Point and Mile Bonuses

Scotiabank Gold American Express Card – Sign up bonus increased to $300 of free travel

Scotiabank Gold American Express Card – Sign up bonus increased to $300 of free travel

Earn 30,000 bonus points with your first card purchase – worth $300 in travel. This card awards Scotia Points where basically when you redeem 1000 points you get $10 towards any travel related expense. So 30,000 would be worth $300 in free travel. Keep in mind that the annual fee is $99. cds   Here is a rundown of the…

Hertz: Up to 5,000 Bonus Aeroplan miles and 35% off rates

Hertz: Up to 5,000 Bonus Aeroplan miles and 35% off rates

Aeroplan sent us a nice little promotion to earn 1,000 bonus miles per day (up to 5,000 miles) on qualifying rentals in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. That’s in addition to the base miles you normally earn with Hertz.   Plus, save up to 35% when you rent a car with Hertz. Simply reserve and provide: Aeroplan Discount CDP #221417 Promotion Code #198284 Your Aeroplan Number Offer valid through October 31, 2014.    …

Aeroplan members can continue to earn miles at Rexall pharmacies in Alberta

Aeroplan members can continue to earn miles at Rexall pharmacies in Alberta

Big news today from Aeroplan! Following a request for a judicial review of the Alberta College of Pharmacists’ resolution to prohibit patients from collecting reward points on prescription purchases at pharmacies, Aeroplan Members can continue to earn Aeroplan Miles on prescription purchases at Rexall in Alberta until the Court’s hearing in January 2015. Aeroplan continues to be confident that the…

Review of Delta Hotels and Resorts Loyalty Program

Review of Delta Hotels and Resorts Loyalty Program

Delta Hotels and Resorts is a completely Canadian hotel brand, with 40 different locations across the country. The hotel chain also have a loyalty program called Delta Privilege. Here is a nice graphic that shows the benefits in each group. Delta Privilege members staying on a non qualifying rate are not entitled to receive tier level benefits, including stay credit for the…

Canadian Vanilla Re-loads equivalent

Canadian Vanilla Re-loads equivalent

We don’t have any Vanilla re-loads in Canada but we have some great tools to meet minimum spending for the great credit card bonuses. Currently the AMEX Gold Rewards card and the American Express Aeroplus Gold have bonuses of 25,000 Membership reward points and 30,000 Aeroplan Miles with minimum spending of $500 over the first 3 months of the card.…

Aeroplan Connections – Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles

Aeroplan Connections – Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles

I received this email promotion from Aeroplan (so YMMV), they have a refer a friend promotion on right now where as a new member you can earn up to 15,000 bonus Aeroplan Miles. You’ll earn 1,000 bonus miles for joining Aeroplan, which only takes a few minutes. If you don’t have an account and join I appreciate it! Joining Aeroplan…

Introduction to Asia Miles for Canadians

Introduction to Asia Miles for Canadians

You can earn Asia Miles by flying on any of the Oneworld alliance flights. But for the most part, Asia Miles is associated with the Cathay Pacific airline. Earning Asia Miles: The reason why Asia Miles can be valuable for Canadians is because you can use these points to fly on any Oneworld alliance member flights, even Alaska Airlines. As a Canadian, you can…

Luftansa Miles & More, 50% off Award Ticket Sale – Montreal to Europe for only 30,000 Miles in Economy Class

Luftansa Miles & More, 50% off Award Ticket Sale – Montreal to Europe for only 30,000 Miles in Economy Class

If you are looking to go to Europe for a fall trip, Luftansa’s Frequent Flyer program, has a sale on trips to Europe from Montreal, using Air France. Simply book your tickets by June 30 for travel between October 1-31. Remember that you can always transfer miles from Starwood (1:1 ratio) but the points may not transfer in time for…

Getting Elite status with the VIA Preference program – Via Rail

Getting Elite status with the VIA Preference program – Via Rail

As much as I love flying, I loave taking a train! I don’t know – I had a poor experience in Europe while on honeymoon (another post for another time). Via Rail is the most popular train company in Canada. If you travel with VIA Rail, you can sign up for free with VIA Preference to earn loyalty points. In Canada we have some…

American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card – 30,000 Aeroplan Miles Sign-up bonus, No Annual Fee

American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card – 30,000 Aeroplan Miles Sign-up bonus, No Annual Fee

So I signed up for another American Express card. Currently the AeroplanPlus Gold Card miles has a new offer of 30,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you charge $500 in purchases for the first three months of Card membership. You also do not pay no annual fee for the first year  ($120 value). The regular offer is just 25,000 Aeroplan miles so you are earning…