SPG Bring On The Nights now open for registration! Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Starpoints

Back on November 25th we brought you the details of Starwood Preferred Guest's newest systemwide promotion called Bring On The Nights. At that time it wasn't open for registration but we are pleased to let you know that it is now open as of this morning! While not the strongest promotion from SPG or when compared to yesterdays promo announcement from Hyatt the one positive with Bring On The Nights is the lack of an excluded hotel list, that's right all Starwood properties are participating this time.

Here is the offer as found on our Starpoints Bonus Offer Page:

SPG Bring on the Nights: Earn 2,500 bonus Starpoints for every five eligible nights you stay (up to 10,000 bonus Starpoints and 20 eligible nights) at all Starwood hotels Worldwide. Plus, get an additional 5,000 bonus Starpoints when you hit 25 eligible nights. Full Details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Register by Feb 28 for stays between Jan 5 - Apr 30, 14

Can't make use of this promotion? Be sure to visit our Starpoints Bonus Offer page for dozens of other stay bonuses!

Hyatt announces Winter 2014 promotion: Earn Free Nights or Bonus Gold Passport Points

Jeff Zidell, the VP of Hyatt Gold Passport passed along this announcement on FlyerTalk this morning.

Beginning January 15, 2014, there will be more ways to reward yourself with our Hyatt Gold Passport® Endless Possibilities promotion. You can earn a free night or thousands of bonus points after every five nights you stay with us by April 30.

Choose Free Nights
Earn a free night at any Category 1-4 Hyatt hotel worldwide after every five nights. Enjoy 4 free nights after you stay a maximum of 20 nights. Redeem your free nights with no blackout dates through July 31, 2014.

Or, Choose Bonus Points
Earn 5,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points after your first five nights and thousands more for every additional five nights. After 20 nights, you’ll earn 50,000 bonus points. Here’s how the points add up:

Stay 5 Nights, Earn +5,000 Points = 5,000 Total Points Earned
Stay 10 Nights, Earn +10,000 Points = 15,000 Total Points Earned
Stay 15 Nights, Earn +15,000 Points = 30,000 Total Points Earned
Stay 20 Nights, Earn +20,000 Points = 50,000 Total Points Earned

So which will you choose — free nights or bonus points?

Registration begins on January 9, 2014, for stays from January 15, 2014 through April 30, 2014.

Along with the latest IHG Big Win it appears that the trend of lackluster hotel promos may be over as Hyatt even appears to be climbing out of the hole with this latest offering. In our opinion it is still not amazing like the Faster Free Nights of old (no Category cap, less nights required to earn free nights) it is definitely stronger than some of the other promos that have been announced (Starwood and Choice for examples)


What are your thoughts on this promotion? Which option will you choose? I personally am thinking I will go for the free night as I don't for see me having more than 5 nights at Hyatt during the first four months of 2014 and that free night is worth up to 15,000 points versus the 5,000 bonus in the points version. I'm not 100% sure yet though and at least I have until Jan 9 to decide!

Dec 17 Update: SPG & Caesars announce partnership, Targeted 100 Free Air Miles offer, AAdvantage Buy Miles offer updated

A relatively quiet day here on Rewards Canada:

News, Tips & Tricks
 

Starwood Preferred Guest and Caesars Total Rewards have announced a new partnership. It seems as if the major chains are going with Las Vegas focus since many of them had limited offerings in Sin City. IHG partnered with the Venetian and Palazzo, Hyatt teamed up with MGM and now it is Starwoods turn. Soon SPG members will be able to earn and redeem Starpoints with select Caesars Hotels. You will also be able to double dip and continue to earn Total Rewards points if you are member of Caesars own program.

You’ll like these odds: SPG® members can soon redeem Starpoints® for stays at participating Caesars Entertainment hotels in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, and more. Plus, once registered, members can earn Starpoints as well as SPG elite qualifying night credits for stays at Caesars.

But that’s not all. SPG members also can redeem Starpoints for exclusive access to amazing experiences in Las Vegas and beyond through MomentsSM by SPG.
Register now. Earn and redeem begins January 9.


More ways to redeem. Go all in.

• SPG members can redeem Starpoints for stays at participating Caesars Entertainment hotels.
• Plus, SPG members can redeem Starpoints for exclusive MomentsSM by SPG experiences. See what's live now at SPG.com/moments

More ways to earn. No luck required.

• Registered SPG members earn 2 Starpoints® for every eligible $1 charged to their hotel folio at Caesars Entertainment hotels (in addition to Reward Credits earned through Total Rewards, Caesars Entertainment’s award-winning loyalty program).
• Plus, registered SPG members earn credit toward SPG elite qualification for redeemed and paid Caesars Entertainment stays, up to 10 nights per calendar year.

Register now. Earn and redeem begins January 9.

 
There is a targeted offer floating around for 100 Free Air Miles if your provide American Express with your email address. I tried it out and my Air Miles number is not one that is targeted. I assume it is for holders of an actual American Air Miles credit card. I am providing the link here just in case you may have deleted the email if you were one who was targeted or for those who didn't see an email, give it a try, you never know when it may work for you. Try your luck here.

Bonus Offers
American AAdvantage
- OFFER UPDATED Earn up to 18,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles + 20% Bonus Miles (or other gifts) when you buy AAdvantage Miles online. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 2,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Casino Manila. More... Until Jan 12, 14

IHG Rewards Club
- IHG Rewards Club - The Big Win - Earn at least 31,000 IHG® Rewards Club bonus points or at least 7,000 miles when you stay at any IHG hotel, including the InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo® Hotels, Holiday Inn® Hotels, Holiday Inn Resort® Hotels, Holiday Inn Club Vacations®, Holiday Inn Express® Hotels, Staybridge Suites® Hotels or Candlewood Suites® Hotels brands Worldwide. More... Jan 1 - Apr 30, 14
- Double IHG Rewards Club Points on weekend rentals of 2 or more days, or rentals of 5 or more days, at a participating airport or off airport location in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada or Mexico. More... Until Feb 28, 14

Malaysia Airlines Enrich (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Enrich Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at the Dana Langkawi More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays of 3 or more nights at the Dorsett Regency Kuala Lumpur. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays at the Dorsett Grand Subang. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays at the Gili Lankanfushi Maldives. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at the G Tower Hotel Kuala Lumpur. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays at the G Hotel Penang. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for every qualifying stay at participating InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express Hotels & Resorts in Asia, Australasia, Middle East and Africa. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Earn up to Triple Enrich Miles on stays of 2 or more nights at participating Mandarin Oriental Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays at the new INNSIDE Düsseldorf Hafen and other Meliá hotels in the following destinations: London, Paris, Germany, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg and Dubai. More... Book by Jan 31 for stays until Mar 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays at the Pan Pacific Nirwana Bali Resort. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Enrich Miles for stays at the Seri Pacific Kuala Lumpur. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Earn up to Quadruple Enrich Miles when renting with Avis for 3+ days in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Earn up to Quadruple Enrich Miles when you rent a car on an Affordable Rate (leisure retail rate) from a participating HERTZ location in the USA, Canada, Europe*, Australia or New Zealand. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Marriott Rewards
- Double Rewards Points on weekend rentals of 2 or more days, or rentals of 5 or more days, at a participating airport or off airport location in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada or Mexico. More... Until Feb 28, 14

Dec 16 Update: Triple Aeroplan Miles on select Air Canada fares, Air India to join Star Alliance, 4x MileagePlus Miles on Avis rentals

Welcome to another week of loyalty news, views, bonuses and more here on Rewards Canada! One more full week after this then we'll be shutting down for the Christmas break.

News, Tips & Tricks
First we'll rehash some great bonus miles offers that we mentioned in separate posts here on RC. First is the 500 Bonus Air Miles offer for spending $200+ at Safeway and second is the US Airways Up to 100% Bonus for buying/gifting Dividend Miles. Be sure to check both of these out!

If you missed it over the weekend, the registration for IHG Rewards Club's The Big Win opened up. See our post here and feel free to let us know of the details of the offer you received!

If you haven't visited Aircanada.com recently, they are running 12 various promotions in their 12 Days of Holiday Deals offering and the latest is a bonus mile offer:

Whether you've been naughty or nice this year, you'll still earn Triple Aeroplan® Miles on Business Class fares in North America and Premium rouge fares between Canada and the U.S. With these Bonus Aeroplan Miles, you'll be saying "Ho, ho, ho!" all the way home from your next trip.

This offer is valid for every round-trip or 2 one-way flight segments and is applicable on new bookings only.

Register and book on December 16, 17 or 18, 2013 for travel between December 16, 2013 and June 17, 2014.
See all the details here.

Yesterday's offer is also worth checking out. If you buy a$250 Air Canada Gift Card you'll receive 10% off a future Air Canada flight. Flight Booking must be made online between December 19 and 31, 2013 for travel between January 10 and June 17, 2014, excluding travel between April 16 and 22, 2014. Full detals here

According to he Ben Mutzabaugh of USA Today, Air India is back on track to join the Star Alliance.  Their application was suspended back in 2011 but with stabilization in the market in India is looks like it is back on. Full details

Over on FlyerTalk we learned that Virgin Atlantic will begin to charge for seat selection as of April 1st.  See more here.
Bonus Offers
Aegean Miles&Bonus
- Double Miles&Bonus Miles on your purchases at Hellenic Duty Free Shops. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Etihad Guest
- Triple Guest Miles when you stay at any Viceroy Hotel or Resort in North America , Abu Dhabi or the Maldives. More... Until Feb 28, 14

La Quinta Returns
- Earn up to Triple Returns Points for stays at participating La Quinta locations in the U.S. More... Until Jan 9, 14

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles on all car rentals booked via rentalscars.com. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 50% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles on all Turkish Airlines domestic routes and select routes to Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Houston. More... Jan 1 - 31, 14
- 25% Miles&Smiles Miles Discount for awqrd tickets on all Turkish Airlines domestic routes and select routes to Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Houston. More... Jan 1 - 31, 14

United MileagePlus
- Quadruple MileagePlus Miles on rentals of 1 or more days at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Mexico, the Middle East and New Zealand. More... Until Feb 28, 14

US Airways Dividend Miles
- Earn up to 100% Bonus Dividend Miles when you buy or gift Dividend Miles. More... Until Dec 20, 13

US Airways: Up to a 100% Bonus when you buy/gift Dividend Miles until Dec 20

As we mentioned last week, US Airways was planning to have one more bonus on buying Dividend Miles in 2013 and here it is:

Earn up to 100% Bonus Dividend Miles when you buy or gift Dividend Miles. Full details Until Dec 20, 13

Buy/Gift	Bonus
10,000 - 19,000 Miles	50%
20,000 - 29,000 Miles	75%
30,000 - 50,000 Miles	100%

Much like last week's share miles promo this one is only available for 5 days and is one of the easiest, cheapest and best ways to buy American AAdvantage miles. Why? Well in case you have been stuffed under a rock like Patrick Star you'll know that US Airways and American Airlines are merging and the program of choice when all is said and done will be the AAdvantage program. Ultimately your Dividend Miles will become AAdvantage miles if you don't use them while the two programs run separately. Overall whether you buy miles now and redeem them immediately for US Airways or Star Alliance awards until March 30 or wait until after that for a oneworld redemption, this is always one of the best buy miles offers to take advantage of as you are buying the miles for just under 1.9 cents each when you buy at the 100% level of 30,000 to 50,000 miles. Remember you can get business class to North Asia from North America for only 90,000 miles!

Air Miles: 500 Bonus Rewards Miles for a $200 Safeway purchase!

Over the weekend I received an email from Canada Safeway with some bonus Air Miles coupons and within a few hours a few of our readers had tweeted and emailed us about it as well. Why is it such a big deal? It is one of the biggest one time shopping bonuses we have ever seen for shopping at Safeway. Normally we see 100 bonus miles for $100 or 300 bonus for $200 or more spent. Well for this week you can earn 200 bonus miles for the $100 or 500 bonus Reward Miles for that $200 or more! I wasn't too sure if this was targeted but it seems to be open based on the response from our readers telling us about it. Just remember to go shopping by December 24!

Earning 2.5 Air Miles per dollar spent is almost unheard of for Air Miles members so this is a huge bonus that comes at the right time, buying groceries for those Christmas dinners! If you don't think you can hit the $200, Rewards Canada reader Randy M suggests to "share the joy" by buying food for a food bank to get you over that $200 and ultimately you can feel good about the Air Miles you earned as you helped out the less fortunate!

To get the bonus miles you have to use a coupon and you can get those here.

IHG Big Win 2014 now open for registration - our offer is for 31,000 bonus points, what's yours?

Just tried logging into the new Big Win page on IHG and am happy to say it appears to be open for registration!

Earn IHG® Rewards Club bonus points or airline miles throughout the promotional period when you stay at any IHG hotel, including the InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo® Hotels, Holiday Inn® Hotels, Holiday Inn Resort® Hotels, Holiday Inn Club Vacations®, Holiday Inn Express® Hotels, Staybridge Suites® Hotels or Candlewood Suites® Hotels brands Worldwide. Members will be awarded with 1,000 bonus points or 500 miles for their first night’s stay. Members will begin to earn when they register and stay between January 1 and Apr 30, 2014.  To find out what your customized offer and register visit here

Here is the offer I received:
One Night Win: Stay at any IHG Hotel and earn 1,000 Points
Stay More and Earn More: Stay a total of 3 nights and receive 3,000 Points
Explore our brands: Stay at 3 different IHG brands and earn 7,000 points
Book with IHG: Book 2 separate stays through an IHG^® hotel website or mobile device to get our Best Price Guarantee and earn 2,000 points
Win in a Weekend: Stay 3 Saturday nights and earn 8,000 points
Win Big: Complete 5 of your offers and earn 10,000 points

My offers are pretty low as I hit only the 31,000 point mark whereas others will more than likely get higher offers. This time the Big Win isn't as easily achievable for me as certain portions like the "Win in a Weekend went from 2 Saturdays to 3 Saturdays but other parts have become easier such as "Win Big" and "Stay More and Earn More" require less steps. I really don't know if I will go for the Big Win for only 31,000 points but you never know as I don't really even know my schedule for the 2014 yet!

What offer did you receive? Feel free to share it with the Rewards Canada readership below and let us know if you are going to try for some or all of your offer.

Dec 13 Update: United removes SIA award space online, short term Air Miles bonuses, Petro-Points gift card bonus

Final day of updates this week! Bonuses and news are definitely slowing down as we approach the Christmas break!

News, Tips & Tricks
United Airlines MileagePlus announced via FlyerTalk that you will no longer be able to see Singapore Airlines inventory on their award flight search results on united.com and on the United Mobile App. You will have to call into United for availability and booking (and United has confirmed that they will NOT waive the phone in booking fee on these award tickets)

Here are some Air Miles coupons or deals that are short term (ie not added to our Air Miles page)
- Earn up t0 50 Bonus Air Miles at Rona (4 different coupons) See here.
- Earn 30 Bonus Air Miles at Staples on December 14 only when you spend $100 or more in store. Full details (no coupon needed)
- Earn 25 Bonus reward miles when you redeem you Air Miles at select AIR MILES Cash Sponsors. Full details (no coupon needed)

Petro-Points members whe subscribe to Petro-Points emails can collect 1,000 bonus points when you purchase any gift card at a Petro Canada by December 31, 2013

Travel Deals
AutoEurope is offering up to a 30% off sale for car rentals in Europe. Book online tby Dec 31 and receive up to 30% off of your rental car in Europe.

Bonus Offers
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Double Mileage Bank Miles for stays at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore, Marina Mandarin Singapore or Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa, Langkawi. More... Jan 1 - Mar 31, 14

Norwegian Reward (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple Cash Points on Norwegian flights between London and Alesund, Aalborg, Bergen Gothenburg, or Stockholm; Liverpool or Edinburgh and Copenhagen More... Book by Dec 20 for travel Jan 1 - Feb 28, 14

Shangri-La Hotels Golden Circle
- Triple GC Award Points when staying in the Valley Wing at the Shangri-La Hotel, Qingdao. More... Jan 1 - Mar 31, 14
- Triple GC Award Points when staying in a Executive Suite or Premier Suite at Traders Hotel, Manila. More... Dec 30, 13 - Mar 20, 14

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles when you rent with Avis in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Sun Country UFly Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double UFly Points on weekend rentals of 2 or more days, or rentals of 5 or more days, at a participating airport or off airport location in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada or Mexico. More... Until Feb 28, 14

United MileagePlus
- Double MileagePlus Miles on weekend rentals of 2 or more days, or rentals of 5 or more days, at a participating airport or off airport location in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada or Mexico. More... Until Feb 28, 14

Dec 12 Update: Air Canada chooses 737 Max for narrow body fleet, British Airways enhances Household accounts, Bonus Points at Four Points Edmundston

Today's update is running a bit late.....

News, Tips & Tricks
Air Canada has announced that they have selected the Boeing 737 Max series of aircraft to replace their narrow body Airbus fleet. Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled for 2017-2021. Some frequent flyers are already unhappy at this move as the 737 Max's fuselage is narrower than the Airbus A320NEO aircraft that were also being considered which may mean narrower seats. (Source: Air Canada)

British Airways Executive Club had a great announcement for their members who have household accounts or have been considering them. Previously members of BAEC who created household accounts could only redeem their pooled Avios for those members who held the same address as the primary member. Now members can name up to 5 family and/friends who are not in the same household to be part of the household account. One caveat is that once you add a member, they have to stay on the account for six months before you can remove them. (Thanks for Rewards Canada reader Fred for the details) More details on household accounts can be found here.

SAS Scandinavian EuroBonus members will earn the double the standard points on Best Western stays starting January 1, 2014. Currently those members who credit BW stays to their accounts earn 300 point per stay but that will increase to 600 in the New Year. (Source: SAS)

Travel Deals
AutoEurope is offering up to a 30% off sale for car rentals in Europe. Book online tby Dec 31 and receive up to 30% off of your rental car in Europe.

Bonus Offers
Etihad Guest
- Double Guest Miles on Etihad flights between Abu Dhabi and Zurich. More... Jun 1 - 30, 14
- Double Guest Miles on Etihad flights between Abu Dhabi and Medina. More... Feb 1 - Mar 2, 14

Garuda Indonesia Frequent Flyer (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 25% GFF Miles Discount orn Economy and Executive Class Award Tickets for all Garuda Indonesia domestic routes. More... Until Mar 10, 14

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Double Fly On Points (Status Qualifying Points) on Japan Airlines flights between Tokyo and Frankfurt. More... Jan 1 - Dec 31, 14

Shangri-La Hotels Golden Circle
- Double GC Award Points for stays of 2 or more nights at the Traders Hotel, Penang. More... Jan 1 - Mar 31, 14

Starwood Preferred Guest
- 3,000 Bonus Starpoints when you stay in a suite at participating Starwood Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- 500 Bonus Starpoints for Thursday - Sunday stays at the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel. More... Until Dec 30, 13
- 500 Bonus Starpoints for stays at the Four Points by Sheraton Edmundston. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Earn up to 1,500 bonus Starpoints with any spa treatments* at Shine Spa in Macau. More... Until?
- 1,000 Bonus Starpoints for stays of 2+ nights at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport. More... Book by Dec 14 for stays until Mar 31, 14
- Earn up to 1,250 bonus Starpoints with the Park Sleep Go package at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport More...Until Dec 30, 13

5,000 Bonus Miles for Rocketmiles bookings of 3+ consecutive nights

Rocketmiles keeps doling out the bonuses! Here is the latest one from them for 3+ night stays:

The promotion awards 5,000 Bonus Miles or Points  in the program of your choice that is partnered with Rocketmiles for stays or 3 or more consecutive that are booked by December 18 and completed by April 1, 2014. You must book your stay via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/winter  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 this 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 3+ night stay itself.