Apr 19 Update: Aeroplan Earn Your Wings update, Bonus Miles+ Elite Qualiftying on China Southern & Scandic Hotels Systemwide bonus

Final day of updates for this week and this is what I have for you:

News, Tips & Tricks

In case you were one of the people who had issues signing up for the Air Canada
Earn Your Wings promotion (I know two of you commented that you did) here is the
response from Air Canada as their are no known technical issues:

Thank you for your email about our Earn Your Wings promotion. I’ve taken
a look at the comments on your blog to better understand the nature of
the issues experienced by two of your readers. Currently, the promotion
is running without any known issues but the following may help to
explain certain problems:
-On the afternoon of April 15, a fix was
implemented addressing an issue where customers who have a hyphen or an
apostrophe in their name could not register (they would of received an
error saying their Aeroplan information is invalid).
-In order to
register, the name that is provided needs to be an exact match to what
would appear on someone’s Aeroplan card. If it’s not an exact match, an
‘invalid information’ message will appear.
-As the promotion needs to
authenticate every user against the Aeroplan database, a good internet
connection is required. We know of at least one occurence where due to
what was likely an intermittent connection, someone’s registration
failed because the authentication check with the Aeroplan database
timed-out. The easiest option is to try again.

In order to
assist customers who may be experiencing issues, we’ve also set-up the
following email address in order to provide customer support:
earnyourwings@aircanada.ca. Should you have any other questions, I would
be happy to answer them.

 Some decent bonus offers in the section below, there is a new Aeroplan Coast Hotels stay bonus (book online at Coast Hotels to make the most of it) and you can earn bonus SkyPearl Kilometers + Bonus Elite Qualifying segments on China Southern‘s Vancouver-Guangzhou route (and every other route they fly).

Travel Deals

Accor Hotels is once again running a ‘Private Sale’ where you can save up
to 50% on stays at their hotels across the globe. Stays must booked by April 25
and have various stay periods depending on the regions. For stays in Canada the
offer is up to 40% off for stays between Jul 1 and Sep 15. You can check out the
sale here.

Bonus Offers

Air Canada Aeroplan

– Earn up to Triple Aeroplan Miles on all qualifying Coast Hotels stays
in Canada and the U.S. More…
Until Jun 30, 13

Air France KLM Flying Blue

– Double Flying Blue Miles for stays of two nights or more with Regent’s
signature ‘Summer to Remember’ package at any Regent hotel or resort worldwide.
More… Jun 1
– Aug 31, 13

– Triple Flying Blue Miles on all Europcar rentals worldwide.More…
Book by May 31 for rentals until Jun 30, 13

China Southern SkyPearl Club

– Earn up to 8,000 Bonus SkyPearl Kilometers when you fly on any China
Southern flight Worldwide in Premium First Class (A), First Class (F/P), Business
Class (C/D), or Premium Economy Class (W) More…
Apr 20 – Jun 20, 13

Czech Airlines OK Plus

– Earn up to 2,000 Bonus OK Plus Miles for flights between Prague and
Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg or Stuttgart. More…
May 1 – Jul 31, 13

Emirates Skywards

– Triple Skywards Miles for stays at the Hyatt Bangalore MG Road, Hyatt
Pune, Hyatt Hyderabad Gachibowli, Hyatt Ahmedabad, and Hyatt Amritsar. More…
Until Jun 30, 13

Scandic Hotels Friends

– 500 Bonus Points per night for stays at any Scandic Hotels location
in Europe. More… May
1 – Jun 20, 13

Shangri-La Hotels Golden Circle

– Double GC Award Points for stays in a Horizon Club room for a minimum
of two nights at Shangri-La Hotel, Changchun More…
May 1 – Jun 30, 13

– Double GC Award Points for stays on the Explore Tokyo in Style room package
at the Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo. More…
May 1 – Jun 30, 13

Virgin Australia Velocity Rewards (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)

– 15% Velocity Points Discount when you book any marketed and operated
Virgin Australia Reward Seat for Domestic and International routes. More…
Until Jun 30, 13

– Double Velocity Points when you book and stay at InterContinental Resort Sanctuary
Cove. More…
Until May 30, 13

– Double Velocity Points when you book a stay on Best Available Rates at participating
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. More…
Until May 31, 13

– Double Velocity Points when you book and stay at participating PARKROYAL Hotels
& Resorts in Asia and Australia. More…
Until May 31, 13