Give A Mile 2017 Flight Hero Christmas Campaign - donate today to help reach 50 flights of compassion

Rewards Canada's charity partner Give A Mile has launched their annual Flight Hero Christmas Campaign. We have covered Give A Mile before on the blog but as a quick refresher here is what Give A Miles is all about:

Established in Calgary, Canada in February 2013, Give A Mile is dedicated to bringing together the terminally ill, or critically sick, with family members or close friends by crowdfunding airline flights through micro-donations of travel loyalty miles. We work across Canada. We are 100% donation model so all miles donated go to flights.  We are 100% volunteer team with a Big Hairy Audacious Goal of giving 1 billion miles to families that need these flights.  A federally registered not-for-profit agency in Canada, Give A Mile is recognized as a charity by Aeroplan’s Beyond Miles program, and offers tax receipts for money donations to donors through an agreement with the Place2Give Foundation.

For the 2017 Flight Hero Christmas Campaign Give a Mile's goals are to:

~ raise 3,000,000 loyalty miles
~ give 50 flights of compassion


Rewards Canada has signed on to be a Flight Hero for the 2017 campaign and our Flight Hero goal is to raise 100,000 miles to help fund 4 flights of compassion! 

We are asking our readers to help us reach that goal! We've donated 50,000 Aeroplan Miles and would love to have our readers pitch in as well. Whether it's 50 of you at 1,000 miles each or any other combination it doesn't matter! Help us help Give A Mile and Canadians in dire circumstances the flights they need to visit their loved ones.


Donate today via Rewards Canada's Flight Hero Page on Give A Mile

To donate simply click the link above and then click on Donate to this Story

You'll go through a couple of steps and be able to choose which program to donate from and once your donation is complete the total should be updated on the Give A Mile site within a few minutes.

Give A Mile and Rewards Canada appreciate and are very thankful for any and all donations!

Finally we ask that you comment below after you donate! Don't be shy, let us and our readers know how much you donated and feel free to pass along any comments or well wishes to Give A Mile!

November 2 Update: Earn & Redeem Marriott Rewards points for online shopping, new Singapore Airlines premium products & 100 Free La Quinta points

Marriott Rewards has launched a new online shopping portal called Marriott Rewards More. Like many other online shopping portals you can earn points for shopping online with many retailers however what makes Marriott Rewards More different is that they also give you the option to redeem points for shopping with those same online retailers! For a limited time when you make your first purchase of $25 or more you'll receive 1,000 bonus Marriott Rewards points and if you still hold on to the Chase Marriott Premier Visa card you'll receive 25% bonus points on purchases made via More with the card! The list of Canadian retailers is relatively small right now but you can also switch to the U.S. offerings for a few more options. Oh and the redemption option is not a very good use of Marriott Rewards points unless you really want to use them for an online purchase but we'd advise against that.  Find out more here.

Singapore Airlines unveiled their new Suites and business class products that will be installed on their Airbus A380 fleet and be available on actual flights this December. Singapore Airlines has always been one of those aspirational redemption awards that many people dream of and save up for. Well it just got better with these new offerings. Gary Leff of View from the Wing details the Suites here and the Business Class here. Singapore Airlines left the Canadian market many moons ago but this is a product you may want to redeem for if travelling Europe to Asia or between Asia and Australia, or any other number of routes that the A380s will be plying. (Source Singapore Airlines)

Posts since our last update:

• Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Awards - Save 25% on Economy Class award tickets between Vancouver & Europe
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• Earn 4% cash back in the first 4 months with the BMO SPC CashBack Mastercard
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• WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard changes now live - Lounge Access, Concierge Service and a new look!
  As reported back in August the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard would be undergoing changes and those changes are now…
• Great new offer on the Scotia Momentum VISA Infinite card - 5% back for first three months & first year free
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Travel Deals
Another great Lufthansa seat sale to pass along today! Fly from Toronto to Europe for just over $700! Find out more here.

Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers
Air France / KLM Flying Blue
- November 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 Nov 30 for travel Jan 1 - Feb 28, 18

Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles
- 30% Bonus HawaiianMiles when you convert Diners Club Club Rewards Points to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles. More... Canadian Residents only Until Nov 30, 17

Other Bonus Offers
British Airways Executive Club
- Double Avios for hotel stays booked via Kaligo. More... Book by Dec 31, 17 for stays until Mar 31, 18

La Quinta Returns
- 100 FREE La Quinta Returns points when you download and log in to the La Quinta App. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Le Club AccorHotels
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Ibis and Novotel hotels in Madrid. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Marriott Rewards
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays of 2+ nights at over 40 Marriott locations in Southern California. More... Until Jan 2, 18

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Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Awards - Save 25% on Economy Class award tickets between Vancouver & Europe

The newest set of Air France KLM's Promo Awards went live earlier this week with only one Canadian offer versus to four or so we have seen for the past few months. With promo awards the discount ranges from 25 to 50% off the regular amount of miles required to redeem for these flights. As you can see just by the discount this can be a very good offer if you get 50% off for Business Class! As has been the case for probably a year or so for us we don't get any 50% offers for Canada departures but we do get 25% off which can definitely be utilized by some! While 25% isn't as good as 50% of course, it still is something to look at if you were planning travel to Europe for February.

The offer this month is are:
Vancouver to Europe: 25% off Economy Class - Book by Nov 30 for travel Feb 1 - 28, 18


Offer Details:
November Promo Awards - Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for an award ticket. Destinations vary by each promotional period. Full Details Book by Nov 30 for travel Jan  - Feb 28 18

Here are all the details on the Canadian offer available for booking this month:

Don't have all the miles? You could always consider transferring Starpoints earned via the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express to Flying Blue. The card has a 20,000 Starpoint bonus right now which translates to 25,000 Flying Blue miles which is more than enough to get a one-way ticket at a low cost:

Look at Vancouver to Paris on February 16th one way in Economy Class:

To buy the ticket is over C$1,400:

To redeem miles with this offer for the same flight it would be 18,750 miles + EUR 81.34:

Let's take the EUR 81.34 (~$122 Canadian) and add that to the $120 annual fee on the SPG card for a total of $242 to get a flights worth nearly 7 times that. Now that's making use of your miles! Of course this is for example purposes only as chances are by the time you apply for the card, receive and get the points after meeting the minimum spend it will be past the November end date of this offer but no matter what it affords you the option in the future since SPG Starpoints are so versatile and can not only be converted to Air France KLM Flying Blue but over 30 other airlines.

WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard changes now live - Lounge Access, Concierge Service and a new look!

As reported back in August the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard would be undergoing changes and those changes are now live! For the most part the changes are good however with change there has to be some compromise so to cover all the new benefits the annual fees on the cards are increasing.

First off there is fresh new card art that will be issued for new cards and upon card renewal for existing cardholders, starting November 1st.  The Basic card is now silver and the World Elite card looks is silver and black. Much easier to differentiate between the two now:

Here are all the new features and benefits that are now available on the cards 

• A permanent Petro-Canada fuel savings offer: You’ll need to link your WestJet RBC Mastercard and instantly save 3¢/L on fuel and always earn 20% more Petro-Points at Petro-Canada locations. For more details, visit: rbc.com/petro-canada 
• WORLD ELITE ONLY: Mastercard Airport Experience provided by LoungeKey. Includes: Access to 800+ worldwide airport lounges. Members will need to download the app and link a credit card to it to pay for lounge entries. Entry to any of the lounges will cost $27US per entry/person. 
• WORLD ELITE ONLY: Access to exclusive offers to airport retailers, including duty free shops; exclusive member access to the Mastercard Airport Experience app.
• WORLD ELITE ONLY: Mastercard Concierge Service. Exclusive last-minute access to favourite restaurants, event tickets and more; available 24/7 via toll-free number

And of the new fees now tied into the card:

• $119 for the primary card ($99 previously)
• $59 for supplementary cards ($49 previously)
• Household income requirement has also increased

Of course nothing else changes on the card, the 250 WestJet Dollars bonus, Companion Vouchers, and First Bag free all remain on the World Elite card.

Great new offer on the Scotia Momentum VISA Infinite card - 5% back for first three months & first year free

When you had two great offers for a card that ran separately over a certain time and both worked well what should you do? Combine them! Why not? That's exactly what Scotia has done with its Momentum Visa Infinite Card to help the card compete in the hot cash back market right now! They took the start of the year offer of 5% cash back on all purchases for the first three months of having the card and have now combined it with the Spring/Summer offer of having a first year annual fee waiver.

The new offer that launches today will see you earn 5% on all eligible purchases for the first three months after which you will have your usual 4%, 2% and 1% returns and with the annual fee waived in the first year it won't cost you anything to give this card a shot. This offer is valid for applications made up until Feb 28, 18

This card ranked third overall in our 2017 Top Cash Back  Credit card rankings.

Here are some details on the card:

Scotia Momentum® VISA* Infinite card

• Earn 5% cash back on everyday purchases for the first 3 months. Plus, annual fee waived for the first year.
• 4% on eligible gas station and grocery store purchases
• 2% on drug store purchases and recurring bills
• 1% cash back on all other
• VISA Infinite Complimentary Concierge Service – available 24/7
• Access to VISA Infinite Luxury Hotel Collection
• VISA Infinite Dining Series – Unique dining experiences in some of Canada’s top restaurants
• Special access to unique offers and experiences
• Rental car collision insurance
• Purchase security and extended warranty protection
 

October 31 Update: Podcast Episode 34 discusses credit scores, Renaissance Montreal intimate Navigator’s Table dinner & more

Podcast Episode 34 is here! You can listen to or download it on Apple iTunes, Google Play, our website and Soundcloud. In this episode we welcome Rubina Ahmed-Haq of AlwaysSaveMoney.com. Rubina is a journalist and blogger who covers the world of personal finance in Canada. She gives tips on how to save money on her blog and many media outlets across Canada. For the Rewards Canada podcast Rubina and Jeff delve into the world of credit scores. From what is a good credit score, what can affect your credit score, checking your score and more.

If you are in Montreal next week you may want to check out this event at the Renaissance Montreal Downtown:

Anne-Marie Withenshaw, a Canadian television and radio personality, hosts “Dîner en Couleur,”, a twist on a “Dîner en Blanc.”

Beginning November 6, Renaissance Hotels will be hosting its first-ever week-long dinner series at nearly all of the brand’s 170 hotels worldwide, as an intriguing extension of “The Navigator’s Table,” the brand’s original digital series featuring four-time James Beard award winner and Renaissance Hotels’ global brand ambassador, Andrew Zimmern, that premiered its second season October 17.

Travelers and foodies can reserve one of few spots for Renaissance Montreal Downtown’s intimate Navigator’s Table dinner on November 6 by visiting www.renhotels.com/events, and explore Montreal’s local flair among other culturally curious guests. Inspired by the bold design and colors of the hotel, this dining theme celebrates color - where all meal elements are the same color, from the napkins to the menu card, cocktails, appetizers and plated dishes.

Posts since our last update:

• Link your RBC Credit or Debit Card with Petro-Points to earn more points and save at the pump
  Two weeks ago the details were released about RBC's and Petro-Canada's latest offer and expansion of their partnership. As…
• NOW LIVE: IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks - 100 Hotels for only 5,000 points per night
  We gave you the preview last week and are happy to tell you that the latest IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks…
• Full list of the 100 IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks Hotels bookable on Monday for stays until January 31, 2018
  As we mentioned earlier today, IHG would give us a preview of the full list of hotels that you…
• IHG PointBreaks Preview - Bookable on Monday for stays until January 31, 2018
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Travel Deals
Book 3 nights at the Loews Miami Beach Hotels and get the 4th night free. Valid until Dec 31. Find out more here!

Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers
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Other Bonus Offers
IHG Rewards Club
- IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks Redeem only 5,000 points for stays at select hotels Worldwide. More... Until Jan 31, 18

La Quinta Returns
- Up to a 25% discount when you buy La Quinta Returns points online. More... Until Nov 26, 17

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to 4X Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at over 700 Accor Hotels in the Asia Pacific region. More... Book by Dec 15 for stays until Jan 31, 18
- Earn up to 500 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at Accor Hotels in Germany, Austria or Sweden. More...Book by Nov 31 for stays until Dec 23, 17

Marriott Rewards
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay at Marriott Hotels and Resorts in Hawaii. More... Book by Dec 1 for stays until Dec 13, 17

Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer
- Triple iPrefer Points and up to 30% off stays of 3 or more nights at participating Preferred Hotel Group Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Nov 30, 17

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Earn up to 14,000 Bonus QMiles when you fly between St. Petersburg and Doha. More... Dec 19 - Mar 20, 18

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles for stays of 2+ nights at participating Harbour Plaza Hotels in Hong Kong. More... Until Nov 30, 17
- Triple KrisFlyer Miles when you stay for at least two consecutive nights on a qualifying rate at Hard Rock Hotel Bali. More... Until Nov 30, 17
- 5 0% Bonus KrisFlyer Miles for hotel stays booked via Kaligo. More... Book by Oct 31, 17 for stays Until Dec 31, 18
- Earn 4x KrisFlyer Miles when you rent with Hertz Worldwide for two or more days. More... Book by Nov 30 for rentals until Dec 31, 17

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Link your RBC Credit or Debit Card with Petro-Points to earn more points and save at the pump

Two weeks ago the details were released about RBC's and Petro-Canada's latest offer and expansion of their partnership.

As of today RBC clients can now link their Petro-Points card to any personal or business RBC debit or credit card to instantly receive 3¢ per litre fuel savings and earn 20 per cent more Petro-Points on qualifying purchases made at Petro-Canada. RBC Rewards credit card holders will also earn 20 per cent more RBC Rewards points on their Petro-Canada purchases. Unlike other loyalty programs where the benefits are limited to a specific card, Canadians will be able to use every RBC card in their wallet to save instantly on fuel and earn more rewards points. Clients simply need to link their Petro-Points card to their RBC profile online once by visiting the secure RBC website, rbc.com/petro-canada 

Compared to the last offer that ended yesterday providing a 2 cents per litre discount the discount now becomes greater however you need to tie your cards together from RBC and Petro-Points unlike the previous offer where you just swiped your card to get the discount. This means you have to become a Petro-Points member and link your RBC Credit or Debit card to that account. Not a huge deal.

We posed a question back on the 18th was whether tying in an RBC card to the Petro-Points card affects other cards tied into Petro-Points like HBC, More Rewards and so on. We received a response from Suncor (Petro-Canada / Petro-Points parent company)

Our Question:
"currently with Petro-Points you can link multiple other loyalty accounts to your Petro-Points and get the 20% bonus points from each of them and will that be the case with RBC as well? That is if you link your RBC card and your HBC card will you a 20% bonus twice? And what about More Rewards?”

Suncor's Answer:
"You will continue to get points on any of our Petro-Points partners that you have linked your cards up on, the points will be calculated on the base spend."

It looks like you'll continue to earn all the bonuses and points from all linked cards. Currently I have More Rewards, HBC and SPC linked to my Petro-Points card. I add edmy WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard today and that should mean I'll get the 20% bonus Petro-Points three times (RBC, SPC, HBC) and still collect the More Rewards points as well, not to mention saving 3 cents per litre if I choose to use the WestJet card for those purchases but that may be tough as my American Express Gold Rewards card still provides better value than the 3 cents off especially with the jump in prices at the pump we experienced today.

Link your cards here today!

NOW LIVE: IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks - 100 Hotels for only 5,000 points per night

We gave you the preview last week and are happy to tell you that the latest IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks hotel are now available for booking! This set has 100 hotels exactly that can now be booked for 5,000 points per award night for stays until January 31, 2018. Each Reward Night at these participating hotels will be only 5,000 IHG Rewards Club points during the above mentioned dates. Remember the PointBreaks rules are 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.  (See below for the buy points offer as an easy way into this). Also be sure to book these ASAP as soon as the list comes out 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 from October 30 to January 31, 2018

If you don't have enough points, even 0, you can buy points right now with a 100% bonus if you buy 5,000 or more points which works out to 0.5 cents per points. That means you can get each of the PointBreaks hotels for as little as US$25 (C$32) per night if you buy 60,000 points. You can buy points with the bonus here until November 3, 2017.

Here is the full list of hotels that are available:

IHG hotels in Canada

ALBERTA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Cold Lake
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Drayton Valley

BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Osoyoos

ONTARIO

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ottawa East – Orleans

SASKATCHEWAN

• Holiday Inn Express Yorkton East

IHG hotels in Asia

CHINA

• Holiday Inn Express Chengdu Wenjiang Hotspring

INDIA

• Holiday Inn Express Ahmedabad Ashram Road
• Holiday Inn Cochin
• Holiday Inn Chandigarh Pancholihkula

INDONESIA

• Crowne Plaza Bandung

JAPAN

• ANA Crowne Plaza Okayama

MALAYSIA

• Holiday Inn Melaka

IHG hotels in the Middle East

SAUDI ARABIA

• Crowne Plaza Madinah

IHG hotels in Africa

SOUTH AFRICA

• Holiday Inn Express Sandton – Woodmead

IHG hotels in South America

ARGENTINA

• Holiday Inn Cordoba

BRAZIL

• Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco

IHG hotels in North America

NICARAGUA

• Holiday Inn Managua – Convention Center

PANAMA

• Crowne Plaza Panama

IHG hotels in Mexico

CHIHUAHUA

• Holiday Inn Express Piers Negras

MEXICO STATE

• Crowne Plaza Toluca-Lancaster

GUANAJUATO

• Candlewood Suites Celaya

JALISCO

• Holiday Inn Guadalajara Expo

SONORA

• Holiday Inn Hermosillo

PUEBLA

• Crowne Plaza Puebla

VERACRUZ

• Holiday Inn Express Tuxpan

IHG hotels in the United States

ALABAMA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Decatur
• Holiday Inn Mobile – Airport

ARKANSAS

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Clarksville
• Candlewood Suites West Little Rock
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Malvern

ARIZONA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wilcox

CALIFORNIA

• Holiday Inn Express Rocklin – Galleria Area
• Holiday Inn Express Mira Mesa – San Diego

COLORADO

• Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Denver Tech Center – Centennial

DELAWARE

• Candlewood Suites Newark South – University Area

FLORIDA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Jacksonville W – I295 and I10
• Holiday Inn Express Naples South I-75

IDAHO

• Holiday Inn Nampa

ILLINOIS

• Crowne Plaza Chicago – Burr Ridge
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mount Vernon
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Rantoul

INDIANA

• Candlewood Suites Bloomington
• Candlewood Suites Indianapolis – South

KANSAS

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pratt
• Candlewood Suites Topeka West
• Candlewood Suites Wichita-Northeast

LOUISIANA

• Holiday Inn Express Donaldsonville
• Candlewood Suites Houma
• Candlewood Suites Lake Charles South

MASSACHUSETTS

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Westfield

MARYLAND

• Holiday Inn Express Hunt Valley
• Staybridge Suites Baltimore BWI Airport
• Holiday Inn Express Prince Frederick

MAINE

• Candlewood Suites Portland – Scarborough

MICHIGAN

• Holiday Inn Flint – Grand Blanc Area
• Crowne Plaza Grand Rapids- Airport
• Staybridge Suites Detroit-Utica

MINNESOTA

• Candlewood Suites Lakeville I-35

MISSISSIPPI

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Grenada
• Holiday Inn Express New Albany

NORTH CAROLINA

• Holiday Inn Greensboro Airport
• Crowne Plaza Hickory
• Holiday Inn Express Hillsborough (Durham Area)

NEBRASKA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chadron
• Candlewood Suites Omaha Airport

NEW JERSEY

• Holiday Inn Express Princeton Southeast
• Holiday Inn Princeton
• Candlewood Suites Somerset

NEW YORK

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Jamestown
• Candlewood Suites Nanuet-Dockland County
• Holiday Inn Express Rochester – Greece

OHIO

• Staybridge Suites Canton

OKLAHOMA

• Candlewood Suites Ardmore
• Candlewood Suites McAlester
• Candlewood Suites Owasso

OREGON

• Candlewood Suites Medford

PENNSYLVANIA

• Candlewood Suites Harrisburg – Hershey
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites St. Marys
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Uniontown

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites I 26 & US 29 at Westgate Mall

TENNESSEE

• Candlewood Suites Nashville – Metro Center

TEXAS

• Candlewood Suites Bay City
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Carrizo Springs
• Staybridge Suites Fort Worth – Fossil Creek
• Candlewood Suites Longview
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Snyder
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sulphur Springs

VIRGINIA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suits Claypool Hill (Richlands Area)
• Staybridge Suites Quantico-Stafford

WISCONSIN

• Candlewood Suites Milwaukee Brown Deer

WEST VIRGINIA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Parkersburg East

WYOMING

• Candlewood Suites Cheyenne

IHG hotels in Europe

AZERBAIJAN

• Staybridge Suites Baku

BELGIUM

• Holiday Inn Express Hasselt

BULGARIA

• Holiday Inn Plovdiv

FRANCE

• Holiday Inn Lyon – Vaise

TURKEY

• Holiday Inn Antalya – Lara

UNITED KINGDOM

• Crowne Plaza Belfast
• Holiday Inn Birmingham North – Cannock
• Holiday Inn Preston

Full list of the 100 IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks Hotels bookable on Monday for stays until January 31, 2018

As we mentioned earlier today, IHG would give us a preview of the full list of hotels that you will be able to book on Monday for only 5,000 points per night in the latest PointBreaks. They are out now and this time we have an even 100 hotels available with 5 of them in Canada. Remember when Monday roles around the PointBreaks rules are 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 if you need more than two reservations is to book 2 reservations with one IHG Rewards Club account and then have your spouse or partner book 2 more etc. Of course this is dependent on both accounts having enough points to redeem for these awards (See below for the buy points offer as an easy way into this). Also be sure to book these ASAP as soon as the list comes out 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 from October 30 to January 31, 2018

If you don't have enough points, even 0, you can buy points right now with a 100% bonus if you buy 5,000 or more points which works out to 0.5 cents per points. That means you can get each of the PointBreaks hotels for only ~C$32 per night if you buy points for the stay. You can buy points with the bonus here until November 3, 2017. You'll want to buy right away so the points are in your account by mid Morning Monday when these go live.

Here is the full list of hotels that will be bookable on Monday.

IHG hotels in Canada

ALBERTA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Cold Lake
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Drayton Valley

BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Osoyoos

ONTARIO

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ottawa East – Orleans

SASKATCHEWAN

• Holiday Inn Express Yorkton East

IHG hotels in Asia

CHINA

• Holiday Inn Express Chengdu Wenjiang Hotspring

INDIA

• Holiday Inn Express Ahmedabad Ashram Road
• Holiday Inn Cochin
• Holiday Inn Chandigarh Pancholihkula

INDONESIA

• Crowne Plaza Bandung

JAPAN

• ANA Crowne Plaza Okayama

MALAYSIA

• Holiday Inn Melaka

IHG hotels in the Middle East

SAUDI ARABIA

• Crowne Plaza Madinah

IHG hotels in Africa

SOUTH AFRICA

• Holiday Inn Express Sandton – Woodmead

IHG hotels in South America

ARGENTINA

• Holiday Inn Cordoba

BRAZIL

• Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco

IHG hotels in North America

NICARAGUA

• Holiday Inn Managua – Convention Center

PANAMA

• Crowne Plaza Panama

IHG hotels in Mexico

CHIHUAHUA

• Holiday Inn Express Piers Negras

MEXICO STATE

• Crowne Plaza Toluca-Lancaster

GUANAJUATO

• Candlewood Suites Celaya

JALISCO

• Holiday Inn Guadalajara Expo

SONORA

• Holiday Inn Hermosillo

PUEBLA

• Crowne Plaza Puebla

VERACRUZ

• Holiday Inn Express Tuxpan

IHG hotels in the United States

ALABAMA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Decatur
• Holiday Inn Mobile – Airport

ARKANSAS

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Clarksville
• Candlewood Suites West Little Rock
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Malvern

ARIZONA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wilcox

CALIFORNIA

• Holiday Inn Express Rocklin – Galleria Area
• Holiday Inn Express Mira Mesa – San Diego

COLORADO

• Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Denver Tech Center – Centennial

DELAWARE

• Candlewood Suites Newark South – University Area

FLORIDA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Jacksonville W – I295 and I10
• Holiday Inn Express Naples South I-75

IDAHO

• Holiday Inn Nampa

ILLINOIS

• Crowne Plaza Chicago – Burr Ridge
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mount Vernon
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Rantoul

INDIANA

• Candlewood Suites Bloomington
• Candlewood Suites Indianapolis – South

KANSAS

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pratt
• Candlewood Suites Topeka West
• Candlewood Suites Wichita-Northeast

LOUISIANA

• Holiday Inn Express Donaldsonville
• Candlewood Suites Houma
• Candlewood Suites Lake Charles South

MASSACHUSETTS

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Westfield

MARYLAND

• Holiday Inn Express Hunt Valley
• Staybridge Suites Baltimore BWI Airport
• Holiday Inn Express Prince Frederick

MAINE

• Candlewood Suites Portland – Scarborough

MICHIGAN

• Holiday Inn Flint – Grand Blanc Area
• Crowne Plaza Grand Rapids- Airport
• Staybridge Suites Detroit-Utica

MINNESOTA

• Candlewood Suites Lakeville I-35

MISSISSIPPI

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Grenada
• Holiday Inn Express New Albany

NORTH CAROLINA

• Holiday Inn Greensboro Airport
• Crowne Plaza Hickory
• Holiday Inn Express Hillsborough (Durham Area)

NEBRASKA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Chadron
• Candlewood Suites Omaha Airport

NEW JERSEY

• Holiday Inn Express Princeton Southeast
• Holiday Inn Princeton
• Candlewood Suites Somerset

NEW YORK

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Jamestown
• Candlewood Suites Nanuet-Dockland County
• Holiday Inn Express Rochester – Greece

OHIO

• Staybridge Suites Canton

OKLAHOMA

• Candlewood Suites Ardmore
• Candlewood Suites McAlester
• Candlewood Suites Owasso

OREGON

• Candlewood Suites Medford

PENNSYLVANIA

• Candlewood Suites Harrisburg – Hershey
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites St. Marys
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Uniontown

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites I 26 & US 29 at Westgate Mall

TENNESSEE

• Candlewood Suites Nashville – Metro Center

TEXAS

• Candlewood Suites Bay City
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Carrizo Springs
• Staybridge Suites Fort Worth – Fossil Creek
• Candlewood Suites Longview
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Snyder
• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sulphur Springs

VIRGINIA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suits Claypool Hill (Richlands Area)
• Staybridge Suites Quantico-Stafford

WISCONSIN

• Candlewood Suites Milwaukee Brown Deer

WEST VIRGINIA

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Parkersburg East

WYOMING

• Candlewood Suites Cheyenne

IHG hotels in Europe

AZERBAIJAN

• Staybridge Suites Baku

BELGIUM

• Holiday Inn Express Hasselt

BULGARIA

• Holiday Inn Plovdiv

FRANCE

• Holiday Inn Lyon – Vaise

TURKEY

• Holiday Inn Antalya – Lara

UNITED KINGDOM

• Crowne Plaza Belfast
• Holiday Inn Birmingham North – Cannock
• Holiday Inn Preston

IHG PointBreaks Preview - Bookable on Monday for stays until January 31, 2018

In less than an hour the full IHG PointBreaks list will be released. You won't be able to book them yet but at least you can start planning for Monday to see what hotels may be on your radar and also see if you need to take advantage of the current buy IHG Rewards Club points 100% bonus which can get you each night via PointBreaks for only C$32.00 per night! Bookings and stays will be from October 30, 2017, through January 31, 2018 (subject to availability).

IHG has sent us a preview of some of the hotels that you can expect to be on the list:

Here is a sampling of the more than 100 properties that will be featured:

·       Holiday Inn® Cochin (India)
·       Holiday Inn Express® Chengdu Wenjiang Hotspring (People’s Republic of China)
·       Crowne Plaza® Belfast (UK)
·       Candlewood Suites® Nashville Metro Center (US)
·       Staybridge Suites® Fort Worth (US)
·       Holiday Inn® Cordoba (Argentina)
·       Holiday Inn® Lyon – Vaise (France)

No preview yet of what will be available in Canada but we typically see between 4 and 6 hotels in our great country!

Rewards Canada will be away for a few hours so we won't have the full list up onto the blog here until later today but it should be up on this page right at noon ET!