Turkish Airlines has launched an interesting companion ticket promotion for their Miles&Smiles members that are married. For the month of October, members who book a revenue ticket can buy a second ticket for only 1 Euro or for those who book a Miles&Smiles award ticket a companion ticket can be had for only 1 Miles&Smiles […]
4th Quarter Hotel Promotion Round Up
Taking a page from Ric Garrido’s Loyalty Traveler blog, we thought it best to also do a round up for our readers of all the fourth quarter hotel loyalty promos that are currently underway Best Western Rewards Earn up to Triple Rewards Points after your 2nd qualified stay at any Best Western branded hotel worldwide. […]
WestJet and Emirates sign interline agreement
This news came out last week and brought a touch more fan fare then the El Al announcement. This time it was announced that an interline agreement has been set up between WestJet and Emirates. Passengers will now be able to travel on one itinerary when flying WestJet and connecting to/from Emirates flights in Toronto. […]
American Express Doubles the Sign Up Bonus for Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card
For a limited time, American Express is doubling the sign up bonus for one of the top Canadian Travel Rewards cards, the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card. Normally the sign up bonus is 10,000 Starpoints but if you apply by December 15th and spend $1,000 within the first three months of cardmembership you will receive […]
Starwood Award Stays to Count Towards Elite Status
Gary Leff from the View From The Wing blog broke this story a few days as a rumour and then confirmed that effective October 1st, 2011 all Starwood Award stays and nights will count towards your elite qualification in the SPG program. The only other hotel programs to offer this benefit are Choice Privileges and […]
Diners Club transition update
This post is more for those of you who are already Diners Club cardholders here in Canada as the card is not available at this time to new customers. For those of you who are and have not received the new welcome package from BMO (who took over the Diners Club brand in North America […]
United unveils 2012 Mileage Plus program changes
United has released the details of the 2012 Mileage Plus program which effectively also covers Continental’s OnePass program as that is being integrated into Mileage Plus on December 31. The following updates to the program are taken straight from United’s own post on Milepoint.com and can also be view on United.com New vocabulary. First, here’s […]