Free & Instant Spire Elite Status with IHG For 90 Days!

Whatever status you have with IHG, if you might stay at an IHG property over the next 90 days from when you sign up with this link, you can attin Spire Elite, their top tier status.  This allows you to have free upgrades at their properties, including Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Intercontinental, Indigo and many others. To keep the status, instead of having to stay until the end of January for a total of 75 nights, you will only have to stay 10 to keep the status in 2019! If you only spend 5 nights (instead of 40), you keep platinum elite (which also makes you eligible for free upgrades) for 2019. 
For every stay, you'll get 100% more IHG points if you use cash to stay.  Also, you get early check in (10am) and late check out (2pm).
You have nothing to lose, so go for it!

Flights Out of BUF from $29USD!

Frontier Airlines, one of the most decent US charter airlines, is offering rock bottom prices out of Buffalo to several locations in the States (yes, Frontier does fly into Canada, but only Western Canada right now). I've known people who've flown it, and have been very happy with Frontier.

Keep in mind that Frontier will allow you take carry one personal item (a suitcase small enough to fit under the seat in front of you).  Other than that, you're better off checking in as it's cheaper than a carry-on bag, so pack light and avoid the extra charge! 
Most flight dates start October 23 and end between November 12 and December 18.
Click here to go to the page showing the details shown below.
See below:
October 23-November 14th from $29USD each way
Raleigh/Durham
Austin, TX
-November 12 for $29
Jacksonville, FL
Nov. 15-Dec. 18, Fort Myers from $49
Nov. 16-Dec. 18, Tampa from $49
October 23-Dec. 18, Denver from $59
Book fast as these prices won't last!

HOT! Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort Stay in a 2 Bdrm or 1 Bdrm Ocean Front View for $179CDN per night at Xmas!!

Hilton's website as well as other websites (check through Trip Advisor and if you see it even a couple of bucks cheaper than the Hilton, Hilton will price match and BEAT by 25% if you fill out the online form on the Hilton website) are offering stays at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, right on the Ocean, a minute from the beach, multiple room types for $134USD ($179CDN) + $35USD Resort fee.
Here's the nights available:
Sunday Dec. 16
Monday Dec. 17
Tuesday Dec. 18
Sunday Dec. 23
Monday Dec. 24
Tuesday Dec. 25
So you could stay from the 23rd, leaving on the 26th for 3 nights in a beautiful large suite for $134USD per night plus resort fee.  WOW!  Book before they disappear!!
Click here to go to the Trip Advisor Website for that hotel.
Click here if Trip Advisor shows a cheaper price the night you're looking for at a competitor to Hilton's website.  Book it as a refundable stay if you wish and send them the proof--I find they get back to you overnight.
If you look at other nights, for one of the luxury suites, you normally are looking at well over $800!

Uber Eats 25% Promo!

Get 25% off any Uber Eats order--VALID IN CANADA!!  Expires at 12:59am on September 26th, so take advantage!  Good for kosher restaurants including Tov Li, Shalom India (YUMMY), Umami Sushi in Thornhill.  Open up the Uber Eats app, click on the profile pic, click on Promotion, and add "NINJANOMS"  Act fast before it doesn' work anymore!

2 Weeks in August with Aeroplan from YYZ-TLV from 46,900 Aeroplan points!

Aeroplan is having a market fare sale, with tickets from Toronto to Tel Aviv (with a stopover in Montreal) from as low as 46,900 points, from August 8-22, arriving Friday morning, on the 9th.  There is unfortunately, a $689 fuel surcharge, but at 45K plus the fuel surcharge at that time of year, it's not a bad deal.  For 55K (approx), you can get a direct return to YYZ.
Normally, it goes for 80K, so it's as good as it will get with Aeroplan points at that time of year.
Check it out by booking on Aeroplan.com

Staycation in a Presidential Suite at the Hilton Markham Suites for $160+tax!

The Hilton Toronto Markham Suites is having some surprisingly low prices for all their room types, including 2 bedroom suites, rooms with a terrace, ones with a parlor, and presidential suites from $160+ around $25 in taxes.  The presidential suite goes for over $700+ with taxes, but starting from $160, it's worth a staycation.  Leave the kids at the in-laws and enjoy a night without having to think about the laundry and the boxes that are still in the basement since you moved in ten years back!  You may not care, but it weighs on your wife!
Go through EBates to get 5% cashback within 3 months of your stay (not much but it adds up!)
Click here to go to the Hilton website.
Apparently the following dates are available for the deal:
February 12, 13, 14 19, 21
May 26
June 1, 2 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
August 6, 7, 11, 16, 17, 18
See what other dates work for you if these ones don't.
Tisha B'Av by the way, is Saturday August 10-Sunday August 11th.

Get A Free 25K AMEX Points!!

AMEX, through an organization called Perkopolis, which I happen to be a member of through my teacher's union, is offering a deal on the Gold AMEX card.
The gold AMEX card used to come with a waived first year annual fee, but that has not been available for awhile--until now--in a way...
Your annual fee will be charged, but you will be refunded the full amount after hitting the spending threshold of $1500 in three months. Even better, there is NO language stating that the welcome bonus is only available to those who've never had the card, so EVERYONE is eligible!!
If you apply through THIS link, you can apply for the card if you have the Perkopolis RSVP code.
The code is the short form for American Express (I gave it to you right in the beginning of this blog), followed by the first four letters of the organization I mentioned, followed by the number that is one more than 17.  Goes to say, I'm not suppose to advertise the code! BTW, all the letters in upper case letters.
25K AMEX points is worth 25K Aeroplan points (long haul flight across North America), 25K British Airways Avios points (that you could use to fly any of BA's affiliates, including American Airlines, including a long haul flight across North America).  Keep the points as AMEX points until you're ready to use them.  You can be in touch with me on how to get even more with your points!