WestJet adding new flights between Toronto and Scotland including Edinburgh

 
A new destination and and additional International routes are being added to WestJet's route map for 2022. The airline announced a return to Glasgow from Halifax but are also adding new flights from Toronto. On top of that they are also adding a new city to the map and that is Edinburgh which will be served from Toronto as well.

Earn up to 150% bonus Aeroplan points on Air Canada flights to the U.S.

 
There's a new flight bonus offer from Air Canada for those looking to fly the airline between Canada and the U.S.. The promotion awards 100% bonus points for round trip flights in Economy and 150% bonus points for Premium Economy, Premium Rouge and Business Class. You'll note the bonus is awarded is on round trip bookings (no two one-way flights like we used to see as an option) so keep this in mind when registering and booking flights for this offer. 

Earn 1,500 bonus Bonvoy points on every stay with Marriott's new systemwide promo

After a few months hiatus we see Marriott Bonvoy come out with a systemwide global bonus offer for the fall. You can register and book now to earn 1,500 bonus points per stay from September 14 to December 12. You must register by November 28. There is an additional bonus in the promotion that offers an additional 3,000 bonus points on All-Inclusive by Marriott Bonvoy stays. Both bonuses have no limits so it's really time to get hotel hopping with this one. Seeing that it is a flat rate bonus it is best for those one night stays, preferably at lower priced locations as the value of the bonus diminishes per night for longer stays. But don't let that dissuade your from plans but for points maximizers it will a mean a three night stay broken down to one night at one location, the second night at another location and third night back at the first hotel or even totally different hotel from the first two.

August 30 Update: AIR MILES awards their 100 billionth mile & some bonus offers of note to keep that tally growing

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Congratulations to AIR MILES for issuing their 100 billionth mile this month! That's a lot of miles in their 30 or so year history. Let's see if they can reach 200 billion even faster! Learn more on AIR MILES twitter feed

Which credit card earns the most Aeroplan Points? Version 2.1 (Updated)

 
There's a new card that has championed its way to being the one that earns the most Aeroplan points in Canada! Before we let you know which card it is let's step back into time - way back in 2012 we published a feature and infographic that compared how various credit and charge cards in Canada earned Aeroplan miles. Then in January of this year we released version 2.0 of that feature to capture the updated earn rates from the completely revamped suite of Aeroplan co-brand credit cards. Thanks to yet another credit card update earlier this month, namely points from the American Express Cobalt Card now being able to convert directly to Aeroplan that Which credit card earns the most Aeroplan Points feature also had to be updated!

AIR MILES Bonus Boom is now live - earn bonus miles with participating partners + 95 bonus miles with three different Bonus Boom offers

 

The latest AIR MILES Bonus Boom event kicked off today with your usual bunch of bonus miles offers for shopping or completing actions with various AIR MILES partners. Most of the bonuses are available between today and September 8 and once again if you use three different Bonus Boom offers you'll get 95 bonus AIR MILES. Just like the past few Bonus Boom events you have the ability to get the 95 bonus miles all from one retailer so long as they have multiple offers. For example Safeway has three different offers available so if you meet the criteria for those three offers you'll get the 95 bonus miles.

August 27 Update: Rent twice with Avis and earn a free day, your best bets for getting a Buddy Pass to convert to Aeroplan points & more details on Flair Airlines new U.S. routes

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Avis Car Rental has brought back their annual free day offer after a one year hiatus due to COVID. This offer provides members of Avis Preferred (free to join)with a free rental day for every two rentals of two plus days. This offer runs until Feb 28, 22. Click here to register (Registration is required) and then visit Avis.com to book your car.

August 26 Update: Aeroplan extends generous refund & rebooking policy, save 15% on AeroMexico award tickets out of Canada & a reminder to complete your Best Western stay surveys

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Air Canada Aeroplan has once again updated their refund and re-booking policy by extending it to September 30:

Aeroplan flight rewards booked through September 30, 2021, can be changed or cancelled free of charge, at any time.  Members can cancel free of charge and receive all of their points back in their account, plus a full refund of any associated taxes, fees and charges on the unused value of travel. For changes, members will pay only the difference in points, or receive a partial refund if their new itinerary requires fewer points. In addition, a difference in taxes, fees and charges may apply when changing an itinerary.

Want to leverage your airline or hotel elite status into other programs? Check out this new service!

Did you know that once you have earned elite status with an airline or hotel you can typically leverage it to obtain status with other airlines and hotels? This topic of elite status matching is one we cover with some regular frequency here on Rewards Canada - whether its reporting on new status match offers or showing you how some of them work. Some elite status matches are easier than others, in particular hotel program matches, these are usually easier to come by than airline matches with the easiest being Best Western's famous Status Match No Catch offer. It is the airline side that can prove to be more difficult and that's where statusmatch.com comes in. This new company co-founded by a former frequent flyer program head, a frequent flyer program director and the creator and operator of frequent flyer program will represent you and your status to other airlines in your quest to obtain additional elite membership.

Air Canada Buddy Pass to Aeroplan points conversion will end on November 30 plus they will extend annual worldwide companion passes

 

 Air Canada reached out to us this morning to let us know they have now put in place an end date for being able to convert Buddy Passes earned from there co-brand cards to Aeroplan points. Instituted earlier, this conversion was an unpublished benefit that Air Canada put in place due to the uncertainty in travel. The benefit allowed members who felt they could not utilize their buddy pass to call up Aeroplan and ask to have it converted to 30,000 Aeroplan points. With Aeroplan members starting to travel more and the previously announced extension of Buddy Pass expiry to the end of 2022 Air Canada felt it is right time to bring the conversion option to a close.