Hilton HHonors: 2,500 Bonus HHonors points for bookings over the next 24 hours (act fast limited to first 4,000)

Hilton is once again running bonus offer promotion for bookings made during a 24hr period:

This is from their Facebook page after you like them:

The Great Getaway is on. If you hear travel calling you, don’t wait to answer – book now with our 24-Hour Bonus Offer. Plan your next Great Getaway today and earn 2,500 Bonus Points.
Here's how:

1. Starting at 11:00 a.m. ET May 23 and ending on 10:59 a.m. ET May 24, book a stay between May 23 and September 30, 2013 at any hotel within the Hilton HHonors™ portfolio.
2. Return here to enter your reservation confirmation number, HHonors number, and required information. Act fast – to earn Bonus Points you have to be one of the first 4,000 Hilton HHonors™ members to book and register.
3. Complete your stay by September 30, 2013 and earn 2,500 Bonus Points.

To take advantage of the promotion you have to like Hilton HHonors on Facebook and then after you book you enter your reservation details and HHonors on their Facebook page. You can access the booking page directly here if you don't want to 'like' them on Facebook just yet to make sure you will do a booking first.

May 23 Update: Avianca TACA devaluation (again!), RBC Avion transfer bonus to AA & Aeroplan Avis bonus

Here is what Thursday had in store on Rewards Canada:

News, Tips & Tricks
In the span of one week Avianca TACA is becoming one of the most hated Star Alliance based program. For the second time in the past 7 or so days (and third time in ~6 months) they have made changes to their awards without any notification. Firstly it was the increase in select award tickets (see last week's post) and now they have increased the much coveted 40/60 option where you only needed 40% of the miles for a redemption and purchase the remaining 60% at an amazing 1.275 cents each (which is even better than the 100% buy miles option we see several times a year which could/can then be leveraged for that first 40% of miles required). Now with the increase the cost of those miles if 1.56 cents if you max out at the 40/60 option. It appears that all of the news out there in the online world of the 40/60 option combined with the 100% buy miles bonus has taken its toll on Avianca TACA and we are now seeing the after effects of it. It is well known that all programs makes changes, most not to our liking but many have become good at giving the consumer fair warning but Avianca TACA seems to have missed that boat. I know a few of you may be perturbed now as you probably bought miles during the last 100% bonus and now are going to have to pay more for your 40/60 redemption!

On the other end of the spectrum, more good news for RBC Avion cardholders. Early in the week I mentioned that that BA 50% transfer bonus is coming back in July but RBC never mentioned that there is currently a promo for transferring to American AAdvantage. The bonus is 20% and is good until June 30th. See the details below in the bonus offer section (HT Canadian Kilometers)


Today is the last day to enter week 3 of the FFB8 Contest! For more details and how to enter please visit www.frequentflyerbonuses.com/FFB8


Bonus Offers
Aegean Airlines Miles&Bonus
- Double Miles&Bonus Miles for hotel reservations made through the hotel.aegeanair.com website. More... Book by May 31, 13 for stays until Dec 31, 13

Air Canada Aeroplan
- 250 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you rent an Intermediate (Group C) or larger vehicle at participating Avis locations in Canada. More... Until Jul 15, 13
- Earn up to 100 Aeroplan Miles with every participating purchase of specially marked Nestlé products. More... Until Jul 31, 13

Air China Phoenix Miles
- Quadruple Phoenix Miles Kilometers for stays of 2 or more nights at 13 participating Jumeirah Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Oct 31, 13
- Earn up to Triple Phoenix Miles Kilometers for stays of 2 or more nights at participating Regent Hotels Worldwide. More... Jun 1 - Aug 31, 13

American AAdvantage
- 20% Bonus AAdvantage Miles when your transfer your RBC Rewards points to American AAdvantage.More... Until Jun 30, 13 Restrictions: Valid for residents of Canada only who are RBC Avion Visa cardholders
- (OFFER EXTENDED) Earn up to 3,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles on rentals at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. More... Until Jun 30, 13

China Eastern Eastern Miles
- Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Eastern Miles Pointson China Eastern flights between San Francisco and Shanghai. More... Until Jun 20, 13

May 22 Update: Bonus Avios on AA's new European routes, US Airways La Quinta Bonus

A busy day here for me in rainy YYC but not with Rewards Canada stuff so I don't have too much for you today

News, Tips & Tricks
If you are planning any Europe trips that could be on American Airlines check out the bonus Avios offers for flying on several of AA's new routes. These same routes already have AAdvantage bonuses (see my AAdvantage page for details) but now you have the option of the getting the bonus with your preferred oneworld airline whether that is AA or BA.

Don't forget to enter in my FFB8 Contest! Week 3 is in full swing on the FFB blog! For more details and how to enter please visit www.frequentflyerbonuses.com/FFB8

Bonus Offers
British Airways Executive Club
- Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Avios when you fly on American Airlines between New York and Dublin. More... Jun 12 - Sep 15, 13
- Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Avios when you fly on American Airlines between Chicago and Dusselorf. More... Until Jul 15, 13
- Double Avios when you book a participating Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts or art’otel in Europe at least 21 days in advance. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- Double Avios for stays at particpating Taj Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Jul 31, 13

China Southern Sky Pearl Club
- Earn up to 100% Bonus SkyPearl Kilometers when you fly on China Southern between Dalian, Changchun, Shenyang, or Pudong and Nagoya; Dalian and Toyko; Beijing, Pudong, Dalian, Shenyang or Changchun and Seoul More... Until Dec 25, 13
- Earn up to 1,000 Bonus SkyP earl Kilometers when you join the Sky Pearl Club program and fly on China Southern. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double SkyPearl Kilometers for stays on the “Bed and Breakfast” Package rate or “Best Available Rate” at participating Mandarin Oriental Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 13
- Earn up to Triple SkyPearl Kilometers for stays at anty Shangri-La hotel, resort, Traders hotel or Kerry hotel Worldwide. More... Jun 1 - Aug 31, 13

US Airways Dividend Miles
- Double Dividend Miles per stay at La Quinta properties in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. More... Until Jul 31, 13

May 21 Update: Marriott extends free breakfast for Elite members, LH Business Class sale, Choice Hotels next systemwide promo

I hope that you all had a great Victoria Day weekend! My family and I sure enjoyed our time around YYC and of course we made it up to Banff a couple of times since its under an hour from my house! Anyways, by taking a few extra days off, last Friday and yesterday, there seems to be a lot of new bonuses out which will be added to FFB and RC over the week and a fair bit of news to pass along.

News, Tips & Tricks
In the bonus offers section be sure to check out the new offers from IHG and Choice Hotels as they cover Canada nicely (and the rest of the world)

I totally forgot to mention this on the blog but back on May 7th Capital One removed the sign up bonus on the Capital One® Aspire Cash™ World MasterCard®! RC's comparison chart on cash back cards was actually updated that day.

Marriott Rewards announced that Gold and Platinum Elite Marriott Rewards members will receive free continental breakfast for 2 at JW Marriott^®, Autograph Collection^®, Renaissance^® and Marriott Hotels^® across the U.S. and Canada* – every day, 7 days a week starting on June 22. When the concierge lounge is open, you and a guest can enjoy complimentary continental breakfast. More details...

The PointsHound.com double up feature mentioned right here on RC last week appears to be better than initially stated by the company. Instead of around 1,000 hotels in the U.S. where you can double up at the actual number is around 3,200 hotels in 115 U.S. cities.

Icelandair will be increasing their Toronto service to 5x weekly. Really only good news if you are a regular Saga Club utilizer since they are dropping Alaska Airlines as a partner as of June 1st or if you like their sometimes cheaper fares to Europe via Iceland. (Source: Airline Route Updates)

Don't forget to enter in my FFB8 Contest! Week 3 is in full swing right here on the blog!. For more details and how to enter please visit www.frequentflyerbonuses.com/FFB8

Travel Deals
Lufthansa has launched a new business class sale from Canada. Book online at Lufthansa (CA): 
Athens from CAD 3940*
Barcelona from CAD 3908*
Beirut from CAD 3329*
Istanbul from CAD 3905*
Lisbon from CAD 4048*
Marseille from CAD 3935*
Tunis from CAD 3301*
* Round-trip including all taxes and fees.
The departure period is between 21st June 2013 and 8th September 2013.
The return period is between 24th June 2013 and 8th December 2013. 

Bonus Offers
Best Western Rewards
- Earn 6,600 Bonus Rewards Points for staying just two nights (nights do not need to be consecutive) in any of the eight states along Route 66: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois More... Until Jun 30, 13

British Airways Executive Club
- Earn up to 7,000 Bonus Avios when you purchase Avios online. More... Until Jun 13, 13

Choice Hotels Privileges
- Earn up to 8,000 Privileges Points when you complete 2 qualifying stays at Choice Hotels Worldwide.More...   May 23 - Aug 31, 13 Valid for Residents of the U.S. and Canada only

IHG Rewards Club
- Receive a $50 Vacation Pay Prepaid MasterCard (up to $200) when you pay for your stay with a MasterCard card for each stay of two consecutive weekend nights (Friday, Saturday or Sunday) at participating InterContinental®, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites® hotels worldwide. More... May 31 - Sep 1, 13 Valid for residents of the U.S. and Canada only

Turkish Miles&Smiles
- 10,000 Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles on completion of four weekend nights at participating Hilton Hotels Worldwide. More... Register by Jun 30 for stays until Aug 31, 13

US Airways Dividend Miles
- Double Dividend Miles when you fly US Airways between Charlotte and Rio De Janeiro or Sao Paulo. More... Jun 8 - Jul 31, 13

50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is back this July

I am happy to let you all of you RBC Avion cardholders (Infinite and Platinum) that the much coveted 50% transfer bonus for RBC Rewards points to British Airways Executive Club Avios is coming back soon! The promotion will run from July 1st to 31st so now is the time to ramp up your spending if you have been planning to take advantage of this great transfer bonus! As always BA Avios are a great option for flights to Asia (via Cathay Pacific), short to medium haul within North America (Alaska Airlines, American Airlines) and even though huge surcharges are added to their UK/Europe redemptions they can still be an alright value because of this bonus transfer based on your spend with the credit card (see my post about Earn & Burn for an explanation)

Full details will be found here although this link is not live yet.

COMING THIS JULY!!!

FFB8: The FrequentFlyerBonuses.com 8th Anniversary Contest (Week 3)

A little over 8 years ago in February 2005, FrequentFlyerBonuses.com launched to no fan-fare. It was an experiment of sorts and a logical expansion of the FFB Group’s first website RewardsCanada.ca. A major section of the Rewards Canada website was the Bonus Offers section and we noticed a lot of traffic from outside of Canada hitting those pages even though they didn’t list any offers that were available to non-Canadians. So they idea dawned on FFB’s founder to help that traffic by launching a Global site covering bonus offers from frequent travel programs worldwide and thus FrequentFlyerBonuses.com was born!   Fast forward to 2013 and FFB is even bigger and better and providing more coverage than we ever have of promotions relating to the world of frequent travel. Most of that success can be attributed to FFB’s dedicated fans and readers and without the support of them FFB would not be where it is today. We would like to thank past, present and future FFBers by offering you a chance to win some fantastic prizes as we celebrate our 8th anniversary!   There are four amazing prize packages to be won with FFB8! Over the course of the next four weeks there will be four different ways to enter to win one of the four prize packages. Feel free to enter into every week of the contest as they are all considered separate contests!   We are now into Week 3 of the FFB8 contest and here are the details on how to enter this week:   Week 3: The FFB Blog To enter the contest this week leave a comment on the FFB Blog about any of the following by 11:59EST on May 23th, 2013: How and/or where would you use the 8,000 Aeroplan Miles from Aeroplan Where would you plan on using the 8,000 Starpoints (visit SPG.com for reward details) Which lounge you would use your free lounge visit from Priority Pass (see all Priority Pass lounges here) Where would you use an Avis Reward Day coupon at? What hotel would you book via PointsHound.com to make use of your Level 3 benefits?   Week 3 Prize Package One lucky entrant will win the following prize package: 8,000 Aeroplan Miles courtesy of Aeroplan 8,000 Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints courtesy of the Starwood Preferred Guest and the Canadian Version of the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express Two Avis Reward Day Coupons courtesy of Avis One Standard Priority Pass Annual Membership + 1 free lounge visit courtesy of Priority Pass One Level 3 Upgrade on PointsHound.com courtesy of PointsHound.com One £5 Prepaid Sim Card courtesy of Aether Mobile

About this week’s sponsors: Aeroplan Aeroplan, Canada’s premier coalition loyalty program, is owned by Aimia Inc., a global leader in loyalty management. Aeroplan's millions of members earn Aeroplan Miles with its growing network of over 75 world-class partners, representing more than 150 brands in the financial, retail, and travel sectors. In 2012, approximately 2.3 million rewards were issued to members including more than 1.5 million flights on Air Canada and Star Alliance carriers which offer travel to more than 1,000 destinations worldwide. In addition to flights, members also have access to over 1,000 exciting specialty, merchandise, hotel, car rental and experiential rewards. For more information about Aeroplan, please visit www.aeroplan.com or www.aimia.com Starwood Preferred Guest / The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express rewards you with starpoints® virtually every time you make eligible purchases with the Card. available in the US, the UK and Canada, the Card offers a generous welcome bonus, lets you access exclusive Cardmember-only events and so much more. terms and conditions apply. Apply for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express (Canadian Version) Avis Avis Car Rental and its subsidiaries operate one of the world's best-known car rental brands with approximately 5,200 locations in more than 165 countries. Avis has a long history of innovation in the car rental industry and is one of the world's top brands for customer loyalty. www.avis.com Priority Pass Priority Pass™ is the world’s largest independent airport VIP lounge access program and give you access to over 600 airport VIP lounges worldwide irrespective of your class of travel or the airline flown. Priority Pass is offering a Free Standard membership valued at US$99 which gives access to over 600 lounges worldwide for a visit fee of US$27 and also enables you to take guests into the lounges for a visit fee. Find out more about the three membership plans available at www.prioritypass.com/ffb PointsHound.com Pointshound is the most flexible way to collect the most miles and points when booking hotels online. Currently, PointsHound allows users to earn miles on over 150,000 hotels around the world in any of 10 frequent flier currencies. That’s 1,500,000 unique accrual offers available on any given day and we're always adding new currencies and hotels to the site. Sign-up and see how many miles you can earn on your next hotel! https://pointshound.com/ Aether Mobile Aether Mobile is a licensed MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator), providing a superior global roaming mobile service for the travelling person in mind.  By using the Aether Mobile global roaming SIM when abroad, leisure and business travellers alike can use their mobile/cell to make and receive calls and text messages, with peace of mind that it won’t cost them the earth. www.aether-mobile.com I have to extend many thanks to all of the above sponsors for helping out with this contest and to show our appreciation I would ask that you visit the sponsor’s websites to learn more about them! (plus if they see lots of traffic coming from here they may be more inclined to provide more prizes more often to give away on the FFB sites!)

Week 3 Contest Rules 1. Contest End: Contest runs until 11:59pm EST on May 23, 2013 2. Eligibility: Contest is open to anyone over the age of 18 anywhere in the world except where prohibited by law. Residents of Quebec, Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sudan are also ineligible to participate. The Contest is void in these countries and where prohibited or restricted by law. Limited to one entry per person per method (maximum TBD entries). Multiple entries per way and/or automatic entries will be deleted 3. Contest Entry: To enter the contest you must leave a comment on the specific FFB Blog post per the instructions listed above. Limited to one entry per person (we will only count the first comment should a person post multiple comments) 4. By entering the competition, participants automatically accept these Terms and Conditions 5. Prize Drawing: On or about June 6th, 2013 a random drawing from each section of the contest will be conducted from among all eligible entries received 6. Awarding of Prizes: The selected winner(s) will be contacted by email and will have Seven (7) days to respond with their name and mailing address. After Seven (7) days no further attempts will be made to contact the winner and another entrant may be chosen to receive the prize. Prize packs will be mailed/emailed to the winner no later then June 15, 2013. Prizes are provided “as is” and without any warranty of any kind. Prizes are non-transferable. No cash redemption or prize substitution allowed by winner. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize of equal or greater value if advertised prize becomes unavailable. Odds of winning is dependent on the number of entrants per way as of May 9, 2013 7. The prize winner is responsible for all taxes, costs and other expenses that are not explicitly included in or connected to the prize(s), and agrees that upon accepting the prize(s) he/she does so entirely at his/her own risk and responsibility. 8. Employees and agents of Frequentflyerbonuses.com and parent The FFB Group, and members of such employees’ immediate families and individuals living in the same household with such employees, are not eligible to win. 9. Except where prohibited by law, entry in the Contest constitutes each Entrant’s consent for Sponsor to use Entrant’s first name and last initial, city and state/country of residence, Contest Entry for advertising, publicity, and promotional purposes in any media, online or off-line, without further permission, consent, payment or other consideration, unless prohibited by law 10. The FFB Group reserves the right to request written proof of a possible winner’s residence and age before awarding a prize. 11. All provincial, federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this sweepstakes or any portion hereof, or to disqualify any individual implicated in any of the following actions, if for any reason: (a) infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, actions by entrants, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the sweepstakes, (b) the sweepstakes or any website associated therewith (or any portion thereof) becomes corrupted or does not allow the proper processing of entries per these rules, or (c) the sweepstakes is otherwise not capable of running as planned by the Sponsors. By entering, participants agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Administrator and each of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotional agencies, wholesalers and retailers, and each of the foregoing entities’ employees, officers, directors, shareholders and agents (collectively the “Released Parties”), from and against any and all claims, actions and/or liability for any injuries or death, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with participation in and/or entry into the sweepstakes or acceptance or use of any prize. The Released Parties are not responsible or liable for any incorrect or inaccurate entry information, and assume no responsibility for (i) any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in operation or transmission at any website, (ii) failure of any entry to be received by Sponsor due to technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, (iii) communications line, hardware and/or software failures, (iv) damage to any computer (software or hardware) resulting from participation in the sweepstakes, (v) theft or destruction of, tampering with, unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries and/or entry information, or (vi) entries which are late, lost, stolen, damaged, illegible, and/or unintelligible. By entering, entrants agree to comply with these rules. Any entrant who attempts to tamper with this sweepstakes in any way shall be disqualified. In the event of dispute as to who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the Authorized Account Holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the email address in question. Additional restrictions may apply. Additional Rules for the Priority Pass prizes: - Employees of Priority Pass and The Collinson Group of companies, and their immediate families, are not eligible to enter, nor is anyone under 18 years of age. - Current Priority Pass members are not eligible but can nominate another party to receive the prize. - The winner must complete an application form and provide credit card details before the prize of Priority Pass membership can be issued.

May 16 Update: Aeroplan bonus for Marriott stays in Canada, 4x HHonors points @ Tropicana Las Vegas

This will be the last day of updates until Tuesday as I am taking an extended long weekend for the Victoria Day holiday. Watch FFB however as Week 3 of the contest will launch tomorrow and if there is any crazy amazing news or offers to post I will do so before Tuesday! Hope you all have a great long weekend!

News, Tips & Tricks
Don't forget to enter in my FFB8 Contest! This is the last day to enter for Week 2! For more details and how to enter please visit www.frequentflyerbonuses.com/FFB8


Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you register your Aeroplan number on Aeroplan's Facebook page and complete an earning activity from selected Aeroplan travel partners. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- 500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles per night for stays at participating Marriott hotels across Canada. Receive 500 bonus miles per night, for up to 4 nights per stay. More... Jun 1 - Aug 31, 13

Hilton HHonors
- Quadruple HHonors Points on all stays at Tropicana Las Vegas - a DoubleTree by Hilton. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Double Mileage Bank Miles for stays at the at the Hotel Niwa Tokyo. More... Jun 1 - Aug 31, 13

Southwest Rapid Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- OFFER EXTENDED Double Rapid Rewards Points & Double Tier Qualifying Points on all Southwest Airlines flight Systemwide. More... Until Jun 15, 13

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Triple Starpoints when you in a one Bedroom Pool Villa at the W Retreat & Spa Bali - Seminyak. More... Book by Jun 30 for stays until Dec 19, 13

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
- Double Royal Orchid Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Jun 301, 13

Ukraine International Panorama Club(on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Panorama Club Miles for flights between Istanbul and Odessa.More... Until Jun 30, 13

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Triple Flying Club Miles for stays at the Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, Jumeirah Beach Hotel or the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray Dubai. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Earn up to Triple Flying Club Miles on Sixt car rentals Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 13

1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on select mileage earning activities

In yesterday's daily update I mentioned the new Aeroplan Around the World Contest but I only went straight to the Aeroplan blog and not their Facebook page. It turns out that you can not only enter the contest via their FB page but if you register your Aeroplan number via the FB page you can 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you earn with the featured Aeroplan travel partners:

 

and the partners included are:

You can find most of these offers listed on my Aeroplan page (the Marriott offer is being added later today) and here is the Facebook offer as it will appear on that page also later today:

Earn 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you register your Aeroplan number on Aeroplan's Facebook page and complete an earning activity from selected Aeroplan travel partners. Full details. Until Aug 31, 13

For me I will easily earn the 1,000 bonus miles either through a couple of Hertz rentals I have plus I do have some Air Canada Executive Class flights during the period which aren't eligible for the 50% Bonus as they were booked before the promotional period but should count as activity. What doesn't seem clear about the Facebook promotion is whether it is a one time bonus (I'm leaning this way) or if it is a bonus for each transaction.

PointsHound.com gets even better: now offering frequent guest earning benefits at select hotels

PointsHound.com, one the sponsors of my FFB8: The FrequentFlyerBonuses.com 8th Anniversary contest sent out an email last night detailing some exciting enhancements coming to the hotel booking site on Monday. As featured here on Rewards Canada back in October, PointsHound.com is a service that awards a hefty amount of miles or points for booking hotels via their online booking engine.

At the time I mentioned that most stays booked via PointsHound.com did not offer frequent guest points or elite qualification as is the case with most third party site booking sites although many hotels would still recognize your status at time of check in. Well that is about to change. If you have used the site over the past month or so you may noticed select hotels had a 'Double Dip' icon  (now rebranded to  'Double Up' which meant you would earn you miles for the booking via PointsHound.com and your frequent guest points along with elite qualification. This test proved successful and on Monday PointsHound.com will be expanding that offering to around 1,000 hotels in the U.S. from Hyatt, Hilton, Starwood, Marriott and IHG. Now unless there is a significant price difference (which at times it can be) you should be funneling your hotel bookings for any of those 1,000 hotels through PointsHound.com so that you can earn even more on your stays. I don't have a list of those hotels but I would suggest you bring up the hotel you want to stay at on the actual hotel brand site and then also spend an extra minute or two to see if PointsHound.com offers Double Up and comparable prices for that same location.

Finally, you can expect another new airline partner to be added to PointsHound.com later next week bringing their total number of partners to 11.

The more you book through PointsHound.com also means the more you earn as they have three mileage earning levels (1 through 3) and as a special offer via PointsHound.com to FFB & Rewards Canada readers using our referral link you will receive an automatic 60 day Level 2 upgrade where users earn miles at an accelerated rate (avg of 4-8x per $ depending on hotel) compared to Level 1 users. You will also earn a 250 mile bonus on your first booking made after signing up via the referral link. Just so you know, I will also earn a 250 miles bonus on that first booking of yours for referring you. I thank everyone in advance who joins via my referral link!

May 15 Update: LifeMiles award ticket increases, Aeroplan Hertz Bonus & a targeted IHG rewards offer

Here is your middle of the week update:

News, Tips & Tricks
Avianca TACA LifeMiles has made several tweaks to their award chart with any prior notice. Certain award tickets will be going up anywhere from 5,000 LifeMiles to 50,000 LifeMiles! One type of award ticket was actually decreased by 15,000. More info and details can be found at LoyaltyLobby

Aeroplan launched a new contest called "Around the World" where members can win one of three prizes of 200,000 Aeroplan Miles. To enter you simply need to vote for the "best of" in select popular cities around the World. Full details can be found on the Aeroplan blog

Don't forget to enter in my FFB8 Contest! Week 2 is in full swing on Twitter. For more details and how to enter please visit www.frequentflyerbonuses.com/FFB8

Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles on rentals of 2 days or more in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. More... Until Aug 31, 13

American AAdvantage
- Earn up to Triple AAdvantage Miles for nonstop flights between Chicago and Portland. More... Jun 12 - Sep 15, 13
- Earn up to Triple AAdvantage Miles for nonstop flights between Miami and San Diego. More... Jun 12 - Sep 15, 13
- Double AAdvantage Miles for nonstop flights between Los Angeles and Eugene or Redmond, Oregon. More... Jun 12 - Sep 15, 13

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Priority Club Points on every qualifying stay, beginning with the first qualifying stay at participating InterContinental®, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites® hotels worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 13 Targeted Offer - May Not work for everyone

Philippine Airlines Mabuhay
- Century Park Hotels Double Mabuhay Miles for stays at the Century Park Hotel. More... Until Dec 31, 13