Last week Starwood announced some major enhancements to their award winning loyalty program: Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG). The changes which take effect on March 1, 2012 are all aimed at the elite level members of the program and are designed to benefit frequent guests with added perks over and above the existing elite level benefits. […]
Redemption Stories: Diners Club Club Rewards & Amex Gold Rewards Card
As many of you know, a couple of my favourite credit cards are the Diners Club Club Rewards MasterCard and the American Express Gold Rewards Card. Both cards are Hybird credit cards with very flexible “travel anywhere” options which I utilized for my family’s recent trip to Maui. Flights – Diners Club Club Rewards MasterCard […]
Rewards Canada is back in full force this week!
You may have noticed there hasn’t been much action on Reward Canada for the past 2-1/2 weeks as I had a family emergency followed by a much needed vacation where I tried to minimize the amount of work I did. Starting today, I am back at it full force and you will see many new […]
La Quinta extends Fast Track to Gold Status offer
La Quinta’s fast track to Gold Status offer that was around for most of 2011 has been extended for all of 2012. The offer lets new La Quinta Returns members earn Gold Status within the program after completing only 2 stays within 60 days of enrollment. This offer is not too bad for those Canadians […]
Priority Club changing points requirements for Reward Nights
I am little late to the game with this post if you follow some of the U.S. based frequent flyer blogs but I also wanted to wait for more details from my contacts at IHG. Some of those details I cannot release yet and have not been made aware of but they assured me that […]
Free Hilton HHonors Gold Status
January 24th Update: Looks like this offer is dead, will update if this changes again January 9th Update: Thanks to the first commenter below who clarified it more than likely won’t work with a Canadian Infinite card but you can try using 442394 which did work for me Gary Leff of View From the Wing […]
Alaska Airlines: Save over 30% Mileage Plan miles on select flights out of Canada
Alaska Airlines is running a Winter Award sale for their Mileage Plan program and the sale includes their flights between Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, or Victoria and Seattle plus Vancouver and Portland. Each one-way award ticket can be had for 8,700 Mileage Plan Miles (regular is 12,500) and must be booked by January 10th for travel […]