Friday, January 10, 2014

Jan 10 Update: Delta SkyClubs changes (affects The Platinum Card from Amex), Bonus Aeroplan Miles for Esso Speedpass, Coast Hotels Victoria bonus

Final day of the first full week of 2014 brings us the following:

News, Tips & Tricks

The TD Canada Trust Aeroplan Visa cards have been added to Rewards Canada's Credit Card Comparison charts. See how they compare on the following:
Most Popular
Airline
All Credit Cards
Also visit our post from last week which provides some more commentary on these cards.

Delta Airlines
is revising the access to their SkyClub Business Class lounges. The primary changes are for those who buy the memberships or for those who get access via a credit card.Here in Canada the only people affected on the credit card front are The Platinum Card from American Express cardholders who will lose the 'free guest' benefit.
The primary cardholder will still get free access but guests will have to pay:
Beginning May 1, 2014, all customers who receive complimentary Delta Sky Club access as a benefit of their eligible credit or charge card will no longer receive complimentary guest access. A $29 fee per guest will apply.
Full details can be found here.

Travel Deals
Austrian Airlines
is offering some great fares on flight to Europe from Toronto. Fares start as low as $839 including all taxes and fees and are good for travel until May, 2014. Visit Austrian.com for more details.



Bonus Offers

Air Canada Aeroplan
- 400 Bonus Aeroplan Miles upon first use when you sign-up for Esso's Speedpass and link it to your Aeroplan Account. More... Until Apr 7, 14

American AAdvantage
- Earn up to 15,000 AAdvantage Miles when you buy or gift AAdvantage Miles .More... . Until Mar 31, 14

Coast Hotels Coast Rewards
- Triple Coast Rewards Points for stays at the Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel & Marina. More... Until Mar 31, 14

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
- Double Infinity MileageLands Miles and save up to 33% when you rent from Hertz during their Global Sale for three days or longer in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain Mainland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. More... Book by Jan 26 for rentals until Jun 30, 14

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 2,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the Hyatt Times Square New York. More... Feb 3 - Mar 31, 14

Marriott Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Points per night at any one of 14 participating Marriott hotels in Canada. More... Jan 25 - Apr 19, 14
- 2,000 Bonus Points per stay at the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Chelsea. More... Until Mar 3, 14

SAS Scandinavian EuroBonus
- Double EuroBonus Points for Sixt rentals in Denmark, Finland, Norway or Sweden. More... Until Jan 31, 14

Southwest Rapid Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 50% Bonus Rapid Rewards Points for every qualifying stay at any participating Choice Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Feb 20, 14

United MileagePlus
- Double MileagePlus miles when you fly nonstop on United or United Express® between Topeka, Kansas, and Chicago, Illinois. More... Until May 31, 14
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles for stays at any one of five Marriott locations in Hawaii. More... Until Apr 30, 14

Wyndham Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points for Alamo rentals of 3 or more days in the United States and Canada. More... Until Dec 31, 15
- Double Wyndham Rewards Points on Avis rentals of 2 or more days at participating airports in the U.S. or Canada. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- Double Wyndham Rewards Points on Budget rentals at participating locations in the U.S. and Canada. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- 1,000 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points for National rentals of 3 or more days in the United States and Canada. More... Until Dec 31, 15

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Jan 9 Update: Gogo inflight Wifi goes live in Canada, Auto Europe 7 days for 5 sale, 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points on Best Western stays

Here is what Thursday January 9th offers us:

News, Tips & Tricks

Here is one piece of news that got lost over the holiday break that we had not passed on yet. American Airlines is reintroducing service between Edmonton and Dallas. The flights will be once daily on their A319 aircraft and will launch on April 1st. If it hasn't already happened we are sure WestJet will place there codeshare on this route as they do on other AA flights between Canada and the U.S.. This is great news for AAdvantage members and oneworld members in the capital region as they now have easy access to American's large worldwide flight network. Source: airlineroute.net.
Here are the flight times.
AA1428 DFW1620 – 1925YEG 319 D
AA1493 YEG0810 – 1305DFW 319 D


Gogo, the inflight WiFi provider on 10 airlines has gone live here in Canada. While Air Canada does provide Gogo service on 2 of thier A319s between Toronto/Montreal and Los Angeles that service was limited to US airspace. Now with this announcement, not only will those AC flights but any flights on American or other carriers within Canadian airspace (ie Canada to U.S. or the U.S. overflying Canada to Europe) have WiFi access while in Canada. Back in December we passed along the news that WestJet is planning to introduce Wifi service in 2014 and with this Gogo announcement it wouldn't be a surprise if that is who WestJet choose to provide it. Source Gogo


Travel Deals
Auto Europe
is offering 7 day car rentals in Europe for the price of 5. Rentals must be booked by Jan 31 but are good for travel until the end of the year. Book online here



Bonus Offers

Best Western Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points for each qualified "Internet Only" stay at Best Western branded hotels Worldwide. Elite members get 500 more bonus points per stay. More... Until Feb 2, 14
- 1,500 Bonus Rewards Points for each qualified "Internet Only" stay made by Best Western Ride Rewards members at Best Western branded hotels Worldwide. More... Until Feb 2, 14

Emirates Skywards
- Quadruple Skywards Miles for Avis rentals of 3 or more days in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. More... Until Mar 31, 14

Hyatt Gold Passport
- Endless Possibilities: Earn up to 4 free nights or 50,000 Bonus Gold Passport points for your stays at Hyatt Hotels Worldwide. More... Valid for stays January 15, 2014 through April 30, 2014.

Le Club accorhotels
- 500 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points “Enjoy The Lunar New Year with 500 Bonus Points” offer at participating Accor Hotels in China More... Booking Jan 15 - Feb 28, 14
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays on "Mercure winter special" at all participating Mercure hotels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. More... Until Mar 2, 14
- 500 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points when you complete stays at 2 separate Accor Hotels in Spain or Portugal. More... Until Mar 31, 14

Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Double Frequent Flyer Points for stays at various hotels in Australia that are booked via Qantas. More... Ongoing

US Airways Dividend Miles
- Double Dividend Miles and save up to 25% when you rent a compact size car or larger at any participating location in the U.S. and Canada. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- Triple Dividend Miles on rentals of a compact car or larger for two days or longer at any Thrifty location Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- 4x Dividend Miles on all vehicles and any length rental at participating Hertz airport and off airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple Dividend Miles on rentals of a compact car or larger for two days or longer at any Thrifty location Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 14

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Registration now open for Hyatt's Endless Possibilities - Earn Bonus Gold Passport Points or Free Nights


Registration is now open for Hyatt's latest systemwide promotion that we mentioned back in December. This is one of the stronger hotel promotions for the first quarter of 2014.

Here is the offer as it appears on FFB's Gold Passport Bonus Point Offer page:

Hyatt Gold Passport® Endless Possibilities: Earn up to 4 free nights or 50,000 Bonus Gold Passport points for your stays at Hyatt Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking. Valid for stays January 15, 2014 through April 30, 2014.

Bonuses as follows:
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?


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

Jan 8 Update: EVA Air adds more Canada flights (great option for Aeroplan members), Hyatt Points+Cash a great new option, tons of new bonuses

We are half way through the week and while the news portion in the loyalty world has slowed down, the bonus offers have not!

Thank you to those who responded to our interview request on a fuel surcharges, we have passed along your details to the journalist who asked to reach out to our readership on their behalf.

News, Tips & Tricks

EVA Air is increasing their service between Canada and Taiwan as of June 10. Both Vancouver and Toronto to Taipei service will move to 4x weekly service respectively from 3x weekly.This is great news for Aeroplan members looking for access to Taiwan (or beyond) as more flights means more potential award ticket space and (and this is a big and!) the fuel surcharges on EVA Air are a lot less than on Aeroplan. EVA Air also offers a great business class product that is a good alternative to Air Canada's. (Source: Airlineroute.net)

Which flight(s) to Taipei would you pick? 

Aeroplan Economy Class redemption on EVA Air - only $57.91 in fees

Aeroplan redemption that includes Air Canada flights - Fees are over $300 more than EVA Air


Hyatt's Gold Passport changes kicked in yesterday with the higher redemption rates for reward nights which of course isn't good news but the one change that is actually really good is the introduction of Hyatt's Points+Cash option. The option provides great redemption value, especially for stays at Category 2-6 hotels. The 'value' or cost/per point for Cat 2-6 range from 1.2 - 1.38 cents per night, which of course is well below the cost of points if your were to buy them directly from Hyatt. Cat 1 and 7 come in at 2 cents which is still decent. This is the current Points+Cash chart:

Now there are some caveats to the Points+Cash option: They are capacity controlled, they are only for standard rooms and they can only be booked via phone (no online option yet). They are however cancellable, they will earn Gold Passport points on the cash portion (essentially a further discount on the points used), count towards elite status, can be upgraded for Diamond members and are eligible for bonus promotions.


Bonus Offers

American AAdvantage
- Earn 3,000 AAdvantage Miles per stay of two consecutive nights or more Hotel New Otani Tokyo Hotel New Otani Makuhari Hotel New Otani Osaka The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel, Honolulu Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong, Beijing. More... Until Mar 31, 14

Czech Airlines OK Plus
- Double OK Plus Miles for flights between Prague and Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, or Hamburg. More... Register and book by Jul 31 for travel Apr 1 - Aug 31, 14
- Double OK Plus Miles for flights between Prague and Tel Aviv. More... Register and book by Feb 28 for travel Feb 1 - Apr 30, 14
- Double OK Plus Miles for flights between Prague and Brussels, Bucharest or Warsaw. More... Register and book by Jul 31 for travel Feb 1 - Aug 31, 14
- Double OK Plus Miles when booking the Double Miles for Early Birds rate for stays of 2 nights or more at participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Earn up to 1,500 Bonus OK Plus Miles on Avis rentals Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 14

Delta SkyMiles
- Earn 3,000 SkyMiles per stay of two consecutive nights or more at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Hotel New Otani Makuhar,i Hotel New Otani Osaka, The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel Honolulu or Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong Beijing. More... Until Mar 31, 14
- 15,000 SkyMiles for stays of 2 or more nights at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo if you are a SkyMiles® Medallion Program member. More... Until Mar 31, 14

Iberia Plus
- Double Avios when you fly Iberia in any class bewteen Madrid and Quito or Santiago; in business class between Madrid and Guatemala, San Jose or San Salvador. More... Register by Jan 15 for travel until Feb 28, 14
- Double Avios when you fly on Iberia Regional Air Nostrum on the following route Madrid to Murcia, Madrid to Bordeaux, Strasburg, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Toulouse;  Seville to Toulouse. More... Register by Jan 15 for travel until Feb 28, 14
- Triple Avios on Derby Hotel stays in Barcelona or Madrid. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double Avios on Derby Hotel stays in Paris. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double Avios for stays at select Hace Hotels in Spain More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Earn Double/Triple or 3,000 bonus Avios on qualifying rates at participating Starwood Hotels & Resorts across Europe, Africa & the Middle East. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- Double Avios on all online prepaid rentals in Spain Mainland and Balearics. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double Avios when you rent a commercial van in Spain Mainland and Balearics. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double Avios on all Avis rentals Worldwide. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Triple Avios on all Europcar rentals Worldwide More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Triple Avios on all Hertz rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide. More... Until Feb 28, 14,

SriLankan FlySmiles
- Earn up to Triple FlySmiles Miles when you rent a car with Hertz at participating locations in USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.More.. Until Mar 31, 14

US Airways Dividend Miles
- Double Dividend Miles per stay at La Quinta properties in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Jan 7 Update: Interview request on award ticket fuel surcharges, American & US Airways reciprocity starts today, Club Carlson car rental bonuses

Here is what Tuesday brings forth in the travel rewards world:

News, Tips & Tricks

We have been contacted to see if any of our readers are willing to share a story(ies) about wanting to redeem miles for International flights where the redemption was awash with just buying the ticket outright because of the fuel surcharges/fees tacked onto the award ticket. If you are interested in being interviewed please send me an email at info@rewardscanada.ca

American and US Airways officially started their frequent flyer reciprocity today. This means AAdvantage members can now earn and redeem AAdvantage miles for US Airways flights and Dividend Miles can do the same for American Airlines flights. More details can be found here.



Bonus Offers

Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on Air Canada rouge flights between Toronto and Las Vegas. More... Register and book by Jan 31 for travel Feb 1- 28, 14

British Airways Executive Club
- Earn up to 25,000 Bonus Avios when you fly on American Airlines between New York and Milan.More... Until Jan 31, 14
- Double Avios when you book and stay in a Club room or suite at any participating Langham property Worldwide. More... Until Feb 28, 14

Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- 1,500 Gold Points PER DAY and save up to 25% on participating Alamo car rentals in the US and Canada. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- 8,250 Bonus Gold Points on a qualifying rental of three or more consecutive days at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.More... Until Jun 30, 14
- 6,750 Bonus Gold Points on a qualifying rental of three or more consecutive days at participating Avis locations in the U.S. and Canada. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- 6,750 Bonus Gold Points and save up to 20% when you rent a Budget vehicle for 3 or more consecutive days at participating locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- 1 ,500 Gold Points PER DAY and save up to 25% on participating National car rentals in the US and Canada. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Emirates Skywards
- 1,000 Bonus Skywards Miles and an AED300 Dining Voucher for stays at the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, JWMarriott Dubai and Dubai Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf. More... Until Mar 22, 14
- Triple Skywards Miles when staying at least three consecutive nights or Double Miles for two consecutive nights at any Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts, Traders Hotel or Kerry Hotel at the Best Available Rate. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double Skywards Miles for Budget rentals of 3 or more days in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America. More... Until Mar 31, 14

Garuda Frequent Flyer (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple GFF Miles and Double Elite Status Credit when you fly in First Class between Jakarta and Shanghai. More... Until Feb 6, 14

Hilton HHonors
- Double HHonors Points for stays on the Sparkling London Break for Two package at the Hilton London Dockside Riverside.  More... Until Mar 22, 14

Starwood Preferred Guest
- 1,000 Bonus Starpoints for stays on the "Re-opening Package" at the Sheraton Bandung Hotel & Towers. More... Until Mar 31, 14

United MileagePlus
- Earn 15,000 MileagePlus Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo. More... Until Mar 31, 14 Valid for United MileagePlus Premier members only
- Earn 3,000 Mileage Plus Miles per stay of two consecutive nights or more Hotel New Otani Tokyo Hotel New Otani Makuhari Hotel New Otani Osaka The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel, Honolulu Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong, Beijing More... Until Mar 31, 14

Voila Hotel Rewards
- 3,000 Bonus VHR Points per stay at any participating Voila Hotel Rewards location Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 14

Monday, January 6, 2014

Delta Hotels Privilege interim changes announced prior to an entirely new program coming this fall

We just received the following email from Delta Hotels. They are making some interim changes to their program prior to completely relaunching it in the fall of 2014:
To ensure Delta Privilege remains competitive, and to pave the way for a rewarding new program set to launch in Autumn 2014, changes to the current program needed to be made. These changes to benefits will be effective for reservations made after February 28, 2014 for stays starting on or after March 1, 2014.

♦ Upgrade to Gold – Now in as little as five stays* or 10 room nights, you can be upgraded to Gold and earn all the rewards of a Delta Privilege member, plus:

     ♦ $200 hotel credit to be used towards dining, guest rooms, meetings and events
     ♦ Two upgrades at time of check-in, based on availability
     ♦ Nightly turndown service (upon request)**
     ♦ Enhanced partnership savings and rewards with Avis

♦ Extended Check-out –This benefit is no longer available for Base members.

♦ Qualifying stays/rates – Effective January 15, 2014, there will be changes to the rate types that qualify for Delta Privilege status stays and Aeroplan miles. Please see chart below:


These qualifying rate changes put a damper in a strategy I was developing and was going to post here on the Rewards Canada blog this week! I'll reveal it now as it only has 8 days left to work. That strategy was to book Delta Hotel stays via Rocketmiles, the third party site that offers miles for booking through them. Since they offer Delta Hotels and the rates provided seem to be eligible rates it could have worked to be a quadruple dip strategy. How? Dip 1 was to book via Rocketmiles.com (if you haven't joined yet you can join via my link and get an additional 1,000 miles on your first stay, I will also receive a referral credit), Dip 2 was putting on reward credit card to earn miles or points on the actual charge, Dip 3 is the base Aeroplan miles earned on the stay and Dip 4 is the current Aeroplan bonus offer of up to Triple Bonus Miles on Delta stays until Apr 30. Have fun earning evenmore miles if you plan any Delta stays in the next week or so as after the 15th this strategy is dead.



Anyways, on to the actual interim changes of the program!
Nice to see the Gold benefit being achievable faster on the nights side. Currently the requirement is 5 stays or 20 nights but with the interim program it will only be 10 nights.

Sad to see the extended check out being taken away for base members, I have actually  utilized this benefit before and was planning on making use of it in the future.

Other than these three changes the program will remain the same until the new one is revealed sometime this fall!



Air Canada rouge: Earn 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles between Toronto and Las Vegas


The first Aeroplan flight bonus offer of 2014 is out and it is for a single Air Canada rouge route.

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

Earn 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on Air Canada rouge flights between Toronto and Las Vegas. Valid on Air Canada rouge evening flights AC1853 or AC1854. Register Online (Registration is required) Register and book by Jan 31 for travel Feb 1- 28, 14

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

Jan 6 Update: Last to book Hyatt Award Nights at old redemption rates, Amtrak offer out of Vancouver, Aeroplan bonus for Best Western stays

Welcome to the first full work week of 2014! Here is what transpired on Rewards Canada and the world of travel rewards programs in Canada today:

News, Tips & Tricks

Today is the last day to book Hyatt Gold Passport reward nights at the old rates! The new, more expensive chart comes into effect tomorrow. If you have any planned Hyatt stays coming up where you wanted to redeem Gold Passport points for then you should do it by 11:59EST tonight!

Air Canada is running a contest where you can win 125,000 Aeroplan Miles when you participate in their Carbon Offset program on Air Canada flight until Feb 28. Full details.

Thanks to long time Rewards Canada subscriber Andrew S. for alerting us to another new hotel reward program. EveryStay Rewards is the frequent guest program for Rodd Hotels & Resorts in the Maritimes. You can be sure this program is now on our radar and will keep you up to date with any news and promotions from them!. Find out more about EveryStay here.

In the bonus offer section you'll find lots of bonuses and one of note is the travel twice and get one free for Amtrak's Cascade service. This is Amtrak's service to Vancouver so if you are in the lower B.C. mainland and use Amtrak be sure to register for this offer!

Travel Deals
EVA Air
has a great deal on flights between Toronto and Manila, only $2,042 all in for premium economy or $1,230 in economy. The fare must be booked by Feb 2 for travel Feb 2 - May 31. Full details can be found here



Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 750 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for each qualified "Internet Only" stay at Best Western branded hotels Worldwide More... Until Jan 31, 14
- 250 Bonus Aeroplan Miles per night for up to three nights at the Eaton Chelsea, Toronto. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple Aeroplan Miles when staying at least three consecutive nights or Double Miles for two consecutive nights at any Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts, Traders Hotel or Kerry Hotel at the Best Available Rate. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- OFFER EXTENDED 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 Mar 31, 14
- 3,750 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on rentals of 5 or more day at participating airport and off-airport locations in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States. More... Until Feb 28, 14

Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Double Flying Blue Miles and save up to 33% when you rent from Hertz during their Global Sale for three days or longer in participating countries Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 26 for rentals until Jun 30, 14

Amtrak Guest Rewards
- Receive a free trip on Amtrak's Acela when you take three qualifying roundtrips on Acela. Travel January 6 – March 1, 2014 to earn one free roundtrip for travel Jul 1 – Aug 31, 2014. More... Travel by Mar 1 for free travel Jul 1 - Aug 31, 14
- Receive a free trip on Amtrak Northeast Regional when you take two qualifying roundtrips on Amtrak's Northeast Regional . Travel January 6 – March 1, 2014 to earn one free roundtrip for travel March 2 – Apr 30, 2014. More... Travel by Mar 1 for free travel Mar 2 to Apr 30, 14
- Receive a free trip on Amtrak Cascades when you take two qualifying roundtrips on Amtrak's Cascades. Travel January 6 – March 1, 2014 to earn one free roundtrip for travel March 2 – Apr 30, 2014. More... Travel by Mar 1 for free travel Mar 2 to Apr 30, 14
- Receive a free trip on the Hiawatha when you take two qualifying roundtrips on Amtrak's Hiawatha. Travel January 6 – March 1, 2014 to earn one free roundtrip for travel March 2 – May 31, 2014. More... Travel by Mar 1 for free travel Mar 2 to May 31, 14

Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Earn 38,000 bonus Gold Points when you complete at least three eligible nights during one or more stays at participating Radisson Blu, Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson and Country Inns & Suites By Carlson hotels worldwide. More... Until Apr 13, 14

Oman Air Sindbad (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Sindbad Miles for stays of 3 or more nights at participating Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 14
- Double Sindbad Miles on Budget rentals in Europe, Middle East and Africa. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double Sindbad Miles and save up to 33% when you rent from Hertz during their Global Sale for three days or longer in participating countries Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 14


Miles & More
- Earn Double Miles & More Miles when you fly on Austrian Airlines between Vienna and Newark. More... Valid for travel Jul 2 - Sep 30, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays aat all Lindner Hotels & Resorts in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Triple Miles & More Miles when staying at least three consecutive nights or Double Miles for two consecutive nights at any Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts, Traders Hotel or Kerry Hotel at the Best Available Rate. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles on all Europcar rentals Worldwide .More... Until Apr 30, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles and save up to 33% when you rent from Hertz during their Global Sale for three days or longer in participating countries Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles for every euro you spend with WESTbahn. More... Until Feb 28, 14

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- Double Miles&Smiles Miles and save up to 33% when you rent from Hertz during their Global Sale for three days or longer in participating countries Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 14

Club Carlson: Stay 3 Nights and earn 38,000 Bonus Gold Points


It's been sometime since we have seen a non-targeted systemwide promotion from Club Carlson but the wait is over with the release today of their 'Stay 3 Nights Get 1 Free' promotion.

Here is the offer as it will appear on RC's Club Carlson Bonus Point Offer page later today:

Earn 38,000 bonus Gold Points when you complete at least three eligible nights during one or more stays at participating Radisson Blu®, Radisson®, Park Plaza®, Park Inn® by Radisson and Country Inns & Suites By Carlson℠ hotels worldwide. The 38,000 bonus points is enough for a free night at a Category 4 hotel. Register Online (Registration is required) then book online at Country Inns & Suites, Park Inn, Park Plaza, Radisson, Radisson Blu, or Radisson Edwardian Until Apr 13, 2014


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

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Reminder: SPG Bring On The Nights starts today - 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, then it opened for registration on December 18th and if you have registered or will do so now, stays from today officially count towards the promotion. While not the strongest promotion from SPG or when compared to Hyatt's newest promotion 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!