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News, Tips & Tricks
Qantas looks to be adding Vancouver-Sydney service once again but only for about a month between June and July. Service will be 3x weekly pending government approval. (Source Airline Route)
American AAdvantage has removed the fee for booking award tickets via phone for tickets that are not bookable on AA.com. Award Tickets that are bookable on AA.com that are booked via phone in reservations will be charged US$30 for domestic and US$40 for international. (Source American)
In what they call a celebration of their new partnership with Etihad
Airways, or should we say ownership, Alitalia has doubled the bonus for
joining their MilleMiglia frequent flyer program. As with the normal
2,000 mile bonus, the new 4,000 miles requires an mileage earning
activity within three months of joining. One thing you should be aware
of is the three year renewal of the MilleMiglia program. That is due so
sort of Italian Law, MilleMiglia essentially shuts down after three
years then restarts. Technically you lose all your miles at the end of
that three years, which just happens to be at the end of 2015 but
Alitalia usually has some sort of promotion in the new program where you
can save your miles from the old program but that usually includes a
flight on Alitalia. So if you don’t think you’ll have a use for these
4,000 miles by the end of this year or won’t be able to save them in the
new 2016-18 program don’t bother signing up. See the bonus offers section for details.
Travel Deals
British Airways has launched a new Business class (Club World) sale on
their flights out of Canada! Fares are as low as $3,490 all in on
departures from Toronto to London and go up from there for other
departure cities. Simply book by February 10 for travel in late March
and early April (perfect for the Easter school break!). Find all the details and book this offer here.
Bonus Offers
airberlin topbonus– Double topbonus Miles for every qualifying Choice Hotels stay at participating locations worldwide. Full Details and online Booking Until Apr 30, 15
Alitalia MilleMiglia
– 4,000 Bonus MilleMiglia Miles when you join the
MilleMiglia program. Some sort of mileage earning action must be carried
out within 3 months of registration to earn the bonus. Full details Until Feb 28, 15
British Airways Executive Club
– Double Avios on all Meridiana flights systemwide. Full details Until Mar 31, 15
–
Earn up to QuadrupleAvios for stays at Shangri-La Hotels
Worldwide. Earn Double Avios on stays of two consecutive nights, Triple
Avios on stays of three consecutive nights, and quadruple Avios for
stays of four consecutive nights or more. Full details Until Feb 28, 15
– Earn Double/Triple or 3,000 bonus Avios on qualifying
rates at participating Starwood Hotels & Resorts
across Europe, Africa & the Middle East.
– Earn double Avios on standard rooms
– Earn triple Avios on premium rooms and
– Earn 3,000 Avios on suites
Full Details & Online Booking Until Dec 31, 15
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
– 3,000 Bonus Asia Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/asiamiles-3k-bonus.
The bonus can only be earned once per member. The bonus can only be
earned once per member. Book by Jul 31, 15
EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
– Earn up to Quadruple Infinity MileageLands
Miles on Hertz car rentals in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia or New
Zealand. 7 days rentals or more can enjoy 4X Bonus Miles (2,000), for
5-6 days
rentals can enjoy 3X Bonus Miles (1,500) , for 3-4 days rentals can
enjoy 2X Bonus Miles (1,000); rentals in Asia, for 5 days rentals or
more can enjoy 3X Bonus Miles (750), for 3-4 days rentals can enjoy 2
Bonus Miles (500). Book online at Hertz
Oman Air Sindbad
– Double Sindbad Miles for stays at the ART Rotana Amwaj Islands Bahrain. Full details Until Jul 10, 15
– Double Sindbad Miles when you book three or more consecutive nights directly with Shangri-La at the best available rate. Full details Mar 1 – May 31, 15
- The participating hotels and resorts are:
- Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort & Spa, Yanuca
- Golden Sands Resort, Penang
- Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa, Penang
- Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa, Kota Kinabalu
- Shangri-La’s Rasa Ria Resort, Kota Kinabalu
- Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa, Maldives
- Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Sultanate of Oman
- Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa, Cebu
- Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort & Spa, Philippines
- Shangri-La’s Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore
- Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul
- Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai
- Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi
- Shangri-La Hotel, Paris
- Shangri-La Hotel, At the Shard, London
– Double Sindbad Miles for stays of 3 or more nights at any of the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels in the Middle East. Full details Until Mar 31, 15
– Double Sindbad Miles on any amount purchase of diamond & masaaki pearl jewellery at
Joyalukkas outlets in Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Singapore and United Kingdom. Full details Until Feb 28, 15
Saudia Alfursan
– 3,000 Bonus Alfursan Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/saudia-3k-bonus.
The bonus can only be earned once per member. The bonus can only be
earned once per member. Book by Jun 30, 15
– Double Alfursan Miles for stays at the ART Rotana in Bahrain. Full details Until Jul 10, 15
– Double Alfursan Miles for stays in Club Rotana rooms and suites at the at Rose Rayhaan in Dubai. Full details Book by Mar 10, 15
– 1,000 Bonus Alfursan Miles for stays at the Courtyard by Marriott World Trade Center, Abu Dhabi Simply use promo code MRP when you book online at marriott.com Until Mar 31, 15
– Double Alfursan Miles for Budget car rentals in Saudi Arabia. Full details Book by Mar 10, 15
United MileagePlus
– Save up to 12,500 MileagePlus Miles on Saver Award prices for Star Alliance and other worldwide partner airlines for select regions and cabins. Full details Book by Feb 28 for travel Feb 10 – Dec 31, 15
– 3,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles on your first Rocketmiles booking booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/united-3k-trigger.
The bonus can only be earned once per member. The bonus can only be
earned once per member. Book by Jun 30, 15
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