December 11 Update: Rewards Canada Podcast on iHeartRadio, targeted Air Canada AQM flight bonus, World of Hyatt adds more SLH hotels along with a bonus

 The Rewards Canada Podcast is now on iHeartRadio. If this your preferred app for listening to podcasts you can now search for us there! Or you can just click this link to go to our page on iHeartRadio.

There is a new targeted flight bonus offer for select Air Canada Altitude/Aeroplan members that offers up to 10,000 bonus Altitude Qualifying miles on flights in Canada and to the U.S.. If you got the email you know you're targeted. If you didn't or somehow missed the email you can try registering via this link and it will let you know if you qualify or not.

World of Hyatt added 56 more SLH Hotels to the program that you'll be able earn and burn points at. Both SLH locations in Canada are not participating yet. Out of over 500 SLH Hotels Worldwide more than 300 are now part of the World of Hyatt program. To celebrate this milestone Hyatt is offering a 3,000 point bonus for stays at SLH hotels when you register by January 31 and complete your stay by March 2. Find out more here.

Please don't forget about our Give A Mile 2019 Flight Hero Christmas Campaign where you can help raise 50,000 miles for flights of compassion. Learn more here.

Posts since our last update:

• Use the new Air France KLM Flying Blue buy miles bonus to get 2 business class tickets from Edmonton to Europe for close to the price of 1
  Air France KLM brought out a new buy miles bonus today for their Flying Blue program and it is amazing…
• IHG Rewards Club up to 4x points for Worldwide stays has been extended for registration and booking
  One of the best hotel systemwide promotions in the market right now is IHG Rewards Club’s up to 4x…
• RBC Offers - Spend $50 or more at Indigo and get a $5 credit, 20% statement credit from Toys R Us & more
  The market for exclusive offers from credit card issuers is sure heating up! The most famous, Amex offers have…
• Receive a 25% bonus when you convert Radisson Rewards points to Aeroplan miles
  Conversion bonuses from Radisson Rewards to Aeroplan are now becoming a regular thing. IIRC this is the third conversion…
• Air Canada adds new seasonal routes from Calgary to Boston and Montreal to Nashville, doubles Vancouver-Newark service
  View from an Air Canada Airbus at YYCAir Canada announced some awesome new seasonal routes for next summer. Launching in…
• TAP Air Portugal is offering a 50% rebate for award tickets on their new route out of Montreal
  Back on November 20 we let you know about TAP Air Portugal's new route between Montreal and Lisbon that…
• Today only - 5x Aeroplan Miles with Amazon.ca via Aeroplan eStore's 12 Days of Gifting
  Last week Aeroplan launched the 12 days of Gifting for shopping online via the Aeroplan eStore and today's offer…
• December 9 Update: WestJet Christmas Miracle, to give or receive?
  Today is WestJet's Christmas Miracle Day! Every year WestJet creates Christmas miracles for many Canadians and this year it…

Travel Deals

Expedia Escape Sale! Save Up to 40% Off. 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 10,000 Bonus Altitude Qualifying Aeroplan Miles when you travel on eligible flights within Canada, and between Canada and the U.S. More... Targeted offer - may not work for everyone Register and book by Dec 31 for travel until Feb 29, 20

Other Bonus Offers

All Accor Limitless
- Quadruple Rewards points for stays at participating new Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 20 for stays until Mar 8, 20

American AAdvantage
- 1,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles for stays at participating Marriott Hotels in Chicago, Dallas, New York City, Los Angeles and Mexico City. More... Until Mar 31, 20
- Earn up to 70% Bonus Advantage miles when you buy or gift miles. More... Until Jan 5, 20

Marriott Bonvoy
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points and 10% off stays at Atlantis, Paradise Island. More... Book by Jan 20 for stays until May 31, 20

SATA Azore Airlines Imagine
- Double Imagine Miles when you rent with Sixt Worldwide. More... Until Feb 29, 20

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Earn up to Quadruple KrisFlyer Miles when you rent with Hertz or 3 or more days in Asia, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. More... Book by Jan 31 for rentals until Feb 29, 20

TAP Air Portugal Victoria
- 50% Miles&Go Miles Discount when you redeem for Miles&Go award tickets to or from Boston, Maceió or Montreal. More... Book by Dec 28, 19




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Use the new Air France KLM Flying Blue buy miles bonus to get 2 business class tickets from Edmonton to Europe for close to the price of 1

Air France KLM brought out a new buy miles bonus today for their Flying Blue program and it is amazing way to save yourself a lot of cash if you want to fly in style out of Edmonton! The reason why is that Air France KLM's monthly Promo Rewards (their discounted award flight offer) is offering 50% off business class on KLM out of Edmonton to Europe. With 50% off you can fly from YEG to a lot of cities in Europe for 58,000 to 60,500 miles round trip plus taxes and fees. For a lot of you, you don't have Flying Blue miles but could potentially transfer Marriott Bonvoy points to Flying Blue but that transfer can take some time. So the other way to get the miles for these flights is by buying the miles. Buying miles is not normally a good deal unless there is a bonus attached and that is what started today. From now until January 14 you can earn up to a 75% bonus when you buy Flying Blue miles and the maximum you can buy is 75,000 miles in a purchase.

So how can you utilize this for some great savings? Let's look at flying Business Class from Edmonton to Milan, Italy in March for two people. You need 58,000 miles per person or 116,000 for two. This means you don't have to buy the full 75,000 miles. You can get away with buying 68,000 miles:

Total cost of the miles is 1870 EUR or about C$2737. Plus you'll have to add GST/HST since the transaction is processed by Points.com (a Canadian company) for a grand total of C$2,873 to buy the miles.

And here is a redemption example of a flight for two people between YEG and MXP (via AMS):

As you see you have to pay EUR898.28 in taxes and fees. That amounts to about C$1314. Add this to the cost of the miles and you are looking at C$4,187 all in for the two business class tickets. Now let's look to see how much it would cost to buy these flights outright:

The cost at time of posting is C$7,961! That means the buy miles route would save you $3,774.30 - that's almost the cost of one of the round trip business class tickets. It's pretty much a buy one get one free offer!

Offer details:
Up to 75% Bonus Flying Blue Miles when you buy 4,000 or more miles online. Buy Flying Blue Miles here. Until Jan 14, 20
Buy 4,000 -8,000 miles receive a 50% bonus
Buy 10,000 – 28,000 miles receive a  60% bonus
Buy 30,000 -75,000 miles receive a 75% bonus

Do you think you might take advantage of this great opportunity? Let us know in the comments below!

IHG Rewards Club up to 4x points for Worldwide stays has been extended for registration and booking

One of the best hotel systemwide promotions in the market right now is IHG Rewards Club’s up to 4x points offer. This offer awards bonus point right off the bat on your first stay and the bonuses grow with the more stays you have, right up to 4x points per stay. When the promotion was first released in late October IHG had set the end date for offer registration and booking at December 15. That has now been extended to January 15. The actual end date of January 31 to complete hotel stays has not changed.

Offer details:
Earn up to 4x IHG Rewards Club Points for stays at all IHG Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking  (Registration is required) Register by Jan 15 for stays until Jan 31, 20
– Earn 1,000 Bonus Points on your 1st stay
– Double Points on your 2nd stay
– Triple Points on your 3rd stay
– Quadruple Points on your 4th stay and beyond

Here are some other IHG Rewards Club bonus points offers to check out:

• Up to 100% Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you buy points. Buy IHG Rewards Club Points here
• Receive Spire Elite Status and earn up to 15,000 bonus IHG Rewards Club points for stays at participating IHG Hotels Worldwide. Full details and online booking
  Targeted offer for corporate travelers – May not work for everyone
• Double IHG Rewards Club points for stays at participating new IHG hotels Worldwide. Full details and online booking.

Find our complete list of IHG Rewards Club bonus points offers here.

RBC Offers - Spend $50 or more at Indigo and get a $5 credit, 20% statement credit from Toys R Us & more

The market for exclusive offers from credit card issuers is sure heating up! The most famous, Amex offers have been featured quite frequently here on Rewards Canada and we have touched upon those from BMO and RBC as well. It is between the latter and Amex who are making things really heat up now! You've seen over the past few weeks a proliferation of Amex offers and RBC is taking note by expanding the amount of offers they are providing their cardholders.

The following 2 offers have just recently been recently added to their expanding list of promotions:

• For Indigo simply shop in-store at Indigo, Chapters, Coles and IndigoSpirit for books, toys, home décor and more and get a $5 statement credit when you spend $50 or more.
• For Toy R Us simply shop in-store or online and get a 20% statement credit  (it appears there is no minimum spend)

Just like Amex offers you have to log in to your RBC account and register for these offers to partake in them and just like Amex they will vary by card and cardmember. For me, the only RBC card I have right now is the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard and for me the list of offers is quite big. In addition to the two above offers I also have the following on my offers page:

For complete details on the offers you have for your RBC credit card simply visit https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/rbcoffers/ and log in to view them!

Be sure to also visit our RBC page for a complete round up of RBC credit cards!

Receive a 25% bonus when you convert Radisson Rewards points to Aeroplan miles

Conversion bonuses from Radisson Rewards to Aeroplan are now becoming a regular thing. IIRC this is the third conversion bonus of the year (outside of Aeroplan's own bonus on hotel transfers) from Radisson to Aeroplan. This time the offer is 25%, whereas at the start of the year we had 100% and late summer saw 50% so as you can see this bonus is the lowest of them all. Seeing that there are other times of the year where you can get more miles for this transfer I would wait to do any conversions unless you really need those miles in your Aeroplan account right away!

Offer details:
25% Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert Radisson Rewards points to Aeroplan Miles. Full details. Until Dec 18, 19

Here are some other Aeroplan bonus to take advantage of as well:

• Double Aeroplan Miles on select Air Canada flights Worldwide. Register online (Registration is required) 
• Double Aeroplan Miles for stays at all participating IHG Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration & booking. (Registration is required) 
• Earn up to 1,000 Free Aeroplan Miles when you subscribe to receive text messages from Aeroplan. Full details 

Find Rewards Canada's complete list of Aeroplan Bonus Miles offers here!

Image via Radisson Rewards

Air Canada adds new seasonal routes from Calgary to Boston and Montreal to Nashville, doubles Vancouver-Newark service

View from an Air Canada Airbus at YYC

Air Canada announced some awesome new seasonal routes for next summer. Launching in June, Canada's largest airline will provide daily flights between Montreal and Nashville (starts June 1), Calgary and Boston (starts June 22) and adding a second daily flight between Vancouver and Newark (starts June 15)

The Montreal to Nashville flight will be operated with an Embraer E175 with Business and Economy class cabins. Flights depart YUL at 18:50 arriving into BNA at 19:48. On the return flights leave at 8:25 and arrive back in Montreal at 11:51.

"This route strengthens our position in Nashville, one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S. It will appeal to Canadian customers who want to experience the music scene in Tennessee and also allow Nashville residents to experience the vibrant summer season in Montreal, while also allowing for onward travel through our growing Montreal hub," Air Canada's Mark Galardo said.

For Calgary to Boston (might have to try this one out since it is Rewards Canada's home town!) the flight is operated with a mainline Airbus A319  with Business and Economy class cabins. The YYC flight departs at 16:15 arriving into Beantown at 22:46. The return flight leaves BOS at 06:30 arriving into Calgary at 09:32.

"This flight is meant to connect Western Canada to Boston through Calgary, allowing for non-stop travel to Boston where visitors can enjoy the charms of Massachusetts' capital and largest city, while visitors to Calgary can take in the city's culture and make a quick trip to the Rocky Mountains," Mr. Galardo said.

Finally the additional seasonal flight between Vancouver and Newark will leave YVR at 13:55 and arrives into EWR at 22:05. The return leaves at 6:30 arriving back in Vancouver at 9:20.

Related: The Ultimate Air Canada Credit Card Portfolio

TAP Air Portugal is offering a 50% rebate for award tickets on their new route out of Montreal

Back on November 20 we let you know about TAP Air Portugal's new route between Montreal and Lisbon that will be launching in May of 2020. To celebrate the launch of this route and two other new routes (notably Boston-Ponta Delgada) TAP Air Portugal is offering their Miles&Go members a 50% discount on award tickets.

Like many of these discounted award promotions you actually have to have the full amount of miles to redeem for the award ticket. And once you do redeem you'll receive a rebate of miles, in this case 50%, back to your account. For this promotion you have to book your award tickets by December 28, 2019 and TAP will give you back 50% of the miles by January 31, 2020.

Here are the standard one way redemption rates for Miles&Go award tickets out of Montreal:

Economy Class

Business Class

As these are one way you need to double them for a round trip and since you'd get 50% of the miles back the amounts shown above are what you would end up paying for that round trip redemption. 29,000 miles for round trip economy class or 100,000 miles for round trip business class.

Click here to learn more about this promotion from TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go

If you don't have enough miles for a one of these award tickets your best bet is to convert Marriott Bonvoy points to Miles&Go n a 3:1 basis. Remember you'll earn 5,000 bonus miles when you convert 60,000 points at a time (a total of 25,000 miles per 60,000 points) That's pretty close to getting one of these round trip flights in economy class.

If you don't have any Marriott Rewards Points you can always look at getting the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card to top off your account. Currently the card comes with a 50,000 point sign up bonus when you spend $1,500 on the card and then you could also grab the Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card as it also has 50,000 point sign up bonus. You would then ultimately be able to have 100,000 points which can be converted 3 to 1 to Miles&Go Miles and that additional 5,000 miles for every 60,000 points transferred.  Of course timing of getting the card(s) now, spending and getting the points will likely not happen for this month but it does set you up for potential future offers or other discounted award promotions like Air France KLM's Flying Blue Promo Rewards.  Need to grab two tickets for an itinerary? You could choose to get one Marriott card for yourself and one for your partner or spouse and you'll have a lot more points!  

All images via TAP Air Portugal

Today only - 5x Aeroplan Miles with Amazon.ca via Aeroplan eStore's 12 Days of Gifting

Last week Aeroplan launched the 12 days of Gifting for shopping online via the Aeroplan eStore and today's offer is one most of you look forward to - especially if you missed it for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. And that offer is 5x miles for shopping at Amazon.ca. Happy shopping!

Learn more and complete your online shopping here!  

 

All images via Aeroplan 

December 9 Update: WestJet Christmas Miracle, to give or receive?

Today is WestJet's Christmas Miracle Day! Every year WestJet creates Christmas miracles for many Canadians and this year it was all about giving and receiving. As we see each year it is documented in a video which you can watch here. Once again it is such an amazing and heartwarming story.  Have a look for yourself:

This year, families visiting a market in Toronto were invited into a life-size WestJet blue Santa hat for an experience they would never forget. WestJet left it up to them, with help from a holographic, interactive Blue Santa and his newest co-star, Ebeniza Scrooge, to determine whether to give or receive the presents waiting under the Christmas tree.

"The conversation around giving and receiving is a powerful one and this year's video finds inspiration in both sides of the story," said Richard Bartrem, WestJet Vice-President Marketing Communications. "The authentic reactions and emotions made possible through these acts make this year's Christmas Miracle truly heartwarming."
(Source WestJet) - Image via WestJet

And our question to you - which category would you fall into? to give or receive?

Finally, on the giving note please don't forget about our Give A Mile 2019 Flight Hero Christmas Campaign where you can help raise 50,000 miles for flights of compassion. Learn more here.

Posts since our last update:

• December 6 Update: Ultimate No FX Fee Credit Card portfolio, Donate to Give A Mile & 19 new bonus offers
  In case you missed it earlier today on our social media channels or right here on the blog -…

Travel Deals

Expedia Escape Sale! Save Up to 40% Off. 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
- Double Aeroplan Miles on select Air Canada flights Worldwide. More... Register and book by Dec 20 for travel Jan 9 - Jun 19, 20

Other Bonus Offers

American AAdvantage
- Double AAdvantage miles when you rent with Dollar Rent a Car. More... Until Jan 31, 20

Marriott Bonvoy
- Earn 2,000 Bonus  Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Courtyard Baltimore Downtown/Inner Harbor. More... Dec 17, 19 - Jan 31, 20

Philippine Airlines Mabuhay
- Earn up to Triple Mabuhay Miles when you rent with Hertz for 3 or more days in Asia, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. More... Book by Feb 29 or rentals until Mar 31, 20

TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go
- Double Miles&Go Miles for stays at Turim Hotels in Portugal. More... Until Jan 5, 20

Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
- 400 Bonus ROP Miles for every 4,000 THB spent when you book hotels via Agoda PointsMAX. More... Book by Dec 31, 19 for stays until Feb 29, 20




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December 6 Update: Ultimate No FX Fee Credit Card portfolio, Donate to Give A Mile & 19 new bonus offers

In case you missed it earlier today on our social media channels or right here on the blog - we released our 17th Ultimate Credit Card Portfolio today. This time it is The Ultimate No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card Portfolio. Check it out here. 

Other than that today was just a bonus offer type of day - no short news snippets to pass along.

Please don't forget to give our Give A Mile 2019 Flight Hero Christmas Campaign a thought - Help Rewards Canada raise 50,000 miles for flights of compassion. Even if it just 1,000 miles - any amount helps!  Learn more here.

Posts since our last update:

• Earn Double Aeroplan Miles when you fly Air Canada to tons of destinations around the globe
  Air Canada and Aeroplan have launched a great new flight bonus offer for travel on many routes the airline…
• Stay at Fairmont Hotels in Canada and earn 3x ALL Accor Live Limiitless Points
  Now that Accor has shifted from Le Club AccorHotels to ALL Accor Live Limitless they have released a new…
• Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions – December Edition
  Here is your monthly update of all the global hotel bonus points promotions that are available! One of the…
• The Ultimate No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card Portfolio
  Today we released the 17th Ultimate Credit Card Portfolio on Rewards Canada! In this feature of Rewards Canada's Ultimate…
• Radisson Rewards Dream Deals – Up to 20% off and 2,500 Bonus Points for stays in Canada, the U.S., Europe & more
  Radisson Hotels have released their next Dream Deals sale. This sale offers a base 15% off stays but if…
• Receive up to a $100 nightly credit for stays at Marriott Resorts in Canada, the U.S., Caribbean & Latin America
  Marriott is offering up to $100 nightly credits for stays at their resorts in the U.S., Canada, Caribbean and Latin…
• December 5 Update: Le Club AccorHotels now ALL - Accor Live Limitless, Diners Club loses 5 airline/hotel partners & save up to 40% with Expedia's Escape sale
  AccorHotels and their loyalty program Le Club AccorHotels has now become ALL - Accor Live Limitless. This change was…
  

Travel Deals

Expedia Escape Sale! Save Up to 40% Off. 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

ALL Accor Live Limitless
- Triple Rewards points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in North and Central America More... Book by Feb 29 for stays until Mar 31, 20

Other Bonus Offers

American AAdvantage
- 500 Bonus AAdvantage miles in qualifying rentals of 3 or more consecutive day at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Latin America, and Caribbean. More... Until Jan 31, 20
- 500 Bonus AAdvantage miles in qualifying rentals of 3 or more consecutive day at participating Budget airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Latin America, and Caribbean. More... Until Jan 31, 20

JAL Mileage Bank
- Earn up to 4,000 Bonus Mileage Bank Miles when you fly on JAL between Honolulu and Tokyo (Haneda). New JMB members will earn an additional 1,000 miles on their first flight on these routes. More... Jan 1 - Apr 28, 20

Marriott Bonvoy
- Earn 2,000 Bonus  Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays on Thursday-Monday nights at over 35 Marriott Hotels in the greaer Phoenix area. More... Until Dec 31, 19
- 5,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per stay at The St. Regis Singapore More... Until Feb 3, 20

Radisson Rewards
- 2,500 Bonus Rewards Points plus receive up to 20% off stays at participating Radisson Hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, Canada, Latin America, or the Caribbean. More... Book by Dec 31 for stays until Feb 29, 20

World of Hyatt
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt Place Aruba Airport More... Until Jan 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt Regency Hengqin Zhuhai. More... Dec 16 - Mar 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt Place Changsha Airport. More... Dec 31 - Mar 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt Place Bogota / Convention Center More... Until Jan 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono More... Dec 21 - Mar 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Park Hyatt Doha. More... Until Feb 28, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Andaz Dubai The Palm More... Dec 14 - Mar 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt Place Peña Station / Denver Airport More... Until Feb 28, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Thompson Washington D.C. More... Jan 7 - Apr 29, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt Place Evansville / Downtown. More... Jan 19 - Apr 29, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt Place Indianapolis / Fishers or the Hyatt House Indianapolis / Fishers More... Until Feb 28, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt House Nashville / Franklin - Cool Springs. More... Dec 10 - Mar 30, 20



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