US Airways: Up to a 100% Bonus when buying or gifting Dividend Miles

As we mentioned last week, US Airways was to launch their latest buy miles promotion on May 3rd and here it is:

Earn up to 100% Bonus Dividend Miles when you buy or gift Dividend Miles. Full details Until May 25, 14

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

The promo allows you to buy up to 50,000 miles (so 100,000 in total with the bonus) at 3.5 cents per mile (effective rate is 1.75 cents per mile) plus taxes of $131.25 for total of $1881.25 (1.88 cents per mile). Considering that can get you an International business class ticket with this many miles between that can cost a lot more than that, this is a good deal! We do advise to only purchase however if you know you are going to use to miles soon as it is never good to sit on the miles for a long time due to possible program devaluations that can come at any time. Since US Airways allows 3 day holds on award tickets you can always find the award flights you want before you buy the miles and therefore you don't have dole out a hefty chunk of change just in case you cannot find availability for your preferred award flights.

May 2 Update: IHG Rewards Club Stay X Get Y bonuses return, CIBC introduces Aerogold Visa Infinite Privilege, Triple Aeroplan Miles with Delta & Coast Hotels

The week comes to a close with the return of the famous IHG Stay X Get Y bonus offers!

News, Tips & Tricks
You can earn up to 10x the Air Miles at Rona until May 7th with this coupon. The offer is for 4x the Air Miles is you just use your Air Miles Card, 10x if you pay with a Rona card.

The IHG Rewards Club 'Stay X Get Y' bonuses have returned for the Summer! Although they are not called "Stay X Get Y" as that was a moniker given to them by the frequent traveller community, the "Reel Summer" promotion as it is called is just that. Technically these are targeted promotion codes but IHG keeps them very loosely targeted as most if not all members should be able to register for one of the offers. The list was compiled from the Flyer Talk thread discussing these promo codes. Definitely partake in these offers if you can!

Earn up to 15,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for a certain amount of nights or completing a certain amount of stays at participating InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo™, Holiday Inn®, Express by Holiday Inn™ and Holiday Inn Express® hotels worldwide, . Use the following codes to register online (use the smallest amount first or the one that matches your projected travel patterns and then go on to the next if you do not qualify, however once you do qualify for one you cannot sign up for any others):
Stay 3 Nights, Get 5,000 - Code 7093
Stay 3 Nights, Get 5,000 - Code 7057
Stay 4 Nights, Get 2,000 - Code 4988
Stay 7 Nights, Get 2,000 - Code 7048
Stay 7 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 4989
Stay 7 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 5989
Stay 8 Nights, Get 2,000 - Code 6339
Stay 8 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 7052
Stay 8 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 5155
Stay 10 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 4985
Stay 10 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 7055
Stay 12 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 5156
Stay 12 Nights, Get 10,000 - Code 4987
Stay 15 Nights, Get 15,000 - Code 2113
Stay 18 Nights, Get 15,000 - Code 1029
Stay 18 Nights, Get 15,000 - Code 5153
Stay 18 Nights, Get 15,000 - Code 5163
Stay 18 Nights, Get 15,000 - Code 6340
Register online

CIBC let me know that the CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite card has had it's insurance benefits updated (finally after many years of being weaker in that category!) to match many of its competitors and of course it's brethren card from TD. The card will now include purchase protection and extended warranty benefits (although this does not show on the CIBC website yet)

Also from CIBC is the second Visa Infinite Privilege card in the market, the CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Privilege card which matches the TD version of the card. Same sign up bonus, same benefits on Air Canada (Priority Boarding, Priority Check In - which if you fly certain routes will be a lot of people, I swear on my latest YYZ-YYC flight more than half the plane had priority boariding!) Find out more here. The card will be added to our comparison charts over the next few days. (Thanks to loyal RC reader Bernard for the heads up!)

Travel Deals
Porter Airlines is offering up to 60% off their regular fares. This seems to be the new norm from Porter as almost all their seat sales were 50% off up until a few weeks ago. Book online by midnight tonight!

KLM has launched an extreme early bird sale for travel this fall and winter! Fares start as low as $895 all in for travel between Canada and Europe. Book online at KLM by May 7th.

Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
- Triple Aeroplan Miles for stays at any one of 12 participating Delta Hotels in Canada. More... Until May 26, 14
- Earn up to Triple Aeroplan Mileson all Coast Hotels stays in Canada and the U.S.. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Triple Gold Points on Eligible Stays of two or more nights between at Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM hotels in the United States, Canada or Latin America. More... Jun 1 - Sep 1, 14
- 5,000 Bonus Gold Points for stays on the Park, Stay and Fly Offer at a participating Radisson Blu® or Park Inn® by Radisson hotel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. More... Until Aug 31, 14
- Instant Club Carlson Gold Elite Status when you join the program. More... Until May 31, 14 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone
- 10,000 Bonus Gold Points per night for stays at the Radisson Hotel Baton Rouge More... Until Dec 31, 14
- 10,000 Bonus Gold Points per night for stays at the Radisson Hotel Bloomington By Mall of America. More... Until Dec 31, 14
- 10,000 Bonus Gold Points per night for stays at the Radisson Hotel Roseville. More... Until Dec 31, 14

Delta SkyMiles
- 500 Bonus SkyMiles on any flight within Japan on any airline including JAL, ANA and Skymark. Eligible flights: Any and all regularly scheduled commercial flights within Japan, on any fare, in any class. More... Until Mar 31, 15

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
- Double Infinity MileageLands Miles on Avis rentals of 3 or more days in the US (excluding Alaska), Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Guam or 4 days in New Zealand. More... Until Jun 30, 14

Executive Hotels Executive Rewards
- Double Executive Rewards Points for stays at the: Executive Royal Hotel Regina. More... Until May 31, 14

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for a certain amount of nights or completing a certain amount of stays at participating InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza®, Hotel Indigo™, Holiday Inn®, Express by Holiday Inn™ and Holiday Inn Express® hotels worldwide. More... May 15 - Sep 2, 14 Targeted Offers - May not work for everyone
- 10,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points for stays of 2+ nights at the Hotel Indigo Rome – St. George.  More... Until Jul 31, 14
- 5,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you book a Reward Night using a combination of your IHG® Rewards Club points and cash. More... Until Jul 15, 14 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone.

Scandic Hotels Friends
- 1,000 Bonus Scandic Friends Points per nights for stays at the Scandic Sundsvall Nord. More... Until Jun 19, 14

Shangri-La Golden Circle
- Receive up to 50% GC Award Points Discount when you redeem for award night weekend stays with your GC Award Points at participating hotels. 30% off for Standard and Club rooms, and 50% off for Suites. More... Until Jul 27, 14

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 50% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you purchase Miles&Smiles Miles. More... Until Jun 30, 14
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you children aged 2-12 years join Miles&Smiles Heroes.More... Ongoing
- Double Miles&Smiles Miles for all at Altinbas stores. More... Until Nov 1, 14

American Express AIR MILES Platinum Card sign up bonus increased to 1,500 Miles (Limited Time Offer)

American Express is offering limited time increased sign bonuses for their AIR MILES Platinum Cards of 1,500 Rewards Miles.  This is the highest offer yet for The Platinum card beating the 1,200 seen when the card got revamped last year. This is a pretty decent sign up offer, for example if you live in Ontario it can pretty much get you a round trip ticket (excluding taxes & fees) to anywhere on this map with some miles leftover (zones 4,5,6,7,9,10):

The American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Credit Card
• Limited Time Offer: Earn a bonus of 1,500 AIR MILES reward miles when you charge a total of $500 in purchases to your Card within your first three months of Cardmembership. Offer expires June 30, 2014!
• Enjoy your first year free
• Earn 1 reward mile for every $10 in Card purchases at AIR MILES®* Sponsors
• Earn 1 reward mile for every $10 in Card purchases at other eligible grocery stores, gas stations, and drugstores in Canada
• Plus, earn 1 reward mile for every $15 in Card purchases everywhere else
• Shop at participating AIR MILES Sponsors across Canada with your Card and show your AIR MILES®* Collector Card, and you can earn reward miles twice
• More than 1000 rewards to choose from! Redeem for a wide range of rewards - everything from movie tickets to electronics, travel and more
• American Express is not responsible for maintaining or monitoring the accuracy of information on this website. For full details and current product information click the Apply now link.
Apply now

900 Free Alitalia MilleMiglia miles for joining Maggiore Club

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

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:

• 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!

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank has introduced one way awards for flights on their partner airlines! (HT LoyaltyLobby)

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

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:

Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Awards - Save 25% on award tickets between Toronto/Montreal & Europe for summer travel

Travel Deals
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*

* Round-trip, Book by: 02.05.2014, Travel: 16.05.2014-17.12.2014
The departure period is between 16^th May 2014 and 18^th June 2014.
The return period is between 23^rd May 2014 and 17^th 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*

* Round-trip including all taxes and fees.  Book by: 02.05.2014,
The departure period is between 7^th May 2014 and 18^th June 2014.
The return period is between 14^th May 2014 and 17^th 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.

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:

- Hyatt Gold Passport: Triple Airline Miles for Hyatt stays this summer (8 Airlines participating)

 - 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