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When spouse dies, who gets the cash-back rewards?
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As an authorized user on your spouse’s credit card account, you are usually not entitled to cash-back rewards accrued on the account. But issuers may make an exception
Aeroplan Conversion Bonus is back – Earn up to 55,000 Bonus Miles when you covert points from hotel programs
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Aeroplan has once again brought back their partner transfer bonus and it ties in perfectly with our post from yesterday about This being the summer to earn tons of Aeroplan Miles on hotel stays. It ties in perfectly because it entails is transferring points out of hotel loyalty programs into your Aeroplan account. Just like the last time we saw this bonus, the offer maxes out at 55,000 miles if you covert points worth 200,000 or more miles. Basically you can transfer from partners like Starwood, Marriott and more (see the last graphic) and as long as the total Aeroplan miles deposited from all of them reaches one of the bonus target levels you will be awarded the respective bonus miles. We also see that they have retained the lower end threshold of 2,500 – 4,999 miles that earns a 500 mile bonus.If you are a Starwood Preferred Guest collector you can really up the bonus by taking advantage of their 5,000 Mile bonus offer when you convert 20,000 Starpoints into Aeroplan…July 12 Update: Aeroplan & The Brick partnership launches today, Fairmont Hotels now part of Accor Hotels and more!
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News, Tips & Tricks A few months ago we let you know that Aeroplan was adding The Brick as a new partner. We are happy to tell you that the partnership officially launched today:Members will earn 1 mile for every $2 spend on all online transactions at thebrick.com. In conjunction with celebrating the launch of the partnership and The Brick’s 45th anniversary, there will be monthly Bonus Miles on many categories and products commencing August 2nd with 5X Bonus Miles on all online furniture purchases and a special bonus mile offer on select specialty mattresses. (Source: Aeroplan)The other major news for today is the announcement from Fairmont Hotels that they are now officially part of France’s Accor Hotels. For the time being, Fairmont’s frequent guest program, President’s Club, will remain and run separately from Accor’s Le Club accorhotels program. Phew! That’s good news. Bad news is that it may not be much longer till we see the end of President’s Club:Over the coming months we will be working to leverage the AccorHotels platform to enhance your experience with Fairmont…
