American AAdvantage Changes: AAnytime Awards Move to Three Tiers, oneworld Explorer Awards and International Gateway Stopover gone

Earlier in the day we posted the good news from IHG and said most of the news today was. Here is the first of the bad news. Without advance notice, although now emails are starting to trickle out, American AAdvantage has made some changes to their award charts and other redemption options. The concerning changes […]

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Apr 7 Update: 500 Free Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles, Aeroplan & Birks part ways, SAS increases point earning on Avis rentals

Free miles from Virgin Atlantic, US Airways share miles bonus and more set the tone for this week! News, Tips & Tricks SAS EuroBonus will now award a standard 1,000 points per Avis rental instead of 500 when you book online at http://www.avisworld.com/eurobonus. Rentals made at an Avis desk or via phone will only earn […]

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Apr 4 Update: Voila Hotel Rewards renames their Elite levels, 1,500 free miles for joining airberlin’s topbonus and more!

Friday brings tons of new bonuses including Wyndham’s new systemwide stay bonus News, Tips & Tricks Voila Hotel Rewards has made their tier status names a little more simpler, gone are the Greek names, in are your regular Gold, Silver, Platinum. For members who have elite status with VHR, Phoenix is now Silver tier, Orion […]

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Air Canada tightens up on Super Elite 100K’s in 2014

Rewards Canada contributor Sol Zia gives us a look at some unannounced changes for SE 100Ks Very subtly and without any announcements (that I could gather or find) Air Canada’s Altitude program made some small but impactful reductions to the service levels of Super Elite 100K’s. 1.       New restrictions on access concierges:

 Air Canada’s concierge services […]

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