Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions - July Edition

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 Fairmont 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.  Without further ado here are all the current promotions that are available to everyone:

Provider	Offer	Validity Date
Best Western Rewards	Earn a US$20 Best Western Travel Card on your next Best Western stay Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)	Until Sep 3, 18
	For a complete listing of all Best Western Rewards bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Best Western page
Choice Hotels Privileges	Earn up to 8,000 Bonus Privileges Points (enough for a $50 Gift Card) 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 maximum of 8,000 bonus points, depending on the number of base points earned for 2 separate qualifying trips. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Restrictions For Residents of the U.S. and Canada only	Jun 12 - Aug 17, 18
	For a complete listing of all Choice Privileges bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Choice page
Fairmont Presidents Club	No Offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all Fairmont bonus offers please visit Rewards Canada's Fairmont page
GHA Discovery	No Offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all GHA Discovery bonus offers please visit Rewards Canada's GHA page
Hilton	Earn Double Points on all Hilton family of hotels stays Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) For every $1 spent on stays, you’ll earn 10 Base Points, plus an additional 10 Bonus Points (5 Base Points plus 5 Bonus Points at Home2 Suite by Hilton and Tru by Hilton). Silver, Gold & Diamond members will earn their Elite Tier Bonus on top of that.  Excludes Hampton by Hilton Hotels in Mainland China.	May 1 - Aug 31, 18
	For a complete listing of all Hilton HHonors bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Hilton page
Hyatt	Earn up to 1,000 Bonus World of Hyatt Points per night for stays at Hyatt hotels Worldwide.  Maximum of 25,000 bonus points awarded. Full details, online registration & booking (Registration is required) - 500 bonus points per night for stays at Hyatt House or Hyatt Place - 1,000 bonus points per night at all other Hyatt brands.	Until May 15, 18
	For a complete listing of all Hyatt Gold Passport bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Hyatt page
InterContinental Hotels Group	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)	May 1 - Jul 31, 18
	For a complete listing of all IHG Priority Club bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada'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 Rewards Canada's Best Western page
Marriott	No offers at this time - eagerly awaiting the first promotion of the combined program sometime in August!	--
	For a complete listing of all Marriott Rewards bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Marriott page
Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer	Double iPrefer Points and up to 35% off for last minute stays at participating Preferred Hotel Group hotels Worldwide.  Full details & online booking	Until Dec 31, 18
	For a complete listing of all Marriott Rewards bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's iPrefer page
Radisson Rewards	Double Points for all stays of 2 or more nights at participating Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu®, Radisson®, Radisson RED, Park Plaza®, Park Inn® by Radisson and Country Inn & Suites® by Radisson hotels worldwide Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) ) Once registered you can book online at at Radisson, Park Plaza, Country Inns & Suites, Radisson Blu, Radisson Red or Park Inn	Until Aug 31, 18
	Receive a USD $25 gift card of your choice when you stay 2 or more consecutive nights at a Radisson Hotel Group property in the U.S. and Canada. Full details & online booking The Treat Yourself promotion includes an option of a $25 Amazon.com (or Amazon.ca for Canadian residents) or Starbucks Coffee Gift Card under the terms and conditions described below and is available for new reservations at all Radisson Hotel Group hotels in the U.S. and Canada	Book between Jul 8 - Aug 2 for stays until Sep 3, 18
	For a complete listing of all Radisson Rewards bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Radisson Rewards page
Ritz-Carlton Rewards	No offers at this time - eagerly awaiting the first promotion of the combined program sometime in August!	--
	For a complete listing of all Shangria-La bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada'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 Rewards Canada's Golden Circle page
Sonesta Hotels Travel Pass	No Offers at this time	--
	For a complete listing of all Sonesta Hotels bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Travel Pass page
Starwood Preferred Guest	No offers at this time - eagerly awaiting the first promotion of the combined program sometime in August!	--
	For a complete listing of all Starwood Preferred Guest bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's SPG page
Voila Hotel Rewards	Triple VHR points & Double Elite Status Credit when you stay at participating VOILÀ network hotels Worldwide. Register Online (Registration is required)	Until Nov 30, 18
	30% Bonus VHR points when you stay at participating VOILÀ network hotels Worldwide. Register Online (Registration is required)	Until Aug 31, 18
	Double VHR Elite Status Credit when you stay 2 or more nights at participating VOILÀ network hotels Worldwide. Register Online (Registration is required)	Until Jul 31, 18
	For a complete listing of all Voila Hotel Rewards bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's VHR page
Wyndham Rewards	Earn 7,500 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points when you complete a stay at participating Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and pay for that stay using Masterpass. Bonus can be earned twice for a maximum of 15,000 points. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)	Until Sep 1, 18
	For a complete listing of all Wyndham Rewards bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada's Wyndham page

July 19 Update: The Marriott Rewards Starwood Preferred Guest Merger - All the resources you need

 We are only a few weeks away from the complete integration of the Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Ritz-Carlton Rewards programs. Sometime in August they will become one program and to help navigate this for our readers we have compiled all of our articles and posts onto one page: The Marriott Rewards Starwood Preferred Guest Merger - All the resources you need. This summary page will help you find all the articles easily so that you can stay abreast of the merger of these programs that will be happening in August of 2018.

Posts since our last update:

• IHG Rewards Club - Up to a 100% bonus when you buy points by August 22
  It's nice to see IHG once again offer up to a 100% bonus when buying points and for a…
• Save up to 50% on Economy and Business Class award tickets between Toronto or Vancouver and Europe
  As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" discounted mileage awards (well…

Travel Deals
Save up to 15 % on Marriott stays in Canada! Book at a participating hotel by August 1, 2018 for stays until August 31, 2018 and save up to 10% on best available rates!  Marriott Rewards® Members save up to 5% more. Find out more here.

Hilton Summer Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. 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 Canada / Aeroplan
- 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you park for a minimum of 7 consecutive days at ValetParc at the Montreal airport. More... Until Sep 4, 18

Other Bonus Offers
Aeroflot Bonus
- Double Bonus Miles on all hotel stays booked via Aeroflot Hotels. More... Until Oct 21, 18
- 10,000 Bonus Miles when you stay for 7+ nights at participating Rixos Hotels in Turkey. More... Until Oct 31, 18

Alitalia MilleMiglia
- 3,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles when you rent with Avis for 3 or more days Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 18

IHG Rewards Club
- Up to a 100% Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you buy points online. More... Until Aug 22, 18

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
- Triple ROP Mils for stays of 2+ nights at MGallery by Sofitel Hotels in Thailand. More... Until Sep 30, 18

Wyndham Rewards
- Earn 7,500 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points when you completea a stay at participating Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and pay for that stay using Masterpass. More... Until Sep 1, 18

Follow Rewards Canada:

IHG Rewards Club - Up to a 100% bonus when you buy points by August 22

It's nice to see IHG once again offer up to a 100% bonus when buying points and for a longer period than time as that was only a three day flash sale. However everyone may not be offered 100% as this time the bonus is a mystery bonus which you have to log in to see. When I logged in I saw that I am being offered 100% and this is a good one to take advantage of if you get the same offer seeing that the new PointBreaks list will be released in less than two weeks. If you are offered 100% you can score IHG Rewards Club points for only half a US cent each. The maximum number points you can buy depends on if you have bought any yet this year. If you haven't then you can buy 100,000 points and get 100,000 bonus points on top of that.

For example I can only buy 95,000 as 5,000 have already been bought earlier this year to keep my points from expiring:

This 100% bonus from IHG is always a good way to score some stays for really cheap, especially if you are redeeming for a PointBreaks hotel!
 
Offer Details
Up to a 100% Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you buy points online.  Minimum purchase of 5,000 points. Buy Points here Until Aug 22, 18

Find many more IHG Rewards Club bonus point offers here

Save up to 50% on Economy and Business Class award tickets between Toronto or Vancouver and Europe

As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" discounted mileage awards (well except last month as there weren't any Canadian offers!)  This month all offers are on Lufthansa in both Economy and Business Class for departures from Toronto in Economy Class or Vancouver in Business Class. Simply book by July 31 for travel between November 1 and December 15.

With this offer you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip business class tickets on Lufthansa from Vancouver for only 55,000 miles. This is nearly a 50% discount off the normal award ticket price of 105,000 miles. Now Miles & More has some major fees for redeeming miles on these flights so be sure you also check what a revenue ticket costs however remember this is for business class so even several hundreds of dollars in fees along with 55,000 miles could be the savings you are looking for.

Here are just some of the offers from Vancouver this month:

You can also choose to redeem 30,000 miles for round-trip flights out of Toronto to 85 destinations in Europe on Lufthansa.  This is a 50% discount off the normal Economy Class award ticket price of 60,000 miles.

Here is an example of some of them:

Short on Miles & More miles? Your best bet is to convert SPG Starpoints to Miles & More on a 1:1 basis plus you'll earn 5,000 bonus miles when you convert 20,000 points at a time. That means 45,000 Starpoints is all it would take to get a business class flights or 25,000 Starpoints for economy calss if you don't have any Miles & More miles to your name.

Full details on this Miles & More offer can be found here

July 17 Update: 700 bonus SCENE points for ordering via the East Side Mario's App, big WestJet seat sale and more!

You can earn 700 bonus SCENE points by downloading the East Side Mario's app and placing an order via the app by December 31. Just enter your SCENE number and coupon code ESM700 at check out. Find out more here

Posts since our last update:

• Hilton Summer Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa
  Another friendly reminder about The Hilton Summer Sale! Don't Miss Out On Savings Of Up To 25% On Selected Hotels…
• Earn 5x Aeroplan Miles on Amazon.ca purchases until July 18
  In celebration of Amazon Prime Day which launched yesterday and runs until the end of today Aeroplan is offering…

Travel Deals
WestJet has launched a big summer sale with over 2 million seats on sale! Book by July 19 for travel until December 15. Find out more here

Save up to 15 % on Marriott stays in Canada! Book at a participating hotel by August 1, 2018 for stays until August 31, 2018 and save up to 10% on best available rates!  Marriott Rewards® Members save up to 5% more. Find out more here.

Hilton Summer Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. 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
N/A

Other Bonus Offers
Hilton Honors
- 40% Discount when you buy 5,000 or more Honors points. More... Until Aug 15, 18

Iberia Plus
- Triple Avios for stays of 5 or more nights at Melia Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Aug 31, 18
- Double Avios for stays of 4 or more nights at Melia Hotels Worldwide. More... Sep 1 - Oct 31, 18
- Double Avios for stays at NH Hotels in n Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Milan, Turin, Florence Venice or Rome. More... Until Aug 31, 18

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to Triple Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. More... Book by Sep 9 for stays until Oct 11, 18

Marriott Rewards
- 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay for 2 or more nights Fri-Sun at participating Autograph Collection hotels in South Africa. More... Until Sep 30, 18

Shangri-La Hotels Golden Circle
- Double GC Award Points for stays at the Kerry Pudong Shanghai. More... Until Aug 31, 18

Voila Hotel Rewards
- Triple VHR points & Double Elite Status Credit when you stay at participating VOILÀ network hotels Worldwide. More... Until Nov 30, 18

Follow Rewards Canada:

Hilton Summer Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa

Another friendly reminder about The Hilton Summer Sale! Don't Miss Out On Savings Of Up To 25% On Selected Hotels in Europe, Middle East & Africa. #ad #sponsored

Make your summer one to remember with the Hilton Sale. Save up to 25% off breaks across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. To access our best savings, simply join Hilton Honors for free while you book. With hotels in over 100 locations, there is a break for every occasion.

Stays must be booked by September 3, 2018 and completed on weekends until October 7, 2018. Remember that you should also be earning Double Points on these stays with the current summer Hilton Honors promotion that runs until August 31. Find that and all other Honors bonuses here.

Discounts are up to 15% off the Best Available Rate and Best Available Bed & Breakfast Rate and vary by property, excluding Hampton by HiltonTM hotels where the discount is up to 10% off. The Summer Sale Hilton Honors member rates are an additional 10% off the Best Available Rate and the Best Available Bed and Breakfast Rate, for weekend stays.

Click here to take advantage of the Hilton Summer sale 

For purposes of this offer, "weekend" is defined as Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday nights and in Middle East (excluding Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, Africa) as Thursday, Friday and/or Saturday nights. Must book a minimum 3 days before arrival, this may vary and be reduced at points throughout the campaign

Earn 5x Aeroplan Miles on Amazon.ca purchases until July 18

In celebration of Amazon Prime Day which launched yesterday and runs until the end of today Aeroplan is offering 5x the miles for all eligible Amazon.ca purchases until July 18. Not only can you score some cheap deals but you can get some extra miles with those purchases! To earn the miles you must visit Amazon.ca via the Aeroplan eStore.

 

July 13 Update: Aeroplan extends Carrot Rewards partnership, Air Canada to open new lounge in St. John's & more!

Aeroplan has renewed their partnership with Carrot Rewards with a multi-year agreement. The extended partnership will enable Aeroplan Members in Ontario, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador and very soon throughout the rest of Canada to continue to earn miles on the following:
• Downloading and registering on the Carrot Rewards app;
• Referring a friend who then joins Carrot Rewards;
• Completing a quiz or survey; and
• Meeting step goals and successfully completing step challenges.
To celebrate the expanded partnership from July 13 – 31, 2018, the first 10,000 new members will earn 2X the miles for downloading and registering the Carrot Rewards app (and selecting Aeroplan as their earning preference). In addition, the first 20,000 members who achieve their step goals for 5 consecutive days will earn 2X miles. Find out more here!
 

Air Canada announced that they will be opening a redesigned Maple Leaf Lounge at St. John's International Airport this fall. The new Maple Leaf Lounge will have 77 per cent more square footage, 46 additional seats, and windows offering a panoramic view of iconic Signal Hill and a beautiful view of the ocean. (Source Air Canada)

Related: Rewards Canada's Guide to Business Class Lounge Access


Posts since our last update:

• Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles for stays at Radisson and Country Inn & Suites hotels in Canada and the U.S.
  As we see every summer there is no shortage on being able to earn bonus Aeroplan miles for hotel stays…
• Marriott Travel Packages will lose a lot of value come August
  Back on June 28 Marriott revealed where all their 6,500 hotels will fall into in their new free night…

Travel Deals
Cathay Pacific has extended their seat sale for economy class flights to Hong Kong. You can fly from Vancouver for as little as $753. Book by July 16. Find out more here

Save up to 15 % on Marriott stays in Canada! Book at a participating hotel by August 1, 2018 for stays until August 31, 2018 and save up to 10% on best available rates!  Marriott Rewards® Members save up to 5% more. Find out more here.

Hilton Summer Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. 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 Canada / Aeroplan
- Triple Aeroplan Miles per stay at Radisson and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotels in the United States and Canada. More... Until Aug 31, 18

Other Bonus Offers
Aeroflot Bonus
- Double Bonus Miles for stays at participating Jumeirah Hotels in the United Arab Emirates. More... Until Oct 19, 18

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Triple Asia Miles for stays on the Club and Suite Indulgence package or Linger Longer Package at any participating Langham Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Sep 29, 18

Choice Privileges
- Save up to 30% when you buy Choice Privileges points. More... Until Aug 10, 18

Iberia Plus
- Quadruple Avios for stays at the Iberostar 70 Park Avenue New York. More... Until Aug 31, 18

Marriott Rewards
- 10,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay for 2 or more nights at one of 5 participating Marriott hotels in Paris. More... Jul 15 - Sep 15, 18

Miles & More
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays at Wyndham Hotels Worldwide. Bonus will be awarded on the first, second and third stays. More... Book by Oct 31 for stays until Nov 9, 18

Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer
- Double iPrefer Points for stays of 2 nights or more at participating Preferred Hotel Group hotels in Africa & the Indian Ocean. More... Book by Aug 12, 18

Starwood Preferred Guest
- Earn Double Starpoints and receive up to 35% for stays at Starwood Resorts in Arizona, Colorado, Florida and South Carolina. More... Book by Jul 24, 18 for stays until Feb 15, 19

Follow Rewards Canada:

Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles for stays at Radisson and Country Inn & Suites hotels in Canada and the U.S.

As we see every summer there is no shortage on being able to earn bonus Aeroplan miles for hotel stays and this offer adds to the list of places you can boost your balance for those hotel stays. Normally you'll earn 250 to 500 miles per stay with Radisson Rewards but with this offer it is tripled to 750 to 1,000 miles. If you are planning a stay of 2 or more nights you'll have to do the math to see if the double points offer for Radisson Rewards works better for you than this offer.

Offer details:
Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles per stay at Radisson and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotels in the United States and Canada. Full details and online booking Until Aug 31, 18

Find many more Aeroplan bonus offers here

Marriott Travel Packages will lose a lot of value come August

Back on June 28 Marriott revealed where all their 6,500 hotels will fall into in their new free night award charts. On that day they also revealed the details of what is happening to the very valuable Travel Packages redemption option. Marriott travel packages provided some huge value if you were able to earn enough Marriott Rewards points to redeem for them. Earlier in the year when we learned about all three reward programs coming together it was announced the packages would be retained but we did not know what would happen in terms of redemption rates.

Well that was also revealed on June 28 and the news isn’t so good. Previously there were multiple charts for the various airline partners and now there is one for all of them.

The old Travel Package redemption rates

For most of us Canadians we used Hotel + Air Package 1 as that has Aeroplan, Alaska Airlines, and British Airways and for some it was the Rewards Plus chart for United.

Here is the new chart:

You'll see that for all categories and airlines the number of points required has jumped significantly. For example right now you can redeem 270,000 rewards points for 7 nights at category 1-5 hotel and 120,000 Mile into the most popular programs like Aeroplan, Alaska and British Airways. Come August you’ll need 330,000 points for 7 nights at Category 1-4 hotels and 100,000 miles. That’s 60,000 more points for roughly the same hotel options but with 20,000 less miles.  

The packages may still provide some value if you have long stays planned, what I mean by this is if you are planning a 7 night stay somewhere it will cost you less points then redeeming for just a hotel on its own by getting a travel package as you’ll get the miles on top of it but you really have to run the numbers to make sure this is the case for you. You also get many more higher end hotels to choose from now that Starwood hotels are in the mix.

Ultimately though the Marriott Travel Package as we know it will lose a lot of its luster come August. Which means if you have enough points right now and know that you can make use of the certificates for the 7 nights and won't let the airline miles go to waste - you'll want to redeem for a package(s) as soon as you can this month and book your hotel to get the best value out of them.   

Here are other posts that you may want to read in regards to the integration of the programs

• Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest come together with the announcement of one set of benefits
• Further details to the combination of the Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Ritz-Carlton Rewards Programs 
• We have a preview of some new redemption rates with the combined Marriott Rewards-Starwood Preferred Guest program 
• June 26 Update: What happens to Marriott Free Night Certificates come August
• New earn rates and benefits revealed for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express  
• New Free Night Award Chart for the combined Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and SPG program has been released