March 2 Update: Best Western Rewards extending elite status for all members to 2022, 50% discount on transferring Aeroplan Miles and a lot of new bonus offers

Another hotel chain has come out with a great loyalty move in light of the Coronavirus scare. Best Western Rewards
just announced that all of its members globally will maintain their
current status through January 31, 2022 without needing to fulfill the
necessary qualifications. In addition, BWR® members who suffered a
downgrade at the end of 2019, as a result of restricted travel, will be
leveled-up to their previous tier and will maintain that status through
January 31, 2022 without needing the necessary qualification. We discuss
this trend of extending status in our latest podcast, however at that
time most chains were only extending status for residents of China or
those who travelled to China or Asia frequently. Both Shangri-La Hotels
and Best Western have gone beyond this offer with extensions to everyone
globally. (Source Best Western)

“All BWR members worldwide are eligible for elite status protection and no action is required on the part of the member. Status will be maintained for all members regardless of their current tier, ensuring both new and veteran members are protected at this time.”

Image via Best Western

Aeroplan is offering a special for transferring
miles to other members. Normally it costs 2 cents per mile to transfer
however until March 16 they have halved the cost to 1 cent per miles.
Ideally you don’t want to transfer miles however if a family member
perhaps doesn’t earn many miles and is sitting on a few thousand that
can put you over the hump for an award ticket then it might make sense
to pay for the transfer. Find out more here.

 Image via Aeroplan

Also on the Aeroplan news front. As of yesterday
there was small change to mileage accumulation on Avianca. Basically
you’ll earn less miles in booking class S and no miles for booking class
U. (Source Aeroplan)

All Destinations (Excluding domestic Colombia, Peru, Ecuador & Intra-Central America§)


  1. Earn 25% of the miles you fly in booking class S. For travel until February 29, 2020, earn 50%.
  2. Booking class U will no longer be eligible for accumulation. For travel until February 29, 2020, earn 50%

    Domestic Colombia, Peru, Ecuador & Intra-Central America §

  3. Booking class U will no longer be eligible for accumulation. For travel until February 29, 2020, earn 25%.

And one more update to our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations listing. Pearl Hot Pot in Burnaby has been added thanks to Charly Y.

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals

Remember to visit Rewards Canada’s Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers

Scotia Rewards

-30,000 Bonus Scotia Rewards Points when you apply for, receive and
spend $1,000 in the first three months with the Scotiabank Passport Visa
Infinite Card. More… Until Jul 1, 20

Other Bonus Offers

Choice Hotels Privileges

– Earn up to 8,000 Bonus Privileges Points after every two separate qualifying stays at participating Choice Hotels Worldwide. More… For residents of the U.S. and Canada only Mar 7 – Apr 26, 20

Eurowings Boomerang Club


Double Boomerang Miles when you fly to or from any Greek Island. More… Book by Mar 31 for travel until May 31, 20

– Triple Boomerang Miles for stays at GHOTELS in Germany. More… Until Mar 31, 20

Hyatt World of Hyatt

– 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt House Frankfurt Eschborn More… Until May 30, 20

– 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points for stays at the Hyatt House Nashville / Downtown – SoBro More… Until May 30, 20

Marriott Bonvoy

– 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the TownePlace Suites Lafayette South. More… Until Apr 24, 20

– 500 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at the AC Hotel Bridgewater. More… Until May 24, 20

– 500 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT on Friday-Sunday nights at the Courtyard Bucharest Floreasca More… Until Mar 22, 20

– 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at the Delta Hotels Baltimore Hunt Valley. More… Until Mar 25, 20

– Earn 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT when you stay 2+ nights
Thursday-Sunday at the Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles Westside. More… Until May 2, 20

– 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays on Thursday-Sunday nights
(Friday or Saturday required) at the Courtyard Madison West/Middleton More… Until Apr 30, 20

– 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Sheboygan, More… Until Mar 31, 20

– 3,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at the SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown. More… Until Mar 31, 20

– Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at the TownePlace Suites Milwaukee Brookfield More… Until Apr 22, 20

– 10,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points when you stay 2+ nights in a Standard or
Resort View Room at the Playa Largo Resort & Spa, Autograph
Collection Key Largo. More… Mar 2 – Apr 2, 20

– 2,500 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at any one of 8 Marriott Hotels in Maryland. More… Until Apr 30, 20

– 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the Courtyard Toledo North More… Until Mar 28, 20

– 5,000 Bonus Bonvoy points for stays of 6+ nights at the Residence Inn Dallas by the Galleria. More… Until Mar 31, 20

– 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the Spartanburg Marriott More… Until Mar 31, 20

– Earn up to 200,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at the The Jaffa, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tel Aviv More… Until Mar 27, 20

– Earn up to 4,500 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at the Grand Hotel River Park, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bratislava More… Until Mar 22, 20

– 4,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the Residence Inn Big Sky/The Wilson Hotel More… Until Mar 31, 20

Miles & More

– 2,500 Miles & More Miles when you rent with Sixt for 3 or more days Worldwide More… Until Mar 31, 20

SriLankan FlySmiles

– Earn up to 3x FlySmiles when you rent with Hertz for 1 or more days in USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. More… Until Apr 30, 20

Stash Hotel Rewards

– Double Stash Rewards Points for stays Sunday – Thursday at The Cedar House Sport Hotel Truckee. More… Until Apr 16, 20

– Double Stash Rewards Points for stays at the Knob Hill Inn Ketchum. More… Until May 31, 20


Double Stash Rewards Points for stays at The Firebrand Hotel Whitefish. More… Until Apr 4, 20

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