One of the things you should always do in the miles and points world is pick up low hanging fruit. Along with signing up for the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite which comes with 30,000 bonus Aeroplan miles, I realized I hadn’t signed up for Air Canada Altitude Students. Air Canada Altitude Students Benefits Air Canada Altitude…
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Alaska Responds with an FAQ on Emirates Redemption Devaluation
Alaska has just released an FAQ on their corporate blog that addresses a lot of questions regarding the Emirates Award Redemption last night. If you’ve missed this morning’s news, Alaska MileagePlan released a new award chart for Emirates business and first class redemptions, doubling some redemption prices. For example, North America to Africa is now…
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Devalues Emirates Redemptions
This is a shocker. It looks like today Alaska has changed the award chart for redemptions on Emirates Business and First Class for the worst. I always liked to imagine that believing airlines would stay loyal to their award charts is a bit like expecting BP to not raise their gas prices. Like BP though, this…
American Express Platinum Card Canada Incredible Offer!
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. Please click the links to view the most current offer. The American Express Platinum Card is one of my favourite Canadian credit cards.I’ve had it for a few…
All About Lifemiles (Updated)
The latest news going around is that LifeMiles has finally done what every other frequent flyer program in the world does, and allow customers to mixed different cabin classes on award bookings. However, hidden in these changes are some other crucial changes to LifeMiles, especially how the routes are calculated. So, while LifeMiles allowing mixed…
Reminder: Aeroplan Devalues December 15th!
Aeroplan is one of my favourite programs, because for quite a long time it has always had the best award redemption values to Europe in business and first class. This will change on December 15th, when Aeroplan devalues their award chart. If you don’t have enough Aeroplan miles, remember that American Express transfers instantly at…
Is it worth Buying Alaska Miles with a 50% Bonus offer?
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is selling miles with a 30%, 40%, or 50% bonus offer, until December 23rd. It’s a mystery bonus, so you have to fill in your membership information to see what bonus you get. Mine was targeted with a 50% bonus. This account has never been utilized in buying miles before, but I…
16.5% Discount on Hyatt Gift Cards!
Hyatt is my preferred hotel chain, and one of the ways I same money on my hotel stays is by utilizing discounted gift cards. These are valid for properties within Canada and the USA, and are available in electronic versions as well. Normally, I’ve purchased them at 14.5% off with AMEX Open and a discount…
Avios Award Chart Short-Haul Devaluation
Boy, it’s been a hard year for redeeming miles this year. We’ve had Aeroplan announce a devaluation in December, and British Airways Avios itself devalue earlier this year. Unfortunately, it looks like British Airways has decided to eliminate another sweet spot, which is the 4,500 miles short-haul award. In an email they sent out today:…
Aeroplan eStore Promotion 5X Miles
One way to easily earn miles is through their mileage portal – allowing you to earn miles whenever you shop online. Aeroplan runs promotions a few times a year allowing you to earn increased miles per dollar on spend. The last one was in April. Until October 26th (the graphic on the Aeroplan site is…
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