August 17 Update: Amex Offers galore, new increased TD Aeroplan & First Class Visa offers and Hyatt acquires ~100 resort properties + MORE Aug 18th

Here are Rewards Canada’s Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of August 2021. This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when some of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards.rOne change this month that sees the no annual fee SimplyCash card dropped off the list due to the new welcome bonus on the American Express Cobalt Card. This new 50K point offer for the Cobalt Card makes it the highest cash back offer in market right now!Here are the Top 5 Cards for this month in order of value:American Express Cobalt Card – 50,000 points  (Apply here)Welcome offer cash back value: $344 ($500 – $155.88 annual fee) Better known as a travel card the American Express Cobalt Card became Canada’s #1 cash back card in June 2021 as American Express bumped up its Use Points for Purchases (cash back) rate to 1,000 points for $10…

 A bunch of new Amex Offers were released this week that we’ll cover in a couple of posts here on RC but as usual the travel offers get their own billing! This one that came out yesterday provides a $100 statement credit if you spend $500 at Shangri-La Hotels in Canada.  I actually received this offer for my American Express Cobalt Card which I was a little surprised by as the majority of offers have been coming to my Platinum Card and let’s be honest Shangri-La are considered luxury hotels and the Platinum Card is considered a luxury card so you would think the offer would be on that card but I digress. Let us know if you have the Platinum Card and did receive this offer for it. Here is the offer:Spend at least $500 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at participating Shangri-La Hotels of Canada location(s) or at www.Shangri-la.com/AMEXCanada by 17/01/2022 and earn a one-time $100 statement credit. Registration cap applies. Terms apply.While this offer goes until January 17 if you can complete a stay at the Shangri-La Toronto or Shangri-La Vancouver before October 31 you can combine this with Discover BC or Ontario offers  of a $50 statement credit when spending $250 on hotel stays in B…

  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.Earlier today we posted about the Shangri-La Hotels Amex Offer and in that post we said there were a lot of new offers released this week. Here are the others that came out over the past few days: Spend at least $200 in qualifying purchases using your Registered Card at participating ECCO Shoes location(s) or at ca.ecco.com by 15/11/2021 and earn a one-time $40 statement credit. Registration cap applies. Terms apply.Spend at least $100 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at participating Ever New Melbourne location(s) or at www.evernew.ca by 11/12/2021 and earn a one-time $25 statement credit. Terms applySpend at least $500 in qualifying purchases using your Registered Card at participating Salvatore Ferragamo location(s) or at www.ferragamo.com/shop/ca/en by 31/12/2021 and earn a one-time $100 statement credit…