Yesterday marked the official launch of Carlson Hotel’s Club Carlson frequent guest program. The new program replaces the Goldpointsplus program and promises to be more rewarding for those who frequent the brands under the Carlson Hotels umbrella. The currency of the program remains the same however as members will continue to earn Gold Points for […]
Year: 2011
WestJet and American kick off code sharing on select routes
WestJet and American announced yesterday the launch of their code-sharing partnership (see our previous post on the initial announcement) with American placing their codes on WestJet flights between Montreal and Winnipeg and between Toronto and Edmonton. This will ultimately be expanded to cover nearly 20 cities in Canada. WestJet on the other hand will initially […]
Capital One and IHG to offer Priority Club rewards credit card in Canada
We’ve been talking about another hotel chain launching a credit card for nearly 2 years now and we can finally let you know that it was InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club that has been in the works. Today, Capital One will announce their partnership with IHG to issue a co-branded Priority Club Reward credit card […]
Diners Club expands airport lounge access, adds country specifc privileges
iHere in Canada (and in the U.S.), Diners Club has been relatively quiet since the North American franchise of the brand was offered up for sale by Citibank and acquired by BMO. Overall however, the brand Worldwide is seeing some positive changes to the benefits offered to Diners Club cardholders and with the card set […]
Qatar Airways is giving away 100 pairs of tickets to celebrate their 100th destination
On April 6th Qatar Airways will inaugurate its Doha to Aleppo route which happens to be the 100th destination they serve. To celebrate, Qatar Airways is giving away 100 pairs of economy class system wide tickets to 100 lucky subscribers. Its that simple to enter, you just have to subscribe to their emails to be […]
Mileage Plus/OnePass mileage transfer and Elite status tools
Early last week (sorry been traveling and didn’t get a chance to put this up sooner) United’s official rep to Milepoint.com posted new tools for members of United’s Mileage Plus and Continental’s OnePass programs to transfer miles between accounts and combine elite earnings between them as well. The reason for these tools is that the […]
Aeroplan Donates 1 Million Miles to Relief Efforts in Japan
Cash donations from around the world are pouring in to many charities including the Canadian Red Cross, here is another method for you to donate (plus it counts as activity in your Aeroplan account if you don’t use it often) From the Groupe Aeroplan press release: Montreal, QC, March 14, 2011 Aeroplan today announced that […]