December 16 Update: SPG & China Eastern launch elite member partnership, Amex Invites offer for YYZ, $100 Spa Credit for Fairmont stays + MORE Dec 16th

News, Tips & TricksStarwood Preferred Guest has launched their third enhanced airline partnership. Similar to existing partnership with Delta Airlines and Emirates, now elite members of Starwood Preferred Guest and China Eastern Eastern Explorer programs will have reciprocal benefits between the two programs. You can find out more about the new partnership here. American Express Invites has a great offer for those travelling from Toronto Pearson until March 31st. For $20 you can buy a Priority Security Lane voucher and a Plaza Premium Business Class lounge voucher.  Seeing that the lounge access alone is is US$32 if you walk up and buy it this is a great deal! You have until Dec 22 to buy these vouchers and have until March 31st to use them. Find out more here. LATAM Airlines has begun codesharing on select WestJet routes within Canada and between Canada and the U.S.. Is a potential frequent flyer tie up in the works as well? We’ll just have to wait and see! (Source Routesonline) Posts since our last update: Earn thousands of bonus points on your hotel stays with our major promotion summary Taking a page from our global site FrequentFlyerBonuses…

TORONTO — A survey conducted for CIBC suggests many Canadians plan to spend an average of nearly $600 on this year’s holiday shopping.
That’s eight per cent less than last year, yet the results also indicate 51 per cent of the respondents expect to go over budget.
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Other key findings in the poll suggest Albertans will spend six per cent more this season at $688, while Ontarians and Quebecers cut their holiday shopping budgets by 12 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
Despite trimming their shopping budgets by seven per cent, those in Atlantic Canada are still the country’s top gift-buyers, spending $803.
The survey also suggests millennials are reducing their holiday spend by 14 per cent to about $400 on average and are more apt to buy on credit.
The online survey of 1,516 randomly selected Angus Reid Forum panellists was conducted from Dec…

With a little over a week left to the big day for gift giving, the push is on to start your Christmas shopping for friends, family and maybe even yourself! Whether it is shopping for gifts or for food and drink to entertain, there are many ways to maximize the points you earn while holiday shopping when using your American Express Gold Rewards Card. Ultimately you can plan out and pay for your vacations in 2017 by following one or more of our tips during the holiday season.Put all your purchases on your cardThis is by far the easiest way to rack up points outside of actually travelling. Put everything that you buy on your American Express Gold Rewards Card right down to the chocolate bar from the corner store. Every point counts no matter where or how you earn it. The beauty of American Express and Membership Rewards is that if you have a purchase that ends in 0.50 – 0.99 they will round up your purchase so you’ll actually get a Membership Rewards point. Other Card issuers have terms in place now that they will not award points or miles on those portions that are less an a dollar, so the Gold Rewards Card gives you more than many other Cards on the market in terms of point collection…

Taking a page from our global site FrequentFlyerBonuses.com we thought it best that this topic is covered on Rewards Canada as well! Now that most of the major hotel chains have released the details of their first quarter 2017 stay promotions it is the perfect time to cover them in one summary post here on the RC blog. As always all the latest updates and newest promotions will be ideally found on each individual program’s page on our site, this chart gives you the coverage you should need for most of your stays at the start of 2017! Remember most if not all the offers require you to register for them first so if you have the time go down the list and register for them all so you don’t miss out on any potential bonuses for stays you have not planned yet.Last Updated: December 16, 16ProviderOffer Validity Date Best Western Rewards Receive a $10 Best Western Gift Card with every stay at Best Western Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration & booking (Registration is required) Nov 28 – Jan 29, 17 For a complete listing of all Best Western Rewards bonus point offers please visit Rewards Canada’s Best Western page Carlson Hotels Club Carlson Earn Double Gold Points or Double Elite Night credit for stays at any participating Carlson hotels worldwide…