March 5 Update: American AAdvantage & World of Hyatt announce new partnership benefitting elite members, new Aeroplan car rental bonuses & more!

American Airlines AAdvantage and World of Hyatt announced a new partnership today that will see reciprocal benefits being extended between the two programs. Similar to United & Marriott’s partnership (and Delta, Emirates, China Eastern with SPG back in the day) this partnership awards elite members in both programs with more points when staying at Hyatt […]

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January 31 Update: Air Canada to get rid of plastic stir sticks, Stream Apple Music on AA flights, IHG Rewards Club redemption rates for Regent Hotels

  Starting sometime this summer Air Canada will being replace their plastic stir sticks with bamboo ones. The company is looking at ways to curtail waste and they state this is “a move that will save 35 million plastic stir sticks annually – enough if laid end-to-end to join Halifax and Vancouver.” (Source Air Canada) […]

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December 7 Update: 150 Bonus AIR MILES when you buy $150 Sobeys Gift Cards, 50% Bonus Asia Miles for Hotel Point Transfers & American AAdvantage Lowers Redemption Rates out of Canada

Sobeys and Safeway are offering 150 bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles when you buy $150 in Sobeys Gift Cards. There is a limit of 5 bonus offers per collector. I think I’m definitely going to take advantage of this. I’ll buy them on my American Express Cobalt card to earn 5x points and when you […]

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November 5 Update: Lululemon and Viator added to Aeroplan eStore, American AAdvantage program updates, IHG Annual Sale

Aeroplan has added two new partners via their eStore online shopping portal. LuluLemon has now been added and to celebrate this partner you can earn 4x Aeroplan miles until November 11. The other partner is Viator which you can use to book city passes and tours, day trips, theme park and show tickets, adventures and family-friendly […]

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October 18 Update: Hertz becomes Skyteam’s first non-airline partner, American Airlines raising Admirals Club fees and more!

Hertz has become the first ever non-airline partner of an airline alliance. On October 16th it was announced that Hertz has partnered with SkyTeam. (Source Hertz) SkyTeam is the first airline alliance to offer its Frequent Flyers access to car hire benefits plus the opportunity to earn miles when renting a vehicle.  Passengers participating in […]

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