The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta announced a new 26 week pilot project for rapid COVID-19 testing at Calgary International Airport: “YYC Calgary International Airport is proud to be the first and only airport in Canada to have a government-approved testing pilot for arriving international passengers—which we hope will lead to reducing […]
Month: October 2020
WestJet expands refund policy – more tickets are now eligible for full refunds including domestic flights (leads to a Twitter fight with Air Canada!)
The events of yesterday afternoon and evening played out quite interestingly for the airline industry in Canada, namely on Twitter. Around 3:30pm MT WestJet came out with a news release stating they were the “first national carrier in Canada to voluntarily provide refunds to original form of payment” to which that statement was quickly […]
An introduction to Neo Financial – one of Canada’s newest credit card and savings reward programs
About a year and a half ago one of the founders of SkipTheDishes reached out to me to discuss rewards programs and credit cards in Canada as he and other founders were getting ready for their next venture utilizing some of the funds they earned from selling the big food delivery service. That venture would […]
October 21 Update: 50% discount on award nights at the Shangri-La Toronto and Save up to 25% on last minute stays at 50+ Marriott Hotels in Canada
In the bonus offers section below you’ll note a new redemption offer from Shangri-La Hotels that provides a 50% discount when you redeem point for free nights at the majority of thier hotels worldwide. Since travel is so limited right now those of you with GC Award Points (Golden Circle Award Points) who are interested […]
Air Canada will fly their all business class AC Jetz aircraft to select winter destinations
Air Canada announced today that they will be deploying their fleet of all business class AC Jetz charter aircraft on popular routes for the Christmas season. You’ll be to purchases tickets or redeem Aeroplan miles to fly on these planes that feature 58 business class seats on routes like Montreal to Barbados, Toronto to […]
New increased welcome bonus of 3,000 miles on the American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Credit Card
During the first six or so months of the pandemic American Express shifted their focus to enhancing card offers and encouraging spending for existing cardmembers. Those offers were extended to almost all of American Express’ cards except for one part of their portfolio, the AIR MILES co-brand partnership. Their AIR MILES cards seemed to […]
30% bonus when you buy World of Hyatt points until November 24
Hyatt has released another buy points bonus! This bonus is the same 30% offer we saw in June and with the bonus you would be buying points for US$ 1.85 cents each. There is potential value in buying these points for select Hyatt stays around the globe as you can easily get more value than […]