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November 28 Update: Marriott teams up with Maple Leaf sports, AC Altitude members to have Gogo WiFi option, AIR MILES ups Cash Redemption cap for the holidays + MORE Nov 28th
14 years ago today we sent out our 32nd issue of the Rewards Canada News newsletter. The big highlights in that newsletter were the Canadian specific offer of 3,000 miles for joining Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and the buy SkyMiles bonus for Canadians only when redeeming for an award! This week .... More »
Aeroplan Terms & Conditions update + MORE Oct 18th
Aeroplan is making some updates to the program terms and conditions that will take effect on December 19. An email has been sent out to members notifying members about these changes and the changes are causing some concern for a subset of the points and miles community. Summary of changes: We’ve c.... More »
Aeroplan Availability Alert: Business Class on Austrian Airlines out of Montreal for up to 4 or more people for Winter 2022/2023 travel + MORE Aug 1st
Spencer at Straight to the Points sent out another alert about business class tickets for up to 4 people being available on Austrian Airlines and since the airline is a Star Alliance member you can use your Aeroplan points to redeem for these flights. Availability is showing from November 2.... More »
February 21 Update: Receive a 4% statement credit on Rexall purchases with RBC Offers, Centurion Lounge in Charlotte opening on Monday & Air Transat 4 day seat sale to the U.S. + MORE Feb 21st
A new RBC Offers offer is out for those who shop at Rexall. This offer gives a 4% statement credit on all your Rexall purchases up to $1,000 during the promotional period which is January 30 to March 26. I received the offer for my WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard. Hopefully you will be target.... More »
BMO will cap the AIR MILES Mastercard's new 2x grocery earn rate + MORE Jul 19th
Last week it was announced the BMO AIR MILES Mastercards will be receiving a full time grocery store purchase accelerator in light of AIR MILES losing the Empire group of stores as a partner. The news revealed the co-brand cards will earn 2x AIR MILES Reward Miles on purchases at all grocery s.... More »
April 28 Update: BMO Rewards World Elite adding supplementary card fee, Air France celebrates 1 year in YVR, Best Western Rewards contest!
– RewardsCanada.ca
News, Tips & Tricks Rewards Canada reader Jeff W. alerted us to some negative changes coming to the BMO World Elite MasterCard. As of June 10th supplementary cards will no longer be free. Each additional card will cost $50. Ouch! Also if you are inactive with the card for 12 months they’ll charge you a $10 inactivity fee! Seriously if you aren’t going to use the card for a year you probably shouldn’t have it seeing that you have to pay at least $150 for the card! Granted some may have it just for the insurance or get the card free with one of the premium BMO accounts and they’ll have to make at least one purchase every 12 months, not a big deal but still. But back on the card annual fees, the other cards that BMO competes with either have a $150 annual fee with no fee for supplementary cards or $120 annual fee and $50 for the supp. This now makes the card on of the most expensive in the Infinite/World Elite categories with only Infinite Privilege and some other high end cards costing more…Marriott Rewards: Double Elite Status Credit on all Marriott stays Worldwide starting this June
– RewardsCanada.ca
Here is a great promotion for us Canadians (well anyone outside of the U.S. since they are excluded) Double Elite Nights for all your Marriott stays from June 6th to the end of the year. This is a pretty good deal! While it is well known that Marriott Rewards tends to have slightly weaker elite benefits then some of their competitors it is always good to have them at your disposal. So now instead of 10 nights for Silver status it will only take 5, Gold will now be 25 instead of 50, Platinum is 38 versus the regular 75. Where things get even more interesting is if you have or get yourself the Marriott Rewards Premier Visa card. When approved it provides you with 15 night credit (automatic Silver status) so to reach gold you would need 35 more nights but with this promotion that is cut down to 18 or 30 more for Platinum. Although it states registration opens up on May 3rd I registered successfully for it today. Registration does close on September 9th so as we have always preached, register for it now before you forget…Top 10 credit bureau myths
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Just how the bureaus work and who they work for are often misunderstood
