Monthly Archives: December 2016

Excellent Changes to Alaska Airlines program for Canadians!

Excellent Changes to Alaska Airlines program for Canadians!

I have always been a fan of the Alaska Airlines program. With Alaska Airlines’ new distance based award chart, the shortest award flights will cost just 5,000 Alaska Airlines miles one-way, and the longest only 12,500 miles one-way. Here is an example of a redemption to Seattle from Victoria, BC for just 10,000 miles return for just $44 for taxes!…

Air Miles Expiration is gone but expect redemptions to be worse

Air Miles Expiration is gone but expect redemptions to be worse

I haven’t used Air Miles Dream miles for a long time (except for buying a Dyson vacuum and Peg Perego car seat on sale). I have never found any good redemption values. Loyalty One has cancelled their Expiration policy. They removed the deadline (after a lot of negative press). CBC did a Marketplace segment but unfortunately I am not sure…

Ontario Bill to Propose No Expiration on Points

A new CBC article discusses a new bill that would propose no expirations on any Points earned (i.e Air Miles, Aeroplan, etc). The definition of a “consumer agreement” is amended to include agreements under which rewards points are provided. A new section is added that prohibits consumer agreements from allowing the expiry of rewards points. Rewards points are allowed to…