With the Olympics now in full swing and Canada at ten medals of the
time of writing this its no wonder there isn’t much news in the loyalty
world right now.
News, Tips & Tricks
The annual Starwood Preferred Guest category changes
are out. Every year around this time SPG has hotels shuffling around
their free night award chart with hotels either moving up or down in
categories. The thing to note here is that the Starpoint requirements
for redemptions do not change but rather hotels may become more
expensive or less expensive depending on which way they move in the
categories. The announcement came on FlyerTalk
earlier today stating that 250 hotels will be changing categories with
56% of those moving down a category (139 properties) and 44% (111
properties) moving up. Here in Canada we see the Four Points by Sheraton
Kelowna Airport, Four Points by Sheraton Kingston and Four Points by
Sheraton Toronto Airport move down in categories and only the Four
Points by Sheraton Winnipeg International Airport moving up. The
complete list of hotels changing can be found here.
A quick update to our Club Carlson devaluation post
yesterday, it appears Club Carlson has made a further change albeit
quietly in the time period of when you can book at the old redemption
rates. As of yesterday that date was April 30 but that has now been
changed to the same date as the rest of the program changes on March 15.
If you need to redeem do so now for those hotels that are moving up!
(HT Gary L)
Travel Deals
Part of Air Canada’s celebration when Canada wins gold is to offer discounts on certain flights. Thanks to our bobsled and curling golds you can enjoy 20% off flights to China (book by Feb 22) or Hong Kong (book by Feb 23) Full details
Bonus Offers
Alitalia MilleMiglia
– Triple MilleMiglia Miles for stays at over 70 Accor hotels throughout Italy. More… Book by Apr 14 for stays Feb 28 – Apr 30, 14
– Double MilleMiglia Miles when you use a Samarcanda taxi from Fiumicino Airport. More… Mar 1 – 31, 14
American AAdvantage
– 25% Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you convert points from participating AAdvantage Hotel partners into AAdvantage miles. More… Until Mar 31, 14
– 1,000 AAdvantage Miles with a three day
minimum rental on any size vehicle at participating Alamo locations in
the United States and Canada. More… Until Dec 31, 14
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Earn up to 2,500 Bonus AAdvantage Miles at participating Avis airport
locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
More… Until Jun 15, 14
– Earn up to 1,500 Bonus AAdvantage Miles at participating Budget
airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Caribbean. More… Until Jun 15, 14
– 1,000 AAdvantage Miles with a three day minimum rental on any size
vehicle at participating National locations in the United States. More… Until Dec 31, 14
Frontier Airlines Early Returns (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
– Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between St. Louis and Portland. More… Jun 15 – Jul 15, 14
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Double EarlyReturns Miles when you fly between St. Louis and San Francisco. More… un 13 – Jul 13, 14
Germanwings Boomerang Club (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
– Double Boomerang Miles on all Germanwings flights to/from Budapest. More… Until Apr 15, 14
IHG Rewards Club
– 25,000 Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points per stay on the 25,000 Bonus
Points package at the Holiday Inn New York City Midtown-31st St . More… Until ?
Le Club accorhotels
– Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Sofitel Hotels in the Northern Hemisphere. More… Mar 14 – May 20, 14
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Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Sofitel Hotels in the Southern Hemisphere. More… Mar 14 – May 20, 14
– Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays on the “Cultural
Getaway” package at any participating Accor Hotel in Canberra. More… Until Apr 21, 14
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Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at any participating Accor Hotel in Australia.More… Book by Apr 30 for stays Apr 14 -30 , 14
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Double Le Club Accorhotels Points and up to 30% off for stays fo 2
or more nightsat any participating Accor Hotel in Australia. More… Book by Apr 14 for stays Apr 1 – May 1, 14
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Double Le Club Accorhotels Points and up to 30% off for stays at any participating Accor Hotel in Australia. More… Book by Apr 14 for stays Apr 1 – May 1, 14
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Double Le Club Accorhotels Points and free breakfast for stays at any participating Accor Hotel in Australia.More… Book by Apr 14 for stays Apr 1 – May 1, 14
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Earn up to Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at any participating Accor Hotel in Brussels.More… Book between Mar 3 – 16 for stays Mar 24 – Apr 30 , 14
– 300 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays on the “Visit
Valencia and the City of Arts and Sciences” offer at participating Accor
Hotels in Alicante or Valencia. More… Mar 1 – May 18, 14
– Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for weekend stays at any participating Accor Hotel in Sweden. More… Book between Mar 3 and May 1 for stays between Mar 3 and Jun 2
– Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Ibis Hotels in Thailand. More… Book by Mar 31 for stays Feb 22 – Apr 15, 14
– 200 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at the Mercure Montevideo Punta Carretas. More… Book between Mar 1 – 31 for stays Mar 1 – Apr 30 , 14
Marriott Rewards
– 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay at the Renaissance Paris Vendome Hotel. More… Until Mar 22, 14
– 500 Bonus Rewards Points per stay at any participating AC Hotels by Marriott locatoin in Spain. More… Feb 26 – May 20, 14
– OFFER EXTENDED 2,500 Bonus Rewards Points per stay when you stay
two weekend nights or more Thursday – Sunday at anyone of 5
participating Marriott locations in Chicago. More… Until Mar 30, 14
– 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Jeffersonville I-71. More… Until Mar 21, 14
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
– 1,000 Bonus Flying Club Miles when you join Heathrow Rewards and
spend £10 or more. Awarded as 1,000 Heathrow Rewards points which
converts to 1,000 Flying Club Miles. More… Until May 31, 14