I received an email yesterday about a new Best Western promotion. When you buy a $100 Best Western gift card, you’ll get a $20 bonus card. Not the most exciting promo ever but if you have reasonably firm plans to to stay at a Best Western, then it’s not too bad. There’s an unfortunate catch however. [Read more…]
IHG Rewards Variable Point Rates – Good News?
Similar to changes made by other hotel loyalty programs, IHG Rewards recently introduced dynamic pricing for reward stays. When you get word of a big adjustment in a loyalty program, it’s assumed to be negative. At least that’s my usual reaction. But this change might not be too bad. Actually, so far it looks fairly promising. After a bit of searching, it kind of makes me want to make a speculative booking or three. [Read more…]
A Few Regrets of a Frugal Traveller
During these challenging times, reminiscing about past travels is a nice escape. I love to relive all the terrific experiences from various trips. Still, I also tend to think back on what I would have done differently. My modus operandi when planning travel is to save money (and points) while achieving good value, but, as much as I try to avoid any missteps, it’s impossible not to make a a few. [Read more…]
The Upside To Air Canada’s Temporary New Cancellation Policy
Recently Air Canada released a limited-time amended cancellation policy for for new and pre-existing flight reservations. Something much discussed lately has been the thorny issue of airlines providing a voucher in place of a refund, to which a customer is entitled when the airline cancels your flight. I’m going to leave that quagmire to the side and focus on voluntary cancellations of newly booked tickets under this updated policy. [Read more…]
Fairmont “Stay Close” Promo – Second Night/Room Free
[Update: A few more Fairmont hotels have since been added to the promo including Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City] A few days ago Fairmont’s Stay Close promotion came out and the focus was on the grand hotels in places like Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Whistler. Since then, a few more have been added to the list including hotels in Toronto, Ottawa, Scottsdale, Austin, and Washington, DC. This makes the promo a bit more interesting for anyone looking for ideas for a trip later in 2020, provided the COVID-19 situation improves such that travel is reasonably safe. I’m going to highlight the Ottawa and Washington hotels in this post. [Read more…]
Airmilesshops 15x Bonus (May 23, 2020)
If you’re thinking of buying something online, May 23, 2020 might be a good day to do it. There’s a one day promo to earn 15x the Air Miles on purchases made through airmilesshops.ca. If you’re lucky, the individual store you’re purchasing from will have its own multiplier bonus as well. [Read more…]
Air Miles Bonus Boom (May 21-27, 2020)
Well, it’s better than nothing. Today is the first day of another Air Miles “Bonus Boom” promotion. Unlike the big promos such as Mega Miles or Shop The Block, this is just a collection of coupons with no extra bonus for completing a certain number of them. Still, any promotion is perhaps a good sign that Air Miles is easing back into normal operations and hopefully the future will bring something much better. [Read more…]
Reflections on April 2020 in Nova Scotia
Hello again. My last blog post was in the middle of March as it was becoming clear that Covid-19 would be throwing travel, and life in general, into a strange holding pattern with an uncertain future. Although worries about the spreading coronavirus remain, for me the month of May has been easier to handle than April. So I thought I would start posting on the blog again and hopefully the coming weeks will see a return to travel planning alongside positive pandemic developments. [Read more…]
Mega Miles Postponed – Air Miles Promo Update (Originally March 19 – April 16, 2020)
The big annual Air Miles promotion known as Mega Miles is now on hold. With all that’s happening as Canadians are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions and advisories, it makes sense for them to pull the plug on the promo for now. The offers were scheduled to be released this Thursday, March 19, 2020. [Read more…]
Mega Miles Update – Air Miles Partners (March 19 – April 16, 2020)
[UPDATE: the Mega Miles promo has been postponed] I see the Air Miles Mega Miles promotion website has now been updated with the participating partners. There are still no details about the individual offers. It also states that no paper coupon booklets will be available at retailers this year. You can instead access them on your mobile device or print them at home. As in the past, some of the offers will not require any coupon to be scanned. [Read more…]
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