Disclaimer: Please be aware that offers for credit cards referenced in this post may have changed since the time of publication. I’ve talked about the benefits of the American Express Platinum Card before such as American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts which offers some great value hotel deals, but the overall value of the Platinum Card…
Air India Joins the Star Alliance
Air India and Star Alliance have had a somewhat coloured relationship, but looking past that they have finally officially joined as a member of the Star Alliance today. Star Alliance has historically been weak in the Middle East/Subcontinent Area compared to Oneworld and SkyTeam, but now we finally have another option to redeem Star Alliance miles…
Open Jaws, Fuel Dumps and Hidden Cities… Oh My!
A few days ago I shared a great trick to remove certain fuel surcharges when using Aeroplan miles to fly from the US or Canada to Europe on Lufthansa. If you are a fairly astute reader, you would have also noticed that certain applications of the same trick can be very useful when it comes…
Bearskin Airlines Aeroplan Redemptions
Bearskin Airlines is Aeroplan’s regional airline for travel within Ontario, and one of the smaller airlines within the Aeroplan “family”, so to speak. Over the past few years Bearskin Airlines have somewhat reduced their route network (previously serving Calm Air cities such as Flin Flon, as well as routes such as Kitchener to Montreal) and…
Aeroplan Fuel Dump: Lufthansa Style
Everyone loves Lufthansa First Class – it’s the “poster boy” of travel hacking, for better or for worse. It’s easily the most accessible first class product using miles so has become almost become the default first class airline, so to speak. However with the past United MileagePlus devaluation and US Airways switching from Star Alliance…
Up to $40 Credit for New UBER Users!
I LOVE Uber. It is seriously one of the most amazing and efficent transportation options available while you travel. As you probably already know, there is a $30 promotional credit running for new users. You can sign up here, or with the code UBERCKM for $30 off your first ride. Details: Worth up to $30 Work…
Best Canadian Credit Cards Offers for July 2014
Disclaimer: Please be aware that offers for credit cards referenced in this post may have changed since the time of publication and may no longer be available. Many readers have emailed me asking about what Canadian Credit cards to get, so I’ve decided to write a post listing all the good credit card offers. I…
Lifemiles Transfer Promotion July 2014
Avianca LifeMiles is offering a transfer miles bonus again for July 3 to 17, 2014. During this promotion, the cost to generate miles drops again from 3 cents per mile to 1.5 cents, which is the classic purchase rate for LifeMiles during both buy and transfer promotions. Lifemiles runs either a purchase or transfer bonus…
Maximizing SPG Transfer Bonus to AA and USDM
SPG Transfer Bonus Promotion to American and US Airways Currently, American and US Airways are offering a 20% mileage bonus for miles transferred from Starwood Preferred Guest. You can transfer SPG points up to 79,999 at a time; however, the best ratio is moving blocks of 60,000 SPG points. This promotion gives you an additional 15,000…
Air Creebec Aeroplan Redemptions
Continuing my round-the-clock coverage of everything beautiful about Aeroplan, let’s move on to one of the eastern partners, Air Creebec. As their name (sort of) suggests, they are Aeroplan’s resident Quebecois carrier (at least if you want to go anywhere north of Sept-Iles). Fun fact: they are entirely owned by the Cree, one of the…
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