October 7 Update: Flair Airlines to offer Toronto-Palm Springs flights, earn 2x miles on all TAP Air Portugal flights & Ethiopian Airlines eyes Montreal-Addis Ababa route + MORE Oct 8th

Air Canada has come out with an awesome bonus points offer for travel to Switzerland! If this amazing country smack dab in the middle of Europe is on your radar make sure you register for this offer before booking your flights. The offer awards Aeroplan members up to 15,000 bonus points on flights between Canada and Geneva or Zurich. This promotion seems to tie into a lot of co-promotions that Air Canada has had over the past few months with Switzerland Tourism. Offer details:Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you fly on Air Canada between Canada and Geneva or Zurich. Click here for more details & to register for this offer. (Registration is required) Book by Oct 26, 21 for travel until May 15, 22 – Earn up to 10,000 bonus points for Economy Class fares (5,000 each way) – Earn up to 15,000 bonus points for Premium Economy and Signature Class fares (7,500 each way) Don’t forget to tie this offer into some of the other offers in place right now from Aeroplan their co-brand cards such as the up to $250 in statement credits when booking Air Canada flights with an Aeroplan co-brand credit card…

Here’s your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 70,000 bonus points and no annual fee in the first year! Flair Airlines announced another new U.S. route this week. Starting on December 15 they will offer direct non-stop flights between Toronto and Palm Springs. The flights will operate twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays. (Source Flair Airlines) Recommended reading: Four credit cards that can make flying with Flair Airlines even cheaper!Image via Flair Airlines—  TAP Air Portugal has been offering a seat sale on all their flights out of Canada since late September but to further entice bookings they just added a bonus miles component to the sale as well. Bookings made between Oct 4 and Oct 10 will earn double Miles&Go Miles on all flights operated by TAP during the promotional period which is Oct 31 to Mar 26 (with some black outs during the Christmas season) Click here for more details and to book this offerImage via TAP Air Portugal—  According to Routes Online Ethiopian Airlines is in talks to start a new route Montreal to Addis Ababa route (via Dublin) This would be an awesome addition for Aeroplan and Star Alliance fans from the airline that flies the same route out of Toronto…

 Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of October 2021! This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards 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. This month we see two first year free cards on the list.No change this month in the top 5 listing despite some amazing new offers coming out from American Express. Even though we still call this feature the “Top 5″ since we highlight the five top cards we are also now listing cards six through ten for those readers who may have some or all of the top 5 and want to know which cards provide the next best value(s)Remember as well that you will find this list smack dab in the middle of the Rewards Canada homepage for easy reference!Here are our top 5 credit card sign up offers for October (in order of welcome bonus value, calculated as minimum mile/points value minus annual fee)American Express® Aeroplan®* Reserve Card (Apply here)Minimum value: $1,051The new offer on this card sees 30,000 Aeroplan points and Bonus Buddy Pass being awarded when you spend $3,000 on the card in the first three months…

  Marriott’s Week of Wonders kicked off today with a whole bunch of offers that are available through to the 14th of October. From bonus points on buying points, to award nights pricing at Off-Peak levels to hotel credits at select luxury brands there is something for everyone in this the second annual run of this promotion. Let’s dive into all the offers:25% off paid stay at over 5,000 locations WorldwideThis is essentially Marriott Bonvoy Escapes made much bigger and for a longer duration. You can save 25% on bookings made between today and Thursday, October 14 at participating over 5,000 properties globally for stays through January 17, 2022. In Canada 210 of their 264 properties are part of this deal!  Learn more about and book this this Week of Wonders offer here.$300 credit for stays of 2+ nights at select luxury propertiesYou can receive up to a $300 hotel credit for stays of 2+ nights at participating St. Regis, The Ritz-Carlton, and EDITION hotels Worldwide…