The ever popular AIR MILES Mega Miles event was slated to start tomorrow but it has now been postponed in light of COVID-19 situation in Canada. AIR MILES reached out to us this morning and provided the following: “As a result of the developments surrounding COVID-19, we have decided to postpone the MEGA MILES promotion […]
Month: March 2020
WestJet suspends all transborder and international flights as of March 22 for 30 days
Late last night WestJet announced they will suspend all transborder and international flights as of 11:59pm MT on March 22 for 30 days. “To be clear, this means our final commercially scheduled flights from international and transborder destinations will launch on Sunday night by 11:59 p.m. local time; after that, we will be operating rescue […]
In light of what’s going on in the world should you shift to a cash back credit card instead of a travel card? Why not a card that has both?
Over the weekend some much happened here in Canada and while lots of travel was shutting it seems so much more has transpired in the last 72 hours alone! Here in Alberta we had nearly a 50% jump in confirmed COVIV-19 cases in one day and that prompted the closure of all schools here as […]
Canada closing borders to most non-residents and international flights limited to four airports
Prime Minister Trudeau announced this afternoon that Canada is closing its borders to most non-residents of Canada. Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be allowed to return as long as they are not presenting with symptoms of COVID-19. In addition to Canadian citizens and permanent residents being allowed back into Canada immediate family members of […]
Marriott Hotels now waiving change & cancellation fees as well
Marriott is also following in the same footsteps of many airlines and hotel chains and have now updated their change and cancellation policy. Again this applies mostly to those who have booked non-refundable pre-paid stays or perhaps one of the high end resorts that requires 30 or more days for cancellation. For all Marriott International […]
Hyatt Hotels now waiving change & cancellation fees for stays in March & April and postponing World of Hyatt changes
I’ve been meaning to write about Hyatt’s policy that they came out with at the start of the week for Advance Purchase Reservations (non-refundable prepaid stays) whereby you could cancel those stays with no refund but get 10,000 World of Hyatt Points to use towards a future stay. Today they expanded on that policy and […]
Air Canada Signature Suite in Vancouver set to open on March 14
Last night Air Canada gave a sneak peek of its brand new Signature Suite in Vancouver to the media and we now know the new lounge will open on March 14. This will be Air Canada’s second Signature Suite in their business class lounge network after the one in Toronto which debuted in 2017. Recommended […]