Please check out my giveaway of an AA lounge pass and a Gogo one-time pass! A quick note that Alaska Air and IcelandAir are ending their partnership on June 1st. Award tickets will have to be booked before that date (and no changes after that). This is their award chart to Europe: 500 Free LH…
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May 27 – Cut Call Center Hold Times, United Miles Sale, Cheap Hotels, Uber
Check out my post earlier today on how to cut call center hold times by avoiding having to listen to hold music by using gethuman! United is again having a sale on award miles at 40% off, which makes one mile at 2.26 cpm if you purchase the more than 25,000 miles. This is until…
May 24 – Lifemiles responds, Free miles, free chocolate, giveaway
You can get 100 miles in your program of choice (DL, AS, AA, UA, HH) by signing up for ThanksAgain here. Frugal Travel Lawyer talks about how to get free Godiva Chocolate every month. Rewards Canada is also having his fourth week of giveaways. Details here. On another note, Lifemiles sent out a note today about…
May 23 – Avianca Devaluation, Hilton, Air Canada
Very annoying Lifemiles devaluation. Read my post here. Air Canada is offering 150 CAD off roundtrip fares with domestic/transborder flights in Executive Class (select fare buckets). Use promo code EXEC150. Valid for bookings made until May 24 and must travel between June 4 and September 3. Travel needs to originate in Canada. Hilton is offering…
May 22 – Tumblr Hilarity, Award Seats
Don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! No significant news today, so here is a very good post from Gary about when airlines load their award seats. I found this tumblr site hilarious, thanks to Food, Wine, and Miles‘ post on FT. This is my favourite so far: WHEN I ACTUALLY GET A…
May 21 – RGN mistake fare, Marriott Elite Breakfasts
Don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! Really, really quiet day today: Starting June 22, Marriott Rewards Gold and Platinum Elite members plus a guest will get free continental breakfast seven days a week in the lounge or restaurant of participating hotels in the U.S. and Canada, the company will announce Tuesday (from USA Today). So…
May 20 – Spiked Drinks, eVisas, BA transfer promo
Miles from Blighty says that Canadians (and other nationals of other countries) can now apply for a Turkish Visa online. Point me to the Plane posts about an interesting article which talks about an Starwood employee in Dubai who had her drink spiked. Rewards Canada says that the RBC Avion Canada 50% bonus to Avios…
May 17 – Tweet for good, hotels.com, 29% Buy Avios Bonus
Don’t forget to follow me on Facebook and Twitter! Hotels.com and Hotels.ca is also having a 5% off coupon which is HOTELSFORLESS. You must book by 5/24 and stay by 9/30. Hotels excluded are here, remember that you don’t earn welcomerewards with a coupon, and go through a cashback portal. Tweet for good: Aeroplan will donate 70 Miles (up to one million) to its…
May 16 – Buying Miles, AA, Marriott
AA changes its boarding policies as shown in the screenshot. Non-elites with no overhead baggage can now board before group 2. Several miles purchasing promos: (New)Â Up to 30% discount on buying UA miles until May 20th. Â That means 2.63 cents per mile if you buy at least 15,000. You can get this cheaper with the…
May 15 – Aeroplan, Marriott, Lifemiles
Aeroplan is running a contest vote for the “best of†in select popular cities with the Around the World Contest. Voting on each city will give you entry into three prizes of 200,000 Aeroplan miles. You can vote here. However, if you go via the facebook app, you can also get additional 1,000 miles when you do a transaction…
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