General

15x Air Miles on all Stores via Air miles shops – (Apr 25-30, 2019)

15x Air Miles on all Stores via Air miles shops – (Apr 25-30, 2019)

LIMITED-TIME OFFER: Between 00:00:01 a.m. ET on March 21 and 23:59:59 p.m. ET on April 25, 2019, get 50 AIR MILES® Bonus Miles when you make an eligible purchase of $100 or more, excluding shipping, duties and taxes, in a single transaction, through airmilesshops.ca at participating online stores. One Bonus Offer per Collector Account. Collectors must sign in at airmilesshops.ca…

TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Offer – 30000 Aeroplan Miles + FYF (Ends June 2, 2019)

TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Offer – 30000 Aeroplan Miles + FYF (Ends June 2, 2019)

Apply online by June 2, 2019 to get a full Annual Fee Rebate for the Primary Cardholder for the first year and up to 30,000 Aeroplan Miles (that’s equivalent to 2 short- haul roundtrip flight rewards) as follows: Welcome Bonus of 15,000 Aeroplan Miles when you make your first Purchase with your Card.  15,000 Aeroplan Miles when you spend $1,000…

Aeroplan Transforming to Become the Best Travel Loyalty Program in Canada

Aimia today unveiled further details of the future Aeroplan program, focused on three pillars: offering increased flexibility, delivering leading value and improving the member experience. Recently-appointed Aimia Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Rabe, commented on the future of the program: “The value Aeroplan already delivers to members is unmatched in the Canadian travel loyalty rewards industry. In transforming Aeroplan to be…

Daily Cap for in-store AIR MILES® Cash redemption adjusted to $100

the AIR MILES Reward Program is announcing it is adjusting the daily cap for in-store AIR MILES Cash redemptions to $100 (950 Cash Miles), effective immediately. The cap for in-store redemptions at Shell is $60 (570 Cash Miles) per transaction. Gift cards and near-cash products will continue to be excluded. AIR MILES is also announcing several enhancements in their digital…

Air Canada Launching new Loyalty Program in 2020

Huge news this morning that affects Aeroplan. In 2020, Air Canada will introduce it’s own loyalty program. This will become the new frequent flyer program for Air Canada, replacing Aeroplan, which is separately-owned and operated by an independent company, Aimia. 1. What does this mean to me as an Aeroplan member? Nothing has changed for Aeroplan members. You can keep…

AIR MILES Cash option temporarily stopped because of Fraud

AIR MILES Cash option temporarily stopped because of Fraud

Another interesting twist in the Air Miles saga. I only use Cash miles so this heavily affects me. I received an email from Air Miles this morning: Dear Steven, This note is to make you aware that through our regular fraud monitoring processes, we have identified irregular activity occurring within a small number of in-store AIR MILES Cash transactions, where Cash…

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…