Nov 13 Update: US Airways-American Airline merger back on, 50% Bonus Points at Petro Canada, Shangri-La Golden Circle Game Week 3

First full day of the Airline Information Mega Event here in YVR. Great turn out this year with over 450 attendees from around the globe representing airlines, hotels, credit card companies and loyalty/ancillary suppliers. Still managing to provide with the daily updates straight from the conference!

News, Tips & Tricks
Don't forget to enter week 3 of Shangri-La's Golden Circle 3rd Annivesary contest to earn up to 1,200 free GC Award Points. Although they state it can take 3-4 weeks to get the points, my points from Week 1 have already shown up in my Golden Circle account!

The biggest news to come out in the last day is the settlement of the suit brought against the proposed US Airways-American Airlines merger by the US Department of Justice. What does this mean? It means merger talks can continue between the two airlines with hopes that the American Airlines bankruptcy judge will approve it and then it shouldn't be too long before the two airlines merge barring any other unknown hurdles that may be put in front of them.


Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert points from a wide selection of Aeroplan partner loyalty programs (hotel, car rental, and points.com). More... Valid until Dec 9, 13

Executive Hotels Executive Rewards
- Earn up to Triple Executive Rewards Points for stays at select Executive Hotels in Canada and the U.S. More... Until Nov 30, 13

Germanwings Boomerang Club  (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 250 Boomerang Miles when you complete a short online survey. More... Until Nov 30, 13

Hilton HHonors
- 1,000 Bonus HHonors Points when you refer friends to HHonors. Bonus awarded after every stay they complete, for up to 25,000 Bonus Points. Plus, they'll get 1,000 Bonus Points after their second stay. More... Until Dec 31, 13 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone

IHG Rewards Club
- 4,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points (For Ambassador members only) for stays at participating InterContinental Hotels Worldwide More... Until ?

Miles & More
- Triple Miles & More Miles on all Europcar rentals Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Petro Canada Petro Points
- 50% Bonus Petro Points on every purchase you make at any Petro-Canada location. More... Until Jan 6, 14

Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer
- Double iPrefer Points for stays at the El Mangroove Papagayo. Stays between April 13 to 20 require a four night minimum stay. More... Book by Jan 31 for stays until May 15, 14
- Double iPrefer Points for stays at the Royal Plaza on Scotts Singapore. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Sun Country UFly Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple UFly Points on flights to or from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport or Lansing and the following airports: Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston , New York, Washington D.C. More... Until Nov 24 and Dec 3 - 19, 13

Transfer points to Aeroplan to earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles

Aeroplan has once again brought back their partner transfer bonus that we saw in April,  last November and last spring. Basically what it entails is transferring points out of other select loyalty programs into your Aeroplan account. Just like in April, the offer is once again cumulative across all participating partners however the bonus maxes out at 25,000 miles instead of 40,000 and there are no financial partners involved this time as well. Basically you can transfer from partners like Starwood, Hertz and more (see the last graphic) and as long as the total Aeroplan miles deposited from all of them reaches one of the bonus target levels you will be awarded the respective bonus miles.

And just like the last two versions of this offer, American Express Membership Rewards is unfortunately not included. so chances are I will not use the promo this time (again).

If you are a Starwood Preferred Guest collector you can really up the bonus by taking advantage of their 5,000 Mile bonus offer when you convert 20,000 Starpoints into Aeroplan. Which means in this promotion you can get 29,000 Aeroplan Miles for 20,000 Starpoints or if you transfer 20k four times, you'll get 125,000 Aeroplan Miles for 80,000 Starpoints. Of course I like to keep Starpoints for award nights or cash+points stays within the Starwood family but some of you may like this transfer option.

Here is the offer as it will appear on Aeroplan Bonus Mile Promotions page tomorrow:

Earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert points from a wide selection of Aeroplan partner loyalty programs (hotel, car rental, and points.com). Bonuses are as follows and are awarded on a cumulative basis. Convert Points to
5,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 1,000 Mile bonus
10,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 2,000 Mile bonus
20,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn 4,000 Mile bonus
50,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 10,000 Mile bonus
100,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 25,000 Mile bonus
Full details Valid until Dec 9, 13

Air Canada Earn Your Wings: New Badge released - The Speed Bump Badge

If you are taking part in the Air Canada Earn Your Wings The Amazing Race Edition promotion you'll want to know that a new badge has been released that can earn you even more Race Wings (for details on the promotion overall, please see our post here). We'd love to hear how everyone is doing in the Earn Your Wings promotion! We personally are doing not so good as all of our flights planned over the next few month take to us cities that don't earn any additional Race Wings other than the 200 for each take off or landing!

The new badge is the 'Speed Bump Badge' and awards Race Wings as follows:

Speed Bump Badge

Take the Speed Bump challenge and get ahead in the race! For every flight booked between November 11 and November 14, 2013 and you can earn 2,000 extra RaceWings and 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for each segment booked and flown. Book between November 15 and November 17, 2013 and earn 1,000 extra RaceWings for each segment and 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for every round trip or two one-way segments booked and flown. This badge can be earned more than once and all travel must be completed by December 15, 2013. And don’t forget, for every eligible flight booked, you’ll keep earning Pit Stop, Fast Forward and Task Badges as well.

Nov 12 Update: Airline Information Mega Event, Delta SkyMiles interim devaluation, BA Double Avios for Qatar Airways flights

First update of this short week which maybe one of only a few as we are going to be at the Airline Information Mega Event conference on Frequent Flyer Programs, Ancilliary Revenue and Co-brand credit cards. In fact, Rewards Canada's Patrick Sojka will speaking in the Co-brand track portion on Thursday. Watch for tweets and instagram shots however during this time from the conference, the Mega Awards (industry awards) and more!

News, Tips & Tricks
Delta SkyMiles keeps digging themselves into a deeper hole. Bulding on the news from United the previous Friday, Delta announced this past Friday that they will have an interim award chart before there majorily devalued new award chart takes affect in June 2014. Here is how Delta put it on FlyerTalk:

This afternoon, you’ll be able to see some updates to our Award Ticket charts on delta.com. To balance continued investments in products and services, we regularly evaluate Award pricing and adjust it periodically. Select redemption levels are changing for Award Tickets booked on or after November 8, 2013, for travel on or after February 1, 2014. You can continue to book Award Tickets for travel before February 1, 2014, at the current Award redemption levels.

Please review delta.com/charts for existing and updated mileage redemption charts by region and additional information.

These changes are effective immediately for travel on or after February 1st. Once again Delta drops a bombshell with the 'no advance notice' on award chart changes. In general most of the changes on this interim award chart are for business class and first class redemptions however economy class from Canada to Hawaii, the Middle East and Southern Asian subcontinent are going up as well.



Bonus Offers
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Earn Bonus MilleMiglia Miles everytime you fly between Milan and New York. More... Until Dec 15, 13
- Earn up to 5,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles everytime you fly between Venice and Tokyo. More... Apr 2 - Jun 20, 14

Best Western Rewards
- Double Rewards Points on all qualifying stays at the BEST WESTERN PREMIER Le Swann - Paris or the BEST WESTERN Up Hotel - Lille More...Until Jan 31, 14

British Airways Executive Club
- Earn Double Avios when you fly on any Qatar Airways flight Worldwide. More... Nov 15 - Dec 19 & Jan 6 - 31, 14

China Eastern Eastern Miles
- Earn up to 3,000 Eastern Miles Points for stays at the Langham Place, Guangzhou. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Earn up to Triple Eastern Miles Points for stays at participating Mandarin Oriental Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Delta SkyMiles
- 250 Bonus SkyMiles for every $115 you spend via SkyMiles Online shopping. More... Until Dec 5, 13

Emirates Skywards
- Triple Skywards Miles for stays at Jumeirah Hotels in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, the Maldives, and Shanghai. More... Until Dec 31, 13

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn up to 5,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for stays at select IHG hotels in China. More... Until Jan 31, 14

MEA Middle East Airlines Cedar Miles
- 50% Cedar Miles Discount on Cedar Miles award tickets for all MEA operated flights in Europe, Middle East and Africa. More... Until Dec 8, 13
- Double Cedar Miles for stays at the Al Ghurair Rayhaan & Al Ghurair Arjaan by Rotana. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- Earn up to Quadruple Miles&Smiles Miles for stays at participating Marmara Hotels Worldwide. More...Until Mar 31, 14
- Triple Miles&Smiles Miles for stays at participating Wyndham Hotels Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Hyatt Gold Passport: latest program to jump on the devaluation bandwagon

United, Delta, Hilton, Aeroplan, you name it, many popular airline and hotel programs have been updating, enhancing, devaluing their reward offerings over the past 10 months and it hasn't stopped as last Friday news came out that Hyatt was also changing their reward requirements. The news of the changes came out on Friday, we actually got a Hyatt email yesterday outlining the changes yesterday and while in general some of the changes aren't so bad there are some that really are! For Canadians it is both not so bad and really bad. First it is not so bad as Hyatt has a very small presence in Canada with only 5 hotels so the Gold Passport program doesn't hold as much weight as others for travel within Canada however the really bad part is that for Canadians who travel abroad (and also to the Hyatt's within Canada) the primary source for earning Gold Passport points in on hotel stays. We don't have a dedicated Hyatt credit card like the United States which you can earn tons of Gold Passport points with. In fact the only card that you can collect Gold Passport points with is the Diners Club Club Rewards MasterCard which unfortunately is closed to new applications and the conversion ratio for it isn't great (2,250 Club Rewards points = 750 Gold Passport Points).

Now on to the actual devaluation!

Here are the new and old award charts for Gold Passport redemptions:

As you can see there is a new category, Category 7. At this time only the 6 most premier Hyatt Hotels are being moved in Category 7. They are Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, Park Hyatt Milan, Park Hyatt Paris Vendome, Park Hyatt Sydne,y Park Hyatt Tokyo and the Park Hyatt Zurich. This new category costs 30,000 points per night for a standard award. Previously they were in Category 6 which used to be (well is until January 6th) only 22,000 points. The Category 6 redemption level of 22,000 points has been one of the if not the best high end redemptions available out of all hotel loyalty programs due based on value. There has been a lot of speculation coming about this redemption level since it has been such a great value for stays at places like the 6 Park Hyatts mentioned and other high end Hyatt properties.

According to the email from Hyatt Gold Passport, an additional 38 hotels are changing categories. 21 are moving to a higher category while 17 are moving down. None of the Hyatt properties in Canada are included in the category changes. They will simply be affected by the new award night redemption changes. Overall there are no changes for Category 1-4 hotels which of course is a good thing. Category 5 hotels go from 18,000 points to 20,000 points and Category 6 go from 22,000 to 25,000 points. From the charts above you can also see that Regency Club/Grand Club and Suite award night redemptions are all increasing for Category 2-6 hotels. It goes without saying that the six Category 7 hotels also have new redemption rates for those premium room award nights and this is where it hurts most, 15,000 more points per night for a suite in one of these hotels!

Another big devaluation comes in the points for suite or points for club room upgrade options. Up until January 6th the suite upgrade remains at only 6,000 points per stay for up to four nights on the best flexible rate. After that it will 6,000 points per night. All in all this isn't a bad deal for short stays when compared to other programs but if you have a four night stay that is a huge increase to go from 6,000 points to 24,000 points! For club room upgrades it is 3,000 points per stay until January 6th after which it will also be on a per night basis.

Overall it is never a good thing to see a devaluation but even with these increased rates the Hyatt Gold Passport program is still very valuable. The worst part is the new Category 7 introduction, no doubt more hotels will be moved into this category over time and those redemption rates for suites are a sore spot. 30,000 points for a standard room at the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome? That's actually not too bad in the grand scheme of things even if it is a 36% increase from the previous rate. In a nutshell I believe these changes affect us Canucks much less than the United changes we discussed last week but I do feel for you if you are a major user of the Gold Passport program!

You can find all the details as to which hotels are changing and complete charts here.

What are your thoughts on the changes? Are you going to continue using Hyatt Gold Passport or will you switch programs? We'd love to hear from by commenting below!

(Is there irony in this that it is being posted from the Hyatt Regency Vancouver?!?)

Nov 7 Update: Canada's Choice Rankings, Turkish Airlines expands service to Canada, 20% Discount on MileagePlus awards to Europe

We thought for a second that we should put something about Rob Ford in the news section since it is pretty much everywhere else in the news..... but the good news is he has nothing to do with travel rewards (or at least we hope not!)

News, Tips & Tricks
The big news today is of course the release of our Canada's Choice Rankings! Thank you all for voting! We were hoping to get 5,000 votes and Canada you surpassed that as we clocked in 17,185 votes! Check out the results here.

Turkish Airlines is expanding their service to Canada from Istanbul. Their existing Toronto flight is being increased to 6x per week service and they are adding a new flight to Montreal with 3x weekly service. Great news for Star Alliance and Aeroplan members. (Source Airlineroute.net)


Bonus Offers
airberlin topbonus
- Earn up to Triple topbonus Miles when you fly with airberlin and/or Etihad out of Germany and Switzerland to Abu Dhabi, Asia and Australia. More... Register and book by Dec 4 for travel until Dec 15, 13

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Earn up to 35% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy Mileage Plan miles online. More... Until Dec 20, 13

Hyatt Gold Passport
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the Hyatt Place San Jose Del Cabo. More... Until Jan 31, 14

TAM Fidelidade
- TAM Fidelidade 20th Anniversary Multiplus Award Ticket Discounts. Fly within Brazil for 5,000 points, Brazil to/from South America for 8,000 points, Brazil to/from North America for 25,000 points, Brazil to/from Europe for 30,000 points More... Various dates until May 31, 14

United MileagePlus
- 20% MileagePlus miles discount on MileagePlus Saver Award tickets to Europe. More... Book by Nov 19 for travel Jan 13 - Mar 11, 13

Canadians Pick their Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards for 2013 - Results of our Canada's Choice Vote!

By now It is common knowledge that Canadians love their travel reward programs.  But with more than 75 travel reward credit cards to choice from, knowing which ones score top marks among Canadians might make picking the right card a littler easier.

From September to October 2013, RewardsCanada.ca polled more than 17,000 users to find the answers as part of its third annual ‘Canada Choice’ travel reward credit card study.

The results were stunning. Of the five travel reward categories, RBC claimed top marks in three including:
Travel Points (with no annual fee): RBC Rewards Visa Gold Card
Hybrid: RBC Visa Infinite Avion
Airline: WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard

Other Winners included
Travel Points (with annual fee): American Express Air Miles Platinum Credit Card
Hotel: The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express

To view all the results of ‘Canada’s Choice’ visit www.rewardscanada.ca/canadaschoice

"There have been significant changes to the Canadian Travel Reward Credit Card landscape and these survey results come at a time when people are looking for guidance on choosing the right card,” said Patrick Sojka of RewardsCanada.ca  “While our study captures the popular choices, it’s always best for Canadians to pick are card based on need.

RewardsCanada.ca is the definitive choice for Canadians looking for helping in choosing the right card. With online tools, news and updates and complete analysis, RewardsCanada provides Canadians with the groundwork for choosing a loyalty program and.

Rewards Canada offer the following five tips in selecting the right travel reward credit card:

1. Check under the hood -- make sure you understand how the earning and redemption mechanics of the card work including expiring policies for programs that issue miles or points
2. Set a travel goal -- knowing when and where you want travel will go along way in helping you narrow down the appropriate card
3. Hey Big Spender -- Do the math and have a realistic idea of how much spending you'll put through your card each year
4. PIck a card and stick to it -- once you identified your card it's critical you put all your spending through the card -- splitting you spend among several cards only delays your time to redemption
5. Fee or Free -- Most annual fee card pay for themselves with a one week car rental when you decline the rental car company's insurance and use the coverage from your credit card

This feature is a continuation of RewardsCanada.ca’s “Guide to Choosing a Travel Rewards Credit Card” which is aimed at helping the Canadian consumer choose the right travel rewards credit card for them.

What are your thoughts on this year's Canada's Choice?

Nov 6 Update: Shangri-La Golden Circle Game Week 2, Lufthansa to launch YYZ-MUC service, Save up to 25% on buying Starpoints

Middle of the week travel rewards news and bonuses for you. Are you bonusing?

News, Tips & Tricks
Don't forget to enter week 2 of Shangri-La's Golden Circle 3rd Annivesary contest to earn up to 1,200 free GC Award Points. One of our readers asked how long it takes for the points to post and according to the T&C's it will be 3-4 weeks after the end of the contest.

Lufthansa will be launching daily Toronto-Munich service on June 5, 2014. Good news for Aeroplan, Miles & More and other Star Alliance members as this provides another good to route earn and burn miles on. (Source Airline Route Updates)

There is a new discount of up to 25% when you buy SPG Starpoints. Not a bad offer that if utilized correctly can be worth the 2.625 cents it costs per point with the maximum discount or 2.1 cents per mile when converting to airlines that are 1:1 conversion with SPG and that includes the 5,000 mile bonus when you transfer 20,000 Starpoints. See below for details

Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you join Club Sobeys and provide your Aeroplan Number.More... Until Nov 30, 13

Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Double Flying Blue Miles s for stays at participating Hyatt Hotels in Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Delta SkyMiles
- Double SkyMiles & Double Medallion Qualifying Miles when you fly between Seattle and Anchorage, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles or Las Vegas. More... Register and book by Dec 31, for travel until Oct 31, 14

IHG Rewards Club
- 2,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club points per stay that is booked online via IHG. Maximum 8,000 points (4 stays). More... Until Dec 31, 13

Miles & More
- Double Miles & More Miles or Swiss International Air Lines scheduled flights between Geneva and Athens, Belgrade, Gothenburg, London, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Malaga, Marrakech, Oslo, Porto, Prague, Stockholm, Nice and Barcelona. More... Until Dec 19, 13
- Earn Double Miles & More Miles for stays at participating Hyatt Hotels in Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays at Steigenberger Hotels and Resorts in Europe. More... Dec 1 - Jan 31, 14
- 1,000 Miles & More Miles for stays on Breakfast Flexible rates at Swissotel locations Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Miles & More Miles when booking the Double Miles for Early Birds rate for stays of 2 nights or more at participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Dec 1 - Feb 28, 14
- Triple Miles & More Miles for stays at participating Wyndham Hotels Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- 20% Bonus Miles & More Miles when you buy or gift Miles or Miles. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- 5x Miles & More Miles when you shop Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages in Europe. More...Until Dec 15, 13
- 500 Miles & More Miles when you join Heathrow Rewards and use your Heathrow Rewards card and spend £30 or more in a single day. More...Until Dec 30, 13
- Double Miles & More Miles on your Lufthansa Miles & More Credit Cards transactions for all purchases that you make with a German Miles & More Credit Card. More... Dec 1 - 31, 13 Only available with a German banking account

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Earn 1,000 Bonus Starpoints and receive up to 35% off,  3rd Night free & a complimentary upgrade for stays at participating Starwood Villa Resorts in the U.S. and Mexico. More.. Booking Book by Nov 15 for stays until Feb 5, 14
- Save up to to 25% when you buy or gift Starpoints online. More... Until Dec 13, 13

Nov 5 Update: Hilton HHonors devalued once again, Star Alliance game to win Gold Status, lots of bonuses!

As the new month progresses along there is more news and lots more bonuses to pass your way!

News, Tips & Tricks
The devaluations of programs in the travel rewards industry continue! Yesterday Hilton HHonors announced the removal of their Points+Fixed Miles option. This option gave HHonors members HHonors points and a fixed number of airline miles for each Hilton stay. It was a very useful combination for low rate or one night Hilton stays as some airline programs like Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club awarded 1,000 miles on those stays! This change takes place on January 6th and after that date HHonors will offer two Earning Style Options: Points & Points (HHonors Base Points + HHonors Bonus Points) and Points & Miles (HHonors Base Points + Variable Airline/Rail Miles). If you have Points+Fixed Miles set on your account you will be automatically switched to the Points+Variable option (which is 10 HHonors Points and 1 Miles for every US$1 spent). Complete details on the change can be found here

Star Alliance is running a game where you can win Gold Status in the Star Alliance program of your choice. The 2 fastest times from each program will win the status, so as Gary Leff states your best bet maybe to enter not with Aeroplan or MileagePlus but one of the lesser known programs that may not have as many entries.You can enter the contest here. Best of luck to you!

Bonus Offers
airberlin topbonus
- 500 topbonus Miles when you become a HEINEMANN & ME member. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Etihad Guest
- Double Guest Miles when you stay at a participating Preferred Hotel Group hotel Worldwide for a minimum of two nights. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Hilton HHonors
- Earn Double miles with a participating airline when you complete a stay at a hotel or resort within the Hilton HHonors portfolio in Hawaii. More... Until Mar 31, 14
- Double Status Credits on all Hilton stays Worldwide. More... Unitl Dec 31, 13 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone

La Quinta Returns
- Earn up to 30% Bonus Returns Points when you buy points online. More... Until Dec 8, 13

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Triple Starpoints when you stay in a Towers room at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers Bangkok. More... Booking Until Dec 20, 13

TAP Portugal Victoria
- Double Victoria Miles for stays at participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Dec 31, 13

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays at Centara Hotels & Resorts in Samui. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays at Chatrium Hotels in Bangkok and Yangon. More... Until Dec 28, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays of 2 nights or more at Dusit International Hotels in Thailiand, United Arab Emirates or the Philippines. More... Until Dec 20, 13
- Earn up to Triple Royal Orchid Plus for stays at Mandarin Oriental Hotels Worldwide. More...Until Dec 31, 13
- Triple Royal Orchid Miles when you stay at a qualifying rate for 3 or more nights at the Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok,. More...Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Miles when you stay at a qualifying rate for 3 or more nights at any participating Millennium & Copthorne Hotel Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus for stays on the Best Available Rate for any two consecutive night at any Shangri-La hotels, resorts, Kerry hotels or Traders hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Triple Royal Orchid Plus when you stay in a Towers room at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers Bangkok. More...Until Dec 20, 13
- Triple Royal Orchid Plus per stay at 130 participating World hotels in over 60 destinations worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Double Royal Orchid Plus and a 50% discount when you rent any car from any Budget location in Thailand for 3 or more days. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Earn up to Triple Royal Orchid Plus and a 20% discount when you rent from Hertz in Thailand for 3 or more days. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Today Only: 5,000 Bonus Miles for Rocketmiles bookings

As we tweeted last night from our @FFBonuses account Rocketmiles is celebrating their first anniversary today with a one day promotion. That promotion is 5,000 Bonus Miles in the program of your choice that is partnered with Rocketmiles for stays that are booked by 9pm CT tonight and completed by Dec 31, 13. You must book your stay via the special promotion page at https://www.rocketmiles.com/anniversary/ but if you are not a member of Rocketmiles yet you can join via our referral link to earn 1,000 more miles on your first booking and we'll get a referral credit of the same amount. So if today will be your first time using Rocketmiles you should be able to get 6,000 bonus miles over and above what they award for the stay itself.