WestJet Rewards has brought back their ever popular Las Vegas bonus. There are two parts to the offer, a flight only bonus and a flight+hotel booking bonus. The flight only offer is huge: 50 bonus dollars on round trip flights to Vegas. Book a flight and a 2 or more night stay at the Wynn […]
Month: May 2017
May 24 Update: Aeroplan Transfer Miles discount, new Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan partners, Shangri-La Toronto deal
News, Tips & Tricks Aeroplan is once again running a discounted offer for transferring miles between accounts. Normally it costs 2 cents per mile to transfer to another account but until June 4th you can do so at 1.5 cents per miles. Still not the best deal but if you have some stagnant miles that […]
Scotiabank Platinum American Express – The sleeper card in the Canadian premium card market
One card that does not get too much attention on our site or many others is the Scotiabank Platinum American Express card. The card is a sleeper card. That is, there is little promotion of it, little talk of it but when you consider the benefits that come with it you can see why we […]
May 23 Update: Listen to Podcast Episode 28, Air Canada Aeroplan Saga Summary Page and more!
News, Tips & Tricks Podcast episode 28 is out now for you to download and listen to! In this episode we discuss even further the split between Air Canada and Aeroplan and have tips and insight on it, we talk about the Marriott and SPG summer promos and also delve into our Ultimate High End […]
Further thoughts, insight and tips on the split between Air Canada and Aeroplan
This is our second post covering the big news this month in the Canadian loyalty space of Air Canada launching their own program apart from Aeroplan. The first post covered the breaking news and touched upon some of our initial thoughts. Since then we have conducted over a dozen media interviews on the subject which […]
May 18 Update: Yes the Groupon Alaska Airlines offers works for Canadians, 5th Night free for Hilton Hawaii stays and more
News, Tips & Tricks Check your email for yet another Air Canada discount offer from American Express. This time the offer is for 15% off flights to Europe, Asia, and Australia in Flex or Latitude fare classes. Earlier today we detailed the new partnership between Alaska Airlines and Groupon. One of you asked us if […]
New Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and Groupon partnership! 500 miles for new customer purchases and 4 miles per dollar for existing customers
You now have one more shopping avenue for earning Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles and its a pretty big one: Groupon. When Groupon approached us last fall via email and then at a conference to discuss the topic of issuing miles for purchases we of course told them yes, yes you should! We discussed more […]