You can now earn and burn Aeroplan Miles on Azul Brazilian Airlines + MORE Jul 9th

A major decline in travel due to the current global pandemic has not stopped Air Canada’s Aeroplan from growing the program for future travel. It was only a few short weeks ago the program announced their partnership with Etihad Airways and as of today they have added another airline, Brazil’s Azul Brazilian Airlines. This partnership is perfect as it was not too long Aeroplan lost Avianca Brazil as a partner, well not just Aeroplan, any airline that was partnered with them as Avianca Brazil folded. FYI Aeroplan does still have Brazil’s Gol as a partner.If you are unfamiliar with Azul, they are a Brazilian carrier based in São Paulo and operate a fleet of 145 aircraft including two-class Airbus A330s. The partnership that is already live sees the ability for Aeroplan members to earn and redeem miles on Azul flights in all cabins. Azul serves over 100 destinations across South America as well as select routes to Europe and the United States.Azul’s Network Here is the mileage earning chart for flights on Azul: On the redemption side here is what Aeroplan tells us:Azul flights will be subject to Aeroplan’s Fixed Mileage Flight Reward chart, available here…

Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of July 2020! This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when some of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards. This month we see three first year free cards on the list!For this month the list is the exact same as June’s list as there haven’t been any significant changes to the higher end welcome offers in our market. Do note the BMO World Elite Mastercard will see a change in a couple of days – for the better – so wait until Friday if you are considering it! The update to the card will keep it in fourth spot but it will be better. Editor’s Note:As travel is curtailed right now these offers are more forward looking and can and should be used towards your long term travel plans – whether that’s later this year, next year or even beyond…

Hyatt Hotels launched another initiative today in efforts to encourage more people to travel and whether it is a road trip, staycation or any other travel this promotion is one to check out The major part of this new promotion is for World of Hyatt members looking to redeem points for stays. Members have the opportunity to receive 15% of the points back that  they redeem for award nights or points+cash stays and even when using points for hotels incidentals like room upgrades or spa services. The rebate is awarded as bonus points 6-8 weeks after they are used – this means you do have to have the full amount of points in your account for the redemption you plan on completing. Now if you happen to have a U.S. based Hyatt credit card and I know some our Canadian readers do, you’ll get an additional 10% bonus meaning you’ll receive a 25% bonus on the total amount of points redeemed during the promotion period. That promotion period is from July 8 to October 8 and you need to register for it by September 1…

 AIR MILES is offering up to 300 bonus miles for shopping online via Airmilesshops.ca during their Christmas in July event. You’ll earn 150 bonus miles if you spend$150 across two different retailers or 300 bonus miles if you spend $300 or more across three different retailers. The offer runs until July 27. Find out more here.AIR MILES and Shell sent out a teaser email about them launching something exciting next week. In the email it states they are introducing a new way for collectors to earn more miles with every visit. You’ll recall that about five years ago Shell and AIR MILES clawed back the amount of miles earned so it looks like some of that may be coming back. Really hard to say until the details come out next week.You can earn 40,000 PC Optimum Points if you spend $125 or more online with Shoppers Drug Mart today and tomorrow. Those 40K points are worth $40. Find out more here.Airline Schedule UpdatesA summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other sources…