links from the web -- april 9, 2013

1) remember checkout 51? next thursday, according to smart canucks, will have new offers. apparently, the glade plugins scented oil starter kits will have a 5$ rebate. but wait! i had coupons from websaver.ca delivered to my house a few weeks ago, which also included a 5$ off coupon for the same product. i looked at walmart.com, and these starter kits are going for 4.88$ in the states. so there's probably a good chance that i'm gonna make money off of this deal. it's too bad that i don't actually use these products ...

2) from the same site except posted here, you can get a mail-in rebate for a free finish quantum 20-ct of dishwashing detergent. just purchase and print off the mail-in rebate for up to 8.49$ on any quantum product.

3) tucked away and not broadly advertised on their site, uxb on flyertalk had posted a new starwood promo: stay 3 nights and get a 50$ ticketmaster cash code. stay one night, and check in on foursquare while you're a registered guest, and you'll get a 10$ ticketmaster cash code. stays have to be between apr 5 and may 5. sadly, my upcoming stays all fall just outside of that range.

4) starwood also recently released details about their second quarter promo on flyertalk. double points on eligible stays from may 1 - jul 31. (registration required, but not yet released).  furthermore, if you book on their iphone app, you get 500 extra points per booking.

• for a 100$ hotel night, you get 300 points for base spendings as a gold member
• you receive a ~250 points or more for a gold check-in (i think?)
• you receive an extra 200 bonus points from this promotion
• you receive 500 points a night since you're booking on the app (booking separate nights can be more lucrative).

so for a 100$ hotel night stay, you can receive up to 1250 points, which i value at 25$. if you choose to convert those starpoints to air canada's aeroplan, you will receive up to a 25% bonus, or 1,563 aeroplan points. not bad!