Bonus Page Updates May 5, 09

May 5 , 09
Air Canada Aeroplan | Delta SkyMiles | Hilton HHonors | Northwest WorldPerks | Priority Club | VIA Preference

Overview
- Earn 250 bonus Aeroplan miles for Hertz rentals
- Earn 1,000 bonus SkyMiles for National Car rentals
- Earn 1,000 bonus HHonors points for National Car Rentals
- Earn up to 15,000 bonus Worldperks miles on NW/DL new international routes
- Complete update of Asia Pacific Priority Club bonuses
- Complete update of VIA Preference Bonus Offers

Bonus Page Updates May 1, 09

May 1, 09
American AAdvantage | bmi Diamond Club | Continental OnePass

Overview
- Earn up to 15,000 bonus AAdvantage miles between New York and Tokyo or Zurich
- Earn double Diamond Club miles between London LHR and Cairo or Tel Aviv
-Targeted OnePass offers for first flight with Continental

Italy is popular this year, Air Canada adding more flights

Air Canada is increasing service between Toronto and Rome to 10x weekly from 7x weekly for the summer season. Demand is obviously up and this route must now be proving popular as in the past this route was started, stopped, started etc. by Air Canada. The extra three flights will run from Jul 16 to Sep 12, 2009.

Overall Air Canada offers 17 flights per week to Rome from Montreal and Toronto

Source: Airline Route Updates

Marriott introduces Elite Rollover Nights

Find yourself staying at Marriott's all the time, more then enough to reach the various elite levels? Well now Marriott allows you to rollover additional nights that are over and above your elite qualifying level so that you can reach the next years status sooner. For example if your stay 15 nights this year, those first 10 nights will give your Silver Elite Status and the additional 5 will count to earning status in the following year.

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Air Canada to Guarantee Lowest Fares

Air Canada has launched a new campaign to guarantee you will get the lowest fare for their flights within Canada or to the U.S.

From the Aircanada website:
"If you find a lower fare for the exact same Air Canada itinerary with another Canadian online travel retailer within 24 hours of completing a purchase on aircanada.com, Air Canada will offer you a credit of $50 plus the fare difference, per passenger."

I believe some people may make use of this however you must meet the following criteria which may make it too bothersome for most to follow up on (and I would think this is what Air Canada is banking on)

From the Aircanada website:
"Just make sure that:

• your itinerary originates in Canada for travel within Canada or between Canada and the United States (excluding Puerto Rico), with all flights operated by Air Canada or Jazz,
• you found the lower fare within 24 hours of your original ticket purchase,
• the lower fare is not available on aircanada.com,
• the lower fare is for the exact same Air Canada flight, date, time, itinerary, and fare family as the original itinerary you purchased at aircanada.com
• the lower fare is all-inclusive (i.e. including all taxes, fees, charges and surcharges)

You've found a lower fare for an itinerary that's identical to one you've just booked on aircanada.com?

1. Note the complete Web address (URL) of the website where you found the lower fare.
2. Capture screenshots and/or printouts of the itinerary, as well as a detailed fare quote including taxes, fees and fare rules from the website where you found the lower fare. (Retain this information in case further verification is required.)
3. Ensure that the lower fare is not also available on aircanada.com
4. Submit your claim online within 24 hours of your original ticket purchase by using our online claim form"

This guarantee does not work if you find a lower fare on Aircanada.com as they already have had their 24hr grace period for cancelling flights and rebooking in place for sometime. In this case you can just cancel your old itinerary and rebook at the lower price.

Complete details on this new guarantee from Air Canada can be found here.

WestJet to cut Winnipeg to Regina and Saskatoon

According to this post on FlyerTalk, WestJet spokesman Robert Palmer confirmed the direct flights between Manitoba and Saskatchewan's 2 big cities are being cut. Passengers must now fly via Calgary to connect between the three cities.

One person noted however that the flights seem to resume for the winter schedule but that can always change.

Bonus Page Updates Apr 28 and 29, 09

Apr 29, 09
TAP Portugal Victoria

Apr 28, 09
Brussels Airlines Privilege | Continental OnePass | Delta SkyMiles | Emirates Skywards | Jet Airways JetPrivilege | Korean Air SkyPass

Overview
- Earn Triple Victoria miles for Avis Car rentals worldwide
- Double SkyMiles for Starwood stays in Australia
- Earn up to 7,500 Skywards Miles for United Flights between the U.S. and Sydney or London
- Earn up to Triple SkyPass miles for Accor Hotel stays Worldwide

Delta adds $50 2nd Checked Bag Fee on International Flights

Citing big losses, Delta announced they will be adding a $50 fee for checking in a second bag on International flights to try and generate more revenue. They are the first large U.S. airline to impose such a fee, most including Delta have had checked bag fees for Canada/U.S. Domestic flights but none on International flights.

The fee went into effect for tickets purchased after April 22 for travel on or after July 1.

The following passengers will be exempt from the fees:

* First and Business Class passengers
* SkyMiles and WorldPerks Elite members (Executive/Platinum/Gold and Silver, including Flying Colonels)
* Active duty military members traveling on orders
* Passengers who purchased tickets prior to April 22, 2009
* Passengers who are confirmed on a Full Y class Economy ticket.

Continental, Delta, Northwest all follow with bonus miles offers to the U.K.

If you are flying on Continental, Delta or Northwest and connecting to one of their flights that go to London, Manchester or Edinburgh you may be able to earn up to 50,000 bonus miles in their respective frequent flyer programs. All bonus offers until June 30 and require free registration

Continental earns:
* 50,000 Bonus Miles on BusinessFirst round-trip tickets purchased and flown in J, D and Z classes
* 25,000 Bonus Miles on select BusinessFirst or Economy Class round-trip tickets purchased in A, Y or B classes of service.
See the full details and link to the registration page here

Delta earns:
* 50,000 Bonus Miles for paid BusinessElite/Business Class (fare classes J/C/D/S/I on Delta-coded flights and J/C/I/Z on Northwest-coded flights)
* 25,000 Bonus Miles for paid Premium Economy Class (fare classes Y/B/M on Delta-coded flights and Northwest-coded flights)
See the full details and link to the registration page here

Northwest earns:
NW World Business Class (J/C/I/Z) DL Business Elite (J/C/D/S/I) and earn 50,000 bonus miles
F NW Coach (Y/B/M) DL Economy (Y/B/M) and earn 25,000 bonus miles
See the full details and link to the registration page here

Bonus Page Updates Apr 23 & 24

Apr 24 Pages with new and/or updated bonus offers
Accor A|Club | Delta SkyMiles | Hilton HHonors | Miles & More| Northwest WorldPerks| Priority Club |

Apr 23 Pages with new and/or updated bonus offers
Air Berlin Top Bonus | Air Jamaica 7th Heaven | Cathay Pacific Asia Miles | Continental OnePass | United Mileage Plus

Overview
- Earn up to 6,000 Bonus A|Club points for booking Accor stays online
- Earn up to 25,000 Bonus SkyMiles for non-flight partner activity
- Earn 10,000 bonus HHonors points for Conrad stays of 3 nights or more
- Earn Double Miles and More miles between Munich and Tel Aviv,
- Earn up to 25,000 Bonus WorldPerks miles for non-flight partner activity
- Get free Callaway golf equipment and up to 25,000 bonus Priority Club points for Crowne Plaza stays
- Earn Triple Flying Club miles for Hilton stays Worldwide
- Earn double Top Bonus miles for Best Western stays in Germany or Luxembourg
- Earn 500 7th Heaven Rewards miles for joining the program
- Complete update of the Asia Miles page
- Earn up to 50,000 Bonus OnePass miles for flying to the U.K.
- Earn Quadruple Mileage Plus miles for Shangri-La and Traders Hotels stays