Carlson Hotels: 10,000 Bonus Points for weekend stays at Radisson Hotels in Canada

Here is a great offer for us Canadians who do lots of domestic travel for leisure purposes. This is weekend offer so I don't think many can take advantage of it for business reasons but if you can well hey nothing like getting bonus points for stays paid for by your employer!

Here is the offer as it appears on our Club Carlson Bonus Gold Points page:

10,000 Gold Points when you stay at least two weekend nights at participating Radisson Hotels in Canada. Your stay must include a combination of either a Friday and Saturday stay, or a Saturday and Sunday stay. Be sure to use the promotional code GPPWKND when you book online at Radisson Until May 31, 14

Participating Hotels:
Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Calgary Airport
Radisson Hotel Edmonton South
Radisson Hotel & Suites Fort McMurray
Radisson Hotel and Conference Center Canmore
Radisson Suite Hotel Toronto Airport
Radisson Hotel Admiral Toronto-Harbourfront
Radisson Hotel Toronto East
Radisson Hotel Ottawa Parliament Hill
Radisson Hotel Kitchener Waterloo
Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview
Radisson Hotel Sudbury
Radisson Hotel Vancouver Airport
Radisson Hotel Winnipeg Downtown
Radisson Plaza Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina
Radisson Hotel Saskatoon
Radisson Suite Hotel Halifax

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

Club Carlson: 1,000 Free Gold Points when you follow them on Twitter

Still playing catch up here on bonuses that came out last week during our vacation. This offer has been around for a few days so we are not sure how many more people can take advantage of it as it is limited to the first 15,000 registrants but it is for 1,000 free Gold Points when you follow Club Carlson on Twitter and connect your Club Carlson account via the registration page. These points are part of a larger promotion called #hashtaghotel which will take place on May 31st. The #hashtaghotel promotion is a 24 hour private event on Twitter (all you need to do is follow them to get in on the 'private party') where they will be giving away elite statuses, bonus points and more to some of their lucky followers.

Here is the offer as it appears on our Club Carlson Bonus Gold Points page:

1,000 Free Gold Points when you follow Club Carlson on Twitter and connect your Club Carlson account via the registration page. Full details. Until May 13, 14 or when 15,000 registrations are made

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

Hilton HHonors: Double Points or Airline Miles for stays at participating locations Worldwide

It has been 10 days since our last post on the Rewards Canada blog and update on the main Rewards Canada site. Why? We were on vacation. Simple as that. Now that we are back it is time to play catch up on the past week or so of news, bonuses and more! some of the information we'll be bringing to you over the next few days you may already be aware of but as usual there will be some of it that you have not seen yet.

We start it off with Hilton HHonors next systemwide promotion which is nice and simple. Double HHonors points or Double Airline Miles on all your eligible stays at participating Hilton locations Worldwide. We bold 'participating' as once again there is a large list of hotels not participating, approximately ~600 or so, most of which are in the U.S.. Once you pick double points or double miles there is no switching. For us Double Points makes more sense but if you may only have one or  two Hilton stays during the promotional period, Double Miles may make more sense to pad your FFP account rather than having stray points sit dormant in your HHonors account.

Here is the offer as it appears on Rewards Canada's HHonors Bonus Points page:

Earn Twice the Rewards: Double HHonors points or Double Airline Miles for stays at any participating hotel or resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking  (Registration is required)   May 1 - Jul 31, 14
For a list of hotels that are not participating please click here.

These are the Canadian locations that have chosen not to participate:

Hampton Inn & Suites Calgary Airport

Hilton Garden Inn Calgary Airport

Hampton Inn By Hilton Chilliwack

DoubleTree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton Niagara Falls

Hilton Niagara Falls / Fallsview

Hilton Garden Inn Toronto / Markham

Hilton Montreal / Laval

Hilton Garden Inn Montreal / Dorval Airport

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

Starwood Hotels: Earn up to Triple Starpoints with Earn Away Get Away (Valid for stays May 1 - Jul 31)

With a little under two weeks left in earning bonus points from Starwood's Bring on the Nights promotion they have released the details of their spring and summer promotion! Called Earn Away Get Away the offer is open for registration right away (unlike the past few promos where they tease us first) and that registration must be done by June 30 for stays between May 1 and July 31. The offer is for Double Starpoints on all stays at participating locations worldwide but if you include a Sunday night (Saturday night in the Middle East) your points are tripled. This time the promotion does have a list of properties not participating and that list can be found here. These are the Canadian properties that have opted out of the promotion:

• Four Points by Sheraton Québec Resort
• Sheraton Cavalier Calgary Hotel
• The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver
• The Westin Edmonton
• The Westin Prince, Toronto

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

Earn up to Triple Starpoints with SPG's Earn Away Get Away. Earn Double Starpoints on stays at all participating Starwood Hotels Worldwide or Triple Starpoints if that stay includes a Sunday night (Saturday night in the Middle East)  Full Details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Register by Jun 30 for stays between May 1 - Jul 31, 14

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

Air Canada: Earn 8,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on flights to Hong Kong or Tokyo-Haneda

Hot off the presses at Aeroplan is this new Air Canada flight bonus offer.  As it the case with all of the Air Canada flight bonuses now, if you booked tickets for these flights prior to today you are not eligible to earn the bonus.

Earn 8,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you fly round-trip between Vancouver or Toronto and Hong Kong or between Toronto and Tokyo-Haneda in Economy Class or Premium Economy. Register Online (Registration is required) Register and book by May 19 for travel Apr 17 - Jun 9 & Sep 8 - Nov 30, 14

Snippet of the T&Cs

• To qualify for this offer, you must register between April 17 and May 19, 2014. A one time registration is required and can be completed on this page. Due to GMT time on web, the registration page will remain active until May 20, 2014 at 02:59 Eastern Standard time.
• Bonus Aeroplan Miles for eligible flights flown will be awarded for new bookings only made between April 17 and May 19, 2014, for travel between April 17 and June 9, 2014 and also between September 8 and November 30, 2014. In order to qualify as a new booking, the booking must have been created for the first time with a new booking reference number during the eligible booking period of the promotion. Any booking made prior to the start of the promotion that is subsequently changed to include travel dates within the qualifying travel period will not be considered a new booking that is eligible for the promotion.
• Valid on eligible scheduled direct non-stop flights operated by Air Canada between Vancouver or Toronto and Hong Kong and between Toronto and Haneda (as of July 1st) for travel between April 17 and June 9, 2014 and also between September 8 and November 30, 2014.
• To qualify, the flight segments must be travelled in the following eligible fare options (booking classes): To/From Canada and Hong Kong or Haneda: Tango (W, G, S, T, L), Flex (M, U, H, Q, V), Latitude (Y, B) and Premium Economy (O, E, N).

Why you should consider crediting your Avis rentals to SAS EuroBonus

A few weeks ago (or was it even last week?) we passed along the news that SAS EuroBonus will now award 1,000 points for any eligible Avis rental that is booked through their page on the Avis World website at avisworld.com/eurobonus

Why is this significant? 1,000 points for a rental may not seem a lot but when you compare it to many other programs it actually is especially when looking a rentals of 1 day or less. Aeroplan only offers 500 miles per Avis rental excluding any bonuses and many U.S. programs offer 50 miles per day excluding bonuses. Some programs award varying levels of points per day so that is why this SAS EuroBonus tactic should really only be looked at for one day rentals.

When looking at our home grown program, Aeroplan, it would take you 50 Avis rentals to get enough Aeroplan miles for an economy class award ticket within North America. With SAS EuroBonus their old earn rate prior to April 1st was also 500 points but now that it has been doubled, you can get enough SAS EuroBonus points for a round trip economy class award ticket in North America with only 25 Avis rentals and this is why you should consider moving your 1 day or less Avis rentals to SAS EuroBonus. Of course bonus offers may change this value proposition but most of the time those bonus offers require rentals of multiple days.

Although we haven't wrote about before here on Rewards Canada, you should do the same for one day or less Hertz or Alamo rentals by crediting those to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club as you'll earn 1,000 miles for any eligible rental with those two companies. This is also valuable as Flying Club miles can be converted to Hilton HHonors points if you never for see redeeming miles via Flying Club for flights.

But what about consolidating all your points into you main account you may ask? While I still tend to preach about focusing on one program a person should also look at how quickly you can be rewarded. If you are planning 25 Avis rentals this year and know you'll be 12,500 miles short of an award with Aeroplan than you should probably credit those to Aeroplan but if you have no award flights planned or just wing it when it comes to that department you are better off crediting to EuroBonus and getting a free round trip award flight vs. a one way award flight.

EuroBonus' Star Alliance Award chart - 25,000 Miles for North America round trip

Find the complete details on booking Avis cars with SAS EuroBonus at avisworld.com/eurobonus

Apr 17 Update: MeliaRewards 12,000 free points = a free night, Up to 3,500 Avios for Hilton stays, Rocketmiles Caribbean bonus

Here is our last daily update until April 27th!

News, Tips & Tricks
Please note that this will be the last Daily Update until April 27th! It's vacation time for the RC family.  Be sure to follow us here on the blog, Facebook, or  Twitter  for any breaking news, bonuses and more. The main RC site will not be updated during this time.

I'm have to pass along an apology! I didn't follow my own rules that I preach about making sure you read all emails you get from various loyalty programs and not deleting them or ignoring them. Well I did the latter! After seeing this bonus make its way out on several blogs I wondered why I had not received notice on it. Well in fact I did, going through my emails there it was, sent on April 8th! Mind you the subject was a bit ambiguous "Limited Time Spring Offer" but that is no excuse. Anyways here it is nine days later than it should be, hopefully some of you can take advantage of this offer! The points post right away by the way, as you see in the screen shots below my MeliaRewards balance in the email was 0 points and as of today that is now 12,000 which is enough for a free night at select Melia locations in Europe or a nice addition for a Points+Cash redemption

Bonus Offers
British Airways Executive Club
- Earn up to 3,500 Bonus Avios when you register and complete stays at any hotel or resort from the Hilton HHonors portfolio of brands Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 14

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn 10,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for stays of 2+ nights at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan. More... Until Jul 31, 14

La Quinta Returns
- Earn up to Triple Returns Points for stays at participating La Quinta locations in the U.S. More... Until May 6, 14

Melia International MeliaRewards
- Earn up to 12,000 Bonus MeliaRewards Points when you join MeliaRewards or login to your account via the promotion page. More... Until Apr 30, 14

Rocketmiles
- 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points in the Rocketmiles partner program of your choice for stays in the Caribbean More... Book by Apr 21 for stays until Oct 16, 14

SAS EuorBonus
- Triple EuroBonus points for all stays at Radisson Blu hotels in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway. More... Book by Jun 15 for stays until Aug 17, 14
- 2,000 Bonus EuroBonus points on all Avis Rentals worldwide. More... Until Jun 17, 14

Shangri-La Golden Circle
- Triple GC Award Points for stays in a Horizon Club room at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. More... Apr 21 - Jun 30, 14

Stash Hotel Rewards
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa. More... Book by May 10 for stays Apr 20 - May 31, 14
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Gateway Canyons Resort. More... Book by May 31 for stays until Oct 31, 14
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays of 2+ nights at the Inn at Saint Mary's South Bend. More... Until May 31, 14
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays of 2+ nights at the Magnolia Hotel Dallas. More... Until Jun 15, 14

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 50% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles or 25% Miles&Smiles Discount on select Turkish Airlines International Routes. More... May 1 - 31, 14

United MileagePlus
- Double MileagePlus Miles and a compllmentary upgrade for stays of 2+ nights at participating Fairmont Hotels & Resorts locations in Canada & the U.S. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Apr 16 Update: Up to a 25% discount on buying Starpoints, Double Avios between YVR & SEA, Iberia systemwide flight bonus

A little bit more action on Wednesday although most of today still revolves around bonuses.

News, Tips & Tricks
In the bonus offers section you'll find a discount on buying Starpoints from Starwood Preferred Guest. Even with the highest discount of 25% you are buying Starpoints around 2.6 cents apiece not including GST. Unless you have an award in mind that you need to off your account for (either SPG or to an airline via the SPG transfer) then this discount may not be worthwhile.

Also the bonus offer section are new flight bonuses from British Airways Executive Club that could be of interest to those of you in the Vancouver area. The offers include double Avios on Alaska flights between YVR and SEA plus Double Avios between Seattle and London, the latter is a great offer for those of you who cross the border to save money on flights!

Turkish Airlines will be expanding their codesharing on Air Canada flights to/from Montreal. (Source Airlineroute.net)

In case you missed it yesterday we had a post on how to earn 3,500 Aeroplan miles for free. Check it out here.


Travel Deals
Virgin Atlantic is offering a nice deal on the return of their Vancouver - London Heathrow service for a couple of weeks in May. Fares start at $495 one way, all fees and taxes included. Book by May 1st for departures between May 13, 2014 - May 26, 2014 at the lowest price. Full details and online booking



Bonus Offers
British Airways Executive Club
- Double Avios when you fly on British Airways bewteen London & Seattle. More... Until Jun 24, 14
- Double Avios when you fly Alaska Airline between Seattle and Anchorage, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, or Portland. More... Until Jun 24, 14

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Double Asia Miles on all TAM flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 1 - 31, 14
- Earn up to Triple Asia Miles when you stay at participating Regal Hotels in Hong Kong and Mainland China. More... Until Jun 15, 14

Hainan / Hong Kong Airines Fortune Wings
- Double Fortune Wings Miles s when you stay at participating Regal Hotels in Hong Kong and Mainland China for 2 or more nights. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Iberia Plus
- Double Avios on all Iberia flights Worldwide. More... Book by Apr 21 for travel until Apr 30, 14

SAS EuroBonus
- Earn up to Quadruple EuroBonus Points on Hertz rentals of 7+ days in Europe, USA, Latin America, Canada, Asia, Australia, Middle East or Africa. More... Book by May 31 for rentals until Jun 7, 14

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Earn Double KrisFlyer Miles when you stay at any participating IHG hotel in Australasia, Southeast & Southwest Asia, Japan & Korea, and the Middle East & Africa. More... Until Jul 31, 14
- 4,500 Bonus KrisFlyer Miles for stays of 2+ nights at a participating Leading Hotels of the World property. More... Until May 31, 14

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Receive up to a 25% Discount when you buy or gift Starpoints. More... Until May 31, 14

United MileagePlus
- 20% MileagePlus Miles Discount on MileagePlus Economy Saver Awards for flights from the U.S. or Canada to Mexico City. More... Book by Apr 29 for travel May 1 - 31, 14

Apr 15 Update: All bonuses - 25 of them today!

Tuesday turns out to be all about the bonuses!

News, Tips & Tricks
Nothing to report today!


Bonus Offers
AeroMexico Club Premier
- Triple Club Premier Kilometers for stays at participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- 1,000 Club Premier Kilometers for stays at Hotels Lucerna in Mexicali, Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Hermosillo, and Culiacan. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple Club Premier Kilometers on Sixt rentals of 5 or more days Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 14

Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to 1,500 Aeroplan miles when you become a Costco Member. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Earn up to 75,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles with the purchase or lease of a new Volvo and earn more throughout its lifecycle. More... Until Aug 31, 14

airberlin topbonus
- 250 topbonus Miles For every Sunny Cars review published on the Internet. Up to a maximum of 10 reviews. More... Until May 31, 14

American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage miles for qualifying First Class, Business Class and select Economy Class fares purchased between Chicago or Los Angeles and Tokyo Narita. More... Until May 31, 14'
- Earn Double AAdvantage miles when you fly on Japan Airlines between New York and Tokyo Narita on qualifying Business Class or select Economy Class fares. More... Until May 31, 14

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up to Triple Asia Miles when you stay at properties within the Hilton HHonors™ portfolio Worldwide. More...  Apr 15 - Jul 15, 14

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Triple KrisFlyer miles when you stay at participating Ascott serviced residences in Asia. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles and enjoy a complimentary breakfast when you stay at Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Maldives, London, Frankfurt, Mallorca and Baku. More... Until May 31, 14
- Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles when you stay on the Best Available or Bed&Breakfast rate at any participating Mandarin Oriental hotel Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 14
- Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles when you book a minimum stay of 2 consecutive nights at Best Available Rates and Stay for Breakfast Rates at Marriott International hotels in Thailand, Vietnam, and Philippines. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you stay a minimum of 2 nights at participating Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. More... Until May 30, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you stay a minimum of 2 nights at participating PARKROYAL Hotels Worldwide. More... Until May 30, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles for stays of 2 or more consecutive nights at participating Preferred Hotel Group properties Worldwide.More... Until May 31, 14
- Triple KrisFlyer Miles and a complimentary room upgrade for stays of 3+ nights when you stay at selected Shangri-La’s properties in Philippines & Australia. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles for stays in a Swiss Executive Room at participating Swissotels in Asia. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you book on an eligible rate at all participating Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces properties in India. More... May 1 - Jun 30, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when you rent for 5 or more days with Avis in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the USA or Canada. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles for any Europcar rental in UK and Malaysia. More... Until May 31, 14
- Triple KrisFlyer Miles when you rent on an Affordable Rate ( leisure retail rate ) for 1 or more days from a participating HERTZ location in USA , Canada , Europe, or 4 or more days Australia or New Zealand. More... Until Jul 31, 14
- Double KrisFlyer Miles when shopping at any of the nine Chic Outlet Shopping Villages in Europe. More... Until May 31, 14

United MileagePlus
- Quadruple MileagePlus Miles on Avis airport rentals in the U.S., Canada, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Mexico, the Middle East and New Zealand. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- 1,000 Bonus Flying Club when you fly on Virgin Atlantic Little Red flights. More... Until Jul 31, 14

Earn 3,500 Aeroplan Miles by simply test driving Volvos!

Volvo became an Aeroplan partner in 2013 and when they did they offered up to 75,000 bonus Aeroplan miles for buying a Volvo plus many other ways to earn miles for service and parts but one was free miles and that was for test driving a Volvo. That original offer is back now and Aeroplan members can earn 250 Aeroplan miles each time they test drive a Volvo. However until the end of the month their is another Volvo offer running that is for 2,500 Aeroplan Miles for test driving a 2015 Volvo V60 Sportswagon.

Screen shot of one of the Aeroplan Volvo offers

So how can you earn the 3,500 miles?

First go test drive the V60 Sportswagon before April 30th to get the 2,500 miles from the first Volvo offer then wait 30 days and go test drive another Volvo to get the 250 miles, wait 30 days, test drive again and so on until the end of the second promotion on August 31st. All told you should be able to come away with 3,500 Aeroplan miles simply by test driving Volvos!

Screen shot of the other Aeroplan Volvo offer

Click here for details on the 2,500 miles V60 offer
Click here for details on the 250 miles and up to 75,000 miles if you buy offer