Tag: aeroplan

  • 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.

    Delta Loyalty Program
    Delta Loyalty Program

    Here is a nice graphic that shows the benefits in each group.

    Delta Benefits
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    Delta Privilege members staying on a non qualifying rate are not entitled to receive tier level benefits, including stay credit for the duration of that stay.  Nor will members receive Aeroplan miles when staying on these rates.

    Gold, Platinum and Platinum Plus+ members are not entitled to redeem for an upgrade, but can redeem their credits towards their stay (room charge or upgrade portion only) as well as for dining charges.

    The elite statuses have the following benefits:

    Gold Member

    • Earn this status after 5 stays or 10 room nights
    • Earn a $200 hotel credit to be used towards dining, guest rooms, meetings and events
    • Earn 2 room upgrades at time of check-in (based on availability)
    • Nightly turn-down service (upon request)
    • Enhanced partnership savings and rewards with Avis

    Platinum Member

    • Earn this status after 15 stays or 30 room nights
    • $300 hotel credit to be used towards dining, guest rooms, meetings and events
    • Unlimited upgrades at time of check-in (based on availability)
    • Nightly turn-down service (upon request)
    • Complimentary full American or continental breakfast
    • 48-hour guaranteed availability
    • Personalized choice of welcome snack (Fresh, Savoury and Inspired) or 250 Aeroplan miles
    • 500 frequent flyer miles (on qualifying rates).
    • Enhanced partnership savings and rewards with Avis

    Platinum Plus+ Member

    • Earn this status after 25 stays or 50 room nights at three or more Delta properties
    • $500 hotel credit to be used towards dining, guest rooms, meetings and events
    • Upgrades will be upgraded to the best available room type at time of check-in, including Signature Club and suites, based on availability
    • Nightly turn-down service (upon request)
    • Enhanced partnership savings and rewards with Avis, exclusively for Platinum Plus+ members
    • Complimentary full American or continental breakfast
    • Personalized choice of welcome snack (Fresh, Savoury and Inspired) or 250 Aeroplan miles
    • 2 one-time guest passes to any Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge

    Here is where you can register for free.

    Have any readers status matched to Delta Hotels?

  • 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.

    Aeroplan Bonus.
    Aeroplan Bonus.

    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 will allow you to earn miles with a network of over 75 world-class partners, representing more than 150 brands in the financial, retail and travel sectors. And you will be able to redeem those miles for travel to more than 1,300 destinations worldwide.
    Then, you can earn an additional 1,000 bonus miles for each flight segment you fly with Air Canada (up to a maximum of 14,000 bonus miles).

    Here is my invitation link to join.

    1. Gain 1000 miles for suggesting contacts (1,000 bonus miles for inviting one or more of your contacts.)

    2. Gain up to 7000 miles for those who join (1,000 bonus miles per contact who joins Aeroplan).

    3. Gain up to 7000 miles for those who book (1,000 bonus miles for every roundtrip or two one-way segments flown on Air Canada by your Connections contacts.)

    Enjoy!

  • 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).

    American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card Bonus
    American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card Bonus

    The regular offer is just 25,000 Aeroplan miles so you are earning a nice bonus for using our link! This offer expires July 14, 2014.

    You only need 30,000 Aeroplan points for (2) round-trip short haul flights (could be BC to Oregon or Ontario to New York or North Carolina even) or 25,000 points for a free round-trip flight to anywhere in North America!

    Here is the award chart for 25,000 Aeroplan Miles:

    Aeroplan North America awards chart.
    Aeroplan North America awards chart.

    Here are some ideas for destinations for short-haul flights with Aeroplan:

    Short-haul ClassicFlight Rewards in North America
    Short-haul ClassicFlight Rewards in North America

    On to the other benefits of the American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card:

    1. Earn 1 Aeroplan® Mile for every $1 of Card purchases up to $10,000 annually, and 1.25 Aeroplan Miles for every $1 of additional Card purchases over $10,000 annually.
    2. No annual fee for up to two Supplementary AeroplanPlus Gold Cards. The annual fee for additional Supplementary AeroplanPlus Gold Cards is $50 each.
    3. Flight Delay Insurance:

      Charge your airline ticket to your American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card and receive up to $500 coverage (aggregate maximum with Baggage Delay Insurance) for hotel, motel, restaurant expenses and other sundry items.

    4. Baggage Delay Insurance:

      Book a flight with your American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card and receive up to $500 coverage (aggregate maximum with Flight Delay Insurance) for reasonable and necessary emergency purchases.

    5. Lost or Stolen Baggage Insurance:

      When you fully charge your airline tickets to your American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card you can receive up to $500 coverage for loss or damage to your luggage or personal effects while in transit.

    6. Buyer’s Assurance Protection Plan:
      Automatically doubles the manufacturer’s original warranty up to one additional year when you charge the full purchase price to your American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card.
    7. Purchase Protection Plan:

      Automatically, without registration, insures your eligible purchases against accidental physical damage and theft when you use your American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card.

    Remember that this is a charge Card with a whopping 30% interest rate so make sure you can meet the minimum spending and avoid putting too much of a balance on the card (just meet the minimum spending).

    Disclosure: For referring you to this card, I would receive a referral bonus of 10,000 Aeroplan Miles for each approved referral. I appreciate your support of the blog!

    Remember that once you sign up for this card, you can also refer your friends and family to receive the 10,000 Aeroplan mile referral bonus.

    Here is the sign-up link.

  • Aeroplan Distinction members can now bid on one-of-a-kind experiences and items #dExclusives

    Introducing dExclusives, one-of-a-kind rewards available to Distinction members through an exclusive auction site.

    Sample Aeroplan Distinction Auction
    Sample Aeroplan Distinction Auction

    Distinction members can use Aeroplan Miles to bid on—and hopefully win—a fantastic range of dExclusives rewards. Choose from once-in-a-lifetime trips, to tickets to some of the most exciting events in town to highly coveted collectibles. Here are just some of the dExclusives rewards up for auction:

    – Luxury trip to the 2014 Soccer Championship Finals in Brazil
    – Napa Valley wine tasting weekend
    – Tickets to see OneRepublic in concert
    – Customized Epiphone guitar autographed by Nickelback
    – And many more

    New rewards are being added all the time. What’s more, in addition to the items up for bid in the auction, you’ll occasionally be able to redeem miles for dExclusives rewards available at fixed mileage levels and in limited quantities.

    Be sure to visit aeroplan.com/dExclusives.

    I thought I had a lot of Aeroplan miles but check out the current high bid for the World Cup tickets1,126,000 miles!

    This is totally worth it (if you didn’t have the cash for the tickets).

    This dExclusives experience for two includes:
    • 2 roundtrip Business Class flights from anywhere in Canada to Brazil
    • 5 nights’ accommodation at the Hotel Atlantico Business Centro in Rio de Janeiro
    • 4 nights’ accommodation at the Novotel São Paulo Jaragua in São Paulo
    • Daily continental breakfast at your hotels
    • Guided Tour of São Paulo
    • Guided Tour of Rio de Janeiro, including tour of Sugar Loaf mountain
    • Private Hotel transfers to/from the airport and to/from the soccer matches
    • Top category tickets to the Semi Finals in São Paulo
    • Top category tickets to the Finals in Rio de Janeiro
    • At-destination representative for assistance, if needed

    I still think the Lady Gaga concert tickets is a good buy!

  • Earn Aeroplan Miles at SHOP.CA–15 miles per $1 spent (first purchase).

    As of today, May 1, 2014, you can now shop and earn Aeroplan Miles at SHOP.CA!

    aeroplan-shop.ca

    To celebrate this great news, they are offering all Aeroplan Members 15 bonus Miles for every $1 spent and Distinction members can earn 16 bonus miles for every $1 spent on their first purchase on SHOP.CA until May 16th, 2014. To get started, simply attach your Aeroplan number to your SHOP.CA account (CLICK HERE) and you’ll start earning today!

    If you have already made a purchase before they launched with Aeroplan – don’t worry. As long as you attach your Aeroplan number to your account, you will get these bonus miles on your next SHOP.CA purchase.

    PLUS! After your first purchase bonus, Aeroplan Members will earn 1 Aeroplan Mile for every $1 spent and Aeroplan Distinction members will earn 2 Aeroplan Miles for every $1 spent on all purchases made at SHOP.CA.

    Great deal in my opinion – the prices are a little higher for many products but I will update this post with coupon codes!

  • Earn up to 25,000 bonus miles for converting Aeroplan points – Ends May 25, 2014

    From April 28 to May 25, 2014, convert points from a wide selection of partner loyalty programs to Aeroplan Miles for an amazing bonus reward.

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    Aeroplan will combine all the miles you convert with different partners to help you reach a higher bonus threshold and reap the rewards in thousands of extra Aeroplan Miles.

    Aeroplan Transfer bonus chart
    Aeroplan Transfer bonus chart

    Example, If you convert:

    5,000 points, get 1,000 bonus points
    10,000 points, get 2,000 bonus points
    20,000 points, get 4,000 bonus points
    50,000 points, get 10,000 bonus points
    100,000 points, get 25,000 bonus points

    As expected, Amex Membership Rewards has been excluded for the third straight year.

    If you transfer 80,000 SPG points you get 125,000 Aeroplan miles (enough for 2 round-trip tickets to Europe)! 

    Here is the transfer information.

  • Redeem Aeroplan Miles for University or College Credit

    This is an interesting redemption offer. I don’t think this is the best use of Aeroplan miles (35,000 miles for $250 Tuition credit) but it is always good to have options.

    highered-points

    This reward, allows Members to redeem Aeroplan Miles and convert them in $250 increments which can be used to help pay for University and College tuition, meal plans and/or residence fees in Canada.

    Students, parents, relatives, and friends can use HigherEdPoints redemptions to defray the costs of higher education in Canada.

    In order to tranfer redemption amounts, an account must be created at HigherEdPoints.com, where members can safely transfer their redemptions into a student’s University or College school account. View a current list ofParticipating Institutions*.

    NOTE: Please check to make sure your institution is participating before you redeem for a HigherEdPoints Reward as these redemptions are non-refundable. All activities and transactions on Higheredpoints.com website are subject to HigherEdPoints Terms of Service.

    How to get started:
    Here is what you’ll need to make a fund transfer to your school account through HigherEdPoints.com:
    • Your 9-digit Aeroplan (Loyalty Program) Account Number
    • Your 11-digit Aeroplan Confirmation code (which will be emailed to your email address indicated in your redemption order): NOTE: If you make more than one redemption for this reward, please go to your Order History to obtain your full list of Aeroplan Confirmation codes
    • Student Information: Student’s first, middle and last name; Student’s date of birth; Name of the Participating* University or College to which the transfer will be sent; Student number

     

     

  • Free 2,500 Aeroplan miles for a Volvo Test Drive

    If you’re in the market for a new car, take a look at the 2014 Volvo S60, XC60, or XC90. Because until May 31, 2014, you’ll not only get the exceptional safety and stylishness that Volvo is known for you’ll also drive off with 25,000 Aeroplan® Miles. Plus, if you upgrade one of these models to the R-Design package, you’ll earn an additional 15,000 bonus miles, for a total of 40,000 miles.

    aeroplan-volvo-test-drive

    By the way, for a limited time, you can also earn 2,500 Aeroplan Miles just for test-driving a 2015 Volvo V60 Sportswagon.

    Not too shabby! I wonder if my wife and I each test-drive will they give us 5,000 total?

    I hope I don’t walk away buying another vehicle though.

     

     

  • New Aeroplan partner, eye wear, FYidoctors–Earn miles with eye exam!

    We all need an eye exam – might as well earn miles while getting the exam!

    Meet Aeroplan’s newest partner.

    FYidoctors has everything you need for a complete eye care experience, including:
    • Comprehensive eye exams
    • Advanced diagnostics
    • Exclusive custom lens manufacturing
    • A wide selection of premium and exclusive frames
    • And much more
    Plus, new patients will also earn 500 bonus miles. That’s in addition to the 1 mile per $1 spent on purchases year‑round.

    To celebrate the arrival of Aeroplan’s newest partner, until April 30th, earn 3X the miles when you complete an eye exam and make any eye wear purchases, such as frames, lenses, contact lenses, coatings and sunglasses.

    Learn more here.

  • Know your travel–Aeroplan Facebook game

    You could win 1 of 6 prizes of 150,000 Aeroplan Miles!

    Test your knowledge by answering each question and you could win
    1 of 6 prizes of 150,000 Aeroplan Miles. You’ll earn points for every right
    answer and, the more you earn, the more chances you’ll get to win!

    PLAY NOW

    HERE’S HOW YOUR GAME POINTS ADD UP:

    PLAYING THE GAME:

    • 0 game points = 1 contest entry
    • 50 game points = 2 additional contest entries
    • 100 game points = 5 additional contest entries
    • 250 game points = 10 additional contest entries
    • 750 game points = 15 additional contest entries
    • 1,500 game points = 25 additional contest entries

    GOING SOCIAL:

    • Sharing the game = 10 contest entries
    • Tweeting about the game = 10 contest entries