This past Wednesday saw WestJet make further positive enhancements to their WestJet Rewards frequent flyer program. This newest enhancement shows WestJet’s push make to their FFP more competitive and attractive not only to semi frequent leisure traveler but to frequently flying business travelers. The change further rewards members with tier spending bonuses over and above […]
LifeMiles: 100% Bonus on buying miles (translates to $1800 for Business Class to Europe
Avianca TACA LifeMiles is once again offering a 100% Bonuses to existing members who buy miles. The last time we saw this offer was back in December and September of 2011 LifeMiles is the FFP of Latin America’s joint venture airline Avianca TACA and until May 31st they are offering double miles (ie 100% bonus) […]
Radisson Big Night Giveaway is coming back
You may recall Club Carlson’s awesome 1 night stay offer of 50,000 bonus Gold Points for a one night stay at a Radisson or Radisson Blu hotel from late last year (see our post). Well the good news for those who did and didn’t take advantage of it, its coming back! The promo landing page […]
First Canadian Credit with no foreign transaction fees?
You may recall our post from August 2011 asking whether Canadian Credit Card Foreign Exchange Fees would begin to disappear like they have in the U.S.. To the best of our knowledge no cards were offering zero foreign transaction fees other than a private contract that American Express signed with the Government nor was this […]
50% Bonus British Airways Avios Points for Amex Membership Rewards transfers
Up here in the Great White North we don’t see many American Express Membership Rewards transfer bonuses like they do in the U.S. or even places like Australia. So when one comes along it is newsworthy and in this case the deal is pretty good as well! Normally when you convert 1,000 Membership Reward Points […]
Aeroplan Star Challenge: 16,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for as little as $35
On May 1st Aeroplan launched a new promotion called the Aeroplan Star Challenge. Perhaps you saw our tweets about it on the 1st and how it is similar the U.S. Airways Grand Slam promotion seen south of the border although I did state it wasn’t as Grand. While the U.S. Airways promo is grander in […]
Options outside of Aeroplan and Air Miles. Part 1: Frequent Flyer Programs
The majority of Canada’s loyalty program market share is held by two programs, Aeroplan and Air Miles. While both programs have strong roots in travel they have grown into what the industry calls coalition loyalty programs, which in layman’s terms means many earning partners and a varied rewards catalog. Its hard not to be a […]