June 16 Update: British Airways Canada-India sale, US Airways 100% bonus on sharing miles returns with a twist, JAL discounted award tickets + MORE Jun 17th

Aeroplan refer a friend bonus, BA sale to India and numerous bonuses abound today! News, Tips & TricksLast week Aeroplan began emailing some of their members (us included) with a new acqusition campaign called Aeroplan Connections. Read more about it here In the bonus offers sections check out the US Airways Dividend Miles share miles promotion. No longer can you buy miles for 1.1 cents but still a decent offer at the 1.5 cents plus fees.Travel Deals British Airways is offering some great fares for travel from Canada to India. You can get there for as little as for $1181 all in for travel this fall and next Winter. Full details here Bonus OffersBritish Airways Executive Club- 25% Bonus Avios when you convert points from select hotel programs to Britsh Airways Executive Club. More… Until Jul 13, 14Delta SkyMiles- Double SkyMiles for stays at all participating Martim Hotels Worldwide. More… Jul 1 – Sep 30, 14 Hilton HHonors- Earn up to 125,000 Bonus HHonors Points when you refer friends and family to the Hilton HHonors program…

I am pleased to announce that I will be co-hosting (well actually taking over Amex Canada’s Twitter handle) for a chat on Racking Up Rewards tomorrow! The chat will take place at 2pm EST on Tuesday June 17, 2014. Be sure to follow @AmexCanada and @RewardsCanada before hand along with the hashtag #RackUpRewards to keep on top the chat, questions and responses from everyone participating. We’ll be talking tips and tricks on how to Rack Up Rewards, hence the corresponding hashtag. We look forward to having you join us for the chat!

#RackUpRewards twitter chat, Cathay Pacific Upgrade Auction and more! News, Tips & Tricks Don’t forget to join Rewards Canada and American Express Canada on Twitter in about an hour for our #RackUpRewards Twitter chat!Cathay Pacific has launched a new program called “Enhance” where passengers booked in Economy or Premium Economy will be able to ‘bid’ for upgrades on their flights. It is in a trial period right now but we mention this to you as Toronto is included in the list 9 trial cities. Here is how ‘Enhance’ works: During the trial period, we invite passengers booked on Economy Class and Premium Economy Class to place an offer for a chance to upgrade, with the following criteria: Passengers travelling on 1 of our 9 selected routes: Perth, Toronto, Newark, Moscow, Paris, London, Surabaya, Cebu or Seoul.Enhance is only available for selected flights and applicable fare classes on these routes where tickets are issued at specific countries/regions.Bookings made after 12 May 2014, for travel between 20 June and 12 November 2014, on cathaypacific…

Have you ever wondered why your FICO score varies from one time to the next? Today it’s 700, tomorrow it’s 720, a month later it’s 785! Then the car dealer runs your credit report and informs you that your score is a mere 699! What happened?

WASHINGTON – Scientists and art experts finally know what’s beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, “The Blue Room,” using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a hidden portrait of a bow-tied man with his face resting on his hand.
Now the question that conservators at The Phillips Collection in Washington hope to answer is simply: Who is he?
It’s a mystery that’s fueling new research about the 1901 painting created early in Picasso’s career while he was working in Paris at the start of his distinctive blue period of melancholy subjects.
Curators and conservators revealed the discovery of the portrait for the first time to The Associated Press last week.
Experts long suspected there might be something under the surface of “The Blue Room,” which has been part of The Phillips Collection since 1927. Brushstrokes on the piece clearly don’t match the composition that depicts a woman bathing in Picasso’s studio…