Le Club AccorHotels
- 1,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in the United Kingdom More... Book by Jan 27 for stays until Mar 31, 19

Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer
- Earn up to 4,000 Bonus Safar Flyer Miles when you rent with Avis for 4 or more days worldwide. More... Book by Jan 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 19

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
- Triple ROP Miles for stays at participaing Anantara Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 20



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