The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer credit cards and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Did you know that there are many other options?
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Top ways that credit card fees sneak into your trip + MORE Jul 19th
It’s summertime, and that means break time for many Canadians. If you’ve been using a credit card to book your holiday and spending while on vacation, you might be paying more than you think. While travel credit cards often offer perks or rewards, they can often come with expensive upfront annua.... More »
Aeroplan Availability Alert: Lie flat business class between Edmonton & Toronto in March 2024 Dec 20th
Air Canada has upgraded one of their four daily flights between Edmonton and Toronto to an internationally configured Airbus A330-300 aircraft for the majority of March 2024. With the addition of this widebody aircraft has come availability to fly in Premium Economy and in Business Class with lie fl.... More »
The Best Cash Back Credit Card Welcome Bonus Offers for February 2024 Feb 4th
Here are Rewards Canada’s Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of February. This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our recently released Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good cash back welcome bonus sign up offers. This list .... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – December 29, 2023 Dec 30th
Four new confirmed American Express Cobalt Card multipliers in Edmonton, earn up to 27,500 bonus Be Well points at Rexall and last chance for the LATAM Airlines Pass elite status match. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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This Week in RWRDS: September 9 – 15, 2023 + MORE Sep 16th
Our latest Ultimate Credit Card Portfolio, an Aeroplan award flight redemption sale. Delta SkyMiles changes & more in our weekly credit card and loyalty rewards newscast! Watch This Week in RWRDS here: Topics of discussion: The Ultimate Travel Credit Card Portfolio for those just starting wit.... More »
July 19 Update: World of Hyatt adds 20 more Small Luxury Hotels of the World locations, earn 5x points on some fancy cookies in YYC & two new Amex Offers
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Here’s your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Hyatt”s World of Hyatt program added 20 more Small Luxury Hotels locations to the program last week. The 20 locations are spread out around the world and actually range in award night categories from 3 to 8 so some of these luxurious locations won’t actually cost an arm and leg in terms of points! Learn more about the Hyatt-SLH partnership here.New SLH hotels as of July 15, 2021:Auberge de Cassagne Spa in Le Pontent Avignon, France – Category 6 Bergwelt Grindelwald – Alpine Design Resort in Grindelwald, Switzerland – Category 6 Breidenbacher Hof in Dusseldorf, Germany – Category 6 Ca’ di Dio in Venice, Italy – Category 6 (opening August 1) Gaia Riverlodge in Cayo District, Belize – Category 6 Hotel La Roya in Saint-Florent, France – Category 6 Hotel Raphael in Paris, France – Category 6 Itzana Resort & Residences in Placencia, Belize – Category 5 La Torre del Canonigo in Ibiza, Spain – Category 6 Les Bories in Gordes en Provence, France – Category 6 Le Domaine d’Ablon in Ablon, France – Category 8 L’Escale Resort Marina & Spa in Mahé, Seychelles – Category 8 Matachica Resort & Spa in Ambergris Caye, Belize– Category 6 M/Y Kontiki Wayra – Kontiki Expeditions in Manta, Ecuador – Earn Only (Available for booking starting August 8) The American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel – Category 6 The Dunstane Houses in Edinburgh, United Kingdom – Category 5 The Grady in Louisville, Kentucky, United States – Category 5 Villa Soligo in Farra di Soligo, Trevosi, Italy – Category 3 White Coast Pool Suites in Milos, Greece – Category 6 Wilder Townhouse in Dublin, Ireland – Category 4Image via Hyatt— We have one new American Express Cobalt Card confirmed multiplier location for you…Loyalty Lesson: Why hybrid rewards credit cards are the best bet for most Canadians
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Whether you are a frequent flyer, a points & miles junkie or just someone who wants to have the utmost in flexibility with your travel rewards then there is one type of credit card that is the best for most of you and in reality for most Canadians. That type of card is the Hybrid Card. Hybrid cards are the moniker for these cards that Rewards Canada instituted many moons ago. Also known as Flexible Points card, Hybrid cards give the cardholder the best of all worlds when it comes to being rewarded from their credit card spending and welcome bonuses. Should you prefer you can also listen to this article as a Podcast or Video podcast:You may be asking the question – What are hybrid cards? Let us tell you. First we like to use the term Hybrid instead of flexible points as seen in the market as some card issuers call their points “Flexible Points” in that you can use to them to book any travel at anytime however they don’t have conversion options like some of other true flexible points cards in the market…Receive up to an 80% bonus when you buy Aeroplan points
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Aeroplan has brought back a buy points bonus for the next week and a half or so. This tiered offer sees bonuses ranging from 50% to 80% dependent on how many points you buy. This offer runs until July 30 and allows members to buy up to 350,000 points per transaction up to a new annual limit of 1 million points. If you buy 3,000 to 24,000 points you’ll earn a 50% bonus, 25,000 to 55,000 points will earn a 65% bonus and 60,000+ will earn the 80%.If you buy points at the 80% level, which kicks in at 60,000 or more bought points your cost on each point is 1.67 cents (C$) each before taxes. We value Aeroplan points at a minimum of 1.5 cents each so it wouldn’t make sense to buy them for the minimum level redemption but if you recall our post from last week on extracting value from the best ever Aeroplan American Express card bonuses we showed redemption examples of 1.72 cents (for economy class) and 4.35 cents (for business class). In both of those cases it would make sense to buy points as you would end up saving some cash – especially on the business class redemption!Offer details:Receive up to an 80% bonus when buy Aeroplan points online…
