AIR MILES Flash Offer: Earn Up to 2,500 AIR MILES

AIR MILES is launching a limited-time Flash Offer that lets you earn up to 2,500 AIR MILES when you book eligible travel through its online agency, AIR MILES Travel.

From August 2–4, 2024, you’ll earn 100 Bonus Miles when you spend $100+, 1,000 Bonus Miles when you spend $500+, and 2,500 Bonus Miles when you spend $750+.

Let’s take a look at what this promotion entails and how you can maximize it.

AIR MILES Flash Offer: Earn Up to 2,500 AIR MILES

From August 2–4, 2024, you can earn up to 2,500 AIR MILES when you book with the AIR MILES Travel portal. To participate, you must opt-in through the AIR MILES website or app, which you can already do as of today.

Bonus AIR MILES can be earned as follows:

• 100 Bonus Miles when you spend $100+ with AIR MILES Travel
• 1,000 Bonus Miles when you spend $500+ with AIR MILES Travel
• 2,500 Bonus Miles when you spend $750+ with AIR MILES Travel

Given that AIR MILES can be redeemed at a rate of 95 AIR MILES = $10 in value, then you’ll earn $10.50, $105, and $263, respectively, when you meet the required spend before taxes and fees.

You’ll earn on most products on the AIR MILES Travel portal, including flights, accommodations, car rentals, packages, and extras. However, it’s important to note that cruises are excluded from this promotion.

Note that you must pay with a credit card entirely on your purchase to receive the bonus. You may use any credit card, but the BMO AIR MILES®^† World Elite®* Mastercard®* will earn you a further 1 AIR MILE per every $12 spent.

Bookings must be made between August 2–4, 2024, and travel must be completed by January 31, 2025. There’s a limit of one offer per account.

Bonus AIR MILES earned will be deposited by August 26, 2024.

How to Maximize the AIR MILES Flash Offers

To maximize this AIR MILES Flash Offer, you’ll surely want to go for the highest spending threshold.

Assuming you spend exactly $750 or close to it, the 2,500 AIR MILES you’ll receive corresponds to up to a 35% return, which is obviously a great deal.

However, always keep in mind that AIR MILES Travel often isn’t the most affordable online travel agent. Hence, you should always compare its rates with booking direct or with another online agency.

That said, let’s take a look at what you could potentially book to maximize the promotion.

Airfares

Airfares will likely be your best bet with a promotion like this, since prices are generally the same across different online travel agencies. It’s also easier to reach the highest spend threshold of this offer with airfares.

However, make sure to compare the cost of booking directly with the airline, since you may find better deals, and you can deal with the airline directly in case of changes and cancellations.

Here’s an example. Say you find a round-trip Air Canada economy fare between Toronto and Vancouver priced through Google Flights as follows:

Meanwhile, like other third-party agencies, AIR MILES doesn’t offer Air Canada’s Economy (Basic) fare option, but only Economy (Standard) fares and above, with the pricing listed as follows:

If you wanted to book an Economy (Basic) fare for a domestic trip like the above, you’re better off booking with the airline directly. However, if you want to book an Economy (Standard) fare or perhaps an Economy (Latitude) fare to use your Aeroplan eUpgrades, then you could consider booking through AIR MILES to take advantage of this promotion.

Hotels

AIR MILES hotel reservations are considered third-party bookings, so you won’t receive elite status benefits and points with most hotel loyalty programs.

Therefore, if you’re looking to book hotels, you should use AIR MILES Travel for independent and boutique properties as much as possible.

Let’s take a look at an example. Seven nights at the five-star Lancaster Bangkok costs $750 plus $133 in taxes and fees, or a total of $883.

The same room costs $805 through Booking.com, proving that AIR MILES Travel often isn’t the cheapest among online travel agencies.

Still, factoring in the $263 in AIR MILES you’ll earn through this Flash Offer, you’ll come out considerably ahead.

Extras

Theme park tickets are among the top offerings of AIR MILES. For this offer, Disney and Universal Studios are worth considering, since they’re often excluded from promotions of other online travel agencies.

Through AIR MILES Travel, a seven-day ticket to Walt Disney World Florida for August 22, 2024 onwards costs $771 plus $45 in taxes and fees, or a total of $816.

The same ticket, when booked directly with Disney, costs $600 (USD) or $830 (CAD), plus any applicable foreign exchange fees on your card.

In this case, you’ll not only save money on the price of the ticket by booking through AIR MILES, but you’ll wind up getting a further $263 worth of AIR MILES as a bonus.

If you’re travelling as a family, consider booking your Disney tickets individually across your family members’ AIR MILES accounts to maximize this promotion. Keep in mind that there’s a limit of one offer per account.

Conclusion

AIR MILES is launching a Flash Offer that can earn you up to 2,500 AIR MILES when you book flights, accommodations, car rentals, packages, and extras through AIR MILES Travel.

From August 2–4, 2024, you’ll earn 100 Bonus Miles when you spend $100+, 1,000 Bonus Miles when you spend $500+, and 2,500 Bonus Miles when you spend $750+.

To participate in this promotion, make sure to opt-in through the AIR MILES app or website before making any bookings.