Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Air Canada begins codesharing with TAP Portugal

Air Canada and TAP Portugal begin codesharing on flights this week with AC's number going on select TAP's flights out of Newark, London, Lisbon, Porto and Madrid. While TAP will codeshare on select AC flights out of Newark, Madrid and London.

For a full list of flights and flight numbers see Airline Route Updates

Monday, March 30, 2009

Bonus Pages Updates Mar 27, 09

Mar 27, 09 Pages with new and/or updated bonus offers:
American AAdvantage | Continental OnePass | El Al Matmid Club | Midwest Miles | Miles & More | QANTAS Frequent Flyer


Overview
- Earn up to 50,000 bonus AAdvantage miles on U.S. to U.K. flights
- Earn double OnePass miles between Newark and Charlotte
- Earn 15-20 bonus Matmid miles on flights between Tel Aviv and Kiev
- Earn double Midwest miles when you fly on day the Milwaukee Brewers win
- Earn double Miles and More miles between Frankfurt Rzeszow
- Complete update of the QANTAS Frequent Flyer page with new flight, car and hotel offers

Friday, March 27, 2009

Bonus Pages Updates Mar 26, 09

Mar 26, 09 Pages with new and/or updated bonus offers:
American AAdvantage | Priority Club | Thai Royal Orchid

Overview
- Earn up to 15,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles on flights bewteen Chicago and Shanghai
- Complete update of the Priority Club pages with tons of new offers
- Earn up to Triple Royal Orchid Plus miles on Avis car rentals worldwide.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Bonus Page Updates Mar 25, 09

Mar 25, 09 Pages with new and/or updated bonus offers:
Brussels Airlines Privilege | Continental OnePass | Northwest WorldPerks | Priority Club | Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | United Mileage Plus


Overview
- Earn double Privilege miles on your first two flights with Lufthansa and/or Swiss
- Earn double Elite Qualifying Status miles for flying on Continental
- Earn 1,000 bonus WorldPerks Miles for National Car rentals in the U.S. or Canada
- Complete update of the Priority Club pages with many new offers
- Receive a free future upgrade when you fly on any Singapore Airlines flight in an fare class that accrues miles.
- Earn double Elite Qualifying Status miles for flying on United

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Air Canada offers double Aeroplan Miles on new routes

Air Canada Aeroplan launched new bonus mile offerings on the majority of the new routes that are slated to start over the next few months. Those routes and the dates of the bonus offer are:


Calgary - London, ON Jun 1 - Jun 30, 09
Calgary - Portland Jun 15 - Jul 31, 09
Calgary - San Diego May 15 - Jun 30, 09
Toronto - Sydney NS May 1 - 31, 09

See all the details and registration links on our Aeroplan page.

Bonus Page Updates Mar 24, 09

Mar 24, 09 Pages with new and/or updated bonus offers:
Air Canada Aeroplan | Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan | Delta SkyMiles | El Al Matmid Club | Northwest WorldPerks


Overview
- Earn double Aeroplan miles on Air Canada's new routes out of Calgary and Toronton
- Earn double Mileage Plan miles on Horizon's flights from Portland to the Bay Area
- Earn up to triple Elite Qualifying miles on Delta flights
- Earn bonus Matmid points on Tel Aviv - Sao Paulo flights
- Earn up to triple Elite Qualifying miles on Northwest flights

Most U.S. Majors now offering Elite Qualifying Bonuses

Following close on the heels of American Airlines Elite Qualifying offer launched last week, the rest of the major U.S. airlines have now launched their own Elite Qualifying offers for Spring 2009.

I have compiled all of them to date on one page on Rewards Canada and will continue to update it should more offers come up. You can visit the page here

To date these are the airlines with some sort of Elite Qualifying Offer
American
Continental
Delta
Midwest
Northwest
United

Porter expands Montreal and Ottawa service

Starting in mid-April Porter Airlines will increase the number of flights between Toronto Island Airport and Montreal to 14 round trips per day up from 9 and by May 6 that will increase further to 18 round trips per day.

Meanwhile flights to Ottawa from the Island Airport will see the current 10 round trips per day increased to 14 on April 30.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Saskatchewan's boom means more direct flights from Delta and United

As Canada's booming province, Saskatchewan is seeing the positive affects that are associated with being prosperous, namely more direct flights to more cities. This past week three new routes were announced.

First out of the gate is Delta. which will offer direct non-stop summer seasonal service between Saskatoon and Salt Lake City. The once daily service will be offered from Jun 18 - Nov 29 on a CRJ-200 with the following flight times:
YXE-SLC Dep 13:30 Arr 15:55
SLC-YXE Dep 10:00 Arr 12:30

Next United has announced 2 new routes to the province. First off is once daily CRJ-700 service between Saskatoon and Chicago that starts on June 4 and twice daily CRJ-200 service between Regina and Denver that starts on July 1. The Regina to Denver flights will depart YQR at 6:38 and 14:18 while the Saskatoon flights leaves for Chicago at 12:45.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Bonus Page Updates Mar 19, 09

Mar 19, 09 Pages with new and/or updated bonus offers:
Aerosvit Meridian
| Air Canada Aeroplan | American AAdvantage | Continental OnePass | Hyatt Gold Passport | Malev Duna Club | Marriott Rewards | Midwest Miles | Miles and More | US Airways Dividend Miles


Overview:
- Earn bonus Aerosvit Meridian miles between Kiev and Tel Aviv, Almaty and Hamburg
- Earn up to 7,500 Bonus AAdvantage miles on AA flights to Moscow
- Earn double OnePass miles between Houston and Roatan, Honduras
- We have a complete update of the Hyatt Gold Passport program
- Earn up to 250% bonus Malev Duna Club miles between Budapest and Iasi, Hamburg, Tel Aviv or St. Petersburg
- Earn $50 Marriott Bonus Bucks for 2 night stays in the Mid-West and Eastern U.S.
- Earn 5,000 bonus Midwest Miles and double segments for 12 routes out of Milwaukee
- Earn double Miles and More miles of Lufthansa flights between Frankfurt and Jeddah or Riyadh
- Earn double U.S. Airways Dividend Miles for National Car Rentals in Canada and the U.S.