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Through November 30, Aeroplan members can earn bonus miles for transactions with selected program partners they have NOT done business with between October 15, 2005, and October 15, 2007.
Participating partners include Esso, Rogers, Radisson, Uniprix, Home Hardware, FloraWorld, Bose, FTD.com, American Express AeroplanPlus Gold and Platinum Cards and CIBC Aerogold Visa Card, and Quaker, Tropicana, and Propel products. Bonuses vary by partner.
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Alaska is the latest airline to decrease the lifetime of miles in its loyalty program. In the airline's own words:
In an effort to reduce costs while minimizing the impact to our customers, we will be changing our Mileage Plan account inactivity policy. Currently, if an account has no activity for three years, it becomes inactive. Effective April 1, 2008, accounts with no mileage activity for the previous two years will become inactive and the miles will be removed from the account.
As a small carrier with a particularly attractive mileage program, Alaska missed a chance to gain a competitive edge by retaining a more customer-friendly expiration policy. Instead they joined other airlines in a race to the bottom. (American, United, and US Airways recently adopted 18-month expiration policies, while Delta cut back from three years to two.)
That leaves Northwest as the only major carrier which allows program members to extend the life of their miles with account activity every three years. Look for Northwest to change their policy before the end of the year.
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Between October 24 and December 31, OnePass members can earn a 3,000-mile bonus when using a MasterCard to purchase a first-class or BusinessFirst ticket at continental.com.
Offer is valid for the following fare classes: A/U/C/D/Z/R. A maximum of 12,000 bonus miles can be earned during the promotion period.
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As Crier readers may know, we publish from Los Angeles. And as we go to press today, there are wildfires burning to the west, to the east, the north, and to the south. According to the Los Angeles Times, 440,424 acres have already burned, 1,155 homes have been destroyed, and 881,500 residents have been evacuated.
It's the kind of serious disaster that puts such concerns as mileage promotions and the World Series in context. And it's always interesting to see which travel suppliers step up and respond to such situations, and how.
Kudos to the folks at InterContinental Hotels' Priority Club, who weighed in with the following:
Priority Club Rewards members who would like to help the victims of the Southern California Wildfires by donating their Priority Club points to the American Red Cross can visit the program's homepage at priorityclub.com. Points will be converted to cash by IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) and pledged to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to support Southern California Wildfire victims. Additionally, IHG will match all contributions up to a maximum of $100,000.
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