American: Up to 30% Bonus Miles and a 10% Discount on buying AAdvantage Miles until Feb 6

American Airlines is offering another up to 30% bonus on buying their AAdvantage Miles however they have sweetened the pot if you jump on the offer by February 6th by providing a 10% discount on your miles purchase. This means if you max out your purchase at 60,000 AAdvantage Miles (78,000 with the bonus) you'll be buying those miles at 1.98 cents a piece. Usually when a buy miles offer comes in under 2 cents per mile it is worth taking AAdvantage of! Though this is not as low as the US Airways Dividend Miles buy miles offers (approx 1.8 cents per mile) the current offer from the US Airways camp is only for US Airways credit card holders so this AA buy miles offer is definitely worth considering.

Here is the offer as it appears on our AAdvantage Bonus Miles page:


Earn up to 18,000 AAdvantage Miles when you buy or gift AAdvantage Miles. Full Details Until Feb 28, 14 (Receive an additional 10% off if you buy by Feb 6)
- purchase between 20,000 and 29,000 AAdvantage miles to earn 5,000 bonus miles
- purchase between 30,000 and 39,000 AAdvantage miles to earn 8,250 bonus miles.
- purchase between 40,000 and 59,000 AAdvantage miles to earn 12,000 bonus miles.
- purchase 60,000+ Advantage miles to earn 18,000 bonus miles.


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

Feb 3 Update: Wyndham Rewards devalues points to miles conversions, The Platinum Card from Amex loses AA/US Airways lounge access, Double Starpoints with SPG Dining

Welcome to another month, another week and another day of travel rewards!

News, Tips & Tricks
Earlier today we posted the news about Aeroplan becoming the latest Rocketmiles partner where you can earn thousands of Aeroplan miles on your hotel bookings. We went back to Aeroplan with one more question, do miles awarded via Rocketmiles count towards Distinction status and the answer is yes!! Read more about the partnershiup and first booking bonus here.

If you read any of the U.S. or U.K. frequent flyer blogs you'll have known that their versions of The Platinum Card from American Express were losing access to American Airlines Admiral Clubs and US Airways Club this March. We can confirm now that this is also the case for the Canadian version of The Platinum Card as letters have and are being sent out to cardholders about the change. Here is an excerpt:

Airport Club Access/Airport Lounge Changes
Starting March 21, 2014 select American Express Cardmembers will no longer have access to American Airlines Admirals Club and US Airways Club airport lounges through their Card benefits. However, these lounges only represent a fraction of those available through our Airport Lounge Program. Applicable Cardemembers will still have complimentary access to Priority Pass lounges, Delta Skyclubs and American Express lounges, which combined offers access to over 600 lounge locations around the world.

The above doesn’t apply to Cardmembers who qualify directly under American Airlines’ or US Airways’ access policies. Meaning, any Cardmember who currently have access to the American Airlines Admirals Club lounges or US Airways Club lounges will continue to receive this access under those policies.

Finally, Cardmembers can still visit American Airlines lounges by purchasing a one-day lounge pass or an annual Admirals Club Membership. If they would like to visit the US Airways Club lounge, they may purchase a temporary lounge pass or an annual US Airways Club Membership.

Another program decides to change redemption rates and once again without advance notice! The program is Wyndham Rewards and the change comes in their points to airline miles conversion. As of January 31 the decent ratio of 1,000 points to 400 airline miles was halved, now those 1,000 points will only net you 200 airline miles. As Ric Garrido puts it on his Loyalty Traveler blog:

When pegged to the base points earn rate for hotel spend in these five programs, the new Wyndham Rewards points-to-miles exchange rate is now the equivalent to most of the major hotel programs dominant in the USA

It is really unfortunate to see this happen yet again but other than Wyndham now matching chains like IHG, Best Western and Club Carlson in the airline miles ratio, changes like these are brought about as the hotel reward programs try to get members to re-evaluate where they use their points and as any good loyalty program manager would tell you the best place is for their own brand redemptions. With a devaluation like this it is the hope of Wyndham Rewards that they will have less point to airline conversions and more redemeptions for stays at their hotels as those reward nights typically bring along incremental revenue like dining, spa services etc. where at least part of that room redemption can be recouped. You can see the details of this change here.


Travel Deals
Take 10% off participating hotels (Min. Spend $200) with the Travelocity.ca Winteruption Sale! Use PROMOCODE: BONUS10CA. Ends 2/4.

Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on your very first booking with Rocketmiles. More... Book by Apr 6 for stays until Dec 31, 14

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Earn up to 40% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy or gift Mileage Plan miles. More... Until Mar 15, 14

Emirates Skywards
- 2,000 Bonus Skywards Miles on all Hertz car rentals of 3 or more days in the US. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals Mar 10 - Apr 30, 14

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Earn up to 6,000 Bonus QMiles for Qatar Airways flights between Doha and Larnaca. More... Apr 29 - Jul 31, 14
- Earn up to 4,000 Bonus QMiles for Qatar Airways flights between Doha and Sharjah. More... Mar 1 - May 31, 14
- Double QMiles for stays on the Winter Breaks offer at all participating Kempinski Hotels worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 14
- Double QMiles for stays at all participating Shaza Hotels. More... Until Mar 1, 14
- Double QMiles for stays at participating Taj Hotels worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 14
- Double QMiles for Hertz rentals of 3 or more days at participating locations Worldwide. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals until Apr 30, 14

Southwest Rapid Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Earn up to 2,500 Bonus Rapid Rewards Points when you join the Rapid Rewards program. More... Until ?

Starwood Preferred Guest
- SPG Twice as Nice: Double Starpoints when you dine at over 1,000 participating restaurants and bars at participating Starwood hotels & resorts. More... Until Apr 30, 14
- Double Starpoints for stays in a Suite at The Le Meridien Zhengzhou. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- 500 Bonus Starpoints for stays at The Westin Houston Downtown. More... Until Apr 1, 14

US Airways Dividend Miles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Earn up to 100% Bonus Dividend Miles when you buy or gift Dividend Miles. Valid only for those who hold a US Airways Credit Card. More... Until Feb 28, 14

Best Western: 1,500 Bonus Rewards Points for Internet Only rate stays Worldwide

Best Western's last 'Internet Only' offer just ended yesterday and has been quickly replaced with a slightly better offer of 1,500 bonus points versus the last offer's 1,000 bonus points.

Here is the offer as it will appear on our BW Rewards Bonus Points  page today:

1,500 Bonus Rewards Points for each qualified "Internet Only" stay at Best Western branded hotels Worldwide. Elite members get 500 more bonus points per stay. Full details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required) Until Apr 6, 14

Can't make use of this promotion? Be sure to visit our  BW Rewards Bonus Points   page for the most comprehensive listing of Best Western Rewards bonus offers on the internet!

Rocketmiles adds Aeroplan as their latest partner - Earn 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on your first booking!

As you know we have provided tons of coverage on the third party hotel booking site Rocketmiles.com here on Rewards Canada and on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com. Up until today the programs included really only worked for some Canadian's as their partners have been  U.S., European or Middle East based. All of that changes today as Rocketmiles adds Aeroplan as a partner! This is great news for us Canucks looking to earn more Aeroplan miles (we all know we need more for those International Business Class redemption that have kept creeping up!) so this is an exciting new way to do it. Of course,  due diligence is required to compare rates via other booking sites versus Rocketmiles and also you need to take into consideration that most rates booked via Rocketmiles will not earn hotel loyalty program points or qualify to elite status requirements for those hotel programs. However for those stays that you need to make at hotels that are either not part of your primary frequent guest program or at ones that do not have a loyalty program, booking via Rocketmiles.com can make great sense.

To celebrate the launch of the partnership Rocketmiles will be awarding 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on your very first booking (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before)  booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/aeroplan-3k-bonus. The bonus can only be earned once per member. If you are not a member yet you can join via our referral link (however the 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles will nix the 1,000 miles you would get via our referral but we thank any of you who do sign up anyways through our link as we'll get a referral credit!)

Update: We went back to Aeroplan with one more question, do miles awarded via Rocketmiles count towards Distinction status and the answer is yes!!

Terms & Conditions
Qualifying Activity: To be eligible, the hotel reservation MUST BE BOOKED USING THIS PROMOTIONAL LINK (www.rocketmiles.com/aeroplan-3k-bonus) by 11:59PM CT on 6 April 2014 and travel by 31 December 2014 (a yellow banner at the top of the search results page will clearly show if search criteria qualify for the bonus). Limited to first time customers and subject to investigation post-purchase. Limit one per customer. Limit one per stay. Promotional offer can not be applied to existing bookings or retroactively applied to bookings not made using the link above. Promotional offer CANNOT be combined with ANY other bonuses or offers. Rocketmiles reserves the right to retract a bonus AT ANY TIME if it detects fraud, stacking of bonuses, technical errors, cancel/rebooking activity (defined by identical search criteria), or ANY other deceptive behavior attempted to circumvent the limits expressed above. See www.rocketmiles.com/terms for full terms, or call our friendly concierges at 1-855-355-7625 with questions of eligibility or for any other assistance. ®Aeroplan is a registered trademark of Aimia Canada Inc.

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

Jan 31 Update: Last day for old MileagePlus redemption rates, 2x Aeroplan Miles for Bearskin flights, Triple Points for Hertz rentals

Last day of updates for January

News, Tips & Tricks
Last day to book United MileagePlus Award tickets at the old rates! Find the details at here

Today is also the last day (in fact you only have about 3.5 hours at time of posting this) to get in on the 2,000 FREE Lindner Nights points. Click here for details.

Hilton will begin offering faster Wi Fi at their extended brand hotels Hampton Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites and Home 2 Suites for a fee. Regular Wi Fi will still be free but if you want the faster We Fi you'll have to pay on average $3.95 per day. (Source: USA Today)




Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Double Aeroplan Miles when you fly Bearskin Airlines on all Flex or Liberty fares between Thunder Bay and Sudbury Timmins Sault Ste Marie North Bay; Ottawa and Sudbury Timmins Kitchener Waterloo Sault Ste Marie North Bay More... Until Feb 28, 14

Air Miles (Canada)
- 80 Bonus Air Miles for every reservation made on bestwestern.com for stays at Best Western branded hotels n the United States, Canada, or the Caribbean Islands. More... Feb 1 and Mar 31, 14

Hertz Gold Plus Rewards
- Triple Gold Plus Rewards Points on minimum two-day paid rentals at participating Hertz locations in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S.V.I., United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand only.  More... Feb 1 - Apr 15, 14 Valid for Residents of Canada and the U.S. only

Marriott Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points per night when you stay three nights or more Sunday-Thursday at the Fairfield Inn Anaheim Disneyland. Earn up to a maximum of 5,000 bonus points per stay. More... Until Mar 2, 14
- 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay when you stay Thursday - Sunday (Friday or Saturday night stay required) at the Courtyard or Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Times Square. More... Until Mar 3, 14
- 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay when you stay Thursday - Sunday (Friday or Saturday night stay required) at the Courtyard or Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Central Park.More... Until Mar 3, 14

Miles & More
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays at Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Mallorca, Rome, Shanghai and Baku on the 'Double Miles & More' rate. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays at all participating Mandarin Oriental Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Apr 30, 14
- Earn up to Triple Miles & More Miles on Hertz rentals Worldwide. Rent for 1-6 days to earn double miles or 7+ miles to earn triple miles More... Book by Feb 28 for rentals until Apr 30, 1

WestJet: 5x WestJet Dollars on select WestJet Encore Flights

Back in November we brought you the news of WestJet Rewards' bonus for their new Encore routes to Terrace and Ft. St John and we are glad to tell you those bonuses have been extended (looks to be in reply to Air Canada's current 75% Bonus Aeroplan mile offer on the same routes sans YYC). The bonus is also being applied as a Route Launch bonus for the Encore routes between Winnipeg and God's Country Regina or Saskatoon.

Here is offers as they will appear on our WestJet Rewards Bonus Dollars  page later today:

Earn 5x WestJet Dollars when you fly on the following WestJet Encore routes:
Winnipeg to/from Regina (*New non-stop flights only*)
Winnipeg to/from Saskatoon (*New non-stop flights only*)
Terrace to/from Vancouver (offer extended)
Fort St. John to/from Vancouver (offer extended)
Fort St. John to/from Calgary (offer extended)
Full details.  Until Apr 30, 14

Can't make use of this promotion? Be sure to visit our WestJet Rewards Bonus Dollars  page for other flight,  hotel, car rental and other mileage bonuses!

Air Miles: 80 Bonus Air Miles for Best Western stays in Canada, U.S. & the Caribbean

The current Air Miles bonus for stays at Best Western's is 60 bonus Air Miles for booking via various channels but this new one is even better as it is for 80 miles per stay that are booked online at BestWestern.com. To qualify for the bonus miles you must register for the promotion first and also ensure that Air Miles  is your earning preference within your Best Western Rewards profile.

Here is the offer as it will appear on our Air Miles Bonus Miles page today:

80 Bonus Air Miles for every reservation made on bestwestern.com for stays at Best Western branded hotels n the United States, Canada, or the Caribbean Islands. Full details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)  Feb 1 and Mar 31, 14
Valid for residents of Canada,  only

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

Jan 30 Update: 4x Air Miles at Rona, Up to 5,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on Hertz rentals, Double Asia Miles in Premium Economy from YYZ & YVR

The slow down in loyalty program news continues to dwindle as the month end is upon us, the opposite is true for bonus offers!

News, Tips & Tricks
No news but some of the new bonuses you should check out today are the Air Canada Bonus AQM offer between Canada & California (see our post from yesterday) plus two new relatively good Aeroplan offers for Best Western stays and Hertz rentals (5,000 Bonus Miles for 3+ days renting a car is quite good!) and Cathay Pacific's new Double Asia Miles promotion for flying in their Premium Economy cabin, which is available on both of Cathay's Canadian routes from Toronto and Vancouver. You can find the details on these bonus offers below.

If you have home renos or maintenance to do this weekend try to make your way to Rona to earn 4x Air Miles until Feb 2. You can get the coupon here.

Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn 750 Bonus Altitude Qualifying Miles for every round trip (or two one way segments) flown between Canada and California. More... Book between Jan 29 and Feb 28, 14 and travel between Feb 1 and Apr 13, 14
- 8x Aeroplan Miles for every reservation made on bestwestern.com for stays at Best Western branded hotels n the United States, Canada, or the Caribbean Islands. More... Feb 1 - Mar 31, 14 Valid for residents of United States, Canada, or the Caribbean Islands only
- Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on qualifying Hertz rentals in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. More... Until May 15, 14

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Double Asia Miles when you register and fly in Cathay Pacific’s Premium Economy Class Worldwide. More... Feb1 - Mar 31, 14
- Up to Triple Asia Miles for stays at participating Okura Hotels & Resorts, Nikko Hotels International, or Hotel JAL City Worldwide. More... Feb 1 - Apr 30, 14
- Triple Asia Miles when you book and stay at any Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ property for three consecutive nights or more. More... Feb 1 - Jun 30, 14

Frontier Early Returns (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Wilmington and Atlanta. More... Apr 29 - May 29, 14
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Wilmington and Detroit. More... Apr 29 - May 29, 14
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Wilmington DE and Ft. Myers. More... Until Feb 28, 14
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Trenton/Princeville and St. Augustine.More... May 2 - Jun 2, 14
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Trenton/Princeville and Cleveland. More... Feb 13 - Mar 13, 14
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Trenton/Princeville and Nashville. More... Apr 30 - May 30, 14
- Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between Trenton/Princeville and Indianapolis. More... Apr 29 - May 29, 14

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Save up to 10,000 Mileage Bank Miles for various Japan Airlines International Award tickets Worldwide. More... Until Feb 28, 15

Marriott Rewards
- 1,500 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at the Courtyard by Marriott Cologne. More... Apr 7 - May 5, 14
- 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay on Thursday-Sunday nights (Friday or Saturday required) at the Portland Marriott City Center. More... Feb 21 - May 11, 14
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points for Sunday through Thursday stays at the SpringHill Suites Hershey. More...   Feb 17 - May 9 , 14
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay including a Friday or Saturday night at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Chincoteague Island. More... Feb 18 - May 9, 14

Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer
- Double Safar Flyer Miles when you Royal Air Maroc between London and Marrakech. More... Until Feb 28,14

Virgin America Elevate (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Elevate Points every time you fly with Emirates out of the U.S. More... Register and book between Jan 28 and May 15 for travel between Feb 15 and May 25, 14
 

Air Canada: 8x Aeroplan Miles for Best Western stays in Canada, U.S. & the Caribbean

The current Aeroplan bonus for stays at Best Western's (750 bonus Aeroplan Miles) ends tomorrow but don't fret as another one kicks in right away on February 1st. This one is even better as it is for 2,000 miles per stay (8x the base miles) that are booked online at BestWestern.com. To qualify for the bonus miles you must register for the promotion first and also ensure that Aeroplan is your earning preference within your Best Western Rewards profile.

Here is the offer as it will appear on our Aeroplan Bonus Miles page today:

8x Aeroplan Miles for every reservation made on bestwestern.com for stays at Best Western branded hotels n the United States, Canada, or the Caribbean Islands. Full details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)  Feb 1 and Mar 31, 14
Valid for residents of United States, Canada, or the Caribbean Islands only

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

Air Canada: 750 Bonus Altitude Qualifying Miles between Canada and California

Here is the latest Air Canada promo to come our way!

Earn 750 Altitude Qualifying Miles for every round‑trip (or two one‑way segments) flown on the following routes on any fare:

	BETWEEN
	Toronto	Los Angeles
	Toronto	San Francisco
	Toronto	San Diego
	Montreal	Los Angeles
	Montreal	San Francisco
	Vancouver	Los Angeles
	Vancouver	San Francisco
	Calgary	Los Angeles

This exclusive bonus applies when you register and book between January 29 and February 28, 2014 and travel between February 1 and April 13, 2014.

To qualify, the flight segments must be travelled in the eligible fare options (booking classes) indicated: To/From Canada and San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego: Tango (S,T,L,A,K,F), Flex (M,U,H,Q,V,W,G) Latitude (Y,B); Business Class Lowest (D,Z); Business Class Flexible (J,C).