Air Canada: Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for flights between Canada and Europe

Our latest trip and vacation has come to end so it is time to catch up on offers, news and more here on Rewards Canada! We're started it out with the Etihad Airways Valentine's sale and now here is another Air Canada flight bonus that launched on February 10th. This one is for flights to Europe and the beauty of this offer is that if you know your European travel for the year and you cross the Atlantic lots for business (or pleasure) you can rack up some serious mileage as it is good for almost the whole rest of the year! The key is to book all those flights before April 5th to earn this bonus!

Offer Details:
Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for every round-trip flight  or 2 one-way segments on Air Canada or Air Canada Rouge between Canada and Europe. Tango, Flex and Latitude fares will earn 5,000 Bonus Miles. Premium Economy, Premium Rouge and Business Class will earn 10,000 Bonus Miles. Register Online (Registration is required) Register and book by Apr 5 for travel Mar 11 - Dec 13, 15

Etihad Airways Valentine Sale - Save up to 15% on flights from Toronto (must book by Feb 16)

Etihad Airways has launched a great new sale on their flights from Toronto to celebrate Valentine's Day! The sale offers up to 15% off in Economy and Business Class for travel until June 18th and must be booked by Monday February 16th. Find all the details and book this offer here.

Feb 15 Update:
Great news! You can earn up to Triple Miles on these routes if you fly in Business or First Class! Earn up to Triple Guest Miles when you fly on Etihad Airways, Jet Airways, Alitalia, airberlin, Niki, Air Serbia, and/or Air Seychelles Worldwide. Flights in Business Class will earn double miles while First Class earns Triple Miles. Register Online (Registration is required) Register and book by Mar 10 for travel Feb 25 - May 30, 15

Feb 9 Update: Main Rewards Canada site updates return and earn up to 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on select Air Canada flights

Here are today's news and bonus offers for you! This is likely it for this week as we are off another trip so updates will be limited to probably the odd blog post, tweet, Facebook post and of course Instagram shots!

News, Tips & Tricks
The bonus offers were added to the main Rewards Canada site since we're back in action as we got our main computer repaired allowing us to update the site! This means the links from bonus offers will go to RC site once again.


Summary of posts on the RC blog since our last update:

• CIBC Aventura Limited Time Flight Redemption Offers - Porter Flights starting at 7,500 points, Flights to Europe for 43,500 on Aer Lingus
  Quite awhile ago we featured the CIBC Aventura discount offers for flying on Porter Airlines and WestJet and somehow lost…
• Air Canada: Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for select flights within Canada or between Canada and the U.S.
  Air Canada launched a new flight bonus offer yesterday. The offer is a tiered bonus that awards more miles…

Bonus Offers
Air Canada / Aeroplan
- Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you fly in a Flex Fare or higher fare class on select Air Canada and Air Canada Express routes within Canada and between Canada and the U.S.. More... Register and book by Mar 17 for travel until Apr 30, 15

Air China Phoenix Miles
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Phoenix Miles when you fly on Air China on domestic routes within China. More... Until Mar 31, 15

Emirates Skywards
- Triple Skywards Miles for stays at the Atlantis Palm Dubai. More... Book by Apr 30 for stays until Dec 18, 15

Le Club accorhotels
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Argentina. More... Book by Feb 28 for stays until Mar 31, 15
- 500 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Bahrain. More... Until Mar 31, 15
- Earn up to 600 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Krakow. More... Until Mar 31, 15

Malaysia Airlines Enrich (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple Enrich Miles with a weekend stay at any participating Hilton hotels and resorts in South East Asia and India. Stay must include a Saturday or Sunday night. More... Until Apr 30, 15


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CIBC Aventura Limited Time Flight Redemption Offers - Porter Flights starting at 7,500 points, Flights to Europe for 43,500 on Aer Lingus

Quite awhile ago we featured the CIBC Aventura discount offers for flying on Porter Airlines and WestJet and somehow lost track of keeping you up on these offers! We are happy to let you know that the proprietary reward program from CIBC has teamed up once again with Porter and also Aer Lingus to offer some great redemption offers on flights within Canada, to the Northeast U.S. and Europe! Some of these offers are greater than a 50% discount on their regular redemption rates depending on the price of ticket. Also be aware that taxes and fees are extra but you can use your points at 100 points to $1 for those.   Here's to one or more of our readers being able to take advantage of these offers! If you do please let us know.

Departures (Roundtrip airfare)+
Point redemption rates exclude taxes, fuel surcharges and applicable fees. To enjoy these Aventura® Points rates you must book a roundtrip flight with Porter Airlines through the CIBC Rewards Centre+.
Toronto to Montreal or vice versa	ONLY 7,500 Aventura Points
Toronto to Quebec City or vice versa	ONLY 7,500 Aventura Points
Toronto to New York	ONLY 8,750 Aventura Points
Toronto to Chicago	ONLY 10,000 Aventura Points
Toronto to Boston	ONLY 10,000 Aventura Points

Flight bookings must be made between February 2 and March 31, 2015 for travel starting February 16 and completed by May 31, 2015⁺
 
Find all the details on the Porter offer here.

Departures (Roundtrip airfare) for only 43,500 Aventura® Points+
Point redemption rates exclude taxes, and applicable fees. To enjoy these Aventura® Points rates you must book a roundtrip flight with Aer Lingus through the CIBC Rewards Centre+. Flight bookings must be made between February 1 and May 31, 2015 for travel starting April 13 to May 31, 2015 or from September 13, and completed by October 30, 2015+
IRELAND
Toronto to Dublin
BRITAIN (connect via Dublin)
Toronto to London, England
Toronto to Cardiff, Wales
Toronto to Edinburgh, Scotland
Toronto to Glasgow, Scotland
MAINLAND EUROPE (connect via Dublin)
Toronto to Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toronto to Barcelona, Spain
Toronto to Madrid, Spain
Toronto to Berlin, Germany
Toronto to Dusseldorf, Germany
Toronto to Hamburg, Germany
Toronto to Geneva, Switzerland
Toronto to Paris, France

 Find all the details on the Europe offer here.

Air Canada: Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for select flights within Canada or between Canada and the U.S.

Air Canada launched a new flight bonus offer yesterday. The offer is a tiered bonus that awards more miles for the more segments you fly, although it isn't a ton of segments required. 2 segments on participating routes will get you 500 bonus miles then add one more segment and you'll get 1,000 more miles for a total of 1,500 bonus Aeroplan miles.

To earn the bonus miles you have to fly in a Flex Fare or higher fare class on select Air Canada and Air Canada Express routes within Canada and between Canada and the U.S.. Those routes are as follows:

Registration is required and you must register by March 17 although you have until April 30 to complete flights for this promotion. For more details and to register for this promotion visit here!

Feb 6 Update: American Express Travel Hotel Sale and TAP Portugal online check in bonus

Friday is somewhat quiet! A little bit of news and some bonuses to pass along


News, Tips & Tricks
Air Canada Rouge is going after more WestJet routes this summer as they are introducing Calgary-Hamilton and Toronto-Abbotsford service for the summer months (Source Airline Route)

In the bonus offers section there is a bonus that we used to see many years ago from lots of different airlines. In an attempt to have members try out a new feature or benefit, loyalty programs will offer points or miles to have people adopt to the that new feature. However online check in isn't really a new feature but it does appear that TAP Portugal either has a low adoption rate or they just want to reinforce that you can check in from home or your mobile phone so they are offering this bonus! If you are flying on TAP Portugal over the next 3 or so months there is no reason why you shouldn't be getting these extra miles! (except if you are departing from one of the airports that doesn't support online check in).

Travel Deals 
American Express Travel has a major hotel sale running right now! You can save up to 40% on select hotels during their Global Hotel Sale. Book by Feb 26. The beauty of booking via Amex Travel with a Membership Rewards earning card is that you will be awarded 1 additional point per dollar spent. This means on a card like the American Express Gold Rewards Card you'll earn 3 points per dollar! That's huge!  Find all the details and book this offer here.

Bonus Offers

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up to Triple Asia Miles when staying at participating Harbour Plaza properties for two consecutive nights or more at eligible rates in specific room types. Full details. Until Apr 30, 15

Choice Privileges
- Earn up to 30% Bonus Privileges Points when you buy or gift points online. Full details. Until Feb 28, 15

Le Club accorhotels
- 4X Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at new Accor Hotels Worldwide. Full Details & Online Booking Book by Feb 28 for stays until Mar 31, 15

Shangri-La Golden Circle
- Double GC Award Points for stays at the  Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei. Full details. Apr 1 - May 31, 15
-  Double GC Award Points and get 20% discount spa treatments when staying a minimum of two nights in a Horizon Club Room at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai. Full details. Feb 9 - May 31, 15
- Double GC Award Points and receive AED 150 dining credit when staying a minimum of two nights in a Deluxe Burj Khalifa View Room at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai. Full details. Feb 9 - May 31, 15
-  Triple GC Award Points and enjoy complimentary fourth night when staying a minimum of four nights in a One Bedroom Suite at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai. Full details. Feb 9 - May 31, 15

TAP Portugal Victoria
- 150 Bonus Miles when you check-in online or using your mobile phone and print your boarding pass on the spot or store it on your mobile phone. Valid for departures from all airports served by TAP (except for Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, La Coruña, Munich, Oviedo-Asturias, Vienna, Zagreb and Zurich) Full details. Until Apr 30, 15 
- Triple Victoria Miles  for stays of 5 or more days in the Hotel Altis Suites or in the Hotel Altis Park, in Lisbon. Full details. Until Mar 31, 15 

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- 30% Bonus Flying Club Miles when you exchange Tesco Clubcard vouchers for Flying Club miles. Full details. Until Mar 31, 15
- 1,000 Bonus Flying Club Miles if you sign up for Auto Opt In to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club to transfer your Tesco Clubcard points automatically. Full details.  Until Mar 31, 15

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Feb 5 Update: American AAdvantage phone-in fee changes, 4,000 Free Alitalia Miles, three new Rocketmiles bonuses

First day of updates on the blog only!

News, Tips & Tricks
Qantas looks to be adding Vancouver-Sydney service once again but only for about a month between June and July. Service will be 3x weekly pending government approval. (Source Airline Route)

American AAdvantage has removed the fee for booking award tickets via phone for tickets that are not bookable on AA.com.  Award Tickets that are bookable on AA.com that are booked via phone in reservations will be charged US$30 for domestic and US$40 for international. (Source American)

In what they call a celebration of their new partnership with Etihad Airways, or should we say ownership, Alitalia has doubled the bonus for joining their MilleMiglia frequent flyer program. As with the normal 2,000 mile bonus, the new 4,000 miles requires an mileage earning activity within three months of joining. One thing you should be aware of is the three year renewal of the MilleMiglia program. That is due so sort of Italian Law, MilleMiglia essentially shuts down after three years then restarts. Technically you lose all your miles at the end of that three years, which just happens to be at the end of 2015 but Alitalia usually has some sort of promotion in the new program where you can save your miles from the old program but that usually includes a flight on Alitalia. So if you don't think you'll have a use for these 4,000 miles by the end of this year or won't be able to save them in the new 2016-18 program don't bother signing up. See the bonus offers section for details.


Travel Deals 
British Airways has launched a new Business class (Club World) sale on their flights out of Canada! Fares are as low as $3,490 all in on departures from Toronto to London and go up from there for other departure cities. Simply book by February 10 for travel in late March and early April (perfect for the Easter school break!). Find all the details and book this offer here.

Bonus Offers
airberlin topbonus- Double topbonus Miles for every qualifying Choice Hotels stay at participating locations worldwide. Full Details and online Booking Until Apr 30, 15

Alitalia MilleMiglia
- 4,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles when you join the MilleMiglia program. Some sort of mileage earning action must be carried out within 3 months of registration to earn the bonus. Full details Until Feb 28, 15 

British Airways Executive Club 
- Double Avios on all Meridiana flights systemwide.  Full details  Until Mar 31, 15
- Earn up to QuadrupleAvios  for stays at Shangri-La Hotels Worldwide. Earn Double Avios on stays of two consecutive nights, Triple Avios on stays of three consecutive nights, and quadruple Avios for stays of four consecutive nights or more. Full details Until Feb 28, 15
-  Earn Double/Triple or 3,000 bonus Avios on qualifying rates at participating Starwood Hotels & Resorts across Europe, Africa & the Middle East.
- Earn double Avios on standard rooms
- Earn triple Avios on premium rooms and
- Earn 3,000 Avios on suites
Full Details & Online Booking Until Dec 31, 15


Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- 3,000 Bonus Asia Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/asiamiles-3k-bonus. The bonus can only be earned once per member. The bonus can only be earned once per member. Book by Jul 31, 15

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
- Earn up to Quadruple Infinity MileageLands Miles on Hertz car rentals in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia or New Zealand. 7 days rentals or more can enjoy 4X Bonus Miles (2,000), for 5-6 days rentals can enjoy 3X Bonus Miles (1,500) , for 3-4 days rentals can enjoy 2X Bonus Miles (1,000); rentals in Asia, for 5 days rentals or more can enjoy 3X Bonus Miles (750), for 3-4 days rentals can enjoy 2 Bonus Miles (500). Book online at Hertz

Oman Air Sindbad
- Double Sindbad Miles for stays at the ART Rotana Amwaj Islands Bahrain. Full details Until Jul 10, 15 
- Double Sindbad Miles when you book three or more consecutive nights directly with Shangri-La at the best available rate. Full details Mar 1 - May 31, 15 

The participating hotels and resorts are:

• Shangri-La's Fijian Resort & Spa, Yanuca
• Golden Sands Resort, Penang
• Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, Penang
• Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa, Kota Kinabalu
• Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort, Kota Kinabalu
• Shangri-La's Villingili Resort & Spa, Maldives
• Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Sultanate of Oman
• Shangri-La's Mactan Resort & Spa, Cebu
• Shangri-La's Boracay Resort & Spa, Philippines
• Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore
• Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul
• Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai
• Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi
• Shangri-La Hotel, Paris
• Shangri-La Hotel, At the Shard, London

 - Double Sindbad Miles for stays of 3 or more nights at any of the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels in the Middle East. Full details Until Mar 31, 15
- Double Sindbad Miles on any amount purchase of diamond & masaaki pearl jewellery at Joyalukkas outlets in Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and United Kingdom. Full details Until Feb 28, 15

Saudia Alfursan
- 3,000 Bonus Alfursan Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/saudia-3k-bonus. The bonus can only be earned once per member. The bonus can only be earned once per member. Book by Jun 30, 15 
- Double Alfursan Miles for stays at the ART Rotana in Bahrain. Full details Until Jul 10, 15 
- Double Alfursan Miles for stays in Club Rotana rooms and suites at the at Rose Rayhaan in Dubai. Full details Book by Mar 10, 15  
- 1,000 Bonus Alfursan Miles for stays at the Courtyard by Marriott World Trade Center, Abu Dhabi Simply use promo code MRP when you book online at marriott.com Until Mar 31, 15 
- Double Alfursan Miles for Budget car rentals in Saudi Arabia. Full details Book by Mar 10, 15   

United MileagePlus
- Save up to 12,500 MileagePlus Miles on Saver Award prices for Star Alliance and other worldwide partner airlines for select regions and cabins. Full details Book by Feb 28 for travel Feb 10 - Dec 31, 15
- 3,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/united-3k-trigger. The bonus can only be earned once per member. The bonus can only be earned once per member. Book by Jun 30, 15 Today's Daily Update has been brought to you by

British Airways Business Class Seat Sale from Canada - Flights from $3,490

British Airways has launched a new Business class (Club World) sale on their flights out of Canada! Fares are as low as $3,490 all in on departures from Toronto to London and go up from there for other departure cities. Simply book by February 10 for travel in late March and early April (perfect for the Easter school break!). Find all the details and book this offer here.

RewardsCanada.ca Main Website Update (or lack thereof)

For those of you who may not know, the main RewardsCanada.ca site is not a blog although we have the blog feature right here that you are reading. The blog is run on Blogger (Google) so it is web based and we can update it from anywhere. However our main RewardsCanada.ca website, the huge site of thousands of bonus offers, credit card comparison charts, articles and more will not be updated for perhaps a week or more. The reason why is that the site is maintained on our computer using Adobe software and that computer had a major crash this morning. All our data is safe but the logic board is done. Apple tells us it will be upwards of a week to repair and the Macbook this post is being written on is our older computer which can't run the newest Adobe software.

This means we will funnel all info through the blog for the time being and while the main RC site is alive and well you just won't see it updated with any new offers until we get our computer back. In our daily updates right here on the blog, the offers posted will link directly to the provider's offer rather than to that program's page on the main RC site. Once our computer is back we'll update all the pages with the info off the blog and hopefully all will be back to normal!

We thank you advance for your patience and continued support!

The FFB Group

Feb 3 Update: BMO Reward World Elite 1st year free returns, new Aeroplan bonus for Delta stays, Double Wyndham Rewards points

Another busy day in the world of travel rewards!

News, Tips & Tricks
The BMO Rewards World Elite MasterCard once again is available with the first year free! (Thanks to our Facebook fan Phil for passing this along!) If you apply by April 10 you'll not only get the usualy 30,000 point sign up bonus you also get the first year $150 fee waived. All of our comparison charts that have this card have been updated to reflect the change (All, Travel Points & Most Popular) As well our post from earlier today on the Top 5 Credit Card sign up offers also discusses this!

In the bonus offers section check out the newest Aeroplan bonus for Delta stays. One must wonder if those will continue when Delta is taken over by Marriott... Also check out the Home Hardware Aeroplan bonus.

Summary of posts on the RC blog since our last update:

• Miles & More Award Ticket Sale - 50% off award tickets between Toronto and Austria
  Once again we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" discounted mileage awards!  This month it has…
• Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for February
  Welcome to a new monthly feature here on the Rewards Canada blog, the Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers.…
• Wyndham Rewards: Double Points for Weekday Stays
  Wyndham Rewards has released the details of their next systemwide promotion! It takes the shape of many promotions we…

Bonus Offers
Air Canada / Aeroplan
- 500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles and save up to 25% when you book a stay at any Delta Hotels and Resorts location in Canada. More... Until Mar 31, 15
- 5x Aeroplan Miles when you make your first online purchase at homehardware.ca More... Until Feb 23, 15

Air China Phoenix Miles
- Earn up to 50% Bonus Phoenix Miles when you fly on Air China between Beijing and Guangzhou, Shenzen, Shanghai, Hefei, Nanchang, Wuhan, Guilin, Nanning, Daqin, Taiyun, Qiqihaer, Yuncheng, Jiamusi, Dalian, Changchun, Wuhai, Harbin, Shenyang, Baotou, Eerduosi, Yanji, or Zunyi. More... Mar 10 - 31, 15
- Earn up to 50% Bonus Phoenix Miles when you fly on Air China between New York and Beijing. More... Until Feb 8 and Feb 16 - Mar 31, 15
- 20% Bonus Phoenix Miles when you fly on Air China between Tianjin and Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Kunming Shanghai, or Xiamen. More... Until Mar 31, 15
- Earn up to 50% Bonus Phoenix Miles when you fly on Air China between Chengdu and Colombo. More... Feb 10 - Jun 30, 15
- Double Phoenix M\iles for stays of 3 or more nights at participating Millennium & Copthorne hotels in Asia. More... Feb 15 - Apr 30, 15
- Triple Phoenix M\iles Kilomers for stays at the Hotel Kunlun (Beijing), V-Continent Beijing Parkview Wuzhou Hotel, Dalian Furama Hotel, Parkyard Hotel Shanghai, Jinjiang Hotel (Chengdu) and Himalayas Qingdao Hotel. More... Until Feb 28, 15
- Triple Phoenix M\iles on all Hertz rentals at participating locations in USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia (except China). More... Until Mar 31, 15

Air France KLM Flying Blue (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 5,000 Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you fly Air France in Economy or Premium Economy between Noumea and Paris. More... Until Feb 14, 15

Binter Canarias BinterMas (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double BinterMas points for stays at Iberostar Hotels & Resorts in the Canary Islands. More... Until Feb 28, 15

British Airways Executive Club
- Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Avios for bookings made via Kaligo. More... Book by Mar 31, 15 for stays until Jan 31, 16
- 800 Bonus Avios on rentals of 3 or more days on a Group C car or above booked via British Airways. More... Until Mar 31, 15

China Southern Sky Pearl
- Earn up to Triple Sky Pearl Kilometers for stays on the “Bed and Breakfast” Package rate or “Best Available Rate” at participating Mandarin Oriental Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 15

Emirates Skywards
- Double Skywards Miles for stays at the Fairmont Zimbali Resort. More... Until Apr 30, 15
- Triple Skywards Miles on Avis rentals in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. More... Until Mar 31, 15
- 2,015 Bonus Skywards Miles on all Europcar rentals Worldwide (except U.S./Canada). More... Book by Mar 15 for rentals until Mar 31, 15

Germanwings Boomerang Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Boomerang Miles when fly between Köln-Bonn, Stuttgart, Hamburg, or Düsseldorf and Budapest. More... Book by Feb 28 for travel until Mar 31, 15
- 400 Bonus Boomerang Miles on all car rentals booked via Rentalcars.com. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals until Apr 6, 15

Wyndham Rewards
- Double  Wyndham Rewards Points per weekday stay at participating locations Worldwide. More... Until Apr 30, 15

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