Continental adds second bag fee for Transatlantic flights

Following in the footsteps of some other U.S. majors, Continental will charge $50 for a second checked bag on certain economy class tickets. The fee is effective as of Sep 15 for all tickets bought on or after Aug 27. If you pay online when booking your ticket, the price is reduced to $45. Elite members of Continental's OnePass program, First or Business class fares, Full fare Economy (Y Class), Continental PresidentialPlus and the military traveling on official orders are all exempt from the fee

Bonus Page Updates Aug 28,09

Air Canada Aeroplan | Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan | American AAdvantage | bmi Diamond Club | Priority Club

Highlights
- Aeroplan Earn 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles with the "Your Trip Your Way Promotion" when earn or redeem with 3 or more select Aeroplan partners.
- Alaska: Earn up to Triple Mileage Plan Miles on all Air Pacific flights. Earn double miles in Economy or triple miles for business class.
- American: Double AAdvantage Miles for flights between Dallas DFW and Manhattan, KS.
- bmi: Double Diamond Club Destinations Miles every time you fly for two months after joining the Diamond Club program.
- Priority Club: Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Priority Club Points for completing non-hotel stay partner activity.

Save 20% on Air Canada routes that Porter Airlines also flies

Use promo code 4C4XGCD1 at aircanada.com to receive a 20% discount off all fare types. Discount is valid for travel until December 16, 2009 and in effect until August 31, 2009. The promotion is available on the following routes:

Halifax, YHZ (NS) - Ottawa, YOW (ON)

Ottawa, YOW (ON) - Halifax, YHZ (NS)

Halifax, YHZ (NS) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - Halifax, YHZ (NS)

Quebec, YQB (QC) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - Quebec, YQB (QC)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - Thunder Bay, YQT (ON)

Thunder Bay, YQT (ON) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

St. Johns, YYT (NL) - Halifax, YHZ (NS)

Halifax, YHZ (NS) - St. Johns, YYT (NL)

St. Johns, YYT (NL) - Ottawa, YOW (ON)

Ottawa, YOW (ON) - St. Johns, YYT (NL)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - Montreal, YUL (QC)

Montreal, YUL (QC) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - Ottawa, YOW (ON)

Ottawa, YOW (ON) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - Boston, BOS (MA)

Boston, BOS (MA) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - Chicago, ORD (IL)

Chicago, ORD (IL) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

Toronto, YYZ (ON) - New York, EWR (NJ)

New York, EWR (NJ) - Toronto, YYZ (ON)

Bonus Page Updates Aug 27, 09

Etihad Guest | Northwest WorldPerks | US Airways Dividend Miles

Highlights:
Etihad - Double Miles for flights between Abu Dhabi and Capetown or Hyderabad
Northwest - Triple WorldPerks Miles when staying at the Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo
US Airways - 1,000 bonus Dividend Miles for participating Starwood hotels stays in Arizona, San Diego and Las Vegas

Delta to increase seasonal service to Cranbrook

Delta's Salt Lake City to Cranbrook seasonal service will increase to 3x weekly from 2x based upon the success of last season which was the first year that Delta flew this route. The flights will start Dec 19

Flight timings as follows:
Cranbrook-Salt Lake City Dep 1350 Arr 1545
Salt Lake City-Cranbrook Dep 1110 Arr 1325

Air Canada reduces service to Seoul for Winter 09/10

According the Airline Route Updates, Air Canada will be reducing their Vancouver-Seoul service to 5 flights per week from daily. The reduced periods are between Nov 1 - Dec 15, 09 and Jan 7 - Mar 28, 10

Air Canada to launch non-stop service to Athens and Barcelona from Montréal and Toronto

Air Canada announced today that they will launch seasonal summer service between Montreal and Barcelona, Montreal and Athens, Toronto and Barcelona and Toronto and Athens. This comes as the Greek national carrier Olympic is pulling out of Canada. All the flights times are set up to allow connections from the many of AC's Canadian and U.S. cities plus connections on the European side Aegean in Greece and Spanair in Spain.

The flights will run for the busy summer season between Jun 3 and Oct 18 with the following timings:

Montreal-Athens (3x weekly) Dep 1825 Arr 1040+1
Athens-Montreal (3x weekly) Dep 1215 Arr 1530

Toronto-Athens (3x weekly) Dep 1750 Arr 1040+1
Athens-Toronto (3x weekly) Dep 1215 Arr 1610

Montreal-Barcelona (3x weekly) Dep 1845 Arr 0805+1
Barcelona-Montreal (3x weekly) Dep 1145 Arr 1400

Toronto-Barcelona (3x weekly) Dep 1815 Arr 0805+1
Barcelona-Toronto (3x weekly) Dep 1145 Arr 1440

Bonus Page Updates Aug 26, 09

GoldpointsPlus | Northwest WorldPerks | Priority Club

Highlights:
GoldpointsPlus - Earn 2,000 bonus Gold Points when you book a bed and breakfast package for stays in the Americas
Northwest - Earn Triple WorldPerks miles on Budget car rentals of 3 days or more
Priority Club - Receive a $25 Gift Card per night for Target, Lowes or Best Buy when you stay at the Hotel Indigo Fishers-Indy's Uptown

20% off Air Canada flights to FLL, MCO or TPA

20% off between Canada & Fort Lauderdale, Orlando or Tampa.
Book by Aug 30, 2009
For travel Sep 1 - 30, 2009.

Enter discount code 4C4V3GQ1 at Aircanada.com

Bonus Page Updates Aug 25, 09

Air Canada Aeroplan | Air France KLM Flying Blue | US Airways Dividend Miles

Highlights:
Aeroplan - Earn up to 10,000 bonus Aeroplan mile when you open a CIBC unlimited chequing account
Flying Blue - Canadians earn 3,000 bonus miles when you join the program and fly with Air France within 6 months
Dividend Miles - Earn up to 50,000 bonus miles (incl 4,000 status) for non-flight partner activity