More Details of New Aeroplan Released
Aimia’s (owner of Aeroplan) Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Rabe released a video explaining some of the changes expected from July 2020 onward to its reward program. In short, the changes look very promising.
Airlines (Reward Programs)
Earn 5x the Aeroplan with Amazon
Amazon.ca is one of the more valuable Aeroplan partners that was added in 2018. In celebration of Amazon Prime Day, you can earn 5x the Aeroplan miles from July 16-18, 2018. Note that this offer is exclusive to Amazon Prime members only. In addition, CIBC Aeroplan cardholders can earn an extra 3 miles for every $1 spent throughout July. That is a total of 8x the miles.
Aeroplan and Carrot Rewards Renew Partnership
Aeroplan and Carrot Rewards have announced an extension of their partnership. To celebrate the expanded partnership from July 13, 2018 to July 31, 2018, where the first 10,000 new members will earn 2x the Aeroplan miles for downloading and registering…
Rundown of Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan for Canadians (updated July 3, 2018)
With the recent changes to the MBNA Alaska Airlines co-branded cards, as well as changes to certain partnership, I thought it was time to update this Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan post.
Expiry Policy
Alaska Mileage Plan miles do not expire as long as you earn or redeem at least one mile every 24 months. As a Canadian, there are several options that you can take advantage of to keep your account active.
Updated MBNA Alaska Airlines Credit Card Links
Feels like I am writing about MBNA almost every day lately. Anyway, the glitch seems to have lasted less than 48 hours. Seems like we have a conclusion now. MBNA has decided to offer two versions of their credit cards.
Below are the highlights of the two cards, also highlighted the major differences between the two cards.
What’s going on with MBNA Alaska Airlines MasterCard?
There seems to be so much uncertainty surrounding the MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite MasterCard. A few day ago, there was an increase in the sign up bonus from 25,000 to 30,000 bonus miles. A few issues have surfaced since then:
The MBNA website no longer lists this credit card on their website.
GreatCanadianRebates also de-listed the credit card for their website.
Any existing application links are broken.
MBNA Alaska Airlines Sign Up Bonus Increased to 30,000 Miles
Looks like MBNA has increased its sign up bonus to its highly valuable MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite MasterCard Credit Card, going from 25,000 to 30,000. There does not appear to be any expiry date on the offer either. Note that MBNA is owned by TD Canada Trust.
I am extremely impressed with this move, especially at a time when I had a feeling that they might shut this credit card down instead.
WestJet Teams Up with RBC To Create Loyalty Program: Ampli
According to a few news reports (CBC, Huffington Post), RBC and WestJet have teamed up to offer a new loyalty program called Ampli. They say they have teamed up, but they are already teamed up as RBC is the only credit card company to offer a co-branded WestJet Rewards card.
Anyway, seems like WestJet is looking to revamp its frequent flyer program to compete more directly with Aeroplan, as they are being phased out of Air Canada.
[INTERVIEW] Aeroplan’s General Manager of Marketing, Chris Willoughby – Beyond June 2020
On April 26, 2018, Aeroplan released a statement outlining its commitment to redefine its travel rewards and a preview of what to expect beyond June 2020. Today, I am interviewing Chris Willoughby, General Manager of Marketing of Aeroplan to get more insights about this announcement.
Please tell us about yourself. What is your role with Aeroplan?
Aeroplan Renews Rocketmiles Partnership
Let’s face it, after a slew of bad news for Aeroplan, they could use some good news. Aeroplan announced the renewal of a multi-year agreement with Rocketmiles. Rocketmiles is a third party hotel booking that allows you to earn miles for bookings. This partnership means that Aeroplan members can continue to earn a minimum of 1,000 miles and up to 10,000 miles per night. Note that Rocketmiles has more than 400,000 hotels in their portfolio to choose from.