You can now purchase annual benefits for flying on Emirates with Skywards+

  Dubai based Emirates Airlines who flies to Toronto 5x weekly has introduced a new subscription based program that provides additional benefits when flying with the airline. Entitled Skywards+, the new program has three tiers ranging in cost from C$502 to C$1,256 per year with each higher level progressively adding more benefits. Those benefits range […]

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Alaska Airlines and Emirates partnership will come to an end on July 31

  Undoubtedly one of the most aspirational flight awards that Canadian points and miles enthusiasts strove for was to redeem Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles for flights in business and first class on Emirates. By buying miles during Alaska’s frequent bonus promotions to churning the MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard, you name it, a […]

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Receive 25% bonus Elite Tier Miles when you convert Marriott or other points to Emirates Skywards

  Emirates Skywards has offered an array of bonus offers during the pandemic for transferring points, buying miles and more. The latest is this one to boost your tier miles balance. When you convert points or miles from select coalition, bank or hotel programs they will give 25% bonus tier miles as well.  This means […]

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November 6 Update: AIR MILES It’s-Been-a-Year Merchandise sale provides some really good value & Emirates to cut partner access to First Class rewards

  AIR MILES is offering reduced mileage requirements on over 1,000 reward items in their catalogue for the rest of this year with the It’s Been a Year event. And what a year it has been! This offer comes at a good time with Christmas upon us and many Canadians feeling a financial pinch where […]

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August 6 Update: New Amex Offer for Wayfair, Air Transat cancels Western Canada flights to sun destinations (but offers refunds) & earn Skywards miles for online shopping

A new Amex Offers deal came out this week. Once again we see a statement credit promotion for shopping with Wayfair. Cardmembers who see the offer in their account and register for it will receive a $15 statement credit when they spend $100 or more with Wayfair. We received in our household on the American […]

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