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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Podcast Episode 88 - February 21, 2022 BMO, What are you doing? Part II Feb 22nd
Who would have thought that almost exactly a year after we had a podcast "BMO, What are doing?" we release this episode, BMO, What are you doing? Part II. Yes, BMO is at it again, changing their best travel rewards card and for the most part it is getting worse. The BMO World Elite Mastercard wi.... More »
A review of The Platinum Card from American Express, new Amex Offer for Mr. Lube & you can convert JAL Miles to Accor Points now + MORE Jun 29th
Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Today's update is brought to you by the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card which you can earn up to 45,000 bonus Scene+ Rewards points in your first year wi.... More »
The Best Small Business Credit Card Welcome Bonus Offers for January 2025 + MORE Jan 16th
Here are Rewards Canada’s Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for January. This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our overall Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but rather a look at small business cards that have the best welcome bonus offers. As always when ch.... More »
How much debt is normal in Canada? We break it down by age + MORE Jun 22nd
Debt seems to be a normal thing for Canadians these days. After a brief decline during the pandemic, the Canadian household debt-to-income ratio soared to 184.5% in the first quarter of 2023. That means Canadians owe nearly $1.85 for every dollar of disposable income.
The ballooning debt has been.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update April 10: The Ultimate High End Traveller Credit Card portfolio Apr 10th
The Ultimate High End Traveller Credit Card portfolio and Earn Alaska Airlines MVP Status with just one round trip flight to Australia or New Zealand. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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Rewards Canada’s Top 10 Most Popular Posts for 2021
– RewardsCanada.ca
This year on the Rewards Canada blog we managed to publish over 800 posts – a new record since launching this part of the site in 2009. A lot of those posts were very popular with our readers as they saw a lot of traffic but out of all them which 10 came out on top? Read on to find out!Here are the top 10 Rewards Canada Blog Posts for 2021 in terms of number of views: 1. Big changes coming to the AIR MILES program – find all the details here! No surprise that one of Canada’s largest and most popular loyalty programs would generate a lot of buzz when they announced some major changes to the program. Even though it came later in the year compared to some other posts this article took the number 1 spot for traffic on the Rewards Canada blog in 2021. 2. The Top 5 Mastercard Cards to use at Costco CanadaA major retailer in the Canadian market dominating news? That’s odd. ;-). Costco just happens to take the second and third spots for 2021 in our top 10. The first is our recurring post/topic on Top 5 cards to se at Costco – it generated a lot of buzz after some changes to several Mastercards occurred this past year…
December 30 Update: World of Hyatt awarding points for expiring vouchers & earn 500 bonus points for stays at the Le Westin Montreal
– RewardsCanada.ca
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. 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! One more follow up to the couple of posts we have had about expiring points & vouchers, specifically World of Hyatt and that program not extending points or vouchers. There is confirmation on several U.S. blogs that you can either call in or online chat via the mobile app with World of Hyatt to have any vouchers that are set to expire on December 31 converted into points. The amount of points awarded depends on the vouchers and according to One Mile at a Time can range from 500 points for a Club Access award to 20,000 points for Category 1-7 free night award. I’ll be testing this out later today as I have a couple of Club Access vouchers that are due to expire! (HT One Mile at a Time)UPDATE: The free points Hyatt gave last December for the wellness video and the points for converting vouchers DO NOT COUNT towards extending your points expiry…
