Air Miles lowers value of points for vacation packages + MORE Jan 27th

If there is a program you can count on to have lots of options to earn bonus miles for hotel stays its Aeroplan. The next in line is Best Western and Aeroplan members can earn 1,000 more miles per stay as long as you register before hand and set your Best Western Rewards account earning preference to Aeroplan.  Normally BW stays earn 250 miles so with the bonus you’ll be looking at 1,250 miles per stay.Offer details:1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for stays at Best Western Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required)  Until Mar 31, 17Find many more hotel, car rental and other Aeroplan bonus offers here!

Not a fan of playing Tetris with all the tools and cars in your garage? Here’s another option, instead: Take the tools out of the equation. Instead, go rent some equipment from the Tool Libraries that have cropped up across the country: Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton and Halifax all have their own. Most operate with paid memberships; the Toronto Tool Library, for example, costs $50 to a $100 a year for access to over 5,000 tools. Considering the cost to buy the tools yourself—and the energy spent to maintain them—it’s probably well worth it. And to boot, you get the satisfaction of knowing you’re lowering your impact on the environment. You can borrow anything from bolt cutters to bone saws to a hedge trimmer. And you won’t have to worry about your overflowing garage anymore.

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Despite the weak Canadian dollar, winter-weary snowbirds and March breakers are still heading south for vacation. If you’re one of these people, you probably understand that you need to pack more than just sunscreen for protection. Even if your travel budget is tight, spending a bit extra on travel insurance could save your family thousands in medical expenses related to illness, injury or death while beyond the border.
Step one in shopping for travel insurance is to check if you’re already covered in the first place. If you are a part of a group employee health plan, this likely includes some form of travel insurance. And most travel rewards credit cards offer travel and medical insurance as a cardholder perk. However, both of these options typically cover only accidents, not illness, and as for credit card insurance, your coverage is usually limited to travel costs that were paid for with that card.
So if you think you have sufficient travel insurance, it’s best to consider the following before heading out of town…

News, Tips & Tricks Ending today is Chapters Indigo’s offer of 5X Plum Points on Books for Online Only ordersYou should be able to also get this offer by going through an online shopping portal like Aeroplan’s eStore or AirMilesShops.ca.Spend $75 at Shoppers Drug Mart this weekend and you can get 18,500 Shoppers Optimum bonus points.  Find out more here. Posts since our last update: Starwood’s big expansion in Alberta – 5 new hotels opening this year For the past two or so years Alberta has been hurting. Our economy isn’t doing great and there are lots…IHG Rewards Club Pointbreaks Preview – Full list comes tomorrow, booking on Monday IHG sent out a teaser today of the next set of IHG Rewards Club Pointsbreaks . The full list…Air Canada / Aeroplan: 1,000 Bonus Miles for stays at Best Western Hotels Worldwide If there is a program you can count on to have lots of options to earn bonus miles for hotel…Cathay Pacific Asia Miles: Double Miles in Business or First Class out of Toronto & Vancouver A few months have passed since we last saw a bonus for flying on Cathay Pacific out of Canada…

The value change comes as Air Miles is re-evaluating the types of rewards it offers in the wake of its expiration decision