30% bonus when you convert hotel points to United MileagePlus Miles

United has brought back their bonus for converting hotel points to MileagePlus miles. The bonus for this iteration of the promotion is 30% and you are allowed to earn a maximum of 25,000 bonus miles across all your transfers. Really the only transfer that can make sense is converting Marriott Bonvoy points since they transfer at a a 3 to 1.1 ratio. You’ll also want to do it in 60,000 point batches to ensure you get the extra miles from Marriott. All other hotel programs have pretty terrible conversion ratios however if you have orphaned points in those programs that you know you’ll never use, then by all means convert them over so you can get something of value from them.

February 22 Update: American Express Green Card Review & a United MileagePlus award ticket flash sale for flights to London

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 added a new credit card review to the Rewards Canada site today. The American Express® Green Card has now received the Rewards Canada review treatment. Check it out today to see what think is good and not so good about Canada's Top No Fee Travel Rewards Card. Read the review here.

January 12 Update: United MileagePlus Status Match Challenge returns, 2,000 bonus points at the Delta Sault Ste. Marie & 60 bonus Aeroplan points at Starbucks

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. 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! 

The United MileagePlus Status Match Challenge has returned for 2022. The airline will match status of many airlines (I'm not sure if Air Canada is included since they are partners) for 120 days and then if you meet the challenge requirements you can retain that status for the entire year. Read more about this on our global site.

New Amex Offers for United Airlines - Spend $400 and receive a $120 statement credit

 
Another great Amex Offer made its way out this morning. This one is for flights with United Airlines and provides a $120 statement credit if you spend $400 or more. I received it on the Platinum Card from American Express but it does show up on Amex's general shopping page which means it will be open to most if not all Amex cards.

The online holiday shopping bonus season is here! It's time to earn more miles, points and cash back

 
Halloween is done and the Christmas Holiday shopping season is now in full swing! With that comes the opportunity to earn a bunch more miles and points when you shop online. We've seen numerous bonus offers come out for shopping online via airline and cash back shopping portals this week. Be sure to check them out if you are going to be doing some shopping over the next week or two! 

July 20 Update: Eearn bonus miles for U.S. online shopping & PaySimply adds more payment categories

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If you are planning on shopping online from some U.S. retailers check out this trio of bonus miles offers via three U.S. airline's shopping portals:

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
Earn up to 1,200 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you shop online via the Mileage Plan Shopping portal. Click here to find out more. Until Aug 8, 2021
Tier 1 bonus: 300 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150; Tier 2 bonus: 600 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $300; or Tier 3 bonus: 1,200 miles for qualifying purchases of $500 or more.

You can now donate United MileagePlus Miles to Give A Mile to help facilitate flights of compassion

 Long time followers of Rewards Canada will know our charity partner very well! That partner is Give A Mile who have recently added United MileagePlus as a donation partner. The addition of United as a partner was key as Give A Mile recently received charity status in the U.S. and can operate south of the border with the same mission that have done here in Canada for many years now!

U.S. airlines eliminate some ticket change fees permanently - find out which airlines have done so and which of them included Canada

 

At the start of this week news broke from United Airlines that they were permanently removing some of those dreaded fees that airlines charge when making changes to tickets. It didn't take long for other U.S. based airlines to follow suit as American and Delta removed fees next and then followed by Alaska Airlines. There is no word yet here in Canada whether our airlines will follow suit and do away with at least some of those pesky fees but I don't hold my hopes up. In fact WestJet just increased some fees on domestic flights citing increased fees from Nav Canada. That being said, most Canadian airlines do offer at least one change to tickets for free based on the current COVID-19 circumstances and that is also what the U.S. airlines have been doing but with this weeks news have gone on to not just consider COVID but make those changes permanent.

United Airlines

As United was first out of the gate with the news here is what they are changing in regards to these fees. They are permanently removing change fees for most economy and premium class tickets for travel within the U.S. (including Alaska, Hawaii Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) This change doesn't help us Canadians very much unless you are booking a purely U.S. itinerary. United's COVID policy will cover flights out of Canada until the end of the year however after that it is entirely possible those flights will once again incur change fees. This same policy is in effect for Basic Economy fares and other international flights on United.

Image courtesy of United

 United also added free same day standby for any flights in their network.

Learn more about United's changes here.

American Airlines

American Airlines took what United did, copied it and went one step further - they included Canada, the Caribbean, and Mexico for destination where the ticket change fees were removed from.  Ticket types are the same as United's in that it covers all types except Basic Economy. However AA will waive fees on Basic Economy and other International flights until the end of the year as part of their pandemic policy.

Image courtesy of AA

 

American will also offer free same day standby as of October 1st. They are also allowing those who buy Basic Economy fares to buy extras like upgrades, priority boarding and others as of October 1.

Learn more about AA's changes here.

Delta Airlines

Delta Airlines copied United to a tee and didn't expand it like AA did. This means Delta has eliminatied change fees for travel within the domestic U.S., Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. It covers pretty much all fare classes except Basic Economy tickets.And just like AA and United, Delta is waiving fees on all fares and flights until the end of December.

Learn more about Delta's changes here.

Alaska Airlines

Alaska was the last out of these four to announce the elimination of ticket changes fees and they chose to be like American Airlines and expand on what is offered beyond what United first set out. Alaska went beyond by eliminating ticket change fees for their entire network which means the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Just like all the other airlines this elimination covers all fares except their lowest saver fare. Where Alaska went one step further is that they have also eliminated the change and cancellatoin fees on Mileage Plus award tickets that for travel on Alaska Airlines.

Learn more about Alaska'a change here.

What about Canada?

As you can see, American and Alaska have included us Canadians in their policies so it is possibly something the two big Canadian airlines may be eyeing. However given the current travel situation, both Alaska and American have very flights from Canada and not many Canadians are even traveling to the U.S.. If history is any indication Canadian airlines tend not to follow U.S. or other international carries with removing revenue sources (they do like to copy policies that increase revenue) so I don't suspect our carriers will follow suit just yet. Given that the airlines have pandemic policies in place already granting some change fee waivers it is entirely possible they'll just keep extending that policy until travel levels return to a somewhat normal level and then start charging everyone again. 

Title image via AA

Shopping online from the U.S.? Check out these bonus offers from Alaska Airlines, American & United

Online shopping portals are more popular than ever thanks to the huge shift in shopping habits due to the current global situation. With more people shopping online than ever it is a little surprising that we even see any bonus offers for going through these online shopping portals but we are! The three latest offers come from U.S. airlines but are very much accessible to Canadians for those retailers that do ship up to Canada or for even more retailers if you ship to a U.S. address and then forward to Canada. Remember though all these retailers charge in US$ so you may want to utilize a No Foreign Transaction fee card like the HSBC World Elite Mastercard or Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card to save on that 2.5% conversion fee that most other cards charge.

The offers are almost the same from all three - you can earn bonuses of 500 to 2,020 miles in each program and the only real differences are a higher spend requirement with Alaska while American's offer ends one day sooner than the other two.

NOTE: Before you complete any shopping via the portals you do have to register for the promotion(s) which can be done via the links below.

Here are the offers.

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
Earn up to 2,020 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you shop online via the Mileage Plan Shopping portal.  Full details Until May 19, 20
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for 1 individual qualifying purchase of $75 or more;
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles for 2 individual qualifying purchases of $75 or more;
Tier 3 bonus: 1,500 miles for 3 individual qualifying purchases of $75 or more;
Tier 4 bonus: 2,020 miles for 4 or more individual qualifying purchases of $75 or more.

American AAdvantage
Earn up to 2,020 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you shop online via the AAdvantage Shopping portal.  Full details Until May 18, 20
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for 1 individual qualifying purchase of $50 or more;
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles for 2 individual qualifying purchases of $50 or more;
Tier 3 bonus: 1,500 miles for 3 individual qualifying purchases of $50 or more;
Tier 4 bonus: 2,020 miles for 4 or more individual qualifying purchases of $50 or more.

United MileagePlus
Earn up to 2,020 Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you shop online via the MileagePlus Shopping portal. Full details Until May 19, 20
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for 1 individual qualifying purchase of $50 or more;
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles for 2 individual qualifying purchases of $50 or more;
Tier 3 bonus: 1,500 miles for 3 individual qualifying purchases of $50 or more;
Tier 4 bonus: 2,020 miles for 4 or more individual qualifying purchases of $50 or more.

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United MileagePlus does away with partner award chart for airlines like Air Canada - most awards have now increased in price

Back in November of 2019 United MileagePlus got rid of their published award charts for travel on their own metal and with that moved to dynamic award pricing. They did however retain the charts and award redemption requirements for their partner airlines like Air Canada, Lufthansa and so on. That all changed yesterday when United pulled their partner award chart and immediately seemed to start pricing award on partner airlines dynamically. According to One Mile at a Time many award flights jumped by 10% citing examples of Detroit to Frankfurt on Lufthansa and New York to Seoul on Asiana.

We conducted our own quick search and sure enough Toronto-Frankfurt on Air Canada is pricing 10% higher now:

Here's Toronto to Calgary, showing a 10% increase for business class and a 12% jump for economy class:

The timing of this move doesn't make sense with the pandemic on hand and such little travel taking place now and for the immediate future. It works contrary to logical thinking when airlines will want to try to fill seats once travel resumes. Who knows maybe we can remain optimistic as we could all be jumping the gun right now (I'm not, but trying to stay as positive as possible here...) that there is the possibility that United has loaded new base mileage amounts at 10% to 12% higher as that seems to be the common denominator and will in due time implement dynamic pricing as has already been stated by United to several bloggers. That means we could see lower and higher mileage requirements and it wouldn't surprise me if the lower requirement typically ends up being 30K and 70K for the first example above. That is, the amount prior to the increase we are seeing as of today. It's kind of like those shady retailers who illegally raise prices right before a sale and then advertise a big sale..... although in the world of loyalty programs this move isn't illegal.

United MileagePlus provides elite status extensions, lowers qualification requirements and more

Following in the footsteps of Delta's announcement, United brought out details for the MileagePlus members detailing status extensions and more on Sunday. This news is almost an exact copy of Delta's with status extension, extensions for memberships and certificates however there are some slight differences.

Here are the key points for Canadian MileagePlus members:

If you have current 2020 Premier status, it will be extended to January 31, 2022. At a minimum, you will enjoy the same published status next year that you have today, up to and including Premier 1K®.

For the 2021 status year, United is reducing thresholds for Premier qualification by 50% for each status level, to make reaching an even higher tier easier. You'll still need a minimum of four flight segments on United or United Express®.

2021 status	Earn Premier qualifying flights	and PQP	… or meet a higher PQP goal
Silver	6	2,000	2,500
Gold	12	4,000	5,000
Platinum	18	6,000	7,500
1K	26	9,000	12,000

1K® and Platinum members, we're increasing your ability to upgrade by extending PlusPoints expiration dates by six months and expanding Skip Waitlist.

• This means a six-month extension of any PlusPoints set to expire on or before January 31, 2021.

• Last year we introduced Skip Waitlist on select flights as a benefit to 1K members, giving you more opportunities to confirm an upgrade request at the time of booking. This benefit will now be available for the rest of 2020 in a significantly expanded selection of long-haul international regions and will have expanded availability in 2021 as well.

We're extending all annual membership and subscription benefits by six months.

• We want to make sure your benefits are still there when you're ready to start flying again. That's why we're extending purchased United Club℠ memberships and purchased subscriptions for Economy Plus®, United Wi-Fi℠ and checked bags by six months. You should see this reflected in your MileagePlus account soon.

All electronic travel certificates now have 24 months to be used.

• If your travel plans have been disrupted, and you have an electronic travel certificate from us for the value of your ticket, you now have two years from the date it was issued to book a new flight, as well as up to an additional 11 months to travel. This includes all currently valid and all new electronic travel certificates issued on or after April 1, 2020.

We have removed some redeposit fees for the rest of the year.

• We are currently waiving all award redeposit fees for travel through end of May 2020.

• We are now also waiving all redeposit fees for award ticket cancellations made more than 30 days before departure for the remainder of 2020.

If you read the post about Delta's announcement we had this morning you'll see it is the elite qualifying portion where United differs. Delta did not lower elite qualifying requirements for 2020 like United has done here. United has cut the requirements to qualify for 2021 by half. This could potentially mean some of you may be close to or have already qualified for 2021 if you flew United enough prior to the non-essential travel market shutting down. Just like Delta we also see United extend the validity of certificates and membership programs like United Club. It also nice to see United waive more fees in regards to cancelling MileagePlus award tickets.

United also stated in their announcement that they will make it easier to earn 2022 status during 2021 but they will announce how at a later date.

Learn more about the United MileagePlus announcement here 

Image via United

It's time to earn thousands of bonus miles for online shopping - up to 7x miles with Aeroplan, 5x miles with AIR MILES, 5,000 with United & more!

The pre-Black Friday/Cyber Monday holiday shopping push is on with tons of online shopping bonuses via the various online shopping portals. The current set of offers are perfect for those who like to get their holiday shopping done early or need to buy things before they go out of stock (this is critical if you have two teenage girls like I do!) and don't want to miss out.

These offers run for the better part of the next week to two weeks and all end before Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You can bet they will all have offers for that holiday shopping weekend as well. Some may be better than we're seeing below but some may be lower. The choice is yours as to whether you're happy with these bonuses or want to wager that they will be better for the biggest shopping weekend of the year.

In perfect timing with this post we have updated our Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points earning on your holiday shopping feature that has been the go to guide for holiday shopping since 2014! In this feature we look at several ways to maximize your holiday shopping and one of the big tips is shopping online. In the section for online shopping we track all of the shopping offers that you'll find below and any future ones during this holiday shopping season. Be sure to bookmark it and return to it often to see all the latest offers.

Aeroplan
Earn up to 7x Aeroplan Miles for shopping online with select retailers via the Aeroplan eStore shopping portal. Full details.  Until Nov 17, 19

AIR MILES

AIR MILES Earn up to 5x AIR MILES Reward Miles when you shop online with select retailers via the portal.Full details. Until Nov 17, 19

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you shop online via the Mileage Plan Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 300 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 750 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $300
Tier 3 bonus: 1,500 miles for qualifying purchases of $500 or more.

American AAdvantage

Earn up to 3,500 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you shop online via the AAdvantage Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 1,500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $600
Tier 3 bonus: 3,500 miles for qualifying purchases of $1,200 or more. 

Delta SkyMiles
Earn up to 3,500 Bonus SkyMiles when you shop online via the SkyMiles Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 14, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $300 or more

United MileagePlus
Earn up to 5,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you shop online via the MileagePlus Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 2,500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $750
Tier 3 bonus: 5,000 miles for qualifying purchases of $1,500 or more

Wyndham Rewards
Double Wyndham Rewards Points for shopping online via the Wyndham Rewards Shopping site. Full details. Until Dec 2, 19 

And one more you won't find in Holiday Shopping feature as we typically don't cover this program for Canada (but it may make sense for anyone following suit of the traveler in our Podcast Episode 57!):

Southwest Rapid Rewards
Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Rapid Rewards Points when you shop online via the Rapid Rewards Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 bonus points for qualifying purchases of $150 - $499.99
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 bonus points for qualifying purchases of $500 - $999.99
Tier 3 bonus: 3,000 bonus points for qualifying purchases of $1,000 or more 

Remember not only do you earn the miles/points/cash back with these portals but you also earn the points or miles that are earned on your credit card and you also earn the points or miles from the end retailers loyalty program as well. For example, you can go through the Aeroplan eStore to shop online at Chapters Indigo - that means you'll earn Aeroplan miles for the portal purchase, whatever points or miles from your credit card and the Plum points from Chapter's program. Add in the bonus from the portal and you have completed a quadruple dip! Remember as well many of the stores for the U.S. based airlines and hotels are in US$ and ship from there so you can save some extra cash by using a No Foreign Transaction fee card like the Scotia Passport Visa Infinite Card.  Learn more about all the Canadian No FX fees cards here.

September 9 Update: Up to a 100% bonus when you buy MileagePlus miles, Hilton's 2x points promo starts today & Air Canada launching Toronto-Brussels flights

 Today only sees a buy miles bonus from United MileagePlus. You can earn up to a 100% bonus when you buy miles up until 11:59pm CT.  Find out more and buy miles here.
Buy 5,000 - 19,000 miles | Get 25% bonus miles
Buy 20,000 - 49,000 miles | Get 50% bonus miles
Buy 50,000 - 87,500 miles | Get 100% bonus miles

 Bonus Points Reminder! As of today you should be earning Double Hilton Honors points on all your Hilton stays Worldwide! If you haven't registered for the offer yet you can do so here. Already registered? Simply book your Hilton stays here!

Air Canada announced last week they will launch new year round flights between Toronto and Brussels, Belgium. The flights, which will operate up to 5x per week, start in May 2020 and will be operated with a Boeing 787-8. (Source Air Canada)

Brussels Airlines, who is Air Canada' Star Alliance partner will discontinue their Toronto to Brussels flights in January and then come summer 2020 will launch Montreal to Brussels seasonal flights (Source Routesonline)

Hainan Airlines looks to be changing their Calgary - Beijing flights to seasonal as they will not be flying the route between late October and late March 2020. This made the news here in YYC as this is the flight that was being used to bring in fresh bamboo for the pandas that are on loan to the Calgary Zoo. The zoo is now looking for other ways to get the bamboo here. (Soure Routesonline)

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Travel Deals

Europcar Fall Sale: Save up to 35% on all rentals Worldwide. Book by Sep 30 for rentals until Dec 16. Find out more here.

Stay at participating Waldorf Astoria or Conrad Hotels for 2 or more nights and enjoy a daily $100 hotel credit

KLM's Dream Deals are here again! Book by September 11 to save on Economy or Business Class flights from Canada to Europe, Africa, the Middle East & Asia. Economy class fares start at $672 and business class at $3,222 round trip! Click here for details on the business class sale or here for the economy class sale!

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 Your Wings 8th Edition - Earn Thousands of bonus Aeroplan Miles for completing Air Canada flights and other travel related tasks. More... For AC Altitude Members only Register and book Sep 9 - Oct 18 for travel until Nov 29, 19

Other Bonus Offers

Le Club AccorHotels
- Quadruple Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating new Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Oct 21 for stays until Dec 8, 19
- 1,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia. More... Book by Oct 4 for stays until Oct 5, 19

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you stay for at least 3 consecutive nights at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, Marina Mandarin Singapore or Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa, Langkawi. More... Book by Sep 30 for stays until Dec 19, 19

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
- Double ROP Miles for stays at the Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok, Emporium Suites by Chatrium, Chatrium Residence Sathon Bangkok or the Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon. More... Until Oct 31, 19

Turkish Airlines Miles &Smiles
- 30% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you fly on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and Akanbe Astana Dammam Graz Isfahan Alexandria Kabul Malta Marrakech Mazar-ı Sharif Stockholm Skopje Varna or Voronezh. More... Oct 1 - 31, 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... Oct 1 - 31, 19

World of Hyatt
- Earn up to Triple World of Hyatt Points starting with your second qualifying stay at over 900 participating hotels and resorts worldwide. More... Register by Oct 31 for stays Sep 15 - Dec 15, 19

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August 28 Update: United MileagePlus does away with mileage inactivity expiry rule & KLM Dream Deals Seat Sale from Canada

United MileagePlus announced today that they are getting rid of their mileage expiry rule and going forward miles earned in the program will never expires. The rule up to now was that miles would expire if there was no activity in your account for 18 months. Read more about this on View from the Wing

KLM's Dream Deals are here again! Book by September 11 to save on Economy or Business Class flights from Canada to Europe, Africa, the Middle East & Asia. Economy class fares start at $672 and business class at $3,224 round trip! Click here for details on the business class sale or here for the economy class sale!

Posts since our last update:

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Travel Deals

Hilton Asia Pacific 100th Anniversary Sale – Save up to 20% for stays through to February 2020


Radisson Hotels Save 25% on your next stay. Radisson Rewards members enjoy an additional 5% off! The promotion is valid for participating hotels on stays completed between November 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019. 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

National Emerald Club
- Earn a Free Rental day when you earn 600 points or complete two qualifying rentals of two or more days at participating National Car Rental locations in the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia, Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, St. Maarten, Surinam, Tortola, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Australia, and New Zealand More... Until Feb 29, 20

Other Bonus Offers

Amtrak Guest Rewards
- Double Guest Rewards plus a free day when rent with Hertz for 6 or more days at participating locations in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, on all Car Classes and Collections. More... Until Dec 31, 19

Hilton Honors
- Double Honors points on every stay at participating Hilton Hotels Worldwide.  More... Sep 9, 19 – Jan 5, 20

IHG Rewards Club
- IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks Redeem only 5,000 to 15,000 points for stays at select hotels Worldwide. More... Until Oct 31, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy points PER NIGHT Thursday-Monday, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. More... Until Sep 18, 19

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Earn up to 14,000 QMiles when you fly Qatar Airways between Doha and Gabarone More... Register & book now for travel Oct 27, 19 - Jan 15, 20
- Save up to 20% when you buy or gift Qmiles. More...Until Aug 31, 19



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December 20 Update: SPG Amex will have 15 elite night credit added early in 2019, United adding Toronto-San Francisco flights & more!

Earlier this year when the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express underwent some changes due to the complete integration of SPG and Marriott Rewards into one program it was noted in a letter from Amex that the card would soon offer qualifying night credits. When it was first announced it wasn't stated how many nights but at that time we assumed it would probably be 15 just like the extinct Chase Marriott Premier Visa card offered. Well there is now confirmation that the card will offer those 15 nights starting sometime early in the New Year and it will be an annual benefit. (Source Reddit)

United Airlines will be adding new service between Toronto and San Francisco. The flights that start on March 31, 2019 will operate twice daily and offer good connection times to United's Asia and South Pacific flights. Of course their Star Alliance partner Air Canada also serves the route and additions are always good for looking for routes to redeem miles for from Aeroplan, MileagePlus or other Star Alliance programs. (Source United)

 It's the season of giving! Help support Rewards Canada's Flight Here campaign for Give A Mile. Help us reach 100,000 miles to provide up to 4 flights of compassion. Find out more here!

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Travel Deals
Avianca offering flights from Toronto to Latin America for as little as $449 round trip! Book by Dec 24. Find out more here.

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

IHG - Receive a $100 hotel credit when you stay 2 or more nights at participating InterContinental Hotels in the Americas. Book by Dec 31 for stays until Jan 31, 19 Find out more here.

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
Wyndham Rewards
- Earn 15,000 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points when you stay twice at participating hotels in Canada. More... Until Feb 19, 19

Other Bonus Offers
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- 800 Bonus Asia Miles with a spending of USD 300 or more in one transaction, with any merchant via the Asia Miles iShop. More... Until Dec 31, 18

Hilton Honors
- Earn 2,000 Bonus Honors points per stay at Hilton Hotels Worldwide plus earn an additional 10,000 bonus points for every 5th stay or 10th night completed More... Registration is now open for stay Jan 4 - May 5, 2019

Jumeiah Sirius
- Double Sirius Points for stays on the Leisure First Package at the Jumeirah at Etihad Towers. More... Until Dec 31, 19

Saudia Alfursan
- 3,000 Bonus Alfursan Miles when you make your first hotel booking via Rocketmiles. More... Book by Dec 31, 18 for stays until Mar 31, 19

Wyndham Rewards
- Double Wyndham Rewards Points on up to five qualifying stays at Wyndham Rewards Hotels completed within 90 days of receiving your offer email. More... Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone Unknown End Date


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Summary of all current buy miles/points bonuses and discounts - 12 current offers

We've had quite a few buy miles and points bonuses released over the past couple of weeks and as always you can find them all listed on our Buy Miles Bonuses page but we thought it also wise to do a summary post here of the current bonuses and discounts that are available as of right now!

Aer Lingus AerClub	Earn up to 45% Bonus Avios when you buy or gift Avios.  Buy and gift Avios here.  You Buy Your Bonus 1,000 - 15,000 Avios 20% bonus 20,000 - 35,000 Avios 30% bonus 40,000 - 90,000 Avios 35% bonus 100,000 - 200,000 Avios 45% bonus	Until Nov 11, 18
Air France KLM Flying Blue	75% Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you buy 4,000 or more miles online. Buy Miles Here.	Until Nov 12, 18
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Receive up to 50% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy miles online. Buy miles here The bonus offer varies per member and ranges from 40% to 50% as the maximum bonus. Here is an example of the tiered 50% bonus: Buy 10,000 – 19,000 miles and get a 20% bonus Buy 20,000 – 39,000 miles and get a 35% bonus Buy 40,000 – 60,000 miles and get a 50% bonus	Until Dec 21, 18
American AAdvantage	Earn up to 100,000 Bonus AAdvanage Miles when you buy American AAdvantage Miles. Full details. Miles purchased Bonus miles 10,000 - 24,000 2,500 25,000 - 49,000 7,500 50,000 - 74,000 22,500 75,000 - 99,000 40,000 100,000 - 149,000 60,000 150,000 100,000	Until Nov 26, 18
Copa ConnectMiles	Earn 40% Bonus ConnectMiles when you buy or gift 5,000 or more ConnectMiles. Full details	Until Nov 21, 18
Emirates Skywards	Up to a 25% Discount when you buy or gift Skywards Miles. Full details 15% Discount on buying/gifting 1000 - 24,000 Miles 20% Discount on buying/gifting 25,000 - 49,000 Miles 25% discount on buying/gifting more than 50,000 Miles	Until Nov 20, 18
Etihad Guest	Up to 25% Bonus Guest Miles when you buy miles. Buy miles here Buy 5,000 - 29,000 miles = 15% Bonus Buy 30,000 – 49,000 miles = 20% Bonus Buy 50,000 – 60,000 miles = 25% Bonus	Until Nov 15, 18
Southwest Rapid Rewards	30% Discount when you buy 5,000 or more Rapid Rewards Points. Buy points here	Until Nov 13, 18
Hilton Honors	Up to a 100% Bonus when you buy 10,000 or more Hilton Honors points online. Buy points here	Until Dec 18, 18
Hyatt World of Hyatt	40% Bonus World of Hyatt Points when you buy points. Note there is a minimum point purchase requirement that varies by member.  Buy World of Hyatt Points here.	Until Nov 27, 18
La Quinta Returns	Up to a 25% discount when you buy La Quinta Returns points. Full details 500 – 1,000 points = No offer 2,000 – 5,000 points = 15% discount 6,000 – 9,000 points = 20% discount 10,000 points = 25% discount	Until Dec 3, 18
United MIleagePlus	Earn up to 75% Bonus MileagePlus miles when you buy miles. Buy miles here. The bonus offer varies per member with 75% being the maximum. Here is an example of the tiered 75% bonus: Buy 5,000 - 14,000 miles | Get 25% bonus Buy 15,000 - 29,000 miles | Get 50% bonus Buy 30,000 - 85,000 miles | Get 75% bonus	Until Nov 20, 18

United MileagePlus: 30% bonus when you convert hotel loyalty points to MileagePlus Miles

United MileagePlus has brought back their bonus for transferring hotel loyalty program points to MileagePlus. The bonus is 30% and they will award up to 25,000 bonus miles in total after you have completed all your transfers. Your best conversion bet is from Marriott/SPG but also IHG thanks to the latter's buy points bonus.With this bonus you could actually 'buy' MileagePlus miles for just over US 1.9 cents each with the current IHG Rewards Club buy points bonus. You can buy 200,000 points for US$1,000 with IHG and then convert those to MileagePlus. The 200,000 converts to 40,000 MileagePlus Miles and the 30% bonus boosts that to 52,000 miles.

Offer details
30% Bonus MiileagePlus Miles when you exchange hotel points for award miles Full details and online registration.  Until Nov 30, 18
Maximum bonus is 25,000 miles

Find many more MileagePlus bonus miles offers here.

Fairmont Hotels Suite Moments - 500 Bonus Miles, complimentary breakfast and a $50 hotel credit for stays in the Americas

Fairmont has launched their first Suite Moments offer for 2018. Like usual it gives bonus airline miles and some extra benefits. This time the bonus miles are the same at 500 miles while the benefits are a $50 hotel credit and complimentary breakfast. Also it only appears to be good for the Americas this time while the last offer also included Europe.

Offer details
500 Bonus Airline Miles, complimentary breakfast + $50 hotel credit for stays on the Fairmont Suite Moments package at participating Fairmont Hotels in the Americas.  Full details and online booking. Book by Apr 30 for stays until Jun 30, 18
Bonus miles are awarded with Aeroplan, AAdvantage, Avios, Etihad Guest, Miles & More, and United MileagePlus.

5 Days Only! 30% Discount on buying Choice Privileges points and how it gets you MileagePlus miles for US 1.18 cents each

Choice Privileges last buy points offer just ended yesterday and now they launch this 5 day sale offering a straight 30% discount when you buy 5,000 or more points. As the price is flat rate across the board from 5,000 to 50,000 points the price you pay per point is 0.77 cents (US). This is a good value in its own right for stays at Choice Hotels globally but it also provides one of the cheapest options to obtain United MileagePlus miles due to United's special hotel conversion bonus that runs until the end of the month. In this promotion United will give you 2,500 miles per 5,000 Privileges Points (instead of 1,000) and also give you a 30% bonus on top of that. This means for every 5,000 Privileges points you'll obtain 3,250 MileagePlus miles. Do the math and you are buying the MileagePlus miles for 1.18 cents each (US). Now that's a great deal.

Offer details:
30% Discount when you buy 5,000 or more Choice Privileges points online.  Buy Points Here Until Nov 17, 17

United Offer:
30% Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you convert hotel loyalty program points to MileagePlus. Full details   Until Nov 30, 17
Maximum of 25,000 Bonus Miles awarded. Club Carlson transfers will receive a 100% bonus, Choice Privileges will convert at 5,000 points to 2,500 miles instead of 1,000 and still be eligible for the 30% bonus.

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