August 24 Update: Air Canada to launch Montreal-Tokyo flights, bonus AIR MILES for Hudson Bay eGift Cards & more!

News, Tips & Tricks
Air Canada has announced new direct non-stop flights between Montreal and Tokyo Narita! These flight launch on June 1, 2018 and are currently showing lots of Aeroplan availability for
Economy and Business Class redemptions! Now's the time to jump on it as those will be gone quicker than you know! (Source Air Canada)

AIR MILES is offering some bonus Reward Miles when you redeem some of your Cash Miles for Hudson Bay eGift cards. You'll receive 10 bonus AIR MILES for every $10 of eGfit Cards you order up to $50. This means you are effectively redeeming 85 miles for every $10. Not a bad deal. Find out more here.

Check out our co-brand page on Agoda.com! Its actually for our global site FrequentFlyerBonuses.com but in reality FFB and Rewards Canada are one in the same. You can use this page to make any hotel bookings you normally would make via Agoda including PointsMax bookings which are just like PointsHound, Rocketmiles, Kaligo bookings in that you can earn thousands of airline miles with many different airline on those stays. Booking via this page helps support Rewards Canada! Check the page out here!

Posts since our last update:

• Convert Diners Club Club Rewards Points to British Airways Executive Club Avios and receive a 50% bonus
  Alright here is an offer I may take advantage of towards the end of September. This one is for…
• Hilton Honors continues Double Up for the rest of year - Double Points on stays + an extra Diamond Bonus
  Why change something when its working for you right? Well that's exactly what Hilton Honors is doing. Double Up,…
• Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Up to a 50% bonus when you buy miles until October 5
  Alaska Airlines has launched yet another buy miles bonus and once again it is one of the best ones ever…

Canadian Bonus Offers
British Airways Executive Club
- 50% Bonus Avios when you convert Diners Club Club Rewards points to British Airways Executive Club. More... Until Sep 30, 17

Other Bonus Offers
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Double Mileage Plan Miles when you fly Alaska Airlines on select new routes within the U.S. and to Mexico. More... Register by Jan 31 for travel until Feb 28, 18
- 10,000 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles for Virgin America Elevate members when you activate a Mileage Plan account. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Hilton Honors
- Double Honors Points on all eligible stays at any Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Diamond members will earn an extra bonus which varies by member. More... Sep 1 - Dec 31, 17

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn up to 80% Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you buy points. More... Until Sep 12, 17

Le Club accorhotels
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points when you book the Park, Sleep, Fly package at participating Accor Hotels in Belgium and the Netherlands. More... Book by Sep 15 for stays until Sep 30, 17


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Convert Diners Club Club Rewards Points to British Airways Executive Club Avios and receive a 50% bonus

Alright here is an offer I may take advantage of towards the end of September. This one is for those select few of us who have held onto to our Diners Club Mastercards as the card isn't technically available for new applications. Right now through to the end of September any Diners Club cardholder that transfers Club Rewards points to British Airways Executive Club will receive a 50% bonus on those transfers. The regular transfer rate is 1,250 Club Rewards Points to 1,000 Avios so with this bonus that equates to 1,500 Avios. That equates to 1.2 Avios per dollar spent on the card. Not bad, not great like the 1.25 you can earn on everyday spend with The Platinum Card from American Express or the category bonuses of 2 Avios per dollar with The American Express Gold Rewards Card but still better than the regular transfer rate. I have transferred Club Rewards points to Avios in the past when the bonus was 30% so the 50% is even better, but part of me wants to hold out to see if an Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan bonus will come along from Diners as I'd rather transfer to that program. Good thing is I have the better part of a month to decide. Remember you can use British Airways Executive Club to fly to many destinations in the U.S. from Canada for between 15,000 and 25,000 Avios round trip (See here for details on that)


Offer details:
50% Bonus Avios when you convert Diners Club Club Rewards points to British Airways Executive Club. Full details Until Sep 30, 17

Find many more Executive Club Bonus Avios offers here

Hilton Honors continues Double Up for the rest of year - Double Points on stays + an extra Diamond Bonus

Why change something when its working for you right? Well that's exactly what Hilton Honors is doing. Double Up, there systemwide promotion that has been running for quite sometime now is being used once again as their fall systemwide bonus. After registering all members will earn double Honors points on all eligible stays Worldwide. And just like the current summer version, Diamond members get an extra bonus. Its not triple points this time but rather a varying bonus for each Diamond member.

Offer details
Double Honors Points on all eligible stays at any Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Diamond members will earn an extra bonus which varies by member. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Sep 1 - Dec 31, 17

Find many more Hilton Honors bonuses here.

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Up to a 50% bonus when you buy miles until October 5

Alaska Airlines has launched yet another buy miles bonus and once again it is one of the best ones ever - that is if you are targeted for it. We were, got the email and after reading some other sites it seems many are targeted for the up to 50% bonus but there are some who are not and are getting lower options. If you get the 50% you definitely want to jump on this offer! With the 50% offer you are buying Mileage Plan Miles under U.S. 2 cents a piece:

Seeing that you can redeem miles for premium class flights on British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Hainan, Korean Air and more, there are lots of options for you to use these miles. Remember it only takes 70,000 Mileage Plan miles to fly Cathay Pacific First Class from North America to Asia!

Offer details
Receive up to 50% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy miles online. Full details. Until Oct 5, 17
The bonus offer varies per member and ranges from 35% to 50% as the maximum bonus. Here is an example of the tiered 50% bonus:

• Buy 10,000 – 19,000 miles and get a 20% bonus
• Buy 20,000 – 39,000 miles and get a 35% bonus
• Buy 40,000 – 60,000 miles and get a 50% bonus

Find many more Mileage Plan offers here.

August 23 Update: We're back with updates, More capacity for free flights between Toronto & Dublin and much more!

News, Tips & Tricks
Rewards Canada is back, sort of! We're going to run semi frequent updates and posts for the next two weeks and return to full bore updates/posts/news features on September 5th.

Aer Lingus is increasing their service between Toronto and Dublin for the upcoming Winter season and are going to run it with an Airbus A330 instead of a Boeing 757. This is significant as it means more capacity and availability to take advantage of one the best transatlantic redemption options for Canadians. That's the How you can easily get a free flight between Toronto and Dublin, Ireland (pre taxes/fees) or 4 flights for $240+fees redemption offer! (Source Routesonline)

WestJet will be adding new service between Calgary and Denver starting in March 2018. This appears to be a preemptive strike at Frontier Airlines who is also launching the route next spring. Competition is great and this provides just one more route to earn and redeem your WestJet dollars on! (Source WestJet)

Delta Airlines will be cutting their Quebec City-New York City JFK route as of this October. Not the best news for SkyMiles/SkyTeam members in Quebec City! (Source Routesonline)

Fun Fact! Did you know that 2017 marks the 15th year of the Rewards Canada News Weekly Newsletter? Nearly 600 newsletters have been sent out since 2002! If you don't subscribe to the newsletter you can do so here.


Posts since our last update:

• Choice Hotels Privileges: Earn 8,000 points when you complete 2 stays Worldwide from August 31 to November 11
  Choice Hotels has revealed the details of their Fall promotion and as we usually see, it is pretty much the…
• Best ever offer for an AIR MILES co-brand credit card - Up to 3,000 Miles, a companion ticket with no annual fee in the 1st year
  If I can recall correctly, this new offer is the best ever offer for an AIR MILES credit card.…
• IHG Rewards Club Accelerate returns for Fall 2017 - Earn 30,000 or more bonus points for your IHG stays!
  As soon as the Summer Accelerate bonus ends the Fall Accelerate offer launches! As we have seen each Accelerate…
• Join Marriott Rewards and earn Double Airline Miles for stays - includes Aeroplan & British Airways
  Back at the start of June we broke the new offer from Marriott that awarded 1,000 miles for just…
• IHG Rewards Club: 50% off Reward Nights in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean
  Just like last summer IHG Rewards Club is once again offering their 50% off rewards night sale for stays at…
• Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for August
  Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of August! This is not…

Travel Deals
AAA/CAA members can save up to 25% and receive a $50 dining credit for stays Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean until Dec 31. Find out more here!

Canadian Bonus Offers
AIR MILES- Get up to 3,000 AIR MILES Bonus Miles* plus a Companion Flight Rebate and $120 annual fee waiver in the first year with the BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard.  More...
 
 Other Bonus Offers
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Receive up to 50% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy miles online. More... Until Oct 5, 17

Choice Privileges
- Earn up to 8,000 Bonus Privileges Points for 2 separate stays you complete at participating Choice Hotels Worldwide. More... For residents of the U.S. and Canada only  Aug 31 - Nov 11, 17

Emirates Skywards
- 3,000 Bonus Skywards Miles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. More... Book by Sep 30 for stays until Jan 2, 18

IHG Rewards Club
- IHG Rewards Club Accelerate: Earn 500 to 30,000 or more Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you complete stays at IHG Hotels Worldwide. Bonus varies by member  More... Sep 1 - Dec 31, 17

Marriott Rewards
- Double Airline Miles (choose from 9 airlines) on all your Marriott stays when you join Marriott Rewards. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles for stays at participating Hilton hotels in Worldwide. More... Until Sep 30, 17

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Choice Hotels Privileges: Earn 8,000 points when you complete 2 stays Worldwide from August 31 to November 11

Choice Hotels has revealed the details of their Fall promotion and as we usually see, it is pretty much the same offer we always see. They word the promotions differently in terms of get a free night, get a $50 gift card etc. However the gist of the promos are the same, they will award you enough bonus points after you complete 2 separate stays to have 8,000 points after those stays. In this case it is being promoted as the Free Night offer since you'll have enough points after the two stays to redeem for a hotel stay at their participating 8,000 point level hotels.

Offer details
Earn up to 8,000 Bonus Privileges Points for 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 minimum of 5,000 and maximum of 8,000 bonus points, depending on the number of base points earned from the two (2) separate qualifying stays. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)
Aug 31 - Nov 11, 17 
Restrictions
For residents of the U.S. and Canada only 

Best ever offer for an AIR MILES co-brand credit card - Up to 3,000 Miles, a companion ticket with no annual fee in the 1st year

If I can recall correctly, this new offer is the best ever offer for an AIR MILES credit card. Now I have covered over 30,000 bonuses on our sites over the years so I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure that's not the case.

Right now when you apply for and receive the BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard they will give it to you with no annual fee in the first year which means all of the bonuses and benefits it comes with come to you at no charge.

Let's look at the sign up bonus. They have actually increased it with this offer of the first year free from the previous 2,000 miles to 3,000 miles! The 3,000 AIR MILES Reward Miles bonus is broken down as such: you'll receive 1,000 miles on your first purchase and an additional 2,000 miles when you spend $3,000 on eligible purchases (pretty much your everyday spending, things like interest, cash advances etc. are not eligible) within the first three months of having the card.

When redeeming for flights we value AIR MILES Reward Miles at 11 to 15 cents each. This means the 3,000 miles with this card are worth at least $330. Even if you only run Cash Miles and not Dream Miles you are looking at approximately $315 in value. Not bad considering they don't cost you anything outside of your everyday spend.

However the sign up bonus doesn't end there like it typically does. BMO has now thrown in a companion ticket rebate offer. When you redeem miles for two tickets via AIR MILES by November 30, 2018 you'll have the miles for the second ticket rebated to you. It doesn't matter where the redemption is to, it can be to anywhere in the World, as long as you have the miles for both tickets at time of redemption you can get the rebate. That's the kicker, having enough miles. So in all likelihood most of the companion ticket rebates will be used for flights within Canada or the U.S. as that is where the majority of AIR MILES redemption happen as most collectors do not collect enough miles for flights for two people beyond the borders of North America. That being said, maybe you are sitting on a huge nest egg of miles and have enough for two big ticket redemptions. Well before you redeem get this card and you'll effectively drop your redemption rate to 50% and be able to keep a large amount of miles in your account.

Here are the exact terms for the companion ticket offer:

To be credited the Dream Miles for your Companion flight ticket, you must book any two flights (one way or return) for travel anytime (subject to availability from participating suppliers at the time of booking) through airmiles.ca using your Dream Miles before November 30, 2018. Both flight tickets must be booked in the same transaction, and on the same itinerary (both flights must be travelling on the same day, departing from the same location in Canada, and arriving to the same destination). You must have accumulated a sufficient balance of Dream Miles in your Collector Account to use for both flights in the same transaction to be eligible for this Offer. You will be credited the number of Miles back into your Dream Account that is equal to one flight ticket (excluding all taxes, fees and applicable surcharges) within 45 days after your flight booking.

The combination of these three offers when you get this card (sign up bonus, first year free & companion ticket rebate) make this one of the strongest new limited time offers out there, especially if you are looking for an AIR MILES co-brand credit card. Even if you don't use the companion ticket rebate the card is still a great option to get with the $300+ value from the sign up bonus as you can always cancel the card before the 12 months is up so you don't pay the annual fee for year two. Remember as well the card also offers Priority Pass membership with two free visits and one of its strongest features: 25% off AIR MILES flight redemptions for travel within North America. Really there isn't a reason why you shouldn't get this card right now.

Card details:

BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard
Welcome Offer: Get up to 3,000 AIR MILES Bonus Miles* plus a Companion Flight Rebate*
·  Limited Time: $120 annual fee waived in the first year*
· Earn 1 reward mile for every $10 in credit card purchases, everywhere you spend*
· BMO AIR MILES World Elite Travel and Medical Protection*
· Exclusive 25% Flight Discount*
· VIP Airport Lounge Access*
· BMO Concierge Service*
· Use your card at Costco
· *Terms and conditions apply

IHG Rewards Club Accelerate returns for Fall 2017 - Earn 30,000 or more bonus points for your IHG stays!

As soon as the Summer Accelerate bonus ends the Fall Accelerate offer launches! As we have seen each Accelerate promotion they come out with new personalized offers for each member. The total bonus available per member ranges from a minimum of 30,000 points to well past 100,000. You can register for Accelerate here.

Since I finally had an IHG stay this past quarter my offer has changed from the base 30,000 point offer to this one that maxes out at 45,000 points:

For me I am not going to go out of my way to achieve the whole amount. For one I don't have any plans to hit up New York City this Fall so the Big Apple Bonus is out of the question. Even staying 5 nights in total for 5,000 points would be tough. In all likelihood I'll maybe the achieve the stay once bonus of 1,000 points and maybe the September bonus.

Let us know what offer you get in the comments below!

Offer details
IHG Rewards Club Accelerate: Earn 500 to 30,000 or more Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you complete stays at IHG Hotels Worldwide. Bonus varies by member  Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Sep 1 - Dec 31, 17

Join Marriott Rewards and earn Double Airline Miles for stays - includes Aeroplan & British Airways

Back at the start of June we broke the new offer from Marriott that awarded 1,000 miles for just joining the program and double miles on all stays for 90 days. Well the offer was quickly pulled due to overwhelming response because of the free miles. We now see it return without the sign up bonus of course but now when you join Marriott Rewards via the special link below you'll earn Double Miles on all your stays in any one of 9 airline programs. For most of us here in Canada Aeroplan or BA Executive Club make the most sense but there are seven other airlines to choose from as well.

Offer details:
Double Airline Miles on all your Marriott stays when you join Marriott Rewards. Maximum of 35,000 bonus miles awarded. Double Miles awarded for the first 90 days from date of joining. Receive Full details and Online Registration (Registration is required) Until Dec 31, 17

Participating Airlines:
Aeroplan
Etihad Guest
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
Avianca-TACA LifeMiles
AeroMexico ClubPremier
British Airways Executive Club
Jet Airways JetPrivilege
Lufthansa Miles & More
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

If miles aren't your preference remember there is always the Marriott New Member Bonus where you can earn a free night at a category 1 – 5 hotel after your 2nd paid stay at any Marriott Hotels Worldwide.

IHG Rewards Club: 50% off Reward Nights in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean

Just like last summer IHG Rewards Club is once again offering their 50% off rewards night sale for stays at participating hotels in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean!

To receive 50% off simply book by August 12 for stays until October 27, 17! You can book the offer via this link

Examples of some of the participating hotels: