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Air Canada has introduced new cancellation options retroactive to March 1, 2020, for flights until June 30, 2021.  There are two main new polices added. No changes fees for bookings made up to June 30, 2020 for original travel dates…

Even though Air Canada is taking a beating in the news about layoffs, its frequent flyer program, Aeroplan, is offering some fairly competitive bonuses. Shopping Portal eStore First up, its shopping portal, eStore has been offering 5x to 7x promotions.…

I have been debating whether to write about this topic for a while now. At Pointshogger, we try to focus on positive topics rather than negative. That being said, I think this is a very important topic to discuss, so…

I recently provided an aggressive cash back churning strategy. Today’s post is almost a continuation of that post. Basically, if you want to have a strong cash back strategy, you will want to continually keep track of new and ongoing…

Air Canada (Aeroplan) continue to stay as active as possible while travel has, for the most part, been grounded. There are different ways to earn and redeem your miles. The Buy Miles promotion has been extended until Friday, May 15…

Keep in mind that we a frequently updated COVID-19 page.  With so much negativity surrounding the news, I would like to share some positive airline and hotel company YouTube videos. We posted a list a few weeks ago, so you can…

Keep in mind that Aeroplan and Air Canada are still running their Travel at Home campaign, where you can fast track to Air Canada elite status.  For example, Aeroplan members who earn 50,000 miles, between April 20, 2020 and May…

Today we are updating the current status of all the major Canadian based airlines. I keep wondering if all of them will survive past this pandemic.  Each airline have taken their own approach on how to handle the pandemic. Several…

Greyhound is a bus service that runs across Canada. They continued their service for as long as they could during the COVID-19 pandemic. But due to a reduction in service, they will be suspending their service, effective May 13, 2020,…

Aeroplan is offering a bonus promotion on its Buy/Gift Aeroplan Miles feature. Starting today (from May 7, 2020 until May 13, 2020) Aeroplan members will be able to buy miles and receive bonus miles on their purchase: Receive 115% bonus for…

Very minor changes to this month’s list as most offers are running well into the summer. But you may want to take a closer look at the TD offers as they will be expiring before our next month’s list.  Top…

The longer this pandemic (COVID-19) drags on, the more some people may be wondering whether they should take a pause with earning airline miles or hotel points. So what’s the alternative? Cash Back? If you are thinking about constructing a…