A busy start to the week and month here on RC!
News, Tips & Tricks
The last remaining hold out in the Club Sobeys Aeroplan partnership,
Ontario, will be ending soon as Sobeys in this province follows the
others by moving to Air Miles. Aeroplan ends on March 26 and to encourage the change Air Miles and Club Sobeys are offering 50 Bonus Air Miles for connecting your Club Sobeys account with your Air Miles account. Find out more here.
Last week United MileagePlus announced mileage earning
changes for flying on their partner airlines that will take effect on
March 1. This is a major change for those of you here in Canada who
choose to credit your Air Canada flights to United MileagePlus after
defected to the latter program due to all the Aeroplan devaluations. The
news is both good and bad. If you fly in premium classes or full fare
economy classes you’ll actually earn more miles. However if you fly on
discounted economy chances are you’ll earn less miles unless your
flights are to the U.S., Mexico, Central America or the Caribbean.
Crediting other Star Alliance flights to United MileagePlus are also
affected by these changes. To learn more visit these mileage earning pages on United.
 |
| Air Canada accumulation for MileagePlus until Feb 28 |
 |
| Air Canada accumulation for MileagePlus after Mar 1 |
As you can see, Air Canada fare classes Q,V,W,G move to 75% miles awarded from 100% and S,T,A,L,K (on flights leaving Canada) move to 50% from 100%. However prior to Mar 1 STALK only earned 25% to the U.S., Caribbean and Central America so these routes will actually earn more miles. STALK flights within Canada remain at 25%. Executive Class (both discount and full fare) move up to 200% miles which is great for those of you who buy those fares! Full Fare Economy also grows from 125% to 150%.
Hilton HHonors looks to be following in the
footsteps of IHG Rewards Club and Marriott Rewards by going away from a
standard systemwide bonus to targetted offers for their members. Global
systemwide offers will not go away completely, they will still offer 2
of them this year with the first starting in March but that is down from
four per year as they look to move to targetted promotions. (Source FlyerTalk)
Aeroplan‘s Distinction Bonus on select Air Canada
destinations have been updated for 2015 which include the addition of Barbados, Montego Bay, Punta Cana, St. Lucia, Palm Springs, Orlando, Bogota, Dublin, Hong Kong, Milan, Panama, and Rio. The following have been removed:
London, New Orleans, New York JFK and Philadelphia. Find out more here.
Travel Deals
Another Porter Airlines sale for you! Fares from $110! Book by Jan 30 for travel well into June! Find out more here.
Bonus Offers
Air Miles
– 50 Bonus Air Miles when you set up automatic transfer between Club Sobeys and Air Miles. More… Residents of Ontario only Until Apr 9, 15
American AAdvantage
– 25% Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you convert points from select hotel partners into AAdvantage Miles. More… Until Mar 15, 15
– Earn up to 30,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you buy or gift miles
online. Plus receive a 10% discount if you purchase/gift miles before
Feb 9. More… Until Mar 3, 15
Best Western Rewards
– Receive up to a $35 Gift Card when you complete 2 separate stays at
Best Western Hotels Worldwide. Residents of South America, Asia, Africa
will receive 6,500 bonus points instead. More… Until Mar 15, 15
Frontier Early Returns (on FrequentFlyerBonuses.com only)
– Triple Early Returns Miles per stay at La Quinta properties in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. More… Ongoing
– Triple EarlyReturns Miles with no minimum rental on a any size vehicle
at participating Alamo® locations in the United States and Canada. More… Until Dec 31, 15
–
1,000 Bonus EarlyReturns Miles for Avis rentals of 3 or more days at
participating Avis locations in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the
Caribbean. More… Until Jun 30, 15
–
1,000 Bonus EarlyReturns Miles for rentals of 5 or more days at
participating Budget airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Latin
America and the Caribbean. More… Until Jun 30, 15
–
Triple EarlyReturns Miles when you rent any vehicle for one or more days
at participating locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada. More… Until Dec 31, 15
Marriott Rewards
– 1,500 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay a minimum of three
consecutive nights at the Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino
by the Nile. More… Feb 22 – May 15, 15
– 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points per NIGHT for stays at the AC Palacio del
Carmen, Hotel AC Palacio del Retiro Hote,l AC Santo Mauro Hotel or the
AC Palacio de Santa Paula Hotel. More… Until Apr 26, 15
– 1,500 Bonus Rewards Points per NIGHT at the Courtyard Valdosta. More… Until Apr 12, 15
– 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay at the SpringHill Suites Houston I-45 North. More… Until Apr 27, 15
– 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points per NIGHT at the Chesapeake Marriott. More… Until Apr 26, 15
US Airways Dividend Miles
– Earn up to 30,000 Bonus Dividend Miles when you buy or gift miles
online. Plus receive a 10% discount if you purchase/gift miles before
Feb 9 More… Until Mar 3, 15
Today’s Daily Update has been brought to you by