Oct 3 Update: AirMilesShops 5x Miles Bonus, AutoEurope Sale, tons of bonuses

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News, Tips & Tricks
There is a short bonus of 5x Air Miles Rewards Miles on purchases made through AirMilesShops.ca. Purchases must be made by Oct 7. Complete details can be found here

Although they don't have a frequent flyer program of their own, I still like to note new airtransat charter routes are there are quite a few Canadians who do use their travel points cards for charter redemptions and here is new route that can be considered. airtransat will be launching 1x weekly service between Toronto, Montreal and Prague for the summer of 2014. Service will between mid June and mid October. (Source: Airline Route Updates)


Travel Deals
AutoEurope is offering up to a 20% off sale for car rentals in Europe. Book online today and receive up to 20% off of your rental car in Europe if you pay by Oct 16, 2013. 

Bonus Offers
airBaltic BalticMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 25 BalticMiles Points when you join PointsPlay.com for free. More... Until ?
- Triple BalticMiles points on all Hertz rentals in Germany. More... Until Oct 31, 13

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Asia Miles spend and accumulate miles with Asia Miles non-airline partners during the promotion period. Non-airline partners include cars & transport, finance & insurance, dining & banquets, hotels, professional services, retails, telecoms and travel & leisure. More...  Until Nov 30, 13
- Double Asia Miles for your first ever spend with Jin Jiang Hotel, Jin Jiang Inn or Bestay Inn, or on Jin Jiang car rental services. More...  Until Nov 30, 13

Emirates Skywards
- Triple Skywards Miles for stays at the Conrad Dubai or the Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Triple Skywards Miles at all One&Only resorts worldwide and Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort, Morocco. More... Book by Dec 20 for stays until Mar 31, 14

Etihad Guest
- Earn 5,000 Bonus Guest Miles when you complete your first booking through Rocketmiles by 11:59 p.m. (CST) on November 2, 2013 and complete the hotel stay associated with such booking by February 28, 2014.  More... Valid for Etihad Guest Elite Members only Book by Nov 2 for stays until Feb 28, 14
- Earn 3,000 Bonus Guest Miles when you complete your first booking through Rocketmiles by 11:59 p.m. (CST) on November 2, 2013 and complete the hotel stay associated with such booking by February 28, 2014.  More... Book by Nov 2 for stays until Feb 28, 14

Hilton HHonors
- Double HHonors Points for stays on "The HHonors Weekend, " rate at participating Conrad Hotels Worldwide.  More... Until Oct 30, 14
- Double HHonors Points for stays at the Hampton Inn & Suites Grove City  More... Until Nov 21, 14

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 3,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez, Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee and Hotel du Louvre, a Hyatt hotel. Martinez. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- 3,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Gold Passport Points when you book a PURE Room at the Hyatt Dulles. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Iberia Plus
- Earn up to 25,000 Bonus Avios every time you fly round-trip between the U.S., Canada, or Mexico and Europe on First Class, Business Class or select Economy Class fares* on American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Finnair or OpenSkies. More.. Register by Nov 30, 13 for flights until Jan 31, 14
- Double Avios for stays at Tryp by Wyndham Hotels in Spain. More... Until Oct 31, 13
- Double Avios for stays at any NH Hotel Worldwide. More... Until Nov 15, 13

Le Club accorhotels
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points and 40% off stays at Sofitel hotels Worldwide. More... Book between Oct 7- 14 for stays Nov 18 - Mar 31, 14

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Earn up to Quadruple KrisFlyer Miles when you stay at any hotel or resort within the Hilton HHonors portfolio Worldwide. More...  Until Dec 31, 13

WestJet Rewards
- Earn 5x Bonus WestJet Dollars on WestJet Encore flights between Calgary and Brandon. More... Until Dec 15, 13
- Earn Triple WestJet Dollars on every flight booked and flown between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and New York (LaGuardia) More... Ongoing






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New WestJet Rewards Flight Bonuses: Eastern Triangle, New York LGA and Brandon

WestJet has launched several new route bonuses for its WestJet Rewards members. One is a route launch bonus and the other is positioned at trying to pull customers away from Air Canada and Porter and has no end date (as of yet).

Here are the promotion as they will appear on RC's WestJet Rewards Bonus Dollars page later today:

Earn 5x Bonus WestJet Dollars on WestJet Encore flights between Calgary and Brandon. Full details. Until Dec 15, 13

Earn Triple WestJet Dollars on every flight booked and flown between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and New York (LaGuardia). Full details. Ongoing from Oct 1, 13

RocketMiles - Double Miles for October stays booked Oct 3/4

Yesterday on FFB we told you about this offer (you know you really should follow in conjunction with Rewards Canada) and we are pleased to let you know that the offer is now open for bookings.  If you have not joined RocketMiles yet you can do so via our link and you'll earn an additional 1,000 Bonus Miles for being referred by us (we will also receive 1,000 miles, so thank you in advance!) To ensure you earn the double miles book via this link. Stays must be booked on Oct 3 or 4 with a check out date no later than Oct 31.

Oct 2 Update: Miles & More Mileage Upgrade sale out of YVR, up to 4x Aeroflot Miles for Hilton stays, 3x Aeroplan Miles on Avis rentals

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News, Tips & Tricks
Miles and More is running an award ticket and mileage upgrade sale on flights out of North America. Some U.S. - Germany routes have business class on sale however here in Canada the only offer is for discounted upgrades using miles on flights out of Vancouver. Complete details can be found here.

Travel Deals
Hotels.com Canada: 10% Off at Hotels.com Canada with OCTOBER10OFF! Book by 10/14, Travel by 12/31

Bonus Offers
Aeroflot Bonus
- Earn up to Quadruple Bonus Miles when you stay at hotels and resorts within the Hilton HHonors™ portfolio Worldwide. More...  Until Jan 31, 14

Air Canada Aeroplan
- Double Aeroplan Miles for every stay at participating Choice Hotels locations Worldwide. More...  Until Nov 30, 13
- Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles when you rent an Intermediate (Group C) or larger vehicle for 2 days or more at participating locations in Canada, the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand. More.. Until Dec 31, 13
- 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you book select cruises with one of 10 participating cruise lines. More.. Until Oct 22, 13

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- 750 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you make your first purchase of $25 or more, and sign up for Mileage Plan Shopping Deal updates by October 31, 2013. More... Until Oct 31, 13
- 500 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you spend $30 on a participating dine in the first 30 days with the 2013 New Member Bonus. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Avianca LifeMiles
- Double LifeMiles when you transfer LifeMiles to your friends or family. More... Until Oct 15, 13

Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Earn up to Triple Velocity Points on Virgin Australia flights numbers VA29, VA30, VA7000-7499. More... Register by Oct 31 for travel Oct 5 - Nov 30, 13
- Earn up to Triple Velocity Points on all Etihad flights worldwide. More... Register by Oct 31 for travel Oct 5 - Nov 30, 13





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Air Canada: Double Aeroplan Miles for Choice Hotels stays this fall

The Aeroplan hotel bonuses continue to be doled out like crazy. Starwood, Marriott, Fairmont, IHG take your pick and now Choice Hotels is back into the mix with another simple promo for Aeroplan members: Double Miles on all stays.

Here is the offer as it will appear on RC's Aeroplan Bonus Miles page today:

Double Aeroplan Miles for every stay at participating Choice Hotels locations Worldwide. Full Details and Online Booking   Until Nov 30, 13


Can't make use of this promotion? Be sure to visit our Aeroplan Bonus Miles page for dozens of flight, stay,  car rental and other mileage bonuses!

CIBC updates the Aventura program - better redemption rates, limited time increased card sign up bonus and more!

As we all know there has been a lot of talk of the whole CIBC-Aeroplan-TD dealings around the Aeroplan credit card portfolio. And as we know CIBC's Aeroplan portfolio will be split between them and TD but of course since CIBC cannot market to new Aeroplan cardholders they needed another strong product offering. In comes the CIBC Aventura program which has been around for a few years now but with little changes over those years (much like its Aerogold counterpart). In that period of time have come new competitors which provided a better offering than the Aventura program and CIBC obviously saw this and coupled with their loss of the primary Aeroplan portfolio they knew they had to revamp the Aventura program. There had been news that CIBC was planning on developing a new program and earmarking $50MM towards it which we assume is for the revamped Aventura program. (I sure hope these changes to Aventura didn't cost that much because if they did the consultants on this job got really rich for almost nothing, but I assume much of that $50MM will go towards marketing the product)

Well hallelujah, today they announced the new program that will take effect on January 1st of 2014. The changes aren't overly huge but they do make the Aventura branded cards much stronger. Here are highlights of the changes:
- New Reward Flight Chart which allows for up to a 2.28% return (on long haul Canada/US flights) on your Aventura card spending (not including category bonuses)
- More airlines available via that reward chart. Previously it was around 100 airlines but now it is being market as any airline, any flight, any seat etc.
- The addition of trip cancellation insurance on the Visa branded cards (the World Elite MasterCard version already provided this)
- The addition of purchase protection on the Visa branded cards (the World Elite MasterCard version already provided this)
- A new limited time sign up bonus of 30,000 Aventura Points when you complete three transactions on your new card. Apply by Dec 31 and complete the purchases by Jan 31, 14

Other than that the Aventura card pretty much remains the same. The best news in the changes is the reward chart. Here is the new chart that comes in affect on Jan 1, 2014:

and here is the current chart that is valid until Dec 31, 2013:

As you can see the new chart is much more rewarding on the lower end (short haul and long haul flights in Canada and the U.S.) with the Long Haul portion maxing out at 35,000 points for tickets up to $800 before taxes and fees. This is the redemption that offers the 2.28% rate of return. Of course if availability can be met you can get a 4% return on your short haul redemptions but that is a big if.

Taxes and fees can also be paid for with points and exactly like the RBC Avion reward chart will cost you 100 points per dollar so only a 1% return. This is where cards like the American Express Gold Rewards Card, BMO Rewards World Elite, TD Visas and Diners Club Club Rewards cards are stronger as the rate of return is not diminished on the taxes and fees portion.

That's about it for the new Aventura program! The changes are definitely positive and chances are it will help keep some customers with CIBC instead of them moving to TD.

We'd love to hear your thoughts on the changes! Leave us a comment below.

PointsHound: 1,000 Bonus Miles after first booking if you join by Oct 4

I'm a little late to the game with this one but last week PointsHound emailed us letting us know about a short promo where you can earn 1,000 Miles (instead of 500) when you join PointsHound via my referral link and complete your first stay (I will also receive 1,000 miles as referral bonus - I thank you in advance if you use this!) The key is that you have to join by October 4th otherwise the bonus drops back to 500 miles.  To join and take advantage of this offer please click here.

PointsHound currently counts 10 airline partners and one non-airline partner in which you can earn miles on bookings:

Oct 1 Update: Two new BA Executive Club transfer bonuses, TAM set to join oneworld, lots of new bonuses!

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News, Tips & Tricks
Two new transfer bonuses to British Airways Executive Club were announced today. Well one is officialy open, the Diners Club one which we mentioned here and the next RBC Avion transfer bonus for Nov/Dec of which the details were first revealed here on RC.

TAM Airlines out of Brazil will officially leave the Star Alliance and join the oneworld alliance on March 31, 2014. (Source: oneworld)



Travel Deals
This is an ultimate luxury travel deal. Book into one of the 7 Signature Suites at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai and enhance your experience with complimentary rental of a high performance car for each night of your stay. Valid for stays until Dec 20, 13. Full details

 




 
Bonus Offers
airberlin topbonus
- Double topbonus Miles with every car rental with Sixt in Mallorca. More... Book by Dec 31 for rentals until Mar 31, 14

ANA All Nippon Mileage Club
- Earn up to Triple Mileage Club Miles when you stay at hotels and resorts within the Hilton HHonors™ portfolio Worldwide. More...  Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Mileage Club Miles for stays at Hyatt Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. More...  Dec 1 - Feb 28, 14

Best Western Rewards
- 500 Bonus Rewards points for stays at BEST WESTERN Hotel De Naaldhof. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards points for stays on the package Ontdek Drenthe Groningen at BEST WESTERN Hotel Stadskanaal More... Until Dec 31, 13

British Airways Executive Club
- 30% Bonus Avios when convert Diners Club Club Rewards points into British Airways Executive Club. More... Until Nov 30, 13 For residents of the U.S. and Canada only

China Eastern Eastern Miles
- Earn up to Triple Eastern Miles Points when you stay multiple nights at hotels and resorts within the Hilton HHonors™ portfolio Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Eastern Miles Points for stays at participating Regal Hotel locations in China. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Delta SkyMiles
- Double SkyMiles + 250 Bonus MQMs (Medallion Qualifying Miles) for each stay of 2 or more nights at participating Hilton Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 13, 13

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you stay at any participating Meritus hotel or resort in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, or Singapore. More... Until Nov 30, 13

Ural Airlines Wings (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Roubles Points for Ural Airlines flights between Irkutsk and Moscow. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 15% Velocity Points Discount when you book any Reward Seat or Any Seat on flights marketed and operated by Virgin Australia.. More... Until Nov 30, 13

Voila Hotel Rewards
- Earn Double VHR Status credits for each stay of 3 or more nights at VOILÀ network hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13




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30% Bonus Avios on Diners Club Club Rewards points transfers to British Airways Executive Club

Hot on the heels of our announcement earlier today about the upcoming RBC Rewards (Avion) transfer bonus to BA is this transfer bonus for Canadian Diners Club Club Rewards cardholders. Though not as lucrative as the RBC bonus since the Diners to BA conversion ratio is 1.25:1 it is still a decent transfer option if you know you can make use of the Avios.

Here is the promotion as it will appear on RC's Executive Club Bonus Avios page later today:

30% Bonus Avios when convert Diners Club Club Rewards points into British Airways Executive Club. Full details. Until Nov 30, 13

Can't make use of this promotion? Be sure to visit our Executive Club Bonus Avios page for dozens of other flight,  hotel, car rental and other mileage bonuses!

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

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 November 1st to December 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 NOVEMBER!!!