Thursday, February 21, 2019

February 21 Update: Accor Hotels changing loyalty program to Accor ALL in 2020, Air Canada launching Calgary-London ON flights and more


Accor Hotels (the relatively new owner of Canada's Fairmont Hotels) announced that they are changing their loyalty program again in 2020! In the 18 years of running this website there has not been one loyalty program that even comes close to the number of name or spelling changes that this hotel chain's program as gone through and those changes have only been since 2009 or so. It used to be A|Club then it went to Le Club accorhotels (all lower case) and then Le Club AccorHotels (capitalized now) and in 2020 it will become Accor ALL with the the ALL representing Accor Live Limitless. There aren't too many details yet about the new program other than the addition of one more elite status level, enriched benefits for elite members and new partnerships that will expand the experience side of the program. You can read the press release here. (Source Head for Points)

Air Canada announced today that they are going to provide summer seasonal service between Calgary and London Ontario. The daily flights will be operated with Air Canada Rouge A319 aircraft from late June to mid October. (Source Air Canada)

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals
InterContinental Hotels: Book 2 nights and get the 3 night free for stays at select InterContinental Hotels Worldwide. Find out more here.

Hilton Asia Pacific Resort Sale:
Up to 35% off when you book by March 19 for stays March 20, 2019 - February 2, 2020. Find out more here.

Avis
Spring Sale - Save up to 30% on Avis Rentals Worldwide until March 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
Air Algerie Plus
- Earn 5,000 Bonus Plus Tier Miles when you fly on Air Algerie in First or Business Class between Algiers and Beijing, Dubai or Montreal. More... Until Apr 21, 19
- Earn 3,000 Bonus Plus Tier Miles when you fly on Air Algerie in Economy Class between Algiers and Beijing, Dubai or Montreal. More... Until Mar 21, 19

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan

- Double Mileage Plan Miles for stays at Coast Hotels in the U.S. and Canada. More.. Until Mar 15, 19

Coast Hotels Coast Rewards
- Earn up to 1,750 Bonus Coast Rewards Points when you join the program and complete a stay. You will be awarded 875 points just for joining and 875 when you complete your first stay. More... Join by Feb 28 and complete your stays by Apr 30, 19

Other Bonus Offers
Air Algerie Plus
- Earn 3,000 Bonus Plus Tier Miles when you fly on Air Algerie in First or Business Class between Algeria and 20 cities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. More... Until Apr 21, 19
- Earn 1,800 Bonus Plus Tier Miles when you fly on Air Algerie in Economy Class between Algeria and 20 cities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. More... Until Mar 21, 19
- Earn 2,000 Bonus Plus Tier Miles when you fly on Air Algerie in First or Business Class between Algeria and 18 cities in Europe and Africa. More... Until Apr 21, 19
- Earn 750 Bonus Plus Tier Miles when you fly on Air Algerie in Economy Class between Algeria and 18 cities in Europe and Africa. More... Until Mar 21, 19

China Airlines Dynasty Flyer
- Earn up to Quadruple Dynasty Flyer Miles when you rent a car at participating Hertz locations for 3 or more days in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. More... Until Mar 31, 19
Marriott Bonvoy
- 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per stay at the AC Hotel Guadalajara. More... Until Apr 14, 19

Red Roof Redicard
- Double Redicard Points for stays at any Red Roof Inn, Red Roof PLUS+, The Red Collection™ or HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof® hotel. More... Mar 1 - 31, 19

SriLankan FlySmiles
- Triple FlySmiles when you rent a car at participating Hertz locations for 1 or more days in USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, or New Zealand. More... Book by Mar 31 for rentals until Apr 30, 19


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Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Elite Qualifying Plus Miles when flying Air Algerie between Montreal and Algiers


I always love finding and sharing offers from the lesser known airlines and loyalty programs that us Canadians can utilize! This is one such offer and a pretty decent one at that! Air Algerie is offering up to 5,000 bonus elite qualifying miles in their Plus program when you fly on their Montreal - Algiers route until late April! There are bonuses as well to other cities so if you connect via Algiers to places like Dubai or Beijing or almost anywhere else Air Algerie flies you should stand to earn even more qualifying miles! You can find all those offers on our Air Algerie page which we link to below.

Offer details
Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Plus Tier Miles when you fly on Air Algerie in First or Business Class between Montreal and Algiers. You'll earn 5,000 bonus miles for First or Business Class, 3,000 bonus miles for Economy Class.  Full details Until Apr 21, 19

Find more Air Algerie Plus bonus miles offers here!

Choice Hotels: Earn up to 8,000 bonus Privileges points when you complete 2 stays Worldwide from Feb 26 - April 26


Choice Hotels next promotion is here and lo and behold it is the same offer we always see from them! 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 the free night offer.
 
Offer details
Earn up to 8,000 Bonus Privileges Points (enough for a free nights) 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 bonus points and a maximum of 8,000 bonus points, depending on the number of base points earned for 2 separate qualifying stays. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Feb 26 - Apr 26, 19
Restrictions
For Residents of the U.S. and Canada only

Find other Choice Privileges bonus offers here

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Save up to 35% with the Hilton Asia Pacific Resorts Sale - Must book by March 19 for stays March 20 - February 2

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Hilton Honors members can save up to 35% on stays at Hilton's Asia Pacific Resort locations when you book by March 19, 2019. The offer for non-members is only up to 25% off so it really makes sense to join Honors to get the additional discount seeing that it costs nothing to join the program. The great

This offer must be booked by March 19, 2019  from March 20 all the way through to February 2, 2020. Remember that you should also be earning 2,000 bonus points on these stays with the current winter Hilton Honors promotion that runs until May 5. Find that and all other Honors bonuses here..

Asia Pacific (excluding Greater China)
Stays booked between 19 February 2019 (09:00 GMT) and 19 March 2019 (09:00 GMT), and completed between 20 March 2019 and 2 February 2020. Twenty Nine (29) days advance reservations required. Discount varies from 15% to 25% off Breakfast Included Rate (B&B) across all participating properties. Hilton Honors members will receive an additional 10% discount. Hilton Honors Membership is required to book the Hilton Honors Members rate.

Greater China
Stays booked between 14 February 2019 (03:00 GMT) and 15 March 2019 (15:59 GMT), and completed between 21 February 2019 and 23 January 2020. Seven (7) days advance reservations required. Discount is 25% off BAR or B&B across all participating properties in Greater China. (Properties in Hongkong SAR and Taiwan do not participate in this promotion.)

Blackout dates may apply and vary by property. Rates are valid for single/double occupancy and are exclusive of all taxes, incidental charges, gratuities, and resort fees where applicable.
Click here to take advantage of the Hilton APAC Resorts sale 
 
Here's just a small sample of the offers available:

February 20 Update: CIBC Aventura bonuses for Fiji Airways & Air Transat Flights, Aeroplan charging carrier fees on Air China awards and we launch our consulting page (finally)


Some CIBC Aventura Bonus Offers to let you know about! Firstly, if you book a Fiji Airways flights via the CIBC Rewards Centre from North America to Fiji you'll earn 5,000 bonus points. Yes they don't fly from Canada however you can buy tickets direct from major Canadian cities and fly Air Canada to Los Angeles or San Fransisco to connect to Fiji Airways. You can credit these flights to your Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account if you like! Bookings must be made by February 29. Find out more here.


The second offer is for flights on Air Transat.You can earn 5x Aventura Points when you book Domestic Air Transat flights via the CIBC Rewards Centre. Bookings must be made by March 31. Find out more here.


Special shout out to Anshul (Points Miles and Bling) for alerting us to this news. It appears that Aeroplan is now charging Carrier Surcharges (YQ) for award tickets on Air China to/from Canada. However for the time being those charges are not being levied for Air China flights to/from the U.S. so you may want to come up with some creative award routing and positioning flights to avoid those fees.


And yet another targeted AIR MILES offer to check for in your email. I got this one for Sobeys and have registered. I will most definitely be able to score this bonus. I find this offer quite funny as they say Sobeys misses me. Um, I shop there almost everyday and sometimes more than once per day......


It has taken roughly 5 or so years but I finally got around to putting up our consulting page for the FFB Group. This is probably not of interest to most of our readers but we do know our clients and some potential clients do read our blog so feel free to check out what B2B services we provide. You can visit the consulting page here

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals
InterContinental Hotels: Book 2 nights and get the 3 night free for stays at select InterContinental Hotels Worldwide. Find out more here.

Hilton Asia Pacific Resort Sale:
Up to 35% off when you book by March 19 for stays March 20, 2019 - February 2, 2020. Find out more here.

Avis
Spring Sale - Save up to 30% on Avis Rentals Worldwide until March 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
Aer Lingus Aer Club
- 50% Bonus Avios when you buy or gift Avios. More... Until Feb 24, 19
- 3,000 Bonus Avios when you join Heathrow Rewards and spend £150 or more of qualifying expenditure in a single day. More... Until Dec 31, 19

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Double Mileage Plan Miles plus a free day when rent with Hertz for 6 or more days at participating locations in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, on all Car Classes and Collections. More... Until Jun 30, 19

Le Club AccorHotels
- Double Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at the ZamZam Pullman Madina or the ZamZam Pullman Makkah. More... Until May 31, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay any night Thursday through Sunday at any one of 13 participating Marriott Hotels in London. More... Until May 11, 19
- 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at the Threadneedles, Autograph Collection London. More... Until Apr 11, 19

South African Airways Voyager
- Earn up to 25% Bonus Voyager Miles when you fly between Johannesburg and East London. More... Until Mar 31, 19
- Earn up to 25% Bonus Voyager Miles when you fly between Johannesburg and Durban. More... Until Mar 31, 19

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 30% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you fly on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and Beijing, Kharkov, Zagreb, Bari, Catania, Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester, Stuttgart, Damman, Al-Gassim, Jeddah, Riyadh, Taif or Conakry. More... Mar 1 - 31, 19
- 30% Miles&Smiles Discount when you redeem for award travel on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and various cities in Europe, Africa, South America and the Middle East. . More... Mar 1 - 31, 19


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875 Free Coast Rewards Points for joining + 875 Coast Rewards Points on your first stay - enough for one free night


Here is a rare bonus from Canada's own Coast Hotels Coast Rewards. If you join the program by February 28th they will give you 875 points right off the bat. So everyone go out and join Coast Rewards now. Then complete one stay by April 30 and they'll award you another 875 Coast Rewards points. In total you'll now have 1,750 points (plus the base points you earn on the stay) which are enough for a free night award in a comfort room at any of their hotels including the Waimea Plantation Cottages in Hawaii! Or you could choose to have three room upgrades as those run only 500 points each.


You can also choose to convert the points to Aeroplan or Alaska Airlines:




Offer details
Earn up to 1,750 Bonus Coast Rewards Points when you join the program and complete a stay. You will be awarded 875 points just for joining and 875 when you complete your first stay. Full details. Join by Feb 28 and complete your stays by Apr 30, 19


Tuesday, February 19, 2019

February 19 Update: 7x Aeroplan Miles for Apple Store purchases (online), Wyndham Rewards abandoning the one flat rate award redemption and more!


You can earn 7x Aeroplan Miles when you shop the Apple Store via the Aeroplan eStore until February 21. This is a lot of miles if you need to buy some of the more expensive Apple stuff! Find out more here
Some mileage earning examples:
·         AirPods - retailing at $219 = 1,533 miles
·         iPhone Xs – starting at $1,379 = 9,653 miles
·         MacBook Pro – starting at $ 1,729 = 12,103 miles


And another Aeroplan eStore offer - this one is targeted so check your emails. I was targeted to receive a 200% bonus on my next purchase via the Aeroplan eStore. It doesn't say anything about only one bonus per transaction so I wonder if I can tie this in with the Apple offer above!

Once again another exclusive targeted offer - this one from AIR MILES so check your email to see if you got it as well. 100 bonus AIR MILES for a $25 Car Wash Product purchase - It says it can be earned 5x per day! Don't know if I really need that much product however!

 Looks like Wyndham Rewards' experiment of only having one point level for free night awards across the board may not be what they envisioned. The flat rate 15,000 points per night at any property will come to an end on April 2nd. As of the third there will be three levels, 7,500, 15,000 and 30,000 points. View from the Wing tells us about a third of the hotels will drop to 7,500 (that's a good thing) and about 200 hotels will jump to the 30,000 points (that's not good) You can learn more about the Wyndham Rewards changes here. There are some other updates to the program as well which we will cover more in-depth later this week.

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals
Avis Spring Sale - Save up to 30% on Avis Rentals Worldwide until March 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
Air Canada / Aeroplan
- Earn up to 30,000 Aeroplan® Miles with the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card.More... Until Jun 2, 19 Residents of Canada only

Other Bonus Offers
Hyatt World of Hyatt
- Earn up to 1,500 Bonus World of Hyatt Points per qualifying night  at 800+ Hyatt hotels, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, participating M life Rewards destinations and participating Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels Worldwide starting with your second eligible stay.  More... Register by March 31 for stays until May 15, 19

Marriott Rewards
- 10,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay 2+ nights at any one of 5 participating Marriott Hotels in Paris. More... Until Apr 30, 19

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World of Hyatt - Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Points per night starting with your second stay


Late last week Hyatt released their first global World of Hyatt promotion for 2019. This offer is like many we see from hotel chains in that the bonus does not kick in until your second stay but once it does it is quite lucrative. You can 1,000 to 1,500 bonus points PER NIGHT for your Hyatt stays around the globe until May 15th. If you don't have any Hyatt stays planned yet I would register right now so you don't forget plus registration for the offer closes on March 31.  The extra 500 points per night for Hyatt Place and Hyatt House may be a little tough to earn if you travel solely in Canada as we only have two in Edmonton and one in Calgary!

Related:  New Hyatt Hotel Openings in Canada for 2019 - 3 hotels confirmed

Offer details:
Earn up to 1,500 Bonus World of Hyatt Points per qualifying night  at 800+ Hyatt hotels, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, participating M life Rewards destinations and participating Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels Worldwide starting with your second eligible stay.  Full details, online registration & booking (Registration is required) Register by March 31 for stays until May 15, 19.
  • Earn 1,000 Bonus Points per qualifying night at 800+ Hyatt hotels, participating M life Rewards destinations and participating Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels
  • Plus, earn an additional 500 Bonus Points per qualifying night when those nights are at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels
T&C's highlight:
Beginning on your second eligible stay, you will receive 1,000 Bonus Points per eligible night at Hyatt hotels and resorts worldwide and participating M life Rewards destinations and Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels. Maximum 50,000 Bonus Points may be earned during Promotion Period. Hyatt Place and Hyatt House additional bonus: Beginning on your second eligible stay during the Promotion Period, you will receive an additional 500 Bonus Points per eligible night at Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels during the Promotion Period. An additional maximum 25,000 Bonus Points may be earned at Hyatt Place or Hyatt House hotels during Promotion Period. All points awarded under this promotion are Bonus Points

Find more World of Hyatt Bonus Points promotions here!

Sunday, February 17, 2019

WestJet 787 Dreamliner Photo Tour - Part 2

On Friday we brought you the WestJet 787 Dreamliner Photo Tour post and continue now with more photos! These are from a large batch taken by Rewards Canada's Mike W., an avgeek at heart and a man with fun gadgets for his phone from a fish eye lens to a FLIR attachment. Below are some highlights of Mike's photos from the WestJet 787 Show & Shine event:

Business Class with an example of a dessert option




Economy Class Lavatory

Economy Class

Looking out over the starboard wing towards the new WestJet 787 Hangar
Economy Class in the dark!

FLIR Shot #1

FLIR Shot #2

Premium Economy

Premium / Business Class Lavatory