October 6 Update: AIR MILES updates reward catalog policy - we need your help in testing it out!

News, Tips & Tricks
We completed a couple more media interviews over the past few days now that AIR MILES says they have revised how the reward catalog displays to members. No longer is it dynamically based on your AIR MILES program usage and website usage but now it will have rewards based on your level within the program. Rewards will vary depending on whether you are Blue, Gold or Onyx with the higher elite levels apparently having access to more rewards. They also state this was implemented 'late summer', convenient isn't it that the change supposedly came before the launch of the Class Action lawsuit as this change could nullify the lack of access to rewards portion of the suit. I smell something fishy here.....

Anyways lets test it! I am Gold member with nearly 9,000 miles and this is what shows up for me for electronics:

If you are a Blue member or an Onyx member we would love to see what you have showing in the same category. Make sure you do a 'full' login, that is click on 'your profile' and 'view transactions' so that you have to use your pin to login. Then navigate your way to Dream Rewards, Click on Merchandise and then click on electronics followed by computers and tablets. Then take screen shots of what shows up and post them in the comments below!

Posts since our last update:

• Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Miles when you join Delta SkyMiles & complete your first flight
  Here is a great offer for us Canucks who have not joined Delta's SkyMiles program yet but may have a…

Bonus Offers
airberlin topbonus
- Quadruple topbonus Miles for stays at participating Accor hotels Worldwide. More... Until Nov 30, 16

British Airways Executive Club
- Quadruple Avios for stays at at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai. More... Until Dec 31, 16
- 1,000 Bonus Avios for Avis rentals of 3 or more days Worldwide More... Book by Oct 31 for rentals until Dec 15, 16

Iberia Plus
- Triple Avios when you fly Iberia between Madrid and Latin America (except Mexico and Puerto Rico). More... Until Dec 15, 16
- Triple Avios for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 16

Le Club accorhotels
- 4x Le Club accorhotels Points for stays at Mama Shelter hotels in Los Angeles, Bordeaux, Lyon, Rio de Janeiro, Paris or Marseille.  More... Until Oct 31, 16

Marriott Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at the Courtyard by Marriott San Jose Escazu. More... Until Dec 13, 16
- 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at the Roomers Baden-Baden, Autograph Collection. More... Oct 15 - Dec 15, 16
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay on Thursday-Sunday nights at the Fairfield Inn & Suites San Diego Old Town, San Diego Marriott Mission Valley or the Courtyard San Diego Old Town. More... Until Dec 6, 16

Starwood Preferred Guest
- SPG Pro Double Starpoints on eligible revenue spent on catering

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Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Miles when you join Delta SkyMiles & complete your first flight

Here is a great offer for us Canucks who have not joined Delta's SkyMiles program yet but may have a Delta flight in the near future. Simply register for the program via the link below and if you complete a Delta flight within 6 months of joining you could earn up to 10,000 Bonus SkyMiles.

Anyone with an address outside of the U.S. who joins SkyMiles and completes one International flight will earn up to 10,000 bonus SkyMiles on that first flight. 10,000 miles earned on 1st or Business Class while 5,000 miles will be awarded for main cabin flights.

Offer details
Earn up to 10,000 Bonus SkyMiles when you join SkyMiles and fly on an International flight on Delta within 6 months of joining. Register Online (Registration is required) Unknown end date

Earn 10,000 bonus miles for Delta OneTM, First Class or Business Class service (F, P, A, G, J, C, D, I, Z) or 5,000 bonus miles for Main Cabin (W, Y, B, M, S, H, Q, K, L, U, T, X, V E) for your first round-trip on any Delta-operated and -marketed flight worldwide. A qualifying flight includes any Delta or Delta Connection® carrier flight. Codeshare flights operated by carriers other than the Delta Connection carriers are excluded from this offer. Applies only to round-trip flights purchased with a fare that is eligible for mileage accrual. 

Find many more SkyMiles bonuses here!

October 5 Update: Expiry and Inactivity Rules of Canadian Loyalty Programs. KLM flash seat sale, up to a 40% bonus on buying Hyatt points

News, Tips & Tricks
Another Tips & Tricks feature was released on the main Rewards Canada site today! This feature looks at the Expiry and Inactivity Rules of Canadian Loyalty Programs. Its only fitting seeing all the news surrounding AIR MILES this year and their upcoming expiry. In this piece we look at the two different types of expiry rules employed by loyalty programs and list those rules for 16 of Canada's major loyalty programs. You can read the full feature here

The Canadian Points University in Toronto is a little over 2 weeks away! If you haven't got your tickets yet you can use our code RewardsCanada to save $40! Rewards Canada's Jeff Fredericks will be lunch keynote speaker! Find out more and purchase your tickets here

Finally check out the bonus offers section today! There are lots of great bonuses to take advantage of! Some of our favourites are the Cathay Pacific bonus of 6x miles for stays at Fairmont Hotels in Canada, the U.S. and beyond.The Air France KLM promo from PointsHound is also pretty crazy and if you need to top off your Hyatt Gold Passport account for an award night now is the time to do it as you can get up to a 40% bonus when buying Gold Passport points.

Posts since our last update:

• This is the fall to earn tons of Aeroplan Miles for your hotel stays!
  When you don't stay at or aren't loyal to one hotel brand your best bet for earning miles or…
• Hertz Autumn Sale: Up to 25% Off and Bonus Miles/Points with a variety of airlines for rentals in 100+ countries (Book by Oct 10)
  The semi-annual Hertz Global sale is back and as we see with the sale there are bonus mile offers for…
• Receive 15% Bonus dollars when you convert RBC Rewards Points to WestJet Rewards
  Yesterday saw the return of the RBC Rewards transfer to WestJet Rewards. Those RBC Rewards points collectors who hold a…
• Great Transfer bonus from Coast Rewards to Aeroplan! Earn up to 300,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles
  We last saw an amazing transfer bonus from Coast Rewards to Aeroplan way back in March of 2015 (read here)…

Travel Deals
KLM has launched a Flash Sale on flights from Canada to Europe! Fares are as low as $705 all in. Book by Oct 12 for travel between Nov 1 and Apr 30. Find out more here.

Bonus Offers
Air Canada / Aeroplan
- Earn up to Quadruple Aeroplan Miles when you convert Coast Rewards Points to Aeroplan Miles. More... Until Oct 14, 16

Air France KLM Flying Blue
- 12,000 Bonus Flying Blue Miles on your first hotel booking of 2 or more nights made via PointsHound. More... Book by Oct 15, 16

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- 6x Asia Miles when you book 2 nights or more at Best Available Rate at selected Fairmont properties in Asia Pacific and the Americas. More... Until Nov 30, 16

Etihad Guest
- 20% Bonus Guest Miles when you convert select hotel and financial partner points into Guest Miles. More... Until Oct 31, 16

Hyatt Gold Passport
- Earn up to 40% Bonus Gold Passport Points when you buy points online. More... Until Oct 25, 16

Jet Airways JetPrivilege
- Double JPMiles on all hotel stays booked via Rocketmiles. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Dec 31, 16

Le Club accorhotels
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for Platinum members who complete Weekend stays at Accor Hotels in Portugal or Spain. More... Book by Dec 18 for stays until Dec 25, 16

WestJet Rewards
- 15% Bonus WestJet Dollars when you convert RBC Rewards Points  to WestJet Rewards. More... Until Nov 14, 16

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This is the fall to earn tons of Aeroplan Miles for your hotel stays!

When you don't stay at or aren't loyal to one hotel brand your best bet for earning miles or points is not with a hotel loyalty program but rather with an airline partner. For most of us Canadians that

means Aeroplan. They have a large portfolio of hotel partners and right now you can earn bonus Aeroplan miles with a whole bunch of them! So if you have one stay at a Novotel in Toronto and then a stay with Best Western in Edmonton this fall you can earn thousands of extra miles with Aeroplan. There are several that require registration before you stay so we recommend registering for them right now so you don't forget and miss out on those miles!

Here is the current list of hotel bonuses that Aeroplan members can take advantage of:

Accor	Earn up to Quadruple Aeroplan Miles for stays at participating Accor hotels Worldwide. Earn 3x miles until Dec 15 and 4x Miles from Dec 16 to Jan 5. Full Details, registration and Online Booking (Registration is required) Select automatic conversion to convert your Le Club AccorHotels points into Aeroplan in your Le Club AccorHotels account preferences	Book by Dec 31 for stays until Jan 5, 17
Best Western	2,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at any Best Western in the United States (including its territories), Canada, the Bahamas, or Haiti that is booked via the Air Canada website. Full details	Until Nov 30, 16
Best Western	1,750 Bonus Aeroplan Miles (8x) for each qualified stay at any Best Western® branded hotel in Canada, the United States, or the Caribbean Islands. Full details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)	Until Nov 30, 16
Coast Hotels	Earm up to Quadruple Aeroplan Miles when you convert Coast Rewards Points to Aeroplan Miles. Full details.	Until Oct 14, 16
Coast Hotels	Triple Aeroplan Miles for stays at participating Coast Hotels in Canada and the U.S. Full details.	Until Nov 30, 16
Choice hotels	Double Aeroplan Miles for stays at over 5,500 Choice Hotels Worldwide. Full details and online booking.	Until Nov 30, 16
Fairmont Hotels	1,000 FREE Aeroplan Miles when you join Fairmont Hotels President's Club. Enroll here (enrollment code is embedded).	Until Nov 15, 16
	Double Aeroplan Miles for stays at select Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Canada, US, Bermuda, Barbados and Mexico. Register online (Registration is required)	Until Dec 31, 16
	Double Aeroplan Miles when you book the Choose Your Moment with Visa offer at participating Fairmont Americas properties and pay with your Visa card. When you spend a minimum of $850, you’ll receive a $150 credit at check-out. Full details and online booking.	Until ?
	Double Aeroplan Miles for stays at participating Fairmont Hotels & Resorts worldwide when booking select Fairmont Experiences. Full details and online booking.	Ongoing
Hilton Hotels	Triple Aeroplan Miles when you stay at at participating Hilton hotels in Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)	Jul 18 - Nov 18, 16
IHG	Triple Aeroplan Miles when you stay at IHG Hotels Worldwide. (InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental® Alliance Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, EVEN® Hotels, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Resort®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations® hotels, Staybridge Suites® or Candlewood Suites® hotels)  Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)	Until Dec 15, 16
Marriott	Earn up to 2,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for stays at anyone of 100+ Marriott Hotel locations in Canada. Full details and online booking - 1 night = 750 Bonus Miles - 2 nights = 1,500 Bonus Miles - 3 nights = 2,000 Bonus Miles - 4 nights = 2,500 Bonus Miles	Until Jan 31, 17
	Earn up to 35,000 Bonus Miles when you join Marriott Rewards and complete stays at Marriott Hotels Worldwide. Earn 1,500 bonus Miles for your first stay, 1,500 bonus Miles for your second stay, and 2,000 bonus Miles for your third stay onwards, up to a total of 35,000 bonus Miles in addition to base Miles, during the promotion earning period. You must complete your stays within 90 days of enrolment. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)	Until Dec 31, 16
Rocketmiles	Earn 2,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/aeroplan2k. The first time booking bonus can only be earned once per member.	Book by Dec 31, 16
Starwood	1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Full details and online booking.	Until

Hertz Autumn Sale: Up to 25% Off and Bonus Miles/Points with a variety of airlines for rentals in 100+ countries (Book by Oct 10)

The semi-annual Hertz Global sale is back and as we see with the sale there are bonus mile offers for select airline partners to go along with the sale.The sale offers up to 25% off Hertz rentals of 2 or more days in any one of over 100 countries including Canada when you book by Oct 10 for rentals until Dec 15, 16. To see what the discount is by country you can check out the list here.

Example of the discounts available

The bonus miles offers we know of so far are as follows with the Cathay Pacific and SAS EuroBonus being your best bets:

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - Triple Miles
Book here

China Airlines Dynasty Flyer - Double Miles
Book here

Jet Airways Jet Privilege - Double Miles
Book here

Miles & More - Double Miles
Book here

Qatar Airways Privilege Club - Double Miles
Book here

SAS EuroBonus - 1,500 Bonus Points
Book here

Saudi Alfursan - Double Miles
Book here

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer - Up to Triple Miles
Book here

SriLankan FlySmiles - Double Miles
Book here

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus - Double Miles
Book here

Receive 15% Bonus dollars when you convert RBC Rewards Points to WestJet Rewards

Yesterday saw the return of the RBC Rewards transfer to WestJet Rewards. Those RBC Rewards points collectors who hold a RBC credit card can transfer their points to WestJet Rewards and receive a 15% bonus on the total dollars deposited. This means for every 100 RBC Rewards Points transferred you'll receive $1.15 WestJet dollars. This is the same bonus seen this past May/June and runs until Nov 14, 16

Offer Details
15% Bonus WestJet Dollars when you convert RBC Rewards Points  to WestJet Rewards. Full details Until Nov 14, 16

Great Transfer bonus from Coast Rewards to Aeroplan! Earn up to 300,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles

We last saw an amazing transfer bonus from Coast Rewards to Aeroplan way back in March of 2015 (read here) where you could transfer 12,500 points from Coast Rewards to get 50,000 Aeroplan Miles. The new offer works a little differently but if you have hoarded your Coast Rewards points then you are in for a win-fall when converting to Aeroplan. You can get anywhere from 2,000 to 300,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert points. That's right, 300,000 freaking Aeroplan miles.

These are transfer levels and the miles you'll get:
1,000 Coast Rewards Points = 3,000 Aeroplan Miles (1,000 base + 2,000 bonus)
5,000 Coast Rewards Points = 15,000 Aeroplan Miles (5,000 base + 10,000 bonus)
10,000 Coast Rewards Points = 30,000 Aeroplan Miles (10,000 base + 20,000 bonus)
and they run as triple miles until the top level where Coast Rewards will quadruple the amount
100,000 Coast Rewards Points = 400,000 Aeroplan Miles (100,000 base + 300,000 bonus)

I don't know how many of you out there would have 100,000 Coast Rewards Points as there are only 35 hotels to earn points at with a 1 point to 1.5 point / dollar earn rate but since it is an option I suspect there may be one or two of you and for you to get 400,000 Aeroplan Miles is pretty sweet. The website doesn't state an end date for the promotion so we called Coast Rewards to see when it ends and you have until October 14th to take part in it. You can find out all about this promotion here.

October 4 Update: Episode 3 of the Podcast available, SPG transfers to Marriott do not extend expiry and lots of bonuses!

News, Tips & Tricks
Episode 3 of the Rewards Canada Podcast is now out! Download it via our Podcast page or check for it on iTunes.

Speaking of the Podcast, you can now access the it from any page on the main Rewards Canada website as it has been added to main nav bar!

Hilton HHonors has released their latest Standard Room Rewards update. This is where Hilton notifies us of what hotels may be moving up or down in reward categories. Hilton moved to this dynamic method quite some time ago instead of releasing annual changes like most other hotel chains. This lates release does not see any locations moving up or down but does provide the category details of the newly opened Home2 Suites by Hilton Fort St. John. It enters the market as a Category 4 hotel. Find all the hotels that are changing outside of Canada here.

Rewards Canada reader IceHelgi asked us the following question:  
"Any idea if transfer between accounts counts as transaction to keep Marriott points from expiry?"

We reached out to Marriott and the answer is no, these transfers do not keep Marriott Points from expiring. So even if you transfer 10,000 Starpoints to Marriott to get 30,000 Rewards Points, if your account was set to expire in 3 months it still will unless you have an eligible earning or redemption action. I'm guessing most of you would only transfer to Marriott for an immediate or near immediate redemption so it shouldn't affect you but it is still good to know that transfers do not count as qualifying activity.

Posts since our last update:

• Hilton HHonors - Triple Points on all stays if you book via the HHonors App
  As you may already know the current Hilton HHonors systemwide promotion is for double points on all eligible stays.…
• Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles for Coast Hotels stays in Canada and the U.S.
  The Aeroplan hotel stay bonuses just keep rolling out! Here is one for those travelling out west who may want…
• Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for October
  Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of October! This is…
• Earn up to 4x Aeroplan Miles for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide
  We have a new Aeroplan bonus for Accor Hotel stays to let you know about! This time you can…
• New WestJet Fast Track offer to Silver and Gold Elite Status
  If you weren't able to get in on the last Fast Track offer from WestJet Rewards because you didn't…

Bonus Offers

AeroMexico Club Premier
- 5,000 Bonus Club Premier Points for stays at Best Western Hotels in Mexico. More... Until Nov 30, 16
- Earn up to Triple Club Premier Points for Sixt car rentals Worldwide. More... Until Dec 17, 16

Air Canada / Aeroplan
- Earn up to Quadruple Aeroplan Miles for stays at participating Accor hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Dec 31 for stays until Jan 5, 17
- Triple Aeroplan Miles for stays at participating Coast Hotels in Canada and the U.S. More... Until Nov 30, 16

Air France / KLM Flying Blue
- October Promo Awards - Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for an award ticket. Destinations vary by each promotional period. More... Book by Oct 31 for travel between Nov 1 - Jan 31, 17

British Airways Executive Club
- Triple Avios for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Oct 1 - Dec 31, 16

Delta SkyMiles
- 250 Medallion Qualification Miles and Double Miles when you complete a qualifying stay of two nights or more at any Hilton Hotel Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 16

Emirates Skywards
- Double Skywards Miles for stays of two nights or more at one of eight Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts in Europe. More... Until Dec 31, 16
- 777 Skywards Miles and get up to 15% off Hertz rentals of 5 or more days Worldwide. More... Book by Nov 30 for rentals until Dec 15, 16

Le Club accorhotels
- 4X Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at new Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Oct 31 for stays until Nov 30, 16

SriLankan FlySmiles
- Double FlySmiles Miles and get up to 25% off Hertz rentals of 2 or more days in any one of over 100 countries. More... Book by Oct 10 for rentals until Dec 15, 16

WestJet Rewards
- Fast Track to Elite Status - Get Silver or Gold Status with lowered spend requirements. More... Until Dec 18, 16

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Hilton HHonors - Triple Points on all stays if you book via the HHonors App

As you may already know the current Hilton HHonors systemwide promotion is for double points on all eligible stays. Well that bonus just got better with the announcement that you'll earn TRIPLE POINTS if you book your stays via the HHonors app. If you have already registered for the promotion you don't have to do anything but book through the app (get the app here) if not then simply follow the registration link below to register for the offer and then book through the app.

Offer details
Earn up to Triple HHonors Points for all eligible stays at any Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Earn Triple points if the stay is booked via the HHonors app or Double Points for all other eligible booking methods.  Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Until Dec 31, 16

Find many more HHonors bonuses here!

You can earn even more HHonors points if you pay for the stay with the American Express Gold Rewards Card as it will net you 2 Membership Rewards Points per dollar which translates to 2 HHonors Points per dollar. This means that you could earn at least 37 points per dollar spent on your Hilton stay (10 base + 5 bonus if your earning style is Points+Points +20 bonus points with the promotion booked via the app + 2 points with the Amex Card) This does not take into account any Elite Bonuses you may earn nor more points on the Amex if your Hilton stay is another currency and converts higher to C$.

Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles for Coast Hotels stays in Canada and the U.S.

The Aeroplan hotel stay bonuses just keep rolling out! Here is one for those travelling out west who may want to stay at Coast Hotels.

Offer details:
Triple Aeroplan Miles for stays at participating Coast Hotels in Canada and the U.S. Full details. Until Nov 30, 16

Find many more Aeroplan bonuses here!

And remember if you use a card like the American Express Gold Rewards Card to pay for your hotel stay you'll earn 2 Membership Rewards Points per dollar which translates to an additional 2 Aeroplan Miles per dollar. A great way to keep boosting your Aeroplan balance!