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Aeroplan made several changes to their reward ticket change policy today. The first changes see them removing change fees on one more award ticket economy fare class:
- Aeroplan’s Economy Flex fare option now includes waived change fees alongside Economy Latitude, Premium Economy (flexible), Business Class (flexible) and First Class (flexible) fare options.
They have also simplified the structure of the change fee for the reward ticket fare classes that do have fees levied:
- Economy Standard, Premium Economy (lowest), Business Class (lowest) and First Class (lowest) fare options allow changes alongside a CDN $100 anytime change fee (per direction, per ticket).
For changes made 60 days or longer on Aeroplan rewards this is an increase of $25 per direction per ticket for all those fare classes.
They have also extended their flexible change policy that was instituted for the pandemic to July 5:
Click here to learn more about Aeroplan’s change policies
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Next week will see the revamped Scotiabank Platinum and Red American Express cards launch but it appears that Scotiabank may not be done there. Our astute terms and conditions detective Josh C. noticed that Scene+ had posted a change to their terms and conditions that stated earn rate changes were coming to the Scotia Visa and Amex cards on October 1. That has since been corrected and the terms only show the upcoming July 1 changes to the two Scotia Amex cards. That does however raise the question, will we see some changes to their other cards on October 1? Namely the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite card and Scotia Gold American Express Card since it mentions Visa and Amex? We’ll just have to wait and see!
Image via Scene+
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If you read U.S. and/or U.K. points and miles blogs you may have seen that the UK British Airways American Express card and U.S. Chase British Airways card’s companion vouchers can now be redeemed for solo travellers. The new option provides a 50% discount in the Avios required for a reward ticket when redeeming as a solo traveller. This is great enhancement to the vouchers for those cards and wondered if the same holds true for the Canadian British Airways co-brand card. We reached out to British Airways and RBC to see if the same policy will be applied to the RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card‘s companion voucher. News came back today from BA that this unfortunately is not the case. At this time Canadian companion vouchers will remain just that, a voucher to use for a travelling companion.
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Posts since our last update:
- Amex Offers: Spend $300 at Hyatt Hotels in Canada & receive a $60 statement credit
- AIR MILES loses another major partner – Staples will no longer participate in the program as of July 1
- American Express Cobalt Card: The best card in Canada offering 30,000 welcome bonus points + 5x points on your eats and drinks
- Will
we see Amex’s Shop Small promotion soon, four U.S. British Airways
lounges join Priority Pass & increased interest rates on select
Scotia savings accounts
Deals:
Porter Airlines: Save up to 20% on Porter Airlines flights when you book by Jun 23 for travel until Oct 31, 22. Click here to book this offer.
Singapore Airlines: Fly round trip between Vancouver and Singapore from C$1,046. Valid for travel until Oct 29, 22. Click here to book this offer.
Canadian Bonus Offers
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Other Bonus Offers
ALL Accor Live Limitless
– 2x ALL Rewards Points for any social celebrations or business meetings
booked at over 300 participating Accor hotels in Southeast Asia, Japan
and South Korea. Valid for events until Dec 31, 22. More…
Marriott Bonvoy
– Fremont 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays
of 2 or more nights at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley. Valid for
stays until Jul 22, 22 More…
– Miami 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Four Points by Sheraton Miami Airport. Valid for stays until Jul 23, 22 More…
– Wesley Chapel 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Residence Inn Tampa Wesley Chapel. Valid for stays until Jul 24, 22 More…
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
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Earn up to Triple KrisFlyer Miles for rentals of 3 or more
days at participating Avis locations in North America (USA and Canada,
excluding Alaska), Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
and Asia. Book by Jun 30 for rentals until Oct 31, 22 More…
Stash Hotel Rewards
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1,000 Bonus Stash Rewards Points + 10% off for stays of 3+
nights at the Hotel 24 South Staunton. Book by Dec 28 for stays until
Dec 31, 22. More…
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