Expedia®+ Terms and Conditions
Last Updated: May 4, 2016

The Expedia+ programme ("Programme") is offered to Expedia.ca customers at the sole discretion of Expedia, Inc., and is open only to individuals who have reached the legal age of majority in their respective province/territory of residence, have a valid email address, and have enrolled in the Programme ("Member(s)"). By participating in the Programme, Members can earn Expedia+ points ("Expedia+ points" or "Points") for booking and completing eligible travel through Expedia.ca and redeem available Points for certain travel rewards, subject to these Terms and Conditions and the availability of eligible travel and reward items. In order to earn Expedia+ points, eligible travel must be completed. This means that you or other travellers booked on an itinerary using your rewards account ("Account"), must stay in the hotel booked, fly the booked flight itinerary, use the rental car you reserved, or use the ticket(s) or voucher(s) for the event/activity for which you booked and paid. The terms "you" and "your" throughout these Terms and Conditions refer to any Member and any customer eligible to participate in the Programme.

Membership in Expedia+ is void if prohibited by law in the province/territory or country of the Member's residence, and subject to change as may be necessary to comply with such laws or regulations.

Expedia may at its sole discretion modify any of the Terms and Conditions governing the Programme—including, but not limited to, the conditions for membership, the rules for earning and redeeming Expedia+ points, including the rates at which Expedia+ points may be earned or redeemed, the expiration policy for Points, the Elite Status Programme, and the products and services on which Points may be earned and redeemed—at any time, even though these changes may affect your ability to use any Points or benefits you have already earned. In the event these Terms and Conditions are modified, we will provide you notice at least 30 days before the amendment comes into effect, by posting the amended terms and conditions online. You may refuse the amendment and rescind, or cancel your participation in the Programme without cost, penalty or cancellation indemnity, by sending us notice to that effect no later than 30 days after the amendment comes into force, using the information in the notice.

Expedia reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any Expedia+ Member it finds to be tampering with the operation of the Programme or to be acting in violation of these Terms & Conditions or in a fraudulent or deceptive manner. Any attempt by any Expedia+ Member to undermine the legitimate operation of the Programme may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Expedia reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Failure by Expedia to enforce any of these Terms & Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Expedia makes no guarantees, warranties, or representations of any kind concerning the Programme.

You release Expedia and its affiliates and partners from all liability regarding the earning, redemption, and use of Expedia+ points, including any rewards that, after receipt, may be lost, stolen, or destroyed. Expedia suppliers are in no way affiliated with or responsible for Expedia+ Programme administration.

The Programme has no predetermined termination date and may continue until such time as Expedia decides to terminate the Programme. Expedia may terminate the Programme at any time. Upon termination, you will have ninety (90) days from the date Programme termination is announced to use available Expedia+ points remaining in your Account. After that date, any Points will be forfeited without compensation.

Your continued participation in the Programme constitutes your acceptance of any changes to these Terms and Conditions. You are responsible for remaining knowledgeable as to any changes that Expedia may make to these Terms and Conditions. The most current version of these Terms and Conditions will be available on the website at www.expedia.ca/rewards and will supersede all previous versions of these Terms and Conditions.

  • You must have an account on Expedia.ca in order to enrol in Expedia+. To earn Expedia+ points for a booking on Expedia, you must be an enrolled Member of Expedia+, and be signed in to your Account prior to booking. No Points will be earned for bookings made on Expedia.ca when you are not signed in to your Account. If you enrol in Expedia+ after booking but before travel is completed, Points will not accrue on that booking.

    As an enrolled Member of the Programme, you will receive regular account servicing updates by email. Members may opt out of participation in the Programme from the Rewards Activity page on Expedia.ca. Your ability to earn and redeem Expedia+ points will be suspended after you opt out. If you opt out of Programme participation, you will no longer have access to your account statement information, no Expedia+ points will accumulate on future bookings, and any accumulated Expedia+ points will be unavailable for redemption. Any Points in your Account at the time of opting out will expire fourteen (14) days from your opt-out date.

  • Expedia awards Points only to the owner of the Account through which any eligible booking is made. You will earn also earn points for any additional travel for other individuals booked using your Account.

    After making an eligible booking, the anticipated amount of Expedia+ points to be awarded will be held in pending status. As mentioned above, and for the sake of clarity, "completed travel" means that you or other travellers booked under your Account, must have completed the stay in the hotel booked, flown the flight itinerary, used the rental car you reserved, or used the ticket(s) or voucher(s) for the event/activity for which you booked and paid." Pending Expedia+ points are not available for redemption usage. Points will move from pending to available status after completion of travel, based on the time periods identified in the Posting/Reconciliation chart below. Once in available status, Expedia+ points are eligible to be used by the Member for redemption purposes. The amount of pending Expedia+ points calculated at the time of booking is based on the details of the itinerary booked and completed. Changes or cancellations to the booked itinerary may result in differences between the estimated amount of pending points calculated and the ultimate amount of points that post to the Member's Account for that itinerary. No Expedia+ points will be earned for change or cancellation fees imposed by suppliers.

    Expedia reserves the right to rescind at any time any pending or available Expedia+ points that were earned or awarded for unused travel items. Expedia+ points will be rescinded in cases where a Member receives a refund, from either Expedia or a travel supplier or vendor. Points earned pursuant to fraudulent, sham or falsified information will be rescinded by Expedia.

    Expedia has the right to monitor all Member Account activity. If your Expedia+ Account shows signs of fraud, abuse, or suspicious activity, Expedia may close or freeze your Account immediately, and you may lose your accrued Expedia+ points. If you have conducted any fraudulent activity, Expedia reserves the right to take any necessary legal action and may have grounds to confiscate any rewards redeemed as a result of such activity. In addition, you may be liable for monetary losses to Expedia, including litigation costs and damages, and you will not be allowed to participate in Expedia+ in the future. Bookings discovered to be fraudulent will have their Expedia+ points rescinded, and the Account associated with such fraudulent bookings will be frozen from further Point earning or redemption activity. To contest freezing of an account or the rescinding of Expedia+ points, please call 1-888-EXPEDIA (1-888-397-3342).

    If your Account does not represent the correct number of Expedia+ points that you should have been awarded as determined by Expedia, Expedia reserves the right to augment or decrement your Point balance. If you believe your Account has been the subject of any suspicious activity, please contact the Expedia Service Centre immediately. If it is determined you have been the victim of a fraud, the Points you have earned may be transferred to a new Account.

    Rewards Point accumulation and redemption activity can be accessed on your Rewards Activity page. Expedia+ points and rewards have no cash value and may not be traded or redeemed for cash. Expedia+ points may not be assigned, sold, transferred, and/or pledged to any third party. You have no property rights or other legal interests in Expedia+ points. You are responsible for any personal tax liability that may be related to participation in Expedia+ and redemption of any rewards.

    If a Member believes he or she did not receive the correct amount of Expedia+ points for a booking, the Member must contact Expedia Customer Service at 1-888-EXPEDIA (1-888-397-3342) within ninety (90) days from the travel end date. Expedia will make the final determination as to whether Points adjustments of any kind are justified for the travel in question. In no event will any Expedia+ points manually be moved from pending to available status sooner than after completion of travel and within the time period identified in the Points Posting/Reconciliation chart below.

  • As noted above, the anticipated amount of Expedia+ points to be awarded are held in pending status until travel is completed and payment has been confirmed. See chart below for length of time it may take for points to move from pending to available status.

    Eligible Booking Point Confirmation Timing
    Flights 30 days after travel completion
    Holiday packages 30 days after travel completion
    Hotel paid at time of booking 30 days after travel completion
    Hotel paid at time of stay 30 days after travel completion
    Car Up to 90 days after travel completion
    Activities 30 days after completion

  • Points will be earned at the rates specified from time to time on the Benefit page located at https://www.expedia.ca/rewards/howitworks#benefits. Points can be earned by booking the following eligible travel items on Expedia.ca when signed in to your Account:

    • Flights
    • Flight + Car booked via holiday packages tab
    • Hotels
    • Activities and services
    • Hotel + Air holiday packages
    • Hotel + Car holiday packages
    • Hotel + Air + Car holiday packages
    • Hotel + Air + Activities holiday packages
    • Hotel + Car + Activities holiday packages
    • Hotel + Air + Car + Activities holiday packages
    • Pre-packaged vacations
    • Car rentals with select car rental suppliers *

  • The following travel items are not eligible to earn Expedia+ base points:

    • Insurance
    • Cruises

    * Point earn is not available on the following car rental suppliers: Fox, Ace, Advantage, U-Save, Nu, Economy, and E-Z.

  • From time to time, Expedia may offer opportunities to earn additional bonus Expedia+ points. All applicable terms and conditions associated with the specific bonus offer must be met in order to earn bonus Expedia+ points for your booked and completed travel. Bonus Expedia+ points will be posted to your Account as pending at time of booking, and will move to available status after the travel end date based on the time periods identified in the Posting/Reconciliation chart above, unless otherwise specified in the promotion-specific terms and conditions. Bonus Expedia+ point offers apply to changed bookings as long as the changed booking still meets all requirements and conditions of the offer. Bonus point offers do not apply to cancelled bookings. Offers are limited to the offer recipient and are not transferable. Bonus point offers are not redeemable for cash. Void where prohibited by law.

  • Expedia+ points will not expire as long as there is a qualifying purchase or redemption activity through Expedia.ca on your Account at least once every eighteen (18) months. "Qualifying purchase or redemption activity" means an Expedia+ eligible trip or travel item which has been both booked and completed and points have been confirmed, or redemption of a travel reward through your Account. All points in your Account will expire if there is no qualifying purchase or redemption activity for a period of eighteen (18) months. Once expired, Expedia+ points will not be reinstated.

  • Expedia+ points can be redeemed for bookings at Expedia Rate hotels or for vouchers that can be applied to Flight + Hotel holiday packages that include a hotel stay at an Expedia Rate property. Rewards cannot be redeemed for cash and have no cash value. Rewards cannot be combined with any other certificates, vouchers, discounts, upgrades, awards, or promotions. Rewards are offered as promotional items and are void if sold for cash or other consideration, or if altered or copied, and cannot be reissued if destroyed, lost or stolen. Rewards are not valid where prohibited by law.

    There is no fee to redeem your points at Expedia.ca. Points may only be redeemed for eligible purchases of Expedia travel-related goods and services that Expedia will determine in its discretion. Expedia+ will deduct from your Account balance the amount of points you elect to use toward your eligible purchase. If you do not have enough points to complete an eligible purchase, you may use an eligible credit card associated with your Account to complete the transaction. Expedia may, in its discretion, allow you to combine points with eligible vouchers. Pending Expedia+ points cannot be used toward reward redemption.

  • Members can redeem available Expedia+ points to pay for partial or full cost of an Expedia Rate hotel. Points can be redeemed for +VIP Access hotels at double the value of non-+VIP Access hotels. Points can only be redeemed where payment is being made to Expedia at time of booking.

  • Account holders can redeem available Expedia+ points for Expedia vouchers in various increments ("Reward voucher") that can be applied to the cost of a Flight + Hotel holiday that includes an Expedia Rate hotel. When you redeem Expedia+ points for a Reward voucher in your selected amount, you will be issued a Reward voucher code. The issued Reward voucher will be deposited into the Member's Expedia Account, and can be found on the vouchers page within "My Account." Once the Reward voucher code is issued, the Reward voucher may be redeemed by the Member. Any terms or conditions applicable to each Rewards voucher will be confirmed at the time of issuance. Redeemed Expedia+ points will be deducted from your Account at the time the Reward voucher code is issued. No Rewards Point amounts or reward availability is confirmed until the required number of Expedia+ points has been deducted from the Member's Account and the Reward voucher is issued.

    Reward vouchers can only be redeemed for Flight + Hotel holiday packages that include a booking at an Expedia Rate hotel on Expedia.ca + a flight booked on Expedia.ca, and only where payment is being made to Expedia at time of booking. Reward vouchers will be applied first to the hotel portion of the holiday, then to the flight portion of your package, less any taxes, fees or charges due on the holiday. Please Note: Any amount of the voucher applied to the flight portion of the package will be refunded to your credit card after your purchase is confirmed, usually within 10 business days. After you select your eligible hotel booking, use the "I have a voucher" link on the booking summary page, and apply the Reward voucher to your booking. A Reward voucher can only be applied to one (1) holiday and one hotel room per booking. A Reward voucher cannot be used for booking multiple rooms on the same itinerary. Reward vouchers have no cash value. Reward vouchers may not be combined with or applied to any other certificates, upgrades, awards, or vouchers. All taxes, fees, charges, and surcharges applicable to the booking, including, without limitation, baggage fees, seat upgrades, extra person, parking, phone, and other charges that are applicable to the reservation are the responsibility of the traveller, and Reward vouchers cannot be applied to such amounts. Reward vouchers cannot be applied to the cost of cancellation or change penalties, prepaid reservations, administrative fees, or other miscellaneous charges. Voucher has no cash value. Void where prohibited by law.

    No Expedia+ Point refunds will be issued for unused or expired Rewards vouchers.

  • Elite status is an exclusive privilege of Expedia+ membership (the "Elite Status Programme"). All members enter the programme with +blue status and must meet the stated elite qualification criteria. All Expedia+ terms and conditions apply to elite status. Only bookings made in your enrolled Expedia+ Account qualify toward elite status which includes Expedia+ silver status and Expedia+ gold status. Certain programme offers and status benefits may not be available to members who are not Canadian residents.

    Expedia reserves the right in its sole discretion to discontinue or modify the Expedia elite status programme (the "Elite Status Programme") or to restrict the programme's availability to any person, at any time, for any or no reason, and without prior notice or liability to you.

    In case of fraud or abuse involving the Elite Status Programme, the Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to take appropriate administrative and/or legal action, including but not limited to termination of Expedia+ Programme Membership.

    Members can qualify for Elite status by:

    1. Staying the specified number of hotel nights valued at CAD $50 per night or more, or;
    2. Meeting a qualifying spend threshold on Expedia.ca. The following criteria must be met between January 1 and December 31 of any given year:
    +silver7 hotel room nights or C$5,000 in eligible Expedia.ca spend
    +gold15 hotel room nights or C$10,000 in eligible Expedia.ca spend

    Qualifying travel or activity must be completed by 11:59pm Pacific time on December 31 of the qualifying year to count toward Elite status. Travel that begins in one calendar year and ends the next will count toward elite status for the later calendar year.

    Eligible Expedia.ca spend for the purposes of qualifying for elite status includes hotels, flights, car rentals, holiday packages, and activities. Elite status may be revoked at any time in Expedia's sole discretion if the travel which earned the status is not completed travel as previously defined.

    Once earned, elite status is valid for the remainder of the calendar year in which you qualified, the next full calendar year, and through February 28 of the following year, unless otherwise specified.

    1. Expedia+ Bonus Points: Expedia+ silver members earn a 10% bonus on all base points earned. Bonus Expedia+ points will be posted to your Account as pending at time of booking, and will move to available status after completion of the travel, based on the time periods identified in the Posting/Reconciliation chart above.

    2. +VIP Access Bonus Points: +silver members receive 250 bonus points for eligible hotel or hotel package stays at hotels bearing the +VIP Access icon. Bonus Expedia+ points will be posted to your Account as pending at time of booking, and will move to available status after completion of the travel, based on the time periods identified in the Posting/Reconciliation chart above.

      Hotels participating in the +VIP Access hotel network are subject to change at any time without notice.

    3. Exclusive hotel amenities: +silver members receive exclusive amenities on property at participating +VIP Access hotels worldwide. Amenities vary by property. Hotels participating in the +VIP Access hotel network that offer exclusive amenities are subject to change at any time without notice. The amenities offered by a given hotel are subject to change. Exclusive amenities are intended for the primary account holder and will only be extended to additional travellers booked in the +silver member's account at the hotel's discretion and availability.
    4. Priority customer service: +silver members receive priority call routing and expedited service when contacting Expedia customer care.
    5. Exclusive +silver offers: Periodic special offers will be made available exclusively to +silver members.
    6. Exclusive benefits from a dedicated concierge service in Hawaii and Orlando via Expedia Local Expert®. Restrictions may apply. Subject to change at the discretion of Expedia. Discounts do not apply to activity bookings on Expedia.ca.
    1. Expedia+ Bonus Points: Expedia+ gold members earn a 30% bonus on all base points earned. Bonus Expedia+ points will be posted to your Account as pending at time of booking, and will move to available status after completion of the travel, based on the time periods identified in the Posting/Reconciliation chart above.

    2. +VIP Access bonus points: +gold members receive 250 bonus points for eligible hotel or hotel package stays at hotels bearing the +VIP Access icon. Bonus Expedia+ points will be posted your Account as pending at time of booking, and will move to available status after completion of the travel, based on the time periods identified in the Posting/Reconciliation chart above.

      Hotels participating in the +VIP Access hotel network are subject to change at any time without notice.

    3. Exclusive hotel amenities: +gold members receive exclusive amenities on property at participating +VIP Access hotels worldwide. Amenities vary by property. Hotels participating in the +VIP Access hotel network that offer exclusive amenities are subject to change at any time without notice. The amenities offered by a given hotel are subject to change. Exclusive amenities are intended for the primary account holder and will only be extended to additional travellers booked in the +gold member's account at the hotel's discretion and availability.
    4. +VIP Access Hotel Upgrades: +gold members receive upgrades upon availability at check-in at participating +VIP Access hotels worldwide. Participating hotels can be found by looking for the +VIP Access icon on Expedia.ca when booking. +VIP Access Hotel Upgrades are intended for the primary account holder and will only be extended to additional travellers booked in the +gold member's account at the hotel's discretion and availability.
    5. Dedicated customer service: +gold members receive express customer service from a dedicated team of Expedia+ gold travel specialists, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
    6. Exclusive +gold offers: Periodic special offers will be made available exclusively to +gold members.
    7. Exclusive benefits from a dedicated concierge service in Hawaii and Orlando via Expedia Local Expert®. Restrictions may apply. Subject to change at the discretion of Expedia. Discounts do not apply to activity bookings on Expedia.ca.