Monday, October 26, 2015

Now Live - IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks - 5,000 Points for Award NightRedemptions at 190 Hotels (4 in Canada) until Jan 31, 16


The latest set of IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks are now bookable for stays from today to January 31st (subject to availability).

Each Reward Night at these participating hotels will be only 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points during the above mentioned dates. Remember the new PointBreaks rules that a member can only book up to 2 reward reservations per hotel participating in the individual offer (ie 2 at Pointbreaks hotels and 2 at Last Minute Reward Night hotels).  My tip to get around this would be to book 2 reservations with one IHG Rewards Club account and then have your spouse book 2 more etc. Of course this is dependent on both accounts having enough points to redeem for these awards. Also be sure to book these ASAP as once the allotted nights are booked at certain locations those hotels will fall off the list.

Why are IHG Rewards Club Point Breaks such a great deal? Because they offer reward nights at participating IHG hotels Worldwide for only 5,000 Rewards Club points. For those of you not to familiar with IHG Rewards Club , normal redemption rates for Rewards Club reward nights run from as low as 10,000 points for some Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express locations to 50,000 points for ultra-luxurious InterContinental locations and even these locations can participate in PointBreaks. So as you can see you can receive a discount of 50 to 88% off the regular redemption rates. You may be thinking that the high end hotels won't participate but they do depending on the time of year! Please note that like most loyalty promotions these offers are capacity controlled so I advise to book sooner than later to ensure you get the PointBreaks rate. These offers will be bookable via the primary PointsBreaks page later today but right now you can book via the individual links below. (list pulled from the IHG blog)

Canada




Hotels in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East:

Hotels in Europe:

Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Poland
Russia
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom

Hotels in the Americas

Brazil
Canada
Columbia
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama

Points Break Hotels in the United States

Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
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Saturday, October 24, 2015

IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks - Complete list of hotels that will be available as of Oct 26 (only 4 in Canada this time)

The new IHG® Rewards Club PointBreaks list will be live on Monday October 26 for booking and stays from Oct 26 - Jan 31, 2016 (subject to availability). Each Reward Night at these 180+ participating hotels will be only 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points during the above mentioned dates. (Source IHG Blog)


The number of Canadian hotels that participate are always low but this time it is even lower than the past few PointBreaks!


Canada




Hotels in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East:

InterContinental Cairo Book the InterContinental Cairo for only 5,000 IHG Rewards Club Points!

Hotels in Europe:

Visit Prague Prague, Czech Republic
Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Lithuania
Poland
Russia
Travel to St. Petersburg, Russia Travel to St. Petersburg, Russia
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom

Hotels in the Americas

Brazil
Canada
Columbia
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Crowne Plaza Panama Crowne Plaza Panama

Points Break Hotels in the United States

Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Hotel Indigo Columbus Hotel Indigo Columbus Architectural Center
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Washtington DC Head to Silver Spring, MD for only 5,000 points and visit Washington DC
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
 
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Friday, October 23, 2015

October 23 Update: New pages on Rewards Canada, introducing the Air Canada Altitude Students program, free flight offer from Air India

Final update of the week! Have a great weekend everyone!

News, Tips & Tricks
Over night we added two new landing pages on Rewards Canada that help bring together more of our site in our efforts to make to site easier to navigate and find all our articles! The two new pages are table of contents pages for our Earning Stories and Redemption Stories series of articles. You can access these pages from the links to the left or via the main navigation menu on Rewards Canada under the 'Learn' tab.



Perfect timing for our ever growing features and news for students (see our Student's Guide to Points & Miles) as Air Canada has launched Air Canada Altitude Students. Now before you get too excited it isn't anything like the actual Air Canada Altitude Elite program but more so a discount program for students. The program is free to join if you are a Canadian post-secondary student and offers discounts such as 1 hour of free Wi-fi on board Air Canada planes that are Wi-fi enabled, a one time 10 to 15% discount on an Air Canada ticket, and discounts with Air Canada vacations. Chances are other promotions will come down the line as the program grows and learns what these students are craving. Find out more about the new Air Canada Altitude Student program here.

Expecting to travel within India a lot over the next two months? Then head on over on the FFB blog to see how you may be able to earn some free flights! Air India Flying Returns: Receive a free domestic flight after flying 6 to 10 domestic sectors

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Posts since our last update:

Bonus Offers
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Double Blue Credits when you fly Air France KLM to New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco or to any destination in Italy. More...Until Dec 18, 15
- Double Flying Blue Miles at any property operated by Tulip Inn, Golden Tulip and Royal Tulip Luxury Hotels worldwide. More... Dec 1 - Feb 29, 16
- Double Flying Blue Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at The Park Inn by Radisson Istanbul Ataturk Airport. More... Until Dec 31, 15
- Double Flying Blue Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating new Radisson Blu hotel worldwide. More... Until Dec 15, 15
- 500 Flying Blue Miles PER DAY for Avis rentals in Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Asia. More... Book by Nov 30 for rentals Dec 1 - Mar 31, 16
- Double Flying Blue Miles on all qualifying Enterprise Car rentals in in France, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. More... Until Dec 18, 15
- Triple Flying Blue Miles for all Europcar rentals Worldwide except in USA and Canada. More... Book by Nov 30 for rentals until Dec 16, 15
- Double Flying Blue Miles for all Sixt rentals in Europe. More... Book by Dec 7 for rentals until Dec 15, 15
- Earn up to 50% Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you buy miles online. More... Until Nov 6, 15

Air India Flying Returns
- Receive a free return domestic ticket when you complete 10 domestic sectors (5 round trips) on Air India. More... Until Dec 31, 15
- Receive a free return domestic business class ticket when you complete 6 domestic sectors (3 round trips) in business class on Air India. More... Until Dec 31, 15

Air Miles
- Earn 100 Bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles on new Uber accounts first ride in Canada. More... Until Nov 15, 15

Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Earn up to 5x MilleMiglia Miles when you complete multiply flights with Alitalia, airberlin or Niki. More... Book by Nov 15 for travel until Dec 15, 15
- Double MilleMiglia Miles for all hotels booked via Venere. More... Until Dec 31, 15
- 1,500 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles on car rentals of 1 to 3 days with Maggiore in Italy. More... Until Nov 30, 15

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up to Quadruple Asia Miles + 200 Miles for online booking when you rent a car at participating HERTZ locations in USA, Canada, Europe*, Australia, New Zealand or Asia. More... Until Jan 31, 16

JAL Mileage Bank
- Receive up to a 4,000 Mileage Bank Miles Discount on all JAL Mileage Bank Award Ticket redemptions between Tokyo (Haneda) and China. Receive up to 10,000 miles back if you fly on October 25th only. More... Oct 25 - Nov 30, 15
- 200 Bonus Mileage Bank Miles per night for stays at Hotel Nikko & JAL City Worldwide that are booked online via the special offer page. More... Until Mar 31, 16

Meridiana Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Double Avios when fly on Meridiana between Milan Linate and Munich. More... Until Nov 30, 15

National Emerald Club
- Emerald Club Status Match - National Car Rental will match your Avis or Hertz status with the equivalent level in Emerald Club. More... Ongoing

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Air France KLM Flying Blue - Up to a 50% Bonus when buying miles and an example of how it can save you money


Air France KLM's Flying Blue is once again offering a bonus on buying their miles. Usually buying FB miles isn't a great proposition but if you can tie in buying them with one of their discounted promo awards offering up to 50% off award tickets you may just be able to out some value from this promotion.

Offer Details
Earn up to 50% Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you buy miles online.  Full details. Until Nov 6, 15 
  • 2,000 Award Miles – 10% Bonus
  • 4,000 to 8,000 Award Miles – 20% Bonus
  • 10,000 to 28,000 Award Miles – 30% Bonus
  • 30,000+ Award Miles – 50% Bonus
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Here is an example of this buy miles bonus saving you some money:

You can buy 96,000 miles for EUR 1760. Those 96,000 miles will be enough to redeem for a discounted business class award ticket between Montreal or Vancouver and Europe (with a few miles to spare).
Looking at Jan 7-14, 2016 in business class you can get the discounted rate between YVR & CDG for 93,750 miles and C$719.84 in taxes and fees. To buy the miles will cost C$2680.59 (including 5% GST) and add in the taxes and fees on the award flight of C$719.84 for a total of C$3,400.43.


To buy the same tickets outright costs C$4,825.30. As you can see buying the miles can provide you a savings of over C$1,400 on these particular flights!

And remember the discount for these Flying Blue tickets is only 25% at this time, sometimes its 50% off so your savings could be even bigger!

Find many more Flying Blue bonus offers here!
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Thursday, October 22, 2015

October 22 Update: BMO World Elite Grand Cru offer returns, LifeMiles award chart changes, Finnair Transatlantic bonus

Nice to see more news and bonuses in our daily update!

News, Tips & Tricks
I want to thank everyone way down East who tuned in and called or emailed their questions for my appearance on CBC Maritime Noon. The 45 minutes went by quickly and I was told there were many calls and emails that they just weren't able to get to. So feel free to email them us! Simply visit our contact page to submit your questions.


WestJet's Boeing 767 has finally entered revenue service! It performed flight 655 between Toronto and Calgary this morning. (Source WestJet)

Thanks to Rewards Canada reader Stephen H for forwarding the details of the return of the Grand Cru BMO World Elite MasterCard offer. Looks like have really tighten their grip on it this time round as I'm guessing a lot of non-Grand Cru supporters applied for this amazing deal the last time it was offered. This time you have to attend the Grand Cru event/auction next week (Oct 29/30) to be able to apply for the card. If you are going to the event make sure you do apply for it! You get a 40,000 point sign up bonus (instead of 30,000) and the first THREE YEARS with no annual fee (that saves $450!!) Find out more about this offer here.


Many times over the past few years we have brought you details about buying Avianca LifeMiles and how you can use them for Star Alliance flights. Good news from that program today as they have reduced the miles required (how often do we see that happen!!) for award flights in Business Class or First Class between North America and Brazil (like Air Canada's flights) and between Brazil and Europe in all fare classes. (Source LoyaltyLobby)

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Posts since our last update:
Bonus Offers
Air New Zealand Airpoints
- Double Airpoints for every qualifying stay at any Choice hotel (Econo Lodge®, Comfort™, Quality™, Clarion® or Ascend Hotel Collection® member) in New Zealand. More... Until Nov 30, 15

Best Western Rewards
- Earn 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you download the new Best Western to Go Mobile® app and book your next stay at a Best Western hotel through the app or on a mobile device. More... Until Nov 22, 15

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up to Triple Asia Miles for stays of 2+ nights at Harbour Plaza Hotels & Resorts across Hong Kong and China. More... Until Dec 31, 15

Finnair Plus
- Earn up to 125,000 Bonus Plus Points on all Finnair, British Airways, American Airlines or Iberia flights between North America and Europe. More... Until Jan 31, 16
- Fast Track to Silver Elite Status - fly one return Finnair Long Haul flight from Tallinn to Asia in Business Class, or two Long Haul return flights with the eligible booking classes to earn Silver Elite status. More... Register by Jan 31 for travel until Feb 29, 16

JetBlue TrueBlue (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- Triple TrueBlue Points for stays at participating Morgans Hotel Group Hotels in the U.S. and U.K.. More... Book by Oct 30 for stays until Mar 31, 16
Orbitz Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
- 4x Orbucks when you book select flights on Japan Airlines between the US and Japan. More... Book by Nov 15, 15
- 4x Orbucks on select Korean Air flights to Sao Paulo, Manila, Bangkok, Hong Kong and more. More... Book by Nov 15, 15
- 4x Orbucks on select Alantis hotel + flight packages. More... Book by Nov 17, 15
- $50 Orbucks when you spend $1,000+ on Walt Disney World® tickets. More... Book by Nov 8, 15
- $60 Orbucks when you book select Norwegian Cruise Line purchases. More... Book by Nov 9, 15

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Double QMiles for stays at any participating Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts properties Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 16
- Double QMiles for stays in a Club room or Suite at Langham Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 15
- 1,500 Bonus QMiles for stays at the Riyadh Marriott Hotel or the Courtyard by Marriott Riyadh Diplomatic Quarter. More... Until Dec 30, 15
- 1,000 Bonus QMiles for stays at the Marriott Marquis City Center Doha. More... Until Dec 30, 15
- Double QMiles for stays of 3 or more nights at Millennium & Copthorne Hotels in the Middle East. More... Until Nov 29, 15
- 3,000 Bonus QMiles on your first Rocketmiles booking More...Book by Dec 31, 15
- Double QMiles for stays at the Capital Centre Arjaan by Rotana.More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Jan 31, 16
- Double QMiles for stays of 2+ nights at over 170 World Hotels locations Worldwide. More... Until Mar 31, 16

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- Triple Miles&Smiles Miles for stays at Constance Hotels in Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives and Madagascar. More... Book by Dec 31 for stays until Mar 31, 16
- Double Miles&Smiles Miles for stays at all Titanic Hotels. More... Until Dec 31, 15

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