March 10 Update: Accor Hotels 3 for 2 Sale, Up to 50,000 Bonus Avios with the RBC BA Visa and more!

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More Rewards is offering 25,000 Bonus More Rewards Points when you book an Amadeus River Cruise. Simply book by Apr 30. BTW those 25,000 points are worth about $105, maybe you could use them towards your flights to catch the cruise. You have to call More Rewards Travel at 1-844-320-3997 to book and earn the points.

Posts since our last update:

• Air Canada St. Patrick's Payout - minimum 500 bonus Aeroplan Miles on each booking made with promo code
  Air Canada has brought back their ever popular St. Patrick's Payout promotion where they will award a total 10…
• The Top 5 Flight Bonuses for Canadians
  These are Rewards Canada's Top 5 Flight Bonus Mile/Point Offers!  If you are planning on booking flights or flying soon…

Travel Deals
 

 Accor Hotels has brought back their 3 nights for the price 2 sale! You can enjoy your 3rd night free at over 4,100 hotels Worldwide including 7 in Canada. Book by Mar 28 for stays until May 28, 17 Find out more here.
Canadian Hotels that are available for this offer:

Canadian Bonus Offers
British Airways Executive Club
- Earn up 50,000 Bonus Avios when you apply for and receive the RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card. More... Residents of Canada only Until May 31, 17 

Marriott Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Courtyard St. John's Newfoundland. More... Until Apr 28, 17


Other Bonus Offers
American AAdvantage
- Earn up to 1,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you shop online via the AAdvantage Shopping portal.. More... Until Mar 17, 17

Ethiopian Airlines Sheba Miles
- 3,000 Bonus Sheba Miles when you fly Ethiopian between Antananarivo and Addis Ababa. More... Until May 31, 17
- Earn up to 100% Bonus Sheba Miles when you fly Ethiopian between Antananarivo and Lubumbashi. More... Until Apr 30, 17

Hyatt Gold Passport
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt Points on rentals of 3 or more days at participating Avis locations worldwide. More... Until May 31, 17

IHG Rewards Club
- Up to 80% Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you buy points online. More... Until Mar 28, 17

Marriott Rewards
- 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Domes Noruz Chania, Autograph Collection. More... Book by Mar 31 for stays Mar 31 - Jun 16, 17
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at participating Gaylord Hotels in the U.S. More...  Targeted Offer - May Not Work For Everyone Until May 31, 17

Starwood Preferred Guest
- 1,000 Bonus Starpoints for stays at the Magnolia Hotel St. Louis, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel. More... Until Apr 30, 17


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Air Canada St. Patrick's Payout - minimum 500 bonus Aeroplan Miles on each booking made with promo code

Air Canada has brought back their ever popular St. Patrick's Payout promotion where they will award a total 10 Million Aeroplan Miles for bookings made with the promo code STPATRICK2017. The 10 Million Aeroplan Miles will be split among all people who book with that code by March 22 for travel until May 31. Darn I just booked before this but I won't complain as Business Class was only $31 more than Economy, so you can guess what class of service I booked for our family for spring break. Sorry got off track there! Anyways you will receive a minimum of 500 bonus Aeroplan Miles when you do book with the code but that bonus can get higher if the total amount of bookings divided by that 10 million works out to more than 500 - that mean's less than 20,000 bookings.

Offer Details
Earn a minimum of 500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you book Air Canada flights online with the promo code STPATRICK2017. Full details. Book by Mar 22 for travel until May 31, 17

Find many more Aeroplan Bonus Mile offers here!
 

Earn up to 30,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles with the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card 
• Receive a Welcome Bonus of 15,000 Aeroplan Miles with your first Purchase
• 10,000 Aeroplan Miles when you keep your Account open, active and in good standing for 90 days after Account approval
• 5,000 Aeroplan Miles when you add an Authorized User to your Account by June 14, 2017 (Authorized User must call and activate their Card by July 31, 2017)
• 50% Annual Fee Rebate for the first year (Primary Cardholder only) – that’s $60 in savings!
• Offer Valid until May 4, 2017
• Earn 1.5 miles for every $1 spent on eligible gas, grocery, drugstore and aircanada.com Purchases made with your Card.
• Earn 1 mile for every $1 you spend on all other Purchases on your Card.
• Earn miles twice when you pay with your TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card and present your Aeroplan Membership Card at over 150 Aeroplan partner brands and with 100 online retailers
• Your Aeroplan miles will not expire as long as you are a TD Aeroplan Credit Cardholder
• Enjoy an extensive suite of travel insurances for peace of mind on your next getaway.

The Top 5 Flight Bonuses for Canadians

These are Rewards Canada's Top 5 Flight Bonus Mile/Point Offers!  If you are planning on booking flights or flying soon be sure to check these offer out to see if you can earn more miles and points on you upcoming flights! If none of the offers listed below work for your travels or reward programs be sure to check out our route bonus listing for many more offers.

UPDATE: Shortly after we posted this we learned about Air Canada's St Patrick's Payout where you can earn a minimum 500 bonus Aeroplan Miles on all bookings made by March 22. So in reality this is a Top 6 Flight Bonuses for Canadians! -Read about the St Patrick's offer here.

The top 5 flight bonuses in alphabetical order are:

American AAdvatnage
Earn up to 20,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you fly between Canada  and Europe. Register online (Registration is required) Until Mar 31,17

For	First Class	Business Class	Select Economy Class
Each round trip	20,000	10,000	5,000

Only valid for travel on American Airlines marketed nonstop flights (operated by either American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia or Finnair) Bonus miles can only be earned for a maximum of 2 round trips and half the round-trip bonus will be posted after each eligible one-way segment.

British Airways Executive Club
Triple Avios when you fly British Airways from Canada to the UK and beyond. Also valid on American Airlines, Finnair or Iberia between Europe and North America. Bonus awarded on a maximum of 8 sectors (4 round trips). Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Until Mar 31, 17


Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
Double Asia Miles when you fly First or Business Class one way or round-trip from Canada to Hong Kong. Register Online (Registration is required) Until Apr 30, 17

If you are not a member yet of Asia Miles they will award 1,000 Asia Miles for joining the program when you register for this offer and complete your flights.

Jet Airways JetPrivilege
Earn up 10,000 Bonus JPMiles when you fly on Jet Airways out of Toronto to Amsterdam, India and beyond.  Full details and online booking Until Mar 31, 17

• 10,000 Bonus JPMiles for every First Class flight
• 5000 Bonus JPMiles for every Première flight
• 1500 Bonus JPMiles for every Economy flight

WestJet Rewards
Earn up to 200 bonus WestJet dollars when you fly on select WestJet flights across Canada. Register Online (Registration is required)  Register & book by Mar 31 for travel until May 31, 17
Number of one-way flights

	Bonus for Econo/Flex fares	Bonus for Plus fares
1	10 WestJet dollars	20 WestJet dollars
2	10 WestJet dollars	20 WestJet dollars
3	20 WestJet dollars	40 WestJet dollars
4	25 WestJet dollars	50 WestJet dollars
5	35 WestJet dollars	70 WestJet dollars
	Total earned = 100 WSD	Total earned = 200 WSD

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American Express Gold Rewards Card
• New American Express® Gold Rewards* Cardmembers can earn a Welcome Bonus of 25,000 Membership Rewards® points just by making $1,500 in purchases in the first three months of Cardmembership.
• No Annual Fee for the first year; $150 Annual Fee thereafter*
• That’s enough to redeem for a round-trip Fixed Mileage Flight Reward TM* to almost anywhere in North America.
• Transfer your points to frequent flyer programs, or 1:1 to Aeroplan®* and Avios
• Earn 2 points for every $1 on eligible travel and everyday purchases
• Charge any travel to your Card then pay for it with points
• 1 Free Supplementary Gold Rewards Card (a $50 value*) to help you earn points faster
• You can use Apple Pay on your eligible device to pay for goods and services at participating American Express contactless merchants
• 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.
• *As a Charge Card, the balance must always be paid in full each month. 30% annual interest rate applies to balances not paid in full.
Conditions apply
Apply Now 

March 9 Update: Amex Centurion Lounges changing access rules, Marriott Resort sale and more

News, Tips & Tricks
There are reports and confirmation that access will become more limited to American Express Centurion lounges. Currently the access policy for The Platinum Card from American Express cardholders allows 2 guests or your entire immediate family. The latter part is being removed so that cardholders can only bring two guests whether or not they are family. Any additional family members or guests will cost US$50. This change will take effect on March 30th. We carry two Platinum Cards (Primary+Supplementary) in our family so the four of us will still be able to access without paying additional fees. (Source View from the Wing)

Posts since our last update:

• Current Bonus Mile & Point Offers for hotel stays via 3rd Party Booking sites - Kaligo, PointsHound, Rocketmiles
   Ever since Pointshound launched qute a few years ago the market for earning miles and points in your favorite programs…

Travel Deals
Marriott is offering up to 20% off for stay at their premier resorts across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America. Book by May 31 for stays until June 30, 17 Find out more here.

Canadian Bonus Offers
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Other Bonus Offers
Alitalia MilleMiglia
- Up to 50% Bonus MilleMiglia Miles when you buy miles. More... Until Apr 1, 17

Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Earn 2,000 Bonus Gold Points +1,500 Gold Points per night when you book the Blu Planet Energy Package for 2 or more nights at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Emirates Skywards
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Skywards Miles when you fly Emirates between Dubai and Ft. Lauderdale. More... Until Mar 31, 17
- Triple Skywards Miles for stays at The Address Hotels & Resorts in Dubai. More... Until May 26, 17
- Double Skywards Miles for stays at participating Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in Dubai. More... Until Jun 30, 17
- Triple Skywards Miles for stays at Vida Hotels & Resorts in Dubai. More... Book by May 26 for stays until Sep 30, 17
- Triple Skywards Miles when you rent with Sixt for 5 or more days Worldwide. More... Until May 31, 17

Hilton HHonors
- Earn up to 4,500 Bonus Honors Points on qualifying Alamo, Enterprise & National rentals Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Le Club accorhotels
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at Pullman Hotels hotels in Asia Pacific. More... Until May 31, 17
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays of 2 or more nights at participating AccorHotels in France. More... Book Mar 10 - 26 for stays Mar 10 to May 1, 17
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels points on Hertz rentals of 2 or more days Worldwide. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals until May 31, 17

SAS EuroBonus
- Double EuroBonus Points for stays at participating Radisson Blu hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. More... Until Apr 30, 17


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Current Bonus Mile & Point Offers for hotel stays via 3rd Party Booking sites - Kaligo, PointsHound, Rocketmiles

 Ever since Pointshound launched qute a few years ago the market for earning miles and points in your favorite programs for hotel stays booked via third party sites has exploded. Second on the market was Rocketmiles and now we've seen huge growth from Singapore based Kaligo which launched in fall of 2014. All three operate on pretty much the same premise. Book hotel stays with them and they will award a lot of miles for those stays in the partner program of your choice. As with many third party booking sites the stays may not earn hotel frequent guest points, status credits and the hotels may not recognize your hotel elite status. These sites tend to be best used for hotels that do not have loyalty programs or if they are from a major chain they are ones that you don't collect points with as they are not your brand of choice. Of course, occasionally (well more than occasionally right now) these 3rd party sites offer bonus miles on top of the regular miles they award and those offers can be found right here.

There is one Aeroplan offer for Rocketmiles and those miles earned do count towards your Aeroplan Elite status.

If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via Kaligo before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
Aeroflot Bonus	3,000 Bonus Bonus Miles on your first hotel stay booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by May 31, 17
Air China Phoenix Miles	1,000 Bonus PhoenixMiles Kilometers on your first hotel booking via the Kaligo mobile apps. Full details	Until Apr 10, 17
Alitalia MilleMiglia	50% Bonus MilleMiglia Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo.  Full details and online booking	Book by May 15 for stays until Nov 30, 17
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Asia Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo. Regular Asia Miles members will earn up to 4,000 bonus miles, those who book with Hong Kong based Asia Miles American Express card will earn up to 5,000 bonus miles.  Full details and online booking	Book by May 5 for stays until Dec 31, 17
Etihad Guest	50% Bonus Guest Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo plus earn 1,000 bonus miles on your first booking.  Full details and online booking	Book by Apr 30 for stays until Dec 31, 17
flydubai OPEN Rewards	50% Bonus OPEN Rewards Points on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Until Apr 5, 17
Latam PASS	50% Bonus LANPASS KMs on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo.  Full details and online booking	Book by Mar 31 for stays until Dec 31, 17
Philippine Airlines Mabuhay	1,000 Bonus Mabuhay Miles on your first hotel stay booked via Kaligo. Full details and online booking	Book by Mar 31, 17
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	50% Bonus Flying Club Miles on all your hotel stays booked via Kaligo.  Full details and online booking	Book by Mar 31 for stays until Dec 31, 17
If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via PointsHound before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
Air France KLM Flying Blue	Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Flying Blue Miles on your first hotel booking via PointsHound. Full details. • 2,000 extra Miles for bookings of €150-299 • 5,000 extra Miles for bookings over €300	Book by Mar 31, 17
If you don't see your program of choice listed below and have not booked via Rocketmiles before you can earn 1,000 Bonus Miles/Points when you make your first booking with our referral link. (we'll also earn 1,000 miles)
Air Canada / Aeroplan	50% Bonus Aeroplan Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/aeroplanbonus. The first time booking bonus can only be earned once per member.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Air France KLM Flying Blue	1,000 Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Avianca LifeMiles	1,000 Bonus LifeMiles per night for up to 5 nights when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Copa Connect Miles	1,000 Bonus ConnectMiles per night for up to 5 nights when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Apr 30, 17
Etihad Guest	25% Bonus Guest Miles on all Rocketmiles hotel bookings paid for with your Etihad Guest co-brand credit card. www.rocketmiles.com/etihad-cobrand.	Until Mar 31, 17
Qatar Airways Privilege Club	2,000 Bonus QMiles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
United MileagePlus	3,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17
Virgin America Elevate	3,000 Bonus Elevate Points when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmles. Full details and online booking.	Book by Mar 31, 17

March 8 Update: Air Canada nixes Istanbul route, KLM Women's Day Seat Sale, Avis & Budget Aeroplan bonuses

News, Tips & Tricks
It appears that Air Canada has fully nixed their flight between Toronto and Istanbul that was supposed to resume at the end of April. If you were booked on this flight contact Air Canada or Aeroplan to be rescheduled on another flight like Turkish Airlines or perhaps Lufthansa via Frankfurt. (Source Routesonline)

Posts since our last update:

• Why you should still consider getting the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
  From the latter part of 2015 we've brought you all the details and drama surrounding the sale of Starwood Hotels…
• Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions - earn lots of points while you sleep!
  One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide…
• SWISS Airlines Companion Special - 2 can fly in Business Class out of Montreal from C$2,781 each
  Finding business class flights to Europe from Canada. for under $3,000 seems to be limited to specials from airlines…

Travel Deals
KLM is celebrating International Women's day with a seat sale on flights from all their Canadian gateway cities. Book by March 9 for travel until April 16. Find out more here.

Canadian Bonus Offers
Air Canada / Aeroplan
- Earn up to 3,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on Avis rentals Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 17
- Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on Budget rentals Worldwide. More... Until Jun 30, 17

Other Bonus Offers
Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Double Gold Points is valid on rentals of one day or longer at participating Avis locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. More... Until May 31, 17
- Double Gold  points is valid on rentals of one day or longer at participating Budget locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. More... Until May 31, 17

Iberia Plus
- Triple Avios for stays at the hotel Banke Paris. More... Until Apr 30, 17
- 500 Bonus Avios for minimum 3 nights stay at the Hotel Jerez & Spa, Villa Jerez, Playa de la Luz or Duque de Nájera More... Until Apr 30, 17
- Double Avios when you book a Costa Cruise. More... Book by Apr 30 for sailings until Nov 30, 17

La Quinta Returns
- Earn up to Triple Returns Points for stays at participating La Quinta locations in the U.S.. More... Until Apr 6, 17

Miles & More
- 1,000 Bonus Miles & More Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at Starwood Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- 500 Bonus QMiles for stays of 3+ nights at Marriott Hotels in Jordan. More... Until May 23, 17
- Triple QMiles on Sixt rentals of 5 or more days Worldwide. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals Apr 1 - Jun 30, 17

Saudia Alfursan
- Triple Alfursan Miles for stays at Atlantis, The Palm Dubai. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals until Jul 31, 17
- Triple Alfursan Miles for Hertz rentals of 2 or more days Worldwide. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals until May 31, 17

Stash Hotel Rewards
- Quadruple Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Hotel AbRi San Francisco. More... Book by Mar 31 for stays until Dec 31, 17
- Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Cooper Hotel Conference Center & Spa Dallas. More... Until Dec 31, 17

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Why you should still consider getting the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express

From the latter part of 2015 we've brought you all the details and drama surrounding the sale of Starwood Hotels to Marriott Hotels This worried a lot of Starwood Preferred Guest members (SPG) as SPG tends to be more rewarding than Marriott especially in how they treat their elite members. In September of 2016 we learned many details of the Marriott takeover and overall everyone on both sides seemed to b happy with the linking of accounts, status matches and points transfers that were provided by Marriott.  Ultimately we know that SPG and Marriott Rewards will be merged into a new program sometime in 2018.  Until then, the SPG program is still one of the most valuable programs out there, in fact if you look at our Top 5 Travel Rewards Currencies for Canadians you'll see that SPG ranks 4th overall! The program is still prime for taking advantage of by loyal SPG members, Marriott Rewards members and even those not loyal to the brands but looking to rack up some more airline miles and this can be done by using the SPG Amex card.

That brings us to the topic of this post. We still are constantly asked whether applying for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express is still worthwhile. And the simple answer is yes! That is why we still ranked the card as the number 1 hotel card in Canada in our 2017 Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings! Seeing that you have nearly two years to use the points before an integration or amalgamation there is more than enough time to make use of the very valuable currency.

Here are the details of the card:

And here are just some examples of why this card still represents a great value and why you should still consider grabbing it:

Use the points for Starwood stays of course! We value Starpoints at well over 2 cents each so the sign up bonus is worth $400 at a minimum. If you apply for the card and put your $1,500 spending on it as soon as you can you'll get the 20,000 Starpoints on your first statement date and those will post to SPG within a day or two after that. Now the questions is what can those 20,000 Starpoints get you?

Here are some ideas:

How about a night at The St. Regis Mauritius Resort in June:

Only 20,000 Starpoints for a Junior Suite with ocean view. If you pay cash, the non-refundable, prepaid rate is EUR755 or about $1074CDN!! That's almost a 5.4% return on your points. Go for two night with points + cash for 20,000 Starpoints and $360 USD (C$485) versus C$2,148 in outright costs. That's a savings of C$1663 or a value of 8.3 cents per point (16% when you earn 2 points/$ at Starwood & Marriott hotels) THAT'S HUGE!!!

How about a little closer to home? The Westin Grand Vancouver in August

  

Only 12,000 Starpoints per night for a superior suite. If you pay cash, the non-refundable rate is C$489 so you are getting ~4.1% per point in value.

Another amazing benefit from SPG is the ability to transfer the Starpoints to well over 30 airlines from around the globe including Aeroplan. What is even better is that SPG will bonus you 5,000 miles each time you transfer 20,000 Starpoints to any of their airline partners. This means the sign up bonus with the card is actually the equivalent of 25,000 miles with all but a couple of partners. Aeroplan is one those that you would get 25,000 miles. For most of us Aeroplan is the obvious choice but some other front runners are British Airways, Alaska Airlines, American AAdvantage, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles or Air France KLM Flying Blue.

Here is the full of transfer partners:

FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAM	EXCHANGE RATIO (STARPOINTS:MILES)
Aegean Airlines	1:1
Aeromexico Club Premier	1:1
Aeroplan/Air Canada	1:1
Air Berlin	1:1
Air China Companion	1:1
Air New Zealand Airpoints	65:1
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	1:1
Alitalia MileMiglia	1:1
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Mileage Club	1:1
American Airlines AAdvantage	1:1
Asia Miles	1:1
Asiana Airlines	1:1
British Airways Executive Club	1:1
China Eastern Airlines	1:1
China Southern Airlines Sky Pearl Club	1:1
Delta Air Lines SkyMiles	1:1
Emirates Skywards	1:1
Etihad Airways	1:1
Flying Blue	1:1
Gol Smiles	2:1
Hainan Airlines	1:1
Hawaiian Airlines	1:1
Japan Airlines (JAL) Mileage Bank	1:1
Jet Airways	1:1
Korean Air	1:1
LATAM Airlines LATAM Pass	1:1.5
LifeMiles® of Avianca	1:1
Miles and More	1:1
Qatar Airways	1:1
Saudi Arabian Airlines	1:1
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer	1:1
Thai Airways International Royal Orchid Plus	1:1
United Mileage Plus	2:1
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	1:1
Virgin Australia	1:1

If airline miles and Starpoints don't appeal to you but Marriott Rewards points do, then this card is still for you. You can convert Starpoints to Marriott at a rate of 1 Starpoint to 3 Marriott Rewards Points which means the 20,000 Starpoint bonus is worth 60,000 Marriott Rewards points. This is in fact higher than any bonus out there for Marriott's own card in Canada. Another reason you may want to consider moving points over to Marriott are their Hotel + Air Packages. Granted you have to rack up more points than 60,000 but it is well known that these packages can provide amazing value as they give you 7 nights at a Marriott Hotel PLUS airline miles on top of that. Here is an example of the points requirements and what you get for them if you choose a program like Aeroplan:

Say you have the 270,000 Marriott Rewards Points and want to convert to Aeroplan you could convert directly and get 90,000 Aeroplan Miles but why would you do that when you can use this package and get 120,000 Aeroplan Miles plus 7 nights at a Category 1-5 hotel!
You can find out more about Marriott's Hotel+Air Packages here.

Finally you could just hold onto the points and keep collecting as you spend on the card and redeem for higher end hotels before 2018 or keep going for multiples of 20,000 Starpoints to transfer to an airline partner. Ultimately if you don't do any of that the points that you are holding onto will transfer into the newly merged program sometime in 2018.

Clich here to find out more or to apply for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card!

Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions - earn lots of points while you sleep!

One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs. In fact, right now it should be rare for you NOT to earn a bonus. Unless you are staying at a boutique hotel or perhaps an Accor or Hyatt Hotel most other hotels out there have a bonus. So take advantage of it! These systemwide bonuses simply require you to register beforehand and they do not affect hotel pricing as long as you book a point eligible rate which are most rates out there. Of course booking through a third party site like Expedia or Rocketmiles does not count as most chains only award points on bookings that are made directly with them.  So without further ado here are all the current promotions that are available to everyone:

Provider	Offer	Validity Date
Best Western Rewards	Receive a $10 Best Western Gift Card with every stay at Best Western Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration & booking (Registration is required) Valid for North American residents only	Until Apr 30, 17
	For a complete listing of all Best Western Rewards bonus point offers please visit FFB's Best Western page
Carlson Hotels Club Carlson	Earn up to 100,000 Bonus Gold Points for stays at any participating Carlson hotels worldwide.  Register Online (Registration is required) then book online at at Radisson, Park Plaza, Country Inns & Suites, Radisson Blu or Park Inn Stay 1 night, earn 5,000 bonus Gold Points Stay 2 nights, earn 10,000 bonus Gold Points Stay 4 nights, earn 20,000 bonus Gold Points Stay 8 nights, earn 50,000 bonus Gold Points Stay 20 or more nights, earn 100,000 bonus Gold Points	Until Mar 31, 17
	For a complete listing of all Carlson Hotels Club Carlson bonus point offers please visit FFB's Carlson page
Choice Hotels Privileges	Earn up to 8,000 Bonus Privileges Points (enough for a free night) for every 2 separate stays you complete at participating Choice Hotels Worldwide. Stay must be booked via ChoiceHotels.com, the Choice Hotels mobile app, or 800.4CHOICE at qualifying rates. Members will be awarded a maximum of 8,000 bonus points, depending on the number of base points earned for every (2) separate qualifying trips. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Restrictions For residents of the U.S. and Canada only	Mar 2 - Apr 27, 17
	For a complete listing of all Choice Privileges bonus point offers please visit FFB's Choice page
Fairmont Presidents Club	No Offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all Fairmont bonus offers please visit FFB's Fairmont page
Hilton	2,000 Bonus Honors Points per night on all eligible stays at any Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)	Until Apr 30, 17
	For a complete listing of all Hilton HHonors bonus point offers please visit FFB's Hilton page
Hyatt	No Offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all Hyatt Gold Passport bonus point offers please visit FFB's Hyatt page
InterContinental Hotels Group	Earn at least 30,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you stay at IHG Hotels Worldwide.  Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)	Jan 1 - Apr 15, 17
	For a complete listing of all IHG Priority Club bonus point offers please visit FFB's IHG page
Le Club accorhotels	No offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all Best Western Rewards bonus point offers please visit FFB's Best Western page
Marriott	Double Rewards Points when you stay at Marriott Hotels Worldwide. Awarded on your first 3 stays during the promotional period. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)	Register by Mar 15 for stays Jan 16 - Apr 15, 17
	For a complete listing of all Marriott Rewards bonus point offers please visit FFB's Marriott page
Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer	No Offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all Marriott Rewards bonus point offers please visit FFB's iPrefer page
Ritz-Carlton Rewards	Double Rewards Points when you stay at any Ritz-Carlton or Marriott Hotels Worldwide. Awarded on your first 3 stays during the promotional period. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)	Register by Mar 15 for stays Jan 16 - Apr 15, 17
	For a complete listing of all Shangria-La bonus point offers please visit FFB's Ritz-Carlton Rewards page
Shangri-La Golden Circle	No Offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all Shangria-La bonus point offers please visit FFB's Golden Circle page
Starwood Preferred Guest	Double Starpoints + Additional Starpoints when you stay at Starwood Hotels Worldwide. Awarded on your first 3 stays during the promotional period. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required) Additional bonus varies by member but here is an example: Starting on your fourth stay, you can earn up to 10,000 bonus Starpoints®: Achieve 10 nights and you'll earn 5,000 Starpoints. After 10 nights earn 500 Starpoints for each additional night, up to 5,000 Starpoints.	Register by Mar 15 for stays Jan 16 - Apr 15, 17
	For a complete listing of all Starwood Preferred Guest bonus point offers please visit FFB's SPG page
Voila Hotel Rewards	5,000 Bonus VHR Points per stay at any Voila Hotel Rewards hotel Worldwide. Maximum of 100,000 bonus points awarded. Register Online (Registration is required)	Until Mar 31, 17
	For a complete listing of all Voila Hotel Rewards bonus point offers please visit FFB's VHR page
World Hotels Peakpoints	Triple Peakpoints or Triple Airline Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating World Hotels locations Worldwide. Full details	Until Mar 31, 17
	Double Peakpoints or Double Airline Miles for stays at participating World Hotels locations Worldwide that are booked at least 20 days in advance. Full details	Until Mar 31, 17
	For a complete listing of all Starwood Preferred Guest bonus point offers please visit FFB's Peakpoints page
Wyndham Rewards	No Offers at this time	--
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SWISS Airlines Companion Special - 2 can fly in Business Class out of Montreal from C$2,781 each

Finding business class flights to Europe from Canada. for under $3,000 seems to be limited to specials from airlines like Air France and KLM and on the occasion from British Airways. So when another airline offers up sub $3,000 tickets it is newsworthy! Star Alliance airline SWISS (and Aeroplan partner) have launched this companion ticket special for travel in SWISS' great business class out of Montreal. You must book this offer by March 13th and you and your companion will travel in style to Europe for close to the same price usually charged for one ticket! This offer is good for Monday-Thursday flights for most of 2017.

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Some sample fares and cities available with this offer

and a sample booking: