Feb 11 Update: WestJet Encore routes announced and an American AAdvantage reward sale to Hawaii

Over the weekend I was featured ever so quickly on Global TV Calgary’s Sunday Morning news talking about how you can only collect miles (or in this case WestJet dollars) for yourself on a flight and no one else on your booking, that the others have to have their own FF numbers to collect. I believe most of you who visit Rewards Canada know this but according to Tony Tighe at Global this was not the first time he was asked this. I think his FYI is a good as there are many Canadians out there who are not ‘savvy’ with their programs and do not understand or read all the rules that come with them.





News, Tips & Tricks

Check out American AAdvantage‘s discounted reward offer for flights to Hawaii
from the U.S. and Canada. Only 30,000 AAdvantage Miles will get you a round trip
flight in Economy Class. For those of us here in Canada this is best taken ‘AAdvantage’
of by current American AAdvantage members with enough miles in their accounts
and since AAdvantage no longer has a credit card in Canada your best credit card
bet for this offer is for holders of the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card
from American Express as 25,000 Starpoints will get you the 30,000 AAdvantage
Miles, the only question is will you get them in time to redeem before the March
13 deadline. Full details can be found here.

WestJet confirmed today via a press
release
the service we posted about on Friday. Dallas will be served once
daily from Calgary and Myrtle Beach will be served twice per week from Toronto.
Also announced were the first WestJet
Encore
routes (their new regional airline) which included two new cities to
WestJet’s route map Fort St. John from Calgary and Vancouver and Nanaimo, BC from
Calgary. Other routes to be flown by Encore include Calgary to Edmonton, Grande
Prairie, Regina, Saskatoon; Edmonton to Grande Prairie and Vancouver to Victoria.
These flights will start on June 24th with their new Bomardier Dash-8 Q400 turboprops.
This also ends months of speculation as to where Encore would fly first, some
people thought the Eastern Triangle and Eastern U.S. while others were right with
the West but cities like Cranbrook, Lethbridge and others being speculated were
left off the map this time (more routes are scheduled to be announced later, so
these cities may come along!)

Update: Sorry I forgot to put this in when I first posted this, the increased sign up bonus I was talking about last week for one of the cards here in Canada seems to have been delayed now…. I will keep you up to date as soon I here something.

Bonus Offers

AeroMexico Club Premier

– Double Club Premier Kilometers for stays at City Express Hotels in Mexico. More…
Until Mar 31, 13

– QuadrupleClub Premier Kilometer per stay at La Quinta properties in Mexico (Poza
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Until Mar 31, 13

– Triple Club Premier Kilometer per stay at La Quinta properties in the U.S. and
Canada. More… Until Mar 31, 13

– Double Club Premier Kilometers for weekend stays at NH Hotels in Mexico and
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– Double Club Premier Kilometers for stays of 2 or more nights at NH Hotels in
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Until Feb 28, 13

– 100 Bonus Club Premier Kilometers when you join PointsHound.com. More…
Until Mar 31, 13

– 250 Bonus Club Premier Kilometers on your first booking for members who sign
up before March 31. More… Until Mar 31,
13

– Double Club Premier Kilometers for stays at participating Wyndham Rewards hotels
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Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. More…
Until Mar 31, 13

American AAdvantage

– Only 15,000 AAdvantage Miles each way when you book an Economy Class award for
travel on American Airlines between the US, Canada and Hawaii. More…
Until Mar 13, 13

Delta SkyMiles

– Quadruple SkyMiles for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide. More…
Book by Feb 28 for stays until Apr 15, 13

– Triple SkyMiles for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide. More…
Until Apr 15, 13

Ethiopian Sheba Miles

– 100% Bonus Sheba Miles for flights for between Addis Ababa and Ndola or
Blantyre. More… Mar 30 – May 30, 13

– Receive a Free Award Ticket for every five round trips you make between Lagos
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Until Feb 28, 13

Hyatt Gold Passport

– 2,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points for weekend stays (Fri-Sun) at the Grand
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– 22,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points when you stay five nights or more at the Hyatt
Regency Aruba. More… Until Dec 20, 13

– 2,500 Bonus Gold Passport Points for stays at the The L.A. Hotel Downtown Los
Angeles. More… Until May 31, 13

– 2,500 Bonus Gold Passport Points when you arrive at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
Los Angeles on Thursday, Friday or Saturday and stay two nights or more. More…
Until Feb 28, 13

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