Marriott Bonvoy further extending free night award expiry and points expiration to August 1, 2021 + MORE Oct 26th

 According to RoutesOnline Air Canada will be launching flights between Toronto and Doha, Qatar in just over a month! This comes as a big surprise not only for the route itself but even the timing of launching it in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.Qatar Airways already flew the route for about a month this past summer when out of the blue they announced the flights and started up the route a few short days after that! The route didn’t last very long but perhaps it was being done more as a test for this upcoming Air Canada flight. The airlines do have agreements in place with Air Canada providing feed to Qatar’s flights out of Montreal and will be doing so on the vice versa out of Doha. This is why you have the option to choose additional Canadian cities on Qatar Airways’ website even though Qatar Airways only flies out of Montreal. In fact a recent email from Qatar Airways even mentioned utilizing Air Canada for those connecting flight. The new Air Canada flights are scheduled to start December 15 (subject to government approval) and will initially operate three times weekly with the following schedule:AC058 YYZ2010 – 1640+1DOH 789 246 AC059 DOH0840 – 1505YYZ 789 146You can already book tickets for the flights – here’s an example of the pricing during the first week of the flight operating:The flight is available on Aeroplan as well and for business class it should be pricing out at 165,000 miles + those pesky high fees however Aeroplan seemed to be having some difficulties at the time of publishing this post and it was pricing out at 0 miles + $1376 in taxes and fees:Due to this error it does appear that you can’t book this flight online just yet as it wouldn’t let get past the screen above…

 Excellent news coming out from Marriott today – they are providing further extensions to free night awards and points expiration! These changes will be effective as of December 11, 2020:Free Night Award (FNA): Members who currently have a Free Night Award (FNA) that had an original expiration date in 2020, or which will expire before July 31, 2021, as part of their co-brand credit card benefit, annual choice benefit, promotions or travel package will now be able to redeem it through August 1, 2021. Free Night Awards with an original expiration date prior to 2020 will not be eligible for the additional extension. Points Expiration: Points expiration won’t resume until August 1, 2021 so they have more time to use them for free nights, gift cards and more. At that time, your points will only expire if your account has been inactive for at least 24 months. Early on during the onset of the pandemic Marriott announced they will extend free night awards which were due to expire in 2020 to January 31, 2021…

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