Maggiore, the largest independently owned car rental agency in Italy
is offering members of Alitalia's MilleMiglia program 900 miles just for
joining their frequent renter program Maggiore Club. Joining is free
which means the 900 miles are free as well. To ensure you get the miles
you have to input your MilleMiglia number at the time of registration.
Here is a screen shot of the first page of the registration showing you
where you need to input your number.
The
entire registration process is in Italian so we suggest you open up a
second window and use Google Translate to help you along with the
registration. For the box titled "N° Patente italiana:*" use your own
Driver's Licence number even if it isn't Italian. It accepted my Alberta
number no problem.
For complete details and to join Maggiore Club click here
Here is a screen shot from the English page stating the offer as well
Thursday, May 1, 2014
May 1 Update: RBC Avion to British Airways Transfer bonus, JAL Mileage Bank introduces one way awards, SriLankan joins oneworld
The highly coveted RBC Avion transfer bonus to British Airways returns!
News, Tips & Tricks
The two big pieces of news today had their own posts right here on the RC blog, so no rehashing just links to them:
SriLankan Airlines has joined the oneworld Alliance and to celebrate all the oneworld airlines are slated to offer bonuses for flying on UL. To keep track of them all as they are released please see my summary over on the FFB Blog: Summary of promotions celebrating US Airways, TAM & SriLankan joining oneworld.
Bonus Offers
Aegean Miles&Bonus
- Double Miles&Bonus Miles on Hertz rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide. Rental must be booked online. More... Until Jun 6, 14
American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jul 1, 14
ANA All Nippon Mileage Club
- Double Mileage Club Miles for stays at any participating hotel or resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 14
British Airways Executive Club
- 50% Bonus Avios for RBC Avion cardholders who convert their RBC Rewards Points into British Airways Executive Club. More... Until Jun 30, 14 Residents of Canada Only
Garuda Indonesia GarudaMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple GFF Miles when you fly in Executive Class on Garuda Indonesia between Balikpapan and Jakarta, Surabaya, Makassar, Yogyakarta, Manado or Singapore. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Germanwings Boomerang Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Quadruple Boomerang Miles on all Sixt car rentals in England. More... Until May 31, 14
Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Double Frequent Flyer Points on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jun 30, 14
S7 Priority (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
-Double Priority Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jul 1, 14
United MileagePlus
- 5,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on your very first booking with Rocketmiles for stays of 3+ nights (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before) More... Book by May 31 for stays until Dec 31, 14
- 1,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on rentals for three days or longer at National locations in the U.S. and Canada. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 10% Velocity Points Discount on any Reward Seat on flights marketed and operated by Virgin Australia. More... Book by May 31 for travel until Jun 30, 14
News, Tips & Tricks
The two big pieces of news today had their own posts right here on the RC blog, so no rehashing just links to them:
- 50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is back until June 30
- Aeroplan Announces Exclusive Online Marketplace Partnership with SHOP.CA - Up to 16 Miles per $1 on your first purchase!
SriLankan Airlines has joined the oneworld Alliance and to celebrate all the oneworld airlines are slated to offer bonuses for flying on UL. To keep track of them all as they are released please see my summary over on the FFB Blog: Summary of promotions celebrating US Airways, TAM & SriLankan joining oneworld.
Bonus Offers
Aegean Miles&Bonus
- Double Miles&Bonus Miles on Hertz rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide. Rental must be booked online. More... Until Jun 6, 14
American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jul 1, 14
ANA All Nippon Mileage Club
- Double Mileage Club Miles for stays at any participating hotel or resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 14
British Airways Executive Club
- 50% Bonus Avios for RBC Avion cardholders who convert their RBC Rewards Points into British Airways Executive Club. More... Until Jun 30, 14 Residents of Canada Only
Garuda Indonesia GarudaMiles (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple GFF Miles when you fly in Executive Class on Garuda Indonesia between Balikpapan and Jakarta, Surabaya, Makassar, Yogyakarta, Manado or Singapore. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Germanwings Boomerang Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Quadruple Boomerang Miles on all Sixt car rentals in England. More... Until May 31, 14
Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Double Frequent Flyer Points on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jun 30, 14
S7 Priority (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
-Double Priority Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jul 1, 14
United MileagePlus
- 5,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on your very first booking with Rocketmiles for stays of 3+ nights (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before) More... Book by May 31 for stays until Dec 31, 14
- 1,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on rentals for three days or longer at National locations in the U.S. and Canada. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 10% Velocity Points Discount on any Reward Seat on flights marketed and operated by Virgin Australia. More... Book by May 31 for travel until Jun 30, 14
Aeroplan Announces Exclusive Online Marketplace Partnership with SHOP.CA - Up to 16 Miles per $1 on your first purchase!
Here is the latest and greatest method to earn Aeroplan miles:
Aeroplan Announces Exclusive Online Marketplace Partnership with SHOP.CA
Strategic Alliance offers unique member benefits
Montreal, QC, May 1, 2014 – Aeroplan today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with SHOP.CA, Canada's largest online marketplace shopping destination. This strategic alliance between the companies will enable Aeroplan Members to earn Aeroplan Miles on every purchase they make, with free shipping and returns across 27 product categories including electronics, sporting equipment, home furnishings and more. Members will be able to shop online and earn 1 Aeroplan Mile for every $1 spent and Distinction members will earn 2 Aeroplan Miles for every $1 spent on all purchases made at SHOP.CA.
In celebration of the partnership launch, Aeroplan Members will earn 15 miles for every $1 spent and Distinction members will earn 16 miles for every $1 spent for their first purchase on SHOP.CA until May 16th, 2014.
That's a pretty decent bonus for the next two weeks on your first purchase that has your Aeroplan number attached to it!
50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is back until June 30
I am happy to let you all of you RBC Avion cardholders (Infinite and
Platinum) that the much coveted 50% transfer bonus for RBC Rewards
points to British Airways Executive Club Avios is back! The
promotion will runs from today to June 30th so now is the time to ramp up
your spending if you have been planning to take advantage of this great
transfer bonus! As always BA Avios are a great option for flights to
Asia (via Cathay Pacific), short to medium haul within North America
(Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, US Airways see this post here) and even though huge surcharges are
added to their UK/Europe redemptions they can still be an alright value
because of this bonus transfer based on your spend with the credit card
(see my post about Earn & Burn for an explanation). As always though with any frequent flyer program you will have to be flexible in your options when redeeming due to seat availability issues (ie it may be hard to get tickets to Europe in Summer etc.) so take this into consideration before transferring.
Full details will be found here
Full details will be found here
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Apr 30 Update: Alberta to ban points/miles on prescriptions, latest set of Aeroplan Distinction flights, tons of new bonuses
Alberta joins B.C. and Ontario in banning points/miles on prescriptions, Distinction flights in Canada and more!
News, Tips & Tricks
While we were on vacation last week we missed this important development right here in Alberta. It appears that the Alberta College of Pharmacists has followed British Columbia and Ontario's lead in banning the awarding of loyalty points/miles on prescriptions. This change is due to take effect on May 1st.You may recall from a few months ago we provided lots of coverage of the B.C. issue thanks to our reader Randy out of Victoria and now it is happening right here in the home province of Rewards Canada. The biggest hit that we see is the Safeway/Air Miles partnership as it is a huge draw to using Safeway pharmacies and as such there is a big push from the two (plus Sobey's) to have this decision reversed. There is an online petition which at the time of posting already had over 22,000 Albertans voicing their opinion. I haven't seen any communications from Rexall (Aeroplan), Sobey's (Club Sobey's/Aeroplan), Shoppers Drug Mart (Optimum) or others yet but at least with Shoppers there is a work around as they award Optimum Points on buying Shoppers Gift Cards which can then be used for the prescription purchase. Perhaps for the time being Safeway should do the same, award Air Miles for Safeway GCs! I also encourage our readers in Alberta to go and sign the petition at http://iearneditpetition.ca/
Aeroplan has released their next set of Distinction Flights. These are flights that only Aeroplan Distinction members can redeem for. The first batch of flights were in March for destinations in the U.S. and Mexico while this newest set is for flights within Canada. Here are the flight dates and times. The redemption amounts are 25,000 Aeroplan Miles for Economy or 50,000 for Business. Full details can be found here
and don't miss this post from earlier today:
Travel Deals
Lufthansa has launched a new seat sale from Canada!
* Round-trip, Book by: 02.05.2014, Travel: 16.05.2014-17.12.2014
The departure period is between 16th May 2014 and 18th June 2014.
The return period is between 23rd May 2014 and 17th December 2014.
* Round-trip including all taxes and fees. Book by: 02.05.2014,
The departure period is between 7th May 2014 and 18th June 2014.
The return period is between 14th May 2014 and 17th December 2014.
Bonus Offers
Air Astana Nomad Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 50% Nomad Club Points discount on Air Astana award tickets to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. More... Book by May 15 for travel until May 31, 14
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 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 Jun 30, 14
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Save up to 50% with Promo Awards Save 25% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for award ticket. Destinations vary by each promotional period. More... Book by May 31 for travel between Jul 1 and Aug 31, 14
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Earn up to 750 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles for stays at over 70 Accor hotels throughout Italy. More... Book by May 31 for stays until Aug 31, 14
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays of 4 or more nights at the Petriolo SPA Resort. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating NH Hotels in Belgium, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain or the United Kingdom. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays at UNA Hotel Napoli, UNA Hotel One (Siracusa - Sicily) or the UNA Hotel Modena. More... g Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple MilleMiglia Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at over 160 participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 14
Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Earn up to Triple Gold Points for stays at participating Carlson Rezidor hotels in Asia Pacific. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- 20,000 Bonus Gold Points when you arrive Thursday through Sunday and stay two or more nights at a participating Radisson Blu® or Park Inn® by Radisson hotel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. More... Until Jun 29, 14
Etihad Guest
- Double Guest Miles on all South African Airways flights Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double Guest Miles when you stay at any Viceroy hotel or resort Worldwide. More... Until Dec 19, 14
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Earn up to 7,500 Bonus Mileage Bank Miles when you fly on American Airlines between Chicago or Los Angeles and Tokyo. More... Until May 31, 14 Valid for JMB Members in the Americas and Japan only
- Double Mileage Bank Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jun 30, 14
- Triple Mileage Bank Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. Triple Miles can be earned on all stays from your second through to fifteenth stay. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Mileage Bank Miles when you stay on a qualifying rate for at least 3 consecutive nights at any participating Millennium & Copthorne Hotel Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Jet Airways JetPrivilege
- Triple JetPrivilege Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. Triple Miles can be earned on all stays from your second through to fifteenth stay. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays at participating Citrus Hotels in India. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege 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
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays at the Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Earn up to Triple JetPrivilege Miles when you stay on an eligible rate at any participating Mandarin Oriental Hotel Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays of 2+ nights at participating Preferred Hotel Group Hotels Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays of 2+ nights at participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 14
Miles & More
- Triple Miles & Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. Triple Miles can be earned on all stays from your second through to fifteenth stay. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Miles & More Miles for stays at Best Western hotels in Germany and Luxembourg. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple Miles & More Miles for stays at participating Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. More.. Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles on all convertible rentals in Germany. More... Book by May 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles on Hertz rentals of 3 or more days in Europe. More... Book by May 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 14
- Earn up to 50,000 Bonus Miles & More miles when you apply for and receive The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard. More...
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Double Flying Club Miles for stays at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray or Madinat Jumeirah. More... Until Sep 30, 14
- Double Flying Club Miles and a complimentary upgrade for stays at all Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels throughout the UK. More... Until Jul 24, 14
- Double Flying Club Miles on all Hertz rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide. More... Until Jun 6, 14
News, Tips & Tricks
While we were on vacation last week we missed this important development right here in Alberta. It appears that the Alberta College of Pharmacists has followed British Columbia and Ontario's lead in banning the awarding of loyalty points/miles on prescriptions. This change is due to take effect on May 1st.You may recall from a few months ago we provided lots of coverage of the B.C. issue thanks to our reader Randy out of Victoria and now it is happening right here in the home province of Rewards Canada. The biggest hit that we see is the Safeway/Air Miles partnership as it is a huge draw to using Safeway pharmacies and as such there is a big push from the two (plus Sobey's) to have this decision reversed. There is an online petition which at the time of posting already had over 22,000 Albertans voicing their opinion. I haven't seen any communications from Rexall (Aeroplan), Sobey's (Club Sobey's/Aeroplan), Shoppers Drug Mart (Optimum) or others yet but at least with Shoppers there is a work around as they award Optimum Points on buying Shoppers Gift Cards which can then be used for the prescription purchase. Perhaps for the time being Safeway should do the same, award Air Miles for Safeway GCs! I also encourage our readers in Alberta to go and sign the petition at http://iearneditpetition.ca/
Aeroplan has released their next set of Distinction Flights. These are flights that only Aeroplan Distinction members can redeem for. The first batch of flights were in March for destinations in the U.S. and Mexico while this newest set is for flights within Canada. Here are the flight dates and times. The redemption amounts are 25,000 Aeroplan Miles for Economy or 50,000 for Business. Full details can be found here
and don't miss this post from earlier today:
Lufthansa has launched a new seat sale from Canada!
Montreal to Venice | from CAD 939* |
Montreal to Budapest | from CAD 1,269* |
Montreal to Frankfurt | from CAD 1,419* |
Montreal to St. Petersburg | from CAD 1,509* |
The departure period is between 16th May 2014 and 18th June 2014.
The return period is between 23rd May 2014 and 17th December 2014.
Book online at Lufthansa |
|
Montreal to Paris | from CAD 909* |
Toronto to Barcelona | from CAD 979* |
Toronto to Florence | from CAD 1,019* |
Vancouver to London | from CAD 1,099* |
The departure period is between 7th May 2014 and 18th June 2014.
The return period is between 14th May 2014 and 17th December 2014.
Book online at Lufthansa |
Bonus Offers
Air Astana Nomad Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 50% Nomad Club Points discount on Air Astana award tickets to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City. More... Book by May 15 for travel until May 31, 14
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 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 Jun 30, 14
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Save up to 50% with Promo Awards Save 25% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for award ticket. Destinations vary by each promotional period. More... Book by May 31 for travel between Jul 1 and Aug 31, 14
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Earn up to 750 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles for stays at over 70 Accor hotels throughout Italy. More... Book by May 31 for stays until Aug 31, 14
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays of 4 or more nights at the Petriolo SPA Resort. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating NH Hotels in Belgium, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain or the United Kingdom. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for stays at UNA Hotel Napoli, UNA Hotel One (Siracusa - Sicily) or the UNA Hotel Modena. More... g Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple MilleMiglia Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at over 160 participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 14
Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Earn up to Triple Gold Points for stays at participating Carlson Rezidor hotels in Asia Pacific. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- 20,000 Bonus Gold Points when you arrive Thursday through Sunday and stay two or more nights at a participating Radisson Blu® or Park Inn® by Radisson hotel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. More... Until Jun 29, 14
Etihad Guest
- Double Guest Miles on all South African Airways flights Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double Guest Miles when you stay at any Viceroy hotel or resort Worldwide. More... Until Dec 19, 14
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Earn up to 7,500 Bonus Mileage Bank Miles when you fly on American Airlines between Chicago or Los Angeles and Tokyo. More... Until May 31, 14 Valid for JMB Members in the Americas and Japan only
- Double Mileage Bank Miles on all SriLankan flights Worldwide when flown in an eligible booking class. More... May 15 - Jun 30, 14
- Triple Mileage Bank Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. Triple Miles can be earned on all stays from your second through to fifteenth stay. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Mileage Bank Miles when you stay on a qualifying rate for at least 3 consecutive nights at any participating Millennium & Copthorne Hotel Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Jet Airways JetPrivilege
- Triple JetPrivilege Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. Triple Miles can be earned on all stays from your second through to fifteenth stay. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays at participating Citrus Hotels in India. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege 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
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays at the Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Earn up to Triple JetPrivilege Miles when you stay on an eligible rate at any participating Mandarin Oriental Hotel Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays of 2+ nights at participating Preferred Hotel Group Hotels Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 14
- Double JetPrivilege Miles for stays of 2+ nights at participating World Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 14
Miles & More
- Triple Miles & Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. Triple Miles can be earned on all stays from your second through to fifteenth stay. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Miles & More Miles for stays at Best Western hotels in Germany and Luxembourg. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple Miles & More Miles for stays at participating Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. More.. Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles on all convertible rentals in Germany. More... Book by May 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 14
- Double Miles & More Miles on Hertz rentals of 3 or more days in Europe. More... Book by May 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 14
- Earn up to 50,000 Bonus Miles & More miles when you apply for and receive The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard. More...
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Double Flying Club Miles for stays at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray or Madinat Jumeirah. More... Until Sep 30, 14
- Double Flying Club Miles and a complimentary upgrade for stays at all Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels throughout the UK. More... Until Jul 24, 14
- Double Flying Club Miles on all Hertz rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide. More... Until Jun 6, 14
Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Awards - Save 25% on award tickets between Toronto/Montreal & Europe for summer travel
The latest set of Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Awards are out and this time there are two Canadian cities included. The past few Promo Awards have not seen any of our cities included so this is a nice change!
The latest set of offers will be bookable as of May 1st and are
good for award travel over the summer in July and August! The offers
this time are for 25% off Business Class between Toronto or Montreal and
Europe. This could end up being a great deal considering this is for award travel during peak season when other airlines will be typically charging higher amounts of miles if they have the availability. Don't have the miles? You could always consider
transferring Starpoints earned via the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express to Flying Blue.
What are the promo awards? The promo awards are a discount of 25-50% off the regular Flying Blue mileage requirement for select AF KLM flights in select cabins. Due to increases in the regular award mileage requirements last year the promo awards not as grand as they used to be but overall are they are still considered a great deal when compared to the regular mileage requirements. With the 25% this time the rates are still slight higher than Aeroplan's 90,000 miles for a ClassicFlight Business Class ticket to Europe. To take advantage of this deal you must book your promo award ticket between May 1 and May 31 for travel between July 1 and August 21. More details can be found here.
What are the promo awards? The promo awards are a discount of 25-50% off the regular Flying Blue mileage requirement for select AF KLM flights in select cabins. Due to increases in the regular award mileage requirements last year the promo awards not as grand as they used to be but overall are they are still considered a great deal when compared to the regular mileage requirements. With the 25% this time the rates are still slight higher than Aeroplan's 90,000 miles for a ClassicFlight Business Class ticket to Europe. To take advantage of this deal you must book your promo award ticket between May 1 and May 31 for travel between July 1 and August 21. More details can be found here.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Apr 29 Update: US Airways Award Tikets avoid surcharges when flying on BA, Aeroplan transfer bonus, buy US Airways miles bonus to return
The Aeroplan transfer bonus returns, US Airways is the program to use
for British Airways award tickets for the time being and more!
News, Tips & Tricks
Some of the U.S. Frequent Flyer blogs are encouraging you to book US Airways Dividend Miles award tickets for travel on British Airways sooner than later as word is getting out that US Airways is not charging the fuel surcharges that they are supposed to be charging for. This is a really good way to save hundreds if not thousands of dollars on travel to London. So if you can now is time to book some BA travel via USDM! If you don't have enough miles you can always buy miles with the up to 100% bonus that starts up again on May 3rd (see below) HT View From the Wing, One Mile at a Time
We had an email this morning from Points.com letting us know that the US Airways promo of up to a 100% bonus when buying miles will return on May 3rd and last until May 25. If you are not a USDM member join now as you usually have to be a member for 12 days before you can buy miles (and then use them for the above offer!)
And if you just visiting the blog for the first time since the last update here are links to some posts of ours that went out:
- Transfer points to Aeroplan to earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles
Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert points from a wide selection of Aeroplan partner loyalty programs (hotel, car rental, and points.com). More... Until May 25, 14
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Triple Flying Blue Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Air India Flying Returns
- 25% Flying Returns Miles Discount on all Flying Returns Award tickets for travel on Air India. More... Until May 31, 14
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Double Elite Qualifying MilleMiglia Miles for every two flights you take between Rome and Milan Linate. More... May 1 - Aug 31, 14 Valid for residents of Italy, Vatican City and San Marino only
American AAdvantage
- Triple AAdvantage Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
ANA All Nippon Mileage Club
- Triple Mileage Club Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
British Airways Executive Club
- Triple Avios for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay.More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double Avios when flying SUN-AIR between Oslo and Billund, Aarhus or Aalborg. More... Until Oct 25, 14
- Double Avios for stays at participating Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Avios for stays of 2 or more nights at any Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts & PARKROYAL Hotel & Resorts in North America, Asia or Oceania. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple Avios for stays at all Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels throughout the UK. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double Avios for stays at participating Taj Hotels & Resorts in India. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 14
Delta SkyMiles
- 2,500 SkyMiles for stays of 2 or more nights at any one of eight Four Seasons Hotels in China. Your stay must include a qualifying Delta Air Lines or Delta Air Lines codeshare partner operated flight for offer to apply. More... Until Sep 30, 14
Southwest Rapid Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 3,000 Bonus Rapid Rewards Points on your very first Rocketmiles booking (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before) More... Book by May 31 for stays until Dec 31, 14
- Save 25% when you buy, gift or transfer Rapid Rewards points. More... Until May 31, 14
United MileagePlus
- Triple MileagePlus Miles for stays of 3 or more nights on the Escape the Ordinary Offer at participating Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribban. More... Until Sep 30, 14
- 3,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on your very first Rocketmiles booking (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before) More... Book by May 31 for stays until Dec 31, 14
- Triple MileagePlus Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
News, Tips & Tricks
Some of the U.S. Frequent Flyer blogs are encouraging you to book US Airways Dividend Miles award tickets for travel on British Airways sooner than later as word is getting out that US Airways is not charging the fuel surcharges that they are supposed to be charging for. This is a really good way to save hundreds if not thousands of dollars on travel to London. So if you can now is time to book some BA travel via USDM! If you don't have enough miles you can always buy miles with the up to 100% bonus that starts up again on May 3rd (see below) HT View From the Wing, One Mile at a Time
We had an email this morning from Points.com letting us know that the US Airways promo of up to a 100% bonus when buying miles will return on May 3rd and last until May 25. If you are not a USDM member join now as you usually have to be a member for 12 days before you can buy miles (and then use them for the above offer!)
And if you just visiting the blog for the first time since the last update here are links to some posts of ours that went out:
Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert points from a wide selection of Aeroplan partner loyalty programs (hotel, car rental, and points.com). More... Until May 25, 14
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Triple Flying Blue Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Air India Flying Returns
- 25% Flying Returns Miles Discount on all Flying Returns Award tickets for travel on Air India. More... Until May 31, 14
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Double Elite Qualifying MilleMiglia Miles for every two flights you take between Rome and Milan Linate. More... May 1 - Aug 31, 14 Valid for residents of Italy, Vatican City and San Marino only
American AAdvantage
- Triple AAdvantage Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
ANA All Nippon Mileage Club
- Triple Mileage Club Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
British Airways Executive Club
- Triple Avios for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay.More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double Avios when flying SUN-AIR between Oslo and Billund, Aarhus or Aalborg. More... Until Oct 25, 14
- Double Avios for stays at participating Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Double Avios for stays of 2 or more nights at any Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts & PARKROYAL Hotel & Resorts in North America, Asia or Oceania. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Triple Avios for stays at all Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels throughout the UK. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Double Avios for stays at participating Taj Hotels & Resorts in India. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 14
Delta SkyMiles
- 2,500 SkyMiles for stays of 2 or more nights at any one of eight Four Seasons Hotels in China. Your stay must include a qualifying Delta Air Lines or Delta Air Lines codeshare partner operated flight for offer to apply. More... Until Sep 30, 14
Southwest Rapid Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 3,000 Bonus Rapid Rewards Points on your very first Rocketmiles booking (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before) More... Book by May 31 for stays until Dec 31, 14
- Save 25% when you buy, gift or transfer Rapid Rewards points. More... Until May 31, 14
United MileagePlus
- Triple MileagePlus Miles for stays of 3 or more nights on the Escape the Ordinary Offer at participating Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribban. More... Until Sep 30, 14
- 3,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on your very first Rocketmiles booking (ie you cannot have booked with Rocketmiles before) More... Book by May 31 for stays until Dec 31, 14
- Triple MileagePlus Miles for stays at any participating Hyatt Hotel Worldwide starting with your second stay. More... Until Jun 30, 14
Hyatt Gold Passport: Triple Airline Miles for Hyatt stays this summer (8 Airlines participating)
Hyatt has launched another round of stay bonuses for select Hyatt Gold Passport airline partners. The offer is the same across all the airlines that are participating and that offer is triple miles per stay after your second stay at any Hyatt Hotel Worldwide from May 1st to August 31st. The bonus can be earned on every stay from you second right up to you fifteenth stay.
Each airline has its own registration page on the Hyatt website and at the time of posting these are the airlines that we are aware of participating in this Summer promotion (we will update this if and when more airline registration pages are released):
Air France KLM Flying Blue: Register here
American AAdvantage: Register here
ANA All Nippon Mileage Club: Register here
British Airway Executive Club: Register here
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank: Register here
Jet Airways JetPrivilege: Register here
Miles & More: Register here
United MileagePlus: Register here
All of these offers will be added to the program's respective bonus offer pages on Rewards Canada today.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Transfer points to Aeroplan to earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles
Aeroplan has once again brought back their partner transfer bonus that we saw in November 2013 April 2013, November 2012 and so on. Basically what it entails is transferring points out of other select loyalty programs into your Aeroplan account. Just like in November, the offer is once again cumulative across all participating partners and the bonus maxes out at 25,000 miles again. (We haven't seen the 40,000 miles bonus since April of last year so it looks like it may have gone the way of the dodo bird...) and there are no financial partners involved this time as well, for Canadians that is, Americans get Diners Club Club Rewards in that category. Basically you can transfer from partners like Starwood, Hertz and more (see the last graphic) and as long as the total Aeroplan miles deposited from all of them reaches one of the bonus target levels you will be awarded the respective bonus miles.
And just like the last two versions of this offer, American Express Membership Rewards is unfortunately not included. so chances are I will not use the promo this time (again).
If you are a Starwood Preferred Guest collector you can really up the bonus by taking advantage of their 5,000 Mile bonus offer when you convert 20,000 Starpoints into Aeroplan. Which means in this promotion you can get 29,000 Aeroplan Miles for 20,000 Starpoints or if you transfer 20k four times, you'll get 125,000 Aeroplan Miles for 80,000 Starpoints. Of course I like to keep Starpoints for award nights or cash+points stays within the Starwood family but some of you may like this transfer option.
Here is the offer as it will appear on our Aeroplan Bonus Mile Promotions page tomorrow:
Earn up to 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert points from a wide selection of Aeroplan partner loyalty programs (hotel, car rental, and points.com). Bonuses are as follows and are awarded on a cumulative basis. Convert Points to
5,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 1,000 Mile bonus
10,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 2,000 Mile bonus
20,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn 4,000 Mile bonus
50,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 10,000 Mile bonus
100,000 Aeroplan Miles to earn a 25,000 Mile bonus
Full details Valid until May 25, 14
Apr 28 Update: We're back! Voila Hotel Rewards contest, new SPG & Hilton HHonors systemwide promos and more!
We are back! Things have been quiet on Rewards Canada since April
17th! Why? We were on vacation and decided to make a true vacation with
no work done at all (well almost no work, just a couple of critical
emails got answered). Sometimes you just need to put work away! The
first few days we'll be playing catch up on news, bonuses and more but
by the end of the week we should be bringing you the latest deals, tips,
tricks and more!
News, Tips & Tricks
Voila Hotel Rewards is running a contest on Facebook where you can win 50,000 VHR points when you share your best travel tips on their Facebook page. A total of 5 prizes of 50,000 points will be awarded. Enter here by May 31st!
Air Canada is further delaying the launch of their 787 service! According to Airlineroute.net the service between Toronto and Zurich has now been pushed back another week to May 25th while Tel Aviv gets pushed back two weeks to July 15. The single day May 21st YYZ-YUL service remains unchanged. Hopefully those of you who have booked flights just to be on this plane are not affected or you can change your plans to fly on it still! We're still crossing our fingers AC sends one over to YYC in June for the new runway opening celebration!
Canada's Points.com has bought the often mentioned on our site PointsHound.com! The third party hotel booking site that awards miles and points on those hotel stays fits nicely into Points.com's portfolio. Congrat's to Pete Van Dorn at PointsHound.com for being able to divest this startup so soon!
Porter Airlines will be launching a new seasonal route between Halifax and Stephenville. The flight will operate once per week from June 28 to August 31. Source: Airlineroute.net
Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 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. More... Register and book by May 19 for travel Apr 17 - Jun 9 & Sep 8 - Nov 30, 14
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Double Mileage Plan Miles + and save up to 10% off when you fly Emirates non-stop between Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, San Francisco, Seattle, or Washington D.C. and Dubai. You'll also earn Double Miles for onward connecting Emirates flights from Dubai. More... Register by Jun 15 for travel until Nov 30, 14
British Airways Executive Club
- 30% Bonus Avios when you convert Diners Club Club Rewards points into Avios. More... Until May 31, 14
Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- 1,000 Free Gold Points when you follow Club Carlson on Twitter and connect your Club Carlson account via the registration page. More... Until May 13, 14 or when 15,000 registrations are made
- 10,000 Gold Points when you stay at least two weekend nights at participating Radisson Hotels in Canada. More... Until May 31, 14
Hilton HHonors
- Earn Twice the Rewards: Double HHonors points or Double Airline Miles for stays at any participating hotel or resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 14
IHG Rewards Club
- 50% points discount off IHG® Rewards Club Reward Nights at participating IHG hotels across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. More... Book by May 3 for stays May 1 - Jun 11, 14
Starwood Preferred Guest
- 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) More... Register by Jun 30 for stays between May 1 - Jul 31, 14
US Airways Dividend Miles
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Dividend Miles for round-trip travel on American between New York (JFK) and San Francisco. More... Until May 31, 14
Virgin America Elevate (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Elevate Points (Elite Qualifying) each time you fly on transcontinental Virgin America flights. More... Apr 29 - Jun 11, 14
News, Tips & Tricks
Voila Hotel Rewards is running a contest on Facebook where you can win 50,000 VHR points when you share your best travel tips on their Facebook page. A total of 5 prizes of 50,000 points will be awarded. Enter here by May 31st!
Air Canada is further delaying the launch of their 787 service! According to Airlineroute.net the service between Toronto and Zurich has now been pushed back another week to May 25th while Tel Aviv gets pushed back two weeks to July 15. The single day May 21st YYZ-YUL service remains unchanged. Hopefully those of you who have booked flights just to be on this plane are not affected or you can change your plans to fly on it still! We're still crossing our fingers AC sends one over to YYC in June for the new runway opening celebration!
Canada's Points.com has bought the often mentioned on our site PointsHound.com! The third party hotel booking site that awards miles and points on those hotel stays fits nicely into Points.com's portfolio. Congrat's to Pete Van Dorn at PointsHound.com for being able to divest this startup so soon!
Porter Airlines will be launching a new seasonal route between Halifax and Stephenville. The flight will operate once per week from June 28 to August 31. Source: Airlineroute.net
Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- 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. More... Register and book by May 19 for travel Apr 17 - Jun 9 & Sep 8 - Nov 30, 14
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Double Mileage Plan Miles + and save up to 10% off when you fly Emirates non-stop between Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, San Francisco, Seattle, or Washington D.C. and Dubai. You'll also earn Double Miles for onward connecting Emirates flights from Dubai. More... Register by Jun 15 for travel until Nov 30, 14
British Airways Executive Club
- 30% Bonus Avios when you convert Diners Club Club Rewards points into Avios. More... Until May 31, 14
Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- 1,000 Free Gold Points when you follow Club Carlson on Twitter and connect your Club Carlson account via the registration page. More... Until May 13, 14 or when 15,000 registrations are made
- 10,000 Gold Points when you stay at least two weekend nights at participating Radisson Hotels in Canada. More... Until May 31, 14
Hilton HHonors
- Earn Twice the Rewards: Double HHonors points or Double Airline Miles for stays at any participating hotel or resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 14
IHG Rewards Club
- 50% points discount off IHG® Rewards Club Reward Nights at participating IHG hotels across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. More... Book by May 3 for stays May 1 - Jun 11, 14
Starwood Preferred Guest
- 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) More... Register by Jun 30 for stays between May 1 - Jul 31, 14
US Airways Dividend Miles
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Dividend Miles for round-trip travel on American between New York (JFK) and San Francisco. More... Until May 31, 14
Virgin America Elevate (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Elevate Points (Elite Qualifying) each time you fly on transcontinental Virgin America flights. More... Apr 29 - Jun 11, 14