Here is your mid-week update!
News, Tips & Tricks
Just waiting on the third piece of bad news this week as
usually they come in threes. The first was the news of Marriott taking
over Starwood which really could be good news for some but mainly bad
news for SPG members and now the second piece of bad news are the 2016
changes to American AAdvantage. While everyone globally
is affected, we here in Canada get hit harder than those living in the
48 continguous states as we are now lumped in with Alaska on their award
charts. What this means is that we get the increases that those living
in the U.S. do and then some more! Not good news for Canadian AAdvantage
members. See here for complete details.
There were some questions asked as to whether the current 25% bonus on transfers to Etihad Guest
including American Express Canada since Amex Canada was not listed on
the Etihad site. We reached out to Etihad and have confirmation from
them that Amex Canada is most definitely included and they thanked us
for noting that Canada was not on their site. Now it is. Thanks to
Rewards Canada reader Ben for posing the question.
We are speaking at the Canadian Points University in January! You can save $20 off the ticket price when you use promo code REWARD20 ! Visit the site here.
Posts since our last update:
- American AAdvantage changes coming in 2016 – Most of it isn’t good news and its worse for Canadians than our US counterparts
To say this wasn’t expected would be a lie. For the past two weeks their have been inklings on many…
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