Travelogues

1. Air Canada announces partnership with Emirates Air Canada and Emirates announced partnership on July 12, 2022 that will see them implement code sharing later in 2022 and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits and lounge access in future. This will make Emirates, Air Canada's second partner in UAE after Etihad, whose hub is Abu Dhabi. Details are thin right now, on whether this will allow Aeroplan points to be redeemed for Emirates awards. From:  DoC / Traveling For Miles , Air Canada 2. Marriott Business Card improvements Marriott and American Express added following benefits to the Marriott Bonvoy Business Credit Card: Marriott Bonvoy Gold status  (improved from earlier Silver status) 4x points on restaurants worldwide (improved from earlier US only) 7% discount on paid stays (New benefit)           Marriott Business Card now earns 4x at restaurants worldwide Overall, all positive additions. You still need Platinum status to get complementary suite upgrades or breakfast at most loc

Avios is the currency of now 4 international airlines - British Airways , Aer Lingus , Iberia and the latest, Qatar Airways . It is possible to theoretically possible to transfer Avios between these airlines giving it the character of a semi-transferable currency, but the transfers don't come easy. The following are ways to transfer avios between these airlines Ways to transfer (In order of ease) 1. QatarAirways.com     From Qatar Airways, you can only transfer to British Airway's Executive Club. In this sense, this only links the biggest two Avios airlines but you only have to link them once. Once linked, Qatar airways provides the most seamless experience of all four airlines as you can see your total balance from your dashboard and also book an award using the total Avios available across the two programs. 2.  britishairways.com     From britishairways.com, you can transfer to Iberia Plus and Qatar Airways Privilege Club. The interface is easy enough for Qatar Airways requir

 1. Emirates Skywards loses JetBlue Business Class availability You can no longer book JetBlue Mint class using Emirates Skywards miles. The economy awards can still be booked. From VFTW . 2. Fiji Airways launching Nadi to Vancouver flights Fiji Airways is launching Fiji to Vancouver flights starting 11/25/22. Fiji Airways is not a full fledged OneWorld member but a OneWorld connect member but you can still redeem points from Alaska, AA and Cathay Pacific. Fiji airways. Image Courtesy Flickr . From OMAAT , Fiji Airways 3. Increased spend bonuses     1. Venmo credit card - 6% on top spend category  until 12/31 (Email offer)          The spend category  includes Utilities which is unheard of. Besides Venmo. others that include Utilities as a spend bonus is Barclays Wyndham Business Earner card.          They had a similar deal last year. 6% cashback is unheard of when it comes to utilities unless you are buying gift cards with Chase Ink Cash cards and using them to make utility payments

  These were the noticeable developments in travel from last week. 1. Virgin Atlantic guarantees award seats on every flight Virgin Atlantic now guarantees a minimum of 12 award seats on every flight (8 economy and 2 each in Premium Economy and Upper Class). This is only the minimum and I have seen instances of Virgin Atlantic releasing more space as award space gets taken up. Frequent Miler reports that this is mostly when booking directly with Virgin Atlantic and availability when booking via partners is not guaranteed. Also worth noting that Virgin Atlantic releases award seats 331 days in advance and awards seats earn tier points towards the two Virgin Atlantic elite status - Silver and Gold. From OMAAT ,  Virgin Atlantic 2. Star Alliance adds a non-airline partner in Deutsche Bahn Star Alliance has added a rail partner in Germany's Deutsche Bahn. TPG reports it will become effective August 1, 2022. With this you should be able to pair a rail ticket with your airline ticket whe