If you read some of the U.S. frequent flyer and rewards blogs you may have seen articles about American Express Platinum Cardmembers having access to Lufthansa lounges in Munich. When those articles came out it wasn’t sure if Canadian cards also qualified, well the good news is they do! As long as you are flying […]
Month: October 2017
Miles & More Award Ticket Sale – Save 50% on Economy class award tickets from Toronto to Europe
As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More “Meilenschnaeppchen” discounted mileage awards! This month we see another good offering of economy award tickets! The offers are for departures on Lufthansa from Toronto to 85 destinations in Europe. These are good for travel between Feb 1 and Mar 15 and […]
October 16 Update: Canalta Rewards lowers free night redemption rates, 500 free Miles & Miles extended to Nov 30 & more
Hot on the heels of our news last week that WestJet Rewards lowered some redemption, Canadian hotel chain Canalta Hotels has also lowered redemption rates! Free nights in the Canalta Rewards program are now only 25,000 points for a regular room and 50,000 points for a Jacuzzi suite. That’s down from 40,000 and 80,000 respectively. […]
Meet the Collectors: Road warrior of the Canadian Prairies makes the most of his hotel programs
Today we bring you our latest Meet the Collectors feature. These are interviews with our readers, who are everyday Canadians like you, on what they are doing with their loyalty programs. Bill Wheatley is the Ultimate Road Warrior – he works in Information Technology for NAPA Auto Parts and travels across the prairies for his […]
WestJet Rewards lowers, that’s right, lowers redemption rates for Member Exclusive award travel on WestJet & Delta Airlines
In the 16 years that I have been running Rewards Canada I can count on one hand the number of times a frequent flyer program has lowered redemption rates for award travel. We are used to and expect from frequent flyer programs, ‘enhancements’ as they tend to call them to the their flight award charts […]
October 13 Update: CIBC Aventura point deals for Porter flights, Starwood Stay 3 Pay 2 Nights offer, 250 bonus SCENE Points with Swiss Chalet
CIBC Aventura Rewards has released another great award ticket sale. You can now redeem as little as 8,000 Aventura Points to fly on Porter Airlines. Book by Oct 31 for travel until Apr 15, 18. Full details. Posts since our last update: Earn 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at Marriott’s two new Vancouver hotels […]
Earn 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at Marriott’s two new Vancouver hotels
Marriott is opening up two new luxury hotels in Vancouver this fall, The JW Marriott Parq Vancouver and the Douglas, an Autograph Collection hotel. To celebrate the openings Marriott Rewards members who stay 2+ nights at either hotel can earn 5,000 bonus Rewards points on those stays between November 1 and January 17, 18. A […]