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TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card: Earn up to 50,000 bonus points Apr 28th
The TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card is ranked as the best airline credit card in Canada by Rewards Canada as it provides strong earn rates on everyday spending, good travel insurance and a benefits package that includes your first checked bag free on Air Canada flights. Right now when you apply .... More »
Aeroplan joins Chase Ultimate Rewards + a waitlist bonus for the new Chase Aeroplan Card (U.S. only) Aug 4th
This post is for our readers from the U.S. and of course for our Canadian readers who play the U.S. credit card game!In December 2020 Air Canada Aeroplan and Chase announced they would be launching a new partnership in 2021 that would see Chase issue an Aeroplan co-brand credit card for the U..... More »
Aeroplan Availability Alert: Business Class on Austrian Airlines out of Montreal for up to 4 or more people for Winter 2022 travel + MORE Aug 21st
Spencer at Straight to the Points sent out an 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 Janaury through.... More »
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Today sees the return of the RBC Rewards transfer to WestJet Rewards. Those RBC Rewards points collectors who hold a RBC credit card can transfer their points to WestJet Rewards and receive a 15% bonus on the total dollars deposited. This means for every 100 RBC Rewards Points transferred you’ll receive $1.15 WestJet dollars. This is the same bonus we saw last fall and spring, it runs until Mar 20, 17Offer Details15% Bonus WestJet dollars when you convert RBC Rewards Points to WestJet Rewards. Full details Until Mar 20, 17February 6 Update: Hertz & Aeroplan parting ways, 22 Marriott ebreaks hotels in Canada, Podcast Episode 16
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News, Tips & TricksEpisode 16 of the Rewards Canada Weekly Round Up Podcast came out today and it is the first time we feature an interview. We sat down and chatted with Marshall Wilmott, WestJet’s Senior Vice President of Marketing & Digital to discuss the changes that launched today with the Elite Status tiers of WestJet Rewards. Find out more and listen to the podcast here. I was really surprised to see this news (actually it came out early January) but Aeroplan and Hertz are parting ways! As of March 2nd you will no longer be able to earn Aeroplan miles on Hertz rentals. This has always been a good way to earn more miles (see our post Earning Stories: 2,500 Aeroplan Miles on a Hertz SUV rental in Maui) and now I’ll have to rethink where I credit my Hertz rentals to. This leaves Avis as the only Aeroplan car rental partner at the moment as they cleaned house on partners years ago when they went with just Avis and Hertz. (Source: Aeroplan) Hertz isn’t the only partner that Aeroplan is losing…
