JAL drops Vancouver - Mexico City Route

As part of Japan Airlines major restructuring and downsizing, the popular continuation of their Tokyo-Vancouver to Mexico City will be discontinued as of Jan 18, 2010. The main leg between Vancouver and Tokyo will remain at its regular frequency of 1x daily.

Source: Airline Route Updates

Fly British Airways from Canada to the UK or beyond and earn a Complimentary Companion Ticket

When you book a flight and travel on or before January 29, 2010, you'll receive a complimentary companion ticket* which can be used in conjunction with your next purchased ticket. You and your companion can travel in any cabin, to any of the over 300 destinations British Airways flies to worldwide. Book your ticket and your companion ticket from January 4 through July 30, 2010 and travel from January 11 through December 15, 2010
Full Details Online Registration and Booking

* Must book a round-trip transatlantic ticket in qualifying World Traveller (Y, B, H), World Traveller Plus (W, E), Club World (J, C, D, R) or First (F, A) fares

Delta drops Halifax-Boston route, adds Halifax-New York JFK

According to Airline Route Updates, Delta will be dropping their 1x daily Halifax-Boston route and replacing it with a 1x daily Halifax-New York JFK route.

Bonus Page Updates Nov 2-6

Nov 6 - AeroMexico Club Premier | Cathay Pacific Asia Miles | Japan Airlines Mileage Bank | Starwood Preferred Guest
Nov 5 - Accor A|Club | American AAdvantage | El Al Matmid Club | EVA Air Evergreen Club | Priority Club | US Airways Dividend Miles
Nov 4 - Air Canada Aeroplan | Hilton HHonors | Jumeirah Sirius | Marriott Rewards | Scandinavian EuroBonus
Nov 3 - Continental OnePass | Petro Canada Petro Points | United Mileage Plus
Nov 2 - ANA Mileage Club | Miles and More

Bonus Page Updates Oct 26-30

Oct 30, 09 - British Airways Executive Club | bmi Diamond Club | Marriott Rewards | Priority Club | Thai Royal Orchid
Oct 29, 09 - American AAdvantage
Oct 28, 09 - Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan | Continental OnePass | TAP Portugal Victoria
Oct 27, 09 - Air Canada Aeroplan | Delta SkyMiles | Starwood Preferred Guest
Oct 26, 09 - Air France KLM Flying Blue | Cathay Pacific Asia Miles | Jet Airways Jet Privilege | Petro Points

US Airways cuts Las Vegas service by more then 40% including Canadian services

As part of the US Airways huge decrease in service from their Las Vegas hub, the following routes they served from Canada are being axed:

Las Vegas – Edmonton CANCELED eff 16DEC09 (currently 1 Daily Express)
Las Vegas – Toronto CANCELED eff 23NOV09 (currently 1 Daily)
Las Vegas – Vancouver CANCELED eff 01DEC09 (planned resumption from 16DEC09, shelved)

(Source Airline Route Updates)

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Edelweiss returns to Calgary/Vancouver to fly the yearly Zurich route, Swiss to codeshare

It has been a few years since Edelweiss flew into Calgary and Vancouver on the summer seasonal Zurich run. Belair, the Air Berlin subsidiary has plied this route the past couple of summers. Now, with Edelweiss' return, customers will be able to buy the SWISS codeshare on this route and connect to other Swiss flights in or out of Zurich on their itinerary. It also means that as long as your ticket is under the SWISS code (LX) you can earn miles in the Miles and More program. Flights will operate weekly on Mondays from May 31 to Sep 14

Schedule as follows:
YYC-YVR Dep 1240 Arr 1300
YVR-ZRH Dep 1440 Arr 0955
ZRH-YYC Dep 0925 Arr 1130

More details can be found on the Edelweiss website

Aeroplan Fall/Winter Bonus Miles for flights

Air Canada launched their next set of Aeroplan Flight bonus offers recently which definitely are targeting routes and fare classes that are slow at this time and ones that have competition on them. All offers run until January 31, 2010. The bonuses are split into North America and International and are as follows:

North America
Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you fly within Canada and between Canada and the US. Complete 3 one way flights to earn 3,000 bonus miles, complete 3 more (6 total) to earn another 4,000 bonus miles (7,000 total) and earn 8,000 more after completing another 3 (9 total). Full Details and online registration (Registration is required). The following routes qualify for this promo
Within Canada:
* Halifax to Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
* Montreal or Ottawa to Halifax
* Toronto to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax
* London ON to Calgary
* Edmonton to Yellowknife, Toronto
* Calgary to Toronto, London ON, Yellowknife, Kamloops
* Vancouver to Toronto, Kamloops
* Kamloops to Calgary, Vancouver
* Yellowknife to Calgary, Edmonton
Between Canada and the U.S.:
* Montreal and Las Vegas, Newark, New York-LaGuardia
* Las Vegas, Newark, New York-LaGuardia to Montreal
* Toronto to Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Newark, New York-LaGuardia
* Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Newark, New York-LaGuardia to Toronto
* Edmonton to Los Angeles
* Los Angeles to Edmonton
* Vancouver to Los Angeles, San Diego
* Los Angeles, San Diego to Vancouver

International
Earn Double Aeroplan Miles for every roundtrip or 2 one-way segments in Executive First between Canada and
* Frankfurt, Munich, London, Zurich, Geneva, Paris, Madrid, Rome
* Tel Aviv
* Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul
* Lima, Bogota, Sao Paulo , Santiago , Buenos Aires , Caracas
* Sydney
Full Details and online registration (Registration is required).

Earn Double Aeroplan Miles for every roundtrip or 2 one-way segments in Economy Class between Canada and Geneva, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Santiago, Buenos Aires, or Sao Paulo Full Details and online registration (Registration is required).

October: a busy month for Rewards Canada and the Frequent Flyer Industry!

You may have noticed not much has gone on here on the Rewards Canada Blog for the past two weeks or so. We had been busy preparing for and attending the FFP-ARAC conference (Frequent Flyer Program - Ancillary Revenue Airline Conference) hence the lack of posts here or updates on the Frequent Flyer Bonuses Group of websites. Now we are back at it, bonuses are being posted on the websites as of Monday and I am ready to get back to blogging as well.

October 2009 has proven to be a busy month for the frequent flyer industry with loss of multiple FF programs and changes in the face of alliances. This month we have seen one of the worlds largest programs, Northwest's World Perks completely disappear as it has been fully integrated into Delta's SkyMiles program. In Europe, we lost two frequent flyer programs with Brussels Airlines Privilege program closing down and the airline joining parent company Lufthansa's Miles and More program. Finally TUIFly's Bluemiles program vanished on Oct 24 to become part of Air Berlin's Top Bonus program.

On the alliance front, the big news is Continental officially joining the Star Alliance. Most major airlines in the Star Alliance (United, Air Canada, Lufthansa as examples) have already or will be in the next week or so launching codeshares with Continental. As well all the frequent flyer programs have been connected so that members can earn and burn on Continental in their favorite program and vice versa for OnePass members.

Brussels Airlines has also announced that they should officially join the Star Alliance on Nov 9 with the same features outlined for Continental.

The only thing left to be announced this year on the Frequent Flyer program front is the launching of WestJet's reward program and I was assured by WestJet at the FFP-ARAC conference that it will happen before the end of 2009.

With that being said, I am happy to be back at the business of posting bonus offers and FFP news and hope that our readers are too.