A look at how The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card can provide huge value! + MORE Sep 13th

 Coast Hotels is continuing their 50th anniversary celebrations with a new member acquisition campaign! Right now when you join the Coast Hotels Coast Rewards program by September 27 you’ll be entered to win a two night stay at the Coast Hotels location of your choice.Joining Coast Rewards is easy and best of all it’s free! So that makes entering this contest super easy. Being a member of Coast Rewards has its perks, namely member exclusive rates once as soon as you become a member. Once you are part of the program you can choose to earn Coast Rewards points or select one of their partners are your earning preference. Those partners are Air Canada Aeroplan, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and More Rewards.Click here to join Coast Rewards and be entered into the contest! Excerpt from the contest rules about eligibility:To be eligible to participate in the Promotion, you must be 21 years of age or older and a resident of Canada (excluding Quebec) or the United States (excluding Guam and Puerto Rico)…

Earlier in July American Express released Massive new welcome bonuses on 11 American Express cards. One of those offers is on the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card and in this post we look at how it can provide some amazing value. The offer for the card provides up to 75,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points. You’ll earn 65,000 when you spend $1,500 on the card in the first three months of having it plus you’ll earn 5 points for every $1 on eligible eats & drinks purchases in Canada for the first 3 months of Cardmembership (up to 10,000 points) For many of you who may be new to points and miles or just the Marriott program, you may not be fully aware of what 75,000 points can really bring you. In this post we’ll give a few examples of this value and why this card ranks in our Top Welcome Bonus offers for the month of August despite having an annual fee. On top of this the card has lots of other benefits that extend the value of this card, namely the anniversary free night benefit for hotels which we also look at below! Value in the welcome bonus offerLet’s look at some examples of what you can get with this welcome bonus and the value from it:Fancy a fancy staycation during after the kids go back to school? The Ritz-Carlton Toronto runs nearly $800 per night in September but you can get that one night for 68,000 points: So with 68,000 Marriott Bonvoy points out of your 75,000 point welcome bonus from the card you would can get a room worth $886…

Here’s your Rewards Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.  A trio of new Amex Offers came out today. There are offers for ebay, Estee Lauder and Mr. Mikes. These were all received on my Platinum Card:Make a qualifying purchase of at least $75 using your registered Card at participating MR MIKES SteakhouseCasual location(s) by 10/11/2022 and earn a one-time $15 statement credit. Registration cap applies. Terms apply.Spend at least $85 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at www.esteelauder.ca by 11/11/2022 and earn a one-time $15 statement credit. Terms apply.Spend at least $15 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at ebay.ca/ by 12/12/2022 and earn a one-time $5 statement credit. Registration cap applies. Terms apply.Simply log in to your Amex account or go onto the Amex app to see if these offers have been sent to you and to register for them. The ebay and Estee Lauder offers are also open to Scotiabank issued American Express cards (Click here to register your Scotia card)  You can find this and many more offers in our Guide to American Express Canada ‘Amex Offers’Image via American Express —  For the next four day Alaska Airlines are offering up to a 60% bonus when you buy Mileage Plan miles…

Best Western’s latest bonus points promotion launched today and it is the return of a double points offer.  The bonus is available right on your first stay and there is no limit to number of bonus points you can earnThe 2x points offer:Double Rewards Points on all Best Western stays in the United States, Canada or the Caribbean. Valid for stays Sep 12 – Nov 21, 22 Click here to register for the offer and to book your stays. (Registration is required)Make sure you pay for your Best Western stays with the mbna Best Western Mastercard® to earn 5 points per dollar spent! Here are some more BWR offers to check out:Receive 5,000 bonus Rewards Points when you redeem 12,000 or more points for a reward stay at participating Best Western Hotels in Canada, the U.S. or Caribbean. Book now for stays Sep 12 – Nov 21, 22. Click here for more details and to register for this offer (Registration is required)Elite Level Status Match Best Western Rewards will match your other Hotel Reward program status with no catch…

Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for this month! This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards for small businesses 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 three first year free cards on the list! And remember this list is based on minimum value towards travel which we calculate as the minimum value of the welcome bonus less the annual fee. It is entirely possible to receive more value out of the welcome bonuses on all of these cards since they earn Aeroplan points or allow you to convert to Aeroplan -  which can provide some huge outsized value rewards!Here are our top 5 small business credit card sign up offers for August: CIBC® Aeroplan® Visa* Business CardMinimum value: $1,200CIBC’s equivalent of the above TD card has a new offer this month that provides up to 60,000 Aeroplan points, a Buddy Pass and an annual fee rebate…