July 11 Update: New Aeroplan bonus for flights to/from select Canadian cities

Aloha from Maui! As I mentioned earlier in the week, the Rewards Canada updates will be less frequent during the month of July so here are just a few bonuses I managed to add to Rewards Canada since Monday.

News, Tips & Tricks
There hasn't been any major news since Monday


Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on any fare, every time you take off or land at eligible Canadian airports. More... Book by Sep 2 for travel until Oct 6, 13

Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles for stays at any participating hotel from the Hilton HHonors portfolio of brands in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. More... Until Sep 30, 13

American AAdvantage
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you buy AAdvantage Miles online.More... Until Aug 1, 13

Best Western Rewards
- 500 Bonus Rewards Points you book Best Western Turkey Hotels on www.bestwestern.com.tr More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Rewards Points for stays at the BEST WESTERN Tashan Hotel. Full Details and online booking More... Until Aug 31, 13

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Earn up to 2,000 bonus KrisFlyer miles at participating Marriott® International hotels in Hong Kong. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles for stays at Okura Hotels in Asia. More... Until Sep 30, 13
- Double KrisFlyer Miles for stays on the ‘Summer to Remember’ package at participating Regent Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles for stays on the Best Available Rate at any Shangri-La hotel or resort or Traders hotel worldwide. More... Full details Until Aug 31, 13

Hilton Triple Your Trip Promotion now open for registration

The systemwide Hilton promotion for up to Triple Points is now open for registration:

Earn up to the Triple HHonors Points for stays at participating Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Earn double points for stays on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Earn triple points for stays on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.  Full details, registration and online booking (Registration is required) Jul 9 - Sep 30, 13

July 8 Update: Last big update until the end of the month and lots of new bonus offers

Rewards Canada is going to be taking most of July off so the newsletter, posts, information and updates will be more spoardic until the last week of the month. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with any breaking news and/or amazing bonuses as that will be the first place I post them while on vacation.

News, Tips & Tricks
No news for today but a whole bunch of bonus offers!


Bonus Offers
airBaltic BalticMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double BalticMiles Points for Sixt rentals in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. More... Until Jul 31, 13

Alitalia MilleMiglia
- 500 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles for stays at Accor Hotels in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, UK, Germany, Australia, Greece, Egypt, Morocco, Thailand, USA, Turkey and the UAE. More... Until Sep 30, 13
- 1,500 MilleMiglia Miles for stays at the Tanka Village in Sardinia, Petriolo SPA Resort in Tuscany and Golf Hotel Campiglio in Madonna di Campiglio. More... Until Sep 30, 13
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays at Best Western Hotels in Germany or Luxembourg. More... Until Sep 30, 13
- Double Miles on every qualifying stay, starting on your second stay at all IHG locations Worldwide. Stay at Staybridge Suites® hotels or Candlewood Suites® hotels and you’ll start earning double on your first qualifying stay. More... Jun 1 - Jul 31, 13
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays at NH Hotels in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain or Switzerland. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays at at UNA Hotels in Milan, UNA Hotel Modena, UNAWAY Hotel Bologna San Lazzaro, UNAWAY Hotel Occhiobello (Ferrara) More... Until Sep 1, 13
- 5x MilleMiglia Miles for every £ or € you spend at Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages. More... Until Aug 31, 13

ANA All Nippon Mileage Club
- Earn up to 4,011 Bonus Mileage Club Miles for flights on NH1011 between Chicago and Tokyo. More... Sep 1 - Dec 31, 13 Valid for residents of North America only
- Double Mileage Club Miles for ANA flights between San Jose or Seattle and Tokyo. More... Until Sep 30, 13 Valid for residents of North America only
- Double Mileage Club Miles for stays at participating Golden Tulip locations Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- 10,000 Bonus Mileage Club Miles with the ANA Card USA Visa. Earn 5,000 miles when you apply for and receive the card plus 5,000 more miles when you start a new subscription to TV JAPAN. More... Until Aug 31, 13 Residents of the U.S. only

EVA Air Evergreen
- 700 Bonus Evergreen Miles on car rentals booked via rentalcars.com. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Czech Airlines OK Plus
- Double OK Plus Miles for stays at participating Golden Tulip locations Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Emirates Skywards
- 10,000 Bonus Business Rewards Miles when you regsiter for Emirates Business Rewards and complete your first outbound flight. More... Register by Aug 20 for travel until Dec 31, 13

Gol Smiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Smiles Miles for stays at participating Golden Tulip locations Worldwide. More...Until Aug 31, 13

TAM Fidelidade
- Double Multiplus Points for stays at participating Golden Tulip locations Worldwide. More...Until Aug 31, 13

United Mileage Plus
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus Mileage Plus Miles for stays at any one of 12 London hotels, across three Marriott brands. More... Until Aug 24, 13.

July 4 Update: Aer Lingus to launch Toronto-Dublin (think Avios redemptions!), up to 4x Aeroplan Miles at Eaton Chelsea, topbonus sign up bonus

Thursday proves to be a little quieter then Monday or Tuesday but I still have some good news and lots of bonus offers to pass along

News, Tips & Tricks
Aer Lingus has announced that they will launch direct Toronto - Dublin service in April of 2014. Why is this significant? Well Aer Lingus is a oneworld airline and is a great way to redeem your British Airways Avios for Transatlantic travel. Aer Lingus has some of the lowest fuel surcharges out there which means you can redeem 40,000 Avios for a round trip economy class ticket or 80,000 Avios for Business Class and incur a lot less charges than similar flights on British Airways. As Lucky from One Mile at a Time points out you will probably only pay about $150 in fuel surcharges, taxes and fees for an Aer Lingus Business Class redemption whereas that same redemption for a BA flight would incur ~$1000 in fees and taxes. This is great news for all you American Express Gold Rewards and Platinum cardholders, RBC Avion and British Airways Visa cardholders! True Aer Lingus' cabin product is probably not up to par with British Airways but also according to Lucky it ain't half bad!

Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to Quadruple Aeroplan Miles for stays at the Eaton Chelsea, Toronto. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan miles when you you park for eight days or more steps away from the terminal at ProxiParc Montreal. More... Until Sep 15, 13

airBalitc BalticMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double BalticMiles Points for stays at the Wyndham Berlin Excelsior .More... Until Aug 31, 13

airberlin topbonus
- Earn up to 3,000 topbonus Miles when you collect miles with topbonus partners. More... Register by Jul 31 for activity until Aug 31, 13
- Earn up to 1,500 topbonus Miles when you join the topbonus program. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- Triple topbonus Miles for stays at all participating Grand City Hotels in Europe. More... Until Sep 30, 13
- Double topbonus Miles for every Hotel Review you submit to HolidayCheck that is published. More... Until ?

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- 15,000 Bonus Asia Miles when you apply for and receive the RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum. More... Until Jul 31, 13 Canadian Residents Only

China Airlines Dynasty Flyer
- Earn up to Quadruple Dynasty Flyer Miles when you rent a car with Hertz participating locations in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia or New Zealand. More... Until Oct 31, 13

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 1,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points per eligible stay at the Hyatt Regency Chongqing. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- 5,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points when you stay 3 consecutive nights at Hyatt Place Atlanta/Duluth/Gwinnett Mall. More...Until Aug 31, 13
- 1,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the Hyatt Place Columbus/Dubling. More...Until Aug 31, 13
- Double Gold Passport Points when you stay with the Hyatt Regency Austin Downtown More... Until Aug 29, 13

Iberia Plus
- Double Avios for stays at participating abba Hotels in Europe. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- Double Avios for stays at participating Barcelo Hotels in Costa Rica, Nicaragua or Spain More... Until Aug 31, 13
- Triple Avios for stays at the hotels Urban and Villa Real in Madrid. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- Double Avios for stays at the hotels Claris, Granados 83, Gran Derby Suite, Derby, Balmes and Astoria in Barcelona, The Caesar in London and Banke in Paris. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Malaysia Airlines Enrich (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple Enrich Miles for stays at participating Hilton Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Sep 30, 13

Limited Time: Earn up to 50,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles with the American Express AeroplanPlus Platinum Card (and how to make that 65,000 miles)

American Express® AeroplanPlus®* Platinum Card / American Express® AeroplanPlus®*Gold Card is no longer available as of August 26th, 2020. For more information, please visithttps://www.americanexpress.com/ca/en/credit-cards/aeroplan-cards/

July 3 Update: Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Redemption Increases, Triple SKYPASS Miles for Hilton Stays, Triple Avios for Accor Stays

This will be the second last day of updates for this week as I plan on taking Friday off. Here is what is going today in the world of travel rewards:

News, Tips & Tricks
Virgin Atlantic has added a lifetime Gold Elite Status feature to their Flying Club program. You can earn Gold for life if you earn 300 tier points on Virgin Atlantic flights and hold a Gold Flying Club member status for 10 consecutive years. Also you can get Gold for life plus an exclusive gift if you earn 1 million base flown miles on Virgin Atlantic flights. Full details

Hertz Gold Plus Rewards will be increasing point redemption rates for car rental rewards in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S.V.I. by 10-15% as of October 1st 2013. More...


Travel Deals
Qantas has launched a sale for flights to Australia out of Calgary and Toronto (with the partner airlines of course since Qantas doesn't actually fly to YYC/YYZ). Calgary to Sydney is $1,678 all in for travel Nov 1 - 30 and Toronto to Melbourne is $1,800 all in. Tickets must be booked by July 9. Full details

Save 20% on Air Canada flights from Canada to Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul. Travel from July 10, 2013 until October 31, 2013. Book with promo code ASIASALE by July 10. Full details

Bonus Offers
American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage Miles for American Airlines flights between Los Angeles and: Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) Indianapolis, IN (IND) Columbus, OH (CMH) Hartford, CT (BDL) or Northwest Arkansas (XNA). Earn an additional 5,000 bonus miles if you fly round-trip between Los Angeles and at least three different new nonstop destinations. More... Aug 27 - Nov 30, 13
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles for Round-Trip Travel on Iberia between Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Madrid. More... Until Sep 15, 13

Best Western Rewards
- Double Rewards Points on all qualifying stays at the BEST WESTERN Hotel d'Europe et d'Angleterre - Macon More... Until Sep 30, 13
- Double Rewards Points on all qualifying stays at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Paris Velizy - Velizy Villacoublay BEST WESTERN PLUS Hotel de la Baie - Donville Les Bains BEST WESTERN PLUS Le Canard Sur le Toit - Colomiers More... Until Aug 31, 13

British Airways Executive Club
- Triple Avios for every stay of 2 or more nights at one of over 2,600 Le Club Accorhotels worldwide. More... Until Sep 30, 13
- 5x Avios for every £4 or €4 you spend at Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages. More... Until Aug 15, 13

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Double Mileage Bank Miles for stays at The Langham, Chicago. More... Jul 10 - Sep 30, 13

Korean Air SKYPASS
- Triple SKYPASS Miles for stays at participating Hilton Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Sep 30, 13

Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Double Frequent Flyer Points for stays at select Best Western Hotels in Australia. More... Until ?

US Airways Dividend Miles
-Earn up to 100% Bonus Dividend Miles when you buy Dividend Miles. More... Until Jul 31, 13 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone

Expanded thoughts and comments on the recent Aeroplan changes

Now that we've had a few days to let the new Aeroplan changes digest in our minds, here are some of my thoughts, comments and such:

7 Year Expiry Rule
Firstly, the 7 year expiry rule is over and done with . A good move in my opinion. A couple of other programs have already done this, Delta SkyMile and more recently JetBlue TrueBlue. However with Aeroplan they still have the inactivity rule in place which means if you don't use your Aeroplan account at least once every 12 months (either earn or burn) you will lose your miles. Now if you read any other frequent flyer blogs or forums the removal of the 7 year rule is not a big deal. True for frequent flyers or big time credit card spenders it's not, they earn enough miles quickly to redeem well within 7 years. But for the average Canadian Aeroplan member who is neither a frequent flyer or big time crest spender this is great news. Just look at all the comments from people on numerous articles in the Canadian media when the rule was introduced or even when it hit the airwaves for a second time just before Christmas 2011. I have even received many emails from people who have or were about to scramble to redeem their miles. I know my parents did redeem theirs and I was about to as I still have around 23,000 miles from before 2007 in my account even after past redemptions. Now I don't have to rush to do so and I'm sure many Canadians are in the same boat.

Reduction in Miles for one way awards
For both the frequent and infrequent traveller this probably the best news to come out of the changes. One way flight awards are now only 50% of the round trip mileage requirement. Groundbreaking? No not at all. I'm fact most other frequent flyer programs that offer one way awards have been at 50% so Aeroplan just put themselves in line with everyone else. This is a great option now though so that you can mix and match flights (ie one way with an Aeroplan reward and the the other way on a seat sale fare)

Market Fare Flight Rewards
The current ClassicPlus Flight Rewards will be replaced by Market Fare Flight Rewards, which will require up to 20% fewer miles than current ClassicPlus Flight Rewards.  Somewhat good news but you can still expect many flight awards to be horrendously overpriced. Too bad they couldn't keep it simple like other programs and just make any seat any time flight awards double the base redemption rate (or at least cap the Market Fare Flight Rewards at double)

Increased Mileage Requirements for International Business and First Class Rewards
The only negative in the Aeroplan changes but a BIG negative is the announcement of increased mileage requirements for certain International Business and First Class award tickets. Here are the changes:

As you can these are some significant increases and what adds salt to the wound is that most of were just increased in 2011. For example the coveted Asian 1 redmeptions have gone from 100,000 in early 2011 to 125,000 in July 2011 to 150,000 in 2014 for Business Class while First Class went from 120,000 to 175,000 to 210,000, a 75% increase from 2 years ago. Add to this Aeroplan now charging the fuel surcharge on many of their partners Asian flights and these awards have gone from being some of the best in the industry to just mediocre ones. You can still complete the mini-RTW with Aeroplan but it is going to cost you a lot more miles as of January 1st.  So if any of these rewards were in your plans for the near future be sure to redeem for them by December 31st.

Distinction Program
In what some are calling the first elite status program for accruing miles in an loyalty program via many methods rather than butt-in-seat or body-in-bed status earning for flights and hotels, Aeroplan's new Distinction program will reward Aeroplan members who earn lots of miles via various earning methods. Is it the first program of its type in Canada? No, Air Miles Gold had that distinction many years ago and even HBC Rewards has elite tiers. So technically speaking this concept is not new but being tied into such a large program and offering certain travel benefits does make it somewhat different than those others. Now please heed this: Distinction does not replace Air Canada Altitude. Altitude which is Air Canada's elite status program remains the same and will continue to serve those who fly on Air Canada and their partners. Think of it this way: Air Canada Altitude is a frequent flyer status recognition program while Distinction is a frequent mileage earner recognition program.


How do you earn Distinction status?
Distinction includes three status levels based on a member’s total eligible mileage accumulation:
·         dSilver – 25,000  miles accumulated during the calendar year;
·         dBlack – 50,000 miles accumulated during the calendar year;
·         dDiamond – 100,000 miles accumulated during the calendar year

What miles are eligible?
Eligible miles are miles earned in the Aeroplan Program directly at participating partners and include base and certain bonus mile offers. Unless otherwise indicated at the time of offer, the following miles are not eligible for Distinction status: financial card sign-up; bonus  miles received as a benefit of the Air Canada Altitude  program or Aeroplan Distinction status; miles  accumulated through conversion from other programs  or transfers between member accounts, top-up miles,  contest prizes, and reinstated miles.

Points converted from other programs do not count towards distinction status. So for most this would be from credit card like the American Express Membership Rewards program and the CIBC Aventura cards. Also a source of lots of miles are conversions from hotel programs like Starwood Preferred Guest. Now if you choose to earn miles directly instead of hotel points those will count towards distinction status. Now don't let the lack of status qualification deter you from converting, as that is still a good option for topping off your account for a redemption.

Once you earn Distinction status, what does it get you?
This is what the various levels of Distinction status will get you:

To expand on this once you reach Distinction status you will receive a further discount on the aforementioned Market Fare Flight Rewards (nee ClassicPlus flights). You will have access to Distinction Flights. If you have been a CIBC Aerogold cardholder this will be familiar to you. These are flights exclusively reserved for Distinction status holders who want to redeem for those flights. I believe from what I've seen from the CIBC ones is that they are very Toronto-centric so this benefit may not be of much use to many.  You will also get bonus miles for eligible Air Canada flights, hotel stays (that earn miles directly to Aeroplan) and purchases made via the Aeroplan eStore.

What do I think of Distinction? I think it is an interesting concept that may intrigue many of the non-frequent flying Aeroplan members. It may just be the tipping for some people who collect both Air Miles and Aeroplan miles to move all their earning to Aeroplan. What do Air Canada Altitude members think? I think most them of them could care less as it doesn't really add any value to them and their benefits. It will mean something different to everyone, me, I am in the middle, indifferent to be honest with you however not holding Altitude status at this time the reduced Market Fare Flight Rewards may come into play although I try to plan my redemptions at the Classic Flight level so only time will tell.

What do you think of Distinction, the mileage changes and all the other changes from Aeroplan overall? I'd love to hear your comments and thoughts!

July 2 Update: Club Carlson devalues points to miles transfers, 20K Sign up bonus for SPG Amex, RBC Avion BA Transfer Bonus

First day of full updates in July brings us:

News, Tips & Tricks
Carlson Rezidor Hotels' Club Carlson program decided to change their points to miles conversion rate yesterday with no prior announcement. The devaluation is quite big, over 44% at the top level as the redemption option moves from an incremental tiered basis to a flat rate. Previously the rates were as follows:

2000 Gold Points = 250 Airline Miles
50,000 Gold Points = 8000 Airline Miles
100,000 Gold Points =18,000 Airline Miles

Now the new flat rate is 10 Club Carlson Points to 1 Airline Mile. So at the top level that same 100,000 Gold Points will only equal 10,000 Airline Miles. I can see a number of reasons that Club Carlson did this. They had a couple of big promotions in the past couple of years where you could earn 50,000 Points for a one night stay and while the best use of those points would be for a free nights within the Club Carlson hotel portfolio, I'm sure many members converted them to airline miles and the same goes in the U.S. for their credit card holders who were only getting the card to transfer the points to airline miles. This run on mileage costs Club Carlson as they cannot make any incremental revenue on award night stays. By changing these redemption levels for airline miles I can only assume that Carlson is hoping that members will redeem the points for hotel stays rather than miles as there is potential revenue on those award stays in terms of food and beverage purchases, extra nights purchased to tack onto an award stay etc. None of which would be achieved if members redeem for airline miles. And while we would all like to have advance notice and it is poor practice to do so for your loyal members I can see why Club Carlson didn't as there would have been a run on redemptions for airline miles and it simply would have cost Carlson Hotels money that they now get to keep in their bank account. So the B2B side of me sees why they did it but the B2C side of me says "Shame on you Club Carlson, you just made some of your members mad and they may choose to no longer be loyal to you."

Air Canada will be discontuing two more small market U.S. routes: Toronto to Albany and Grand Rapids will be cancelled as of September 3rd. (Source Airlineroute.net)

If you were away over the long weekend, here is a summary of three posts that went up here on the Rewards Canada blog.

Limited Time: Increased sign up bonus of 20,000 Starpoints for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is now live

Limited Time: Increased sign up bonus of 15,000 Asia Miles for the RBC Cathay Pacific Asia Miles Platinum Card


Bonus Offers
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Earn up to Triple Flying Blue Miles for stays at participating Shangri-La, Kerry and Traders hotels worldwide. More... Jun 1 - Aug 31, 13

airBalitc BalticMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- GHA Hotels Double BalticMiles Points for every stay at all GHA Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Sep 30, 13

British Airways Executive Club
- 50% Bonus Avios for RBC Avion Visa cardholders who transfer their RBC Rewards points to Avios. More... Until Jul 31, 13 Valid for residents of Canada only

Garuda Frequent Flyer (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double GFF Miles for Garuda flights in Executive Class between Jakarta and Bangkok. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- Earn up to Double GFF Miles for Garuda flights between Manado and Makassar or Jakarta. More... Until Aug 1, 13

Le Club accorhotels
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Ibis Hotels in the Netherlands. More... Until Sep 8, 13
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points+ 3rd night free for stays of 3 nights or more at participating Sofitel Hotels in the Southern Hemisphere. More... Until Aug 31, 13
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points+ 4th night free for stays of 4 nights or more at participating Sofitel Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Earn 20,000 Welcome Bonus Starpoints® after you charge $1,000 in purchases to Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express your Card in your first three months of Cardmembership. More... Until Sep 25, 13 Residents of Canada Only

United Mileage Plus
- Double Mileage Plus Miles when you fly nonstop between Washington DC and Guatemala City. More... Until Sep 30, 13

Voila Hotel Rewards
- Earn up to 50% VHR Points for stays at any VOILÀ network hotels Worldwide. More... Until Sep 30, 13

Limited Time: Increased sign up bonus of 20,000 Starpoints for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express

The best hotel credit card in Canada (and one of the best travel cards overall) will feature a higher sign up bonus for the next six weeks or so. Normally, the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express comes with a 10,000 Starpoint sign up bonus but with this limited time offer the sign up bonus will be 20,000 Starpoints after you charge $1,000 in purchases to the Card in the first three months of Cardmembership. This offer will go live sometime today and runs until Sep 25, 2013.

Some features of the card include
• Earn 20,000 bonus Starpoints® after you charge $1,000 in purchases to your Card in your first three months of Cardmembership - that's enough for 5 free nights! Offer ends September 25, 2013.
• Earn 1 Starpoint for every $1 in purchases charged to the Card
• Annual interest rate 19.99% on purchases and 21.99% on funds advances
• Enjoy a Free Weekend Night Award when you reach $40,000 in purchases each year
• Experience Starwood Gold Preferred Guest status when you reach $30,000 in purchases each year
• Redeem Starpoints for Free Nights with no blackout dates at over 1,000 of the world’s most desired hotels in nearly 100 countries
• Use Starpoints for flights on over 350 airlines with no blackout dates with SPG Flights
• Experience once-in-a-lifetime events with SPG Moments
• Get Front Of The Line®* access to tickets for some of the most popular concerts, theatre and special events
• Enjoy the flexibility to pay balances in full or over time
•  American Express is not responsible for maintaining or monitoring the accuracy of information on this website. For full details and current product information click the Apply now link.

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50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is now live

As I mentioned back on May 20th and with a reminder last Friday, the  50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is now live. The promotion will run from July 1st to 31st and is one of the best reasons on why to own an RBC Avion credit card.

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 a good 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 on the promotion can be found here