Aeroplan adding Oman Air as its newest airline partner + MORE Dec 2nd

 During yesterday’s event that Air Canada and Chase held to reveal their new U.S. co-brand card Air Canada also announced that two new airlines will be joining Aeroplan as partner airlines. Only one of those was revealed during the event and that airline is Oman Air. The airline becomes the 44th airline partner (45th if you separate Rouge from Air Canada as debated by Air Canada’s Mark Nasr) and is the 10th new airline partnership added in the past 18 months or so.Aeroplan members will soon be able to earn and redeem points on Oman Air flights. The exact date of the launch of the partnership has not been passed along to us but it should be in the coming weeks. As with most Aeroplan partners you will be able to redeem points for flights on Oman Air based on the program’s partner airline reward chart (See here, PDF) and you will be able to include a mix of airlines such as Air Canada and Oman Air on a single reward redemption. Oman Air does not fly to Canada but they offer flights to many gateways that Air Canada and its current partner airlines do serve so it will be relatively easy to combine flights for reward tickets…

We don’t discuss U.S. based credit cards very often here on Rewards Canada but one card that we have watched a little more closely and discussed here on Rewards Canada is Aeroplan’s new U.S. co-brand card. That card, the Chase Aeroplan® World Elite Mastercard® Credit Card is officially here now and open to applications. So if you are a Canadian playing the U.S. credit card game you’ll definitely want to check this card out as it brings several items to the table you won’t get on Canadian Aeroplan co-brand cards like instant 25K  elite status. The Welcome BonusWhen you are approved for the card you can earn two Flight Reward Certificates valued at up to 50,000 Aeroplan points each, when you spend $4,000 in the first three months of account opening. As Mark Nasr from Air Canada explained at the launch event, think of these certificates as a coupon. You can get a discount on Aeroplan flight rewards of up to 50,000 points with each certificate. Booking a reward flight for 120,000 points? You can use the certificate and 70,000 points to book it…

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 100,000 bonus points worth $500, has no foreign transaction fees and no annual fee in the first year! If you missed out on some of the big bonuses for online shopping for Black Friday Cyber Monday don’t worry as AIR MILES Shops is offering 15x the miles sitewide until December 5. Click here to learn more. Image via AIR MILES  —Canadian North is offering an inter-community holiday seat sale. You can save 20% on travel between communities in the North. Book by December 8, 2021 for travel between December 17, 2021 and January 2, 2022. Use code HOL21. Click here to learn more and to book this offer.Image via Canadian North — Air France KLM Flying Blue is extending their pause on the expiry of miles, elite status membership and the elite status requalification period…