As a valued AIR MILES® Collector, earn 100 Bonus AIR MILES® reward miles* when you join HHonors and complete a stay at any hotel within the Hilton Portfolio by May 31, 2015.
As an HHonors member, you earn Points on every stay that can be redeemed for free nights and more. You can even earn AIR MILES reward miles on every hotel stay. After you join, just set your My Way™ Earning Style Option to Points & Miles™ in the Preferences section of your HHonors profile and select AIR MILES as your preferred Airline Partner.
So I signed up for yet another American Express card. Currently the American Express AIR MILES Platinum card has a new bonus offer of 2,000 Bonus AIR 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 ($65 value).
This is a great way to get introduced into AIR MILES and potentially get a free flight!
AIR MILES American Express Platinum Card
The 2,000 bonus AIR MILES can be worth up to 2 return flights depending on where you live in Canada.
For example, in BC, just 950 AIR MILES is required for a flight in our beautiful province in low season.
This is a great deal as our province is quite large and expensive to get to the mainland from the Island or to drive from Prince George to Vancouver.
Also, to neighbouring state like Washington State is only 1125 AIR MILES during low season. To get to California is just 1600 AIR MILES during low season.
If you and a spouse each get the card, you can quickly earn enough miles to start planning a Disneyland trip but just take a close look at the award map for your province.
If you see the AIR MILES North America Rewards chart, it gets complicated as they have so many zones (not like Aeroplan which considers Alaska part of North America).
They also have the benefit of no fuel surcharges on the flights (even though the miles requires is increased).
Earn 1 reward mile for every $10 in Card purchases at AIR MILES®* Sponsors2
Earn 1 reward mile for every $10 in Card purchases at other eligible grocery stores, gas stations, and drugstores in Canada2
Plus, earn 1 reward mile for every $15 in Card purchases everywhere else.
Complimentary Car Rental Theft and Damage Insurance Take advantage of this coverage by simply declining the Loss Damage Waiver (LDW) or similar option offered by the car rental company, and fully charge your rental to the American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Card. There’s no additional charge for this coverage, and you save yourself the daily insurance fee charged by the car rental company.
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 Card.
Assured Reservations – Your room will be held until check-out time the day following your scheduled arrival or comparable accommodation will be provided at no charge. When making reservations at participating hotels or motels request an American Express Assured Reservation and be sure to ask for a confirmation number.
I am not a heavy AIR MILES user but I am interested in using the flights within BC as my reward as I don’t see a big value in the flights to Australia/Europe/Hawaii. Flights can cost up to $400 return in our province so AIR MILES can be quite valuable!
I previously wrote a post on some AIR MILES reward secrets (showing 20 ways to collect AIR MILES faster) on our sister website, Grocery Alerts.ca.
Disclosure: For referring you to this card, I would receive a referral bonus of 500 AIR 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 500 AIR MILE referral bonus.
I am a big fan of Skype but nothing beats a connection with your family and friends in real life.
It is tough living in BC without any of our extended family around (we are fortunate to have great friends) but this was our choice.
Thankfully, frequent flyer programs help family members get together or attend special events or even go to medical appointments.
My story is that when I was young and broke freshly graduated university student, I couldn’t afford a ticket to a wedding in Southern Ontario and my friend’s mother loaned me her AIR MILES for a ticket so I can be with my friends for the wedding!
I always remind myself to always try to help people that need a hand sometimes!
As we all get ready to settle into the Thanksgiving long weekend and in the spirit of giving thanks and reflecting on our friends and families, I wanted to share with you a story about Christine & Stephanie. The two met seven years ago while both of their children were admitted to Sick Kids Hospital. While they remained close, it was their dream to have Christine and her son Colin come to Thunder Bay (my home town) to visit with Stephanie and her family.
I did not receive compensation from AIR MILES for writing this post or sharing this story (I thought it was a good tie-in with Thanksgiving this weekend)!
I have been stung trying to use AIR MILES in the past but I saw the dreaded fuel surcharges in the fees. This has changed for certain redemptions but the miles to use these has also increased.
Effective July 17, 2014, you will no longer have to pay cash for fuel surcharges on certain flights. These surcharges will be included in the number of AIR MILES® reward miles required to redeem for qualifying flights. This change will apply to flights within Canada, the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska), Mexico and the Caribbean, and will result in an increase in the number of reward miles required to redeem for flights.
The average increase in the number of reward miles required for flights within Canada, to the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), to Mexico and the Caribbean will be 16%. Some destinations will see a smaller increase, while others will see a larger increase.
For example:
A round-trip flight, in Low season, will now start at 1,200 reward miles (instead of starting from 950 reward miles)
A flight from British Colombia to Los Angeles will increase by 19% in Low season (1600 reward miles to 1900) and 14% in High season (2275 reward miles to 2600).
A flight from Ontario to New York City will increase by 13% in Low season (1150 reward miles to 1300) and 14% in High season (1400 reward miles to 1600).
I honestly do not see the value using AIR MILES for flights! Use them for gas cards at Shell instead or Cineplex tickets.
airmilesshops.ca Base Offer: Earn 1 AIR MILES® reward mile for every $20 CDN that you spend per transaction per online store excluding shipping, handling and taxes. Base offer may vary, click on online store logo on airmilesshops.ca for offer details. All online stores are subject to change and may be withdrawn without notice at anytime. Collector must sign in at airmilesshops.cabefore purchasing in order to earn reward miles. Reward miles will appear in your Collector Account within 60 days.
LIMITED TIME OFFER. AIR MILES reward miles multiplier offer applies to the total base reward miles earned on qualifying purchase amount excluding shipping, duty and taxes. Online store offers are subject to change without notice. See specific online store for offer details and any restrictions. Bonus reward miles will appear in your Collector Account within 75 days.
I actually bought 2 vanities and they turned out nice (I will share in a future post) and I earned over 20,000 Aeroplan miles!
Provide your email address to American Express by December 22, 2013 and you can earn 100 BONUS reward miles!
100 AIR MILES bonus
You will need to provide your full name, AIR MILES® Collector Number, and email address.
The email address you provide will only be updated in American Express records if you are the Basic Cardmember associated with the Collector Number that was registered. Your email address will be updated up to 60 days after December 22, 2013.
Air Miles Canada has a back to school promotion where if you spend over $50 at their merchants you will receive 100 bonus Air Miles (worth $10.50 or use towards travel).
Air Miles Canada Back to school promotion.
You will also earn 15 x the regular Air Miles (usually 1 Air Miles per $20 transaction excluding shipping, handling and taxes.
All online stores are subject to change and may be withdrawn without notice at any time. Collector must sign in at airmilesshops.ca before purchasing in order to earn reward miles. Reward miles will appear in your Collector Account within 75 days.
I personally buy a gift card where I earn the bonus miles and then use the gift card for either gifts or Christmas shopping.
Air Miles has a great deal – Earn 25x +100 bonus airmiles points from great shopping sites (like amazon.ca, ebay, toysrus etc) at http://www.airmilesshops.ca.
I have never used Air Miles for their e-store but this is a nice offer!
