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Earn 5x miles when you use BMO AIR MILES cards at select partners + MORE May 28th
BMO, the potential suitor for the AIR MILES program has revealed a limited time promotion to earn more miles on their co-brand credit cards for the summer. Holders of any of the BMO AIR MILES Mastercards will earn 5x AIR MILES when using their cards at select AIR MILES partners. For most of these pa.... More »
The no fee SimplyCash Card from American Express will see increased earn rates of 2% cash back on gas and groceries + MORE Aug 8th
Not only is the SimplyCash™ Preferred Card from American Express seeing changes but its no annual fee sibling the SimplyCash™ Card from American Express is also being changed for the better The card retains its base earn rate with no annual fee but will now see accelerated earn rates for g.... More »
NASA scientists discover human-safe temperatures on the moon - Mashable + MORE Jul 30th
NASA scientists discover human-safe temperatures on the moon MashableThe Moon's One Spot of Perfect Temperature The AtlanticScientists discover 200 'Goldilocks' zones on the moon where astronauts could survive Livescience.comStrange Moon Pits Could Have Temperatures .... More »
HotelSavers – a new redemption option from Aeroplan + MORE Oct 5th
HotelSavers – a new travel redemption offering from Air Canada’s Aeroplan officially launched today. The program has partnered with 11 hotel chains featuring a total of 39 global hotel brands to offer Aeroplan members up 30% more value per point for hotel stays. HotelSavers can be found at a.... More »
Banks, credit card firms reach deal with Ottawa over fees: sources + MORE Oct 31st
Voluntary agreement includes cutting rates charged to merchants, capping fees
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Sep 4 update: BMO Rewards World Elite Update, Aeroplan & Volvo partnership offers more than 250 free miles, more bonuses!
– RewardsCanada.ca
Here is what Wednesday looked like on Rewards Canada and the world of travel rewards in Canada News, Tips & Tricks I posed this question to BMO yesterday and got an answer from BMO Corporate (the helpful Jerry305 on Flyertalk was able to provide the answer even faster): “With the changes made to the BMO World Elite MasterCard will existing cardholder’s accounts be doubled for points earned up to August 31st” The answer is yes! So contrary to my guess yesterday, if you did sign up for the World Elite MasterCard with the 15K/20K sign up bonuses and had those points posted by August 31st those will be doubled due to the new redemption rate enacted on September 1. Had they not done this all existing cardholders would have essentialy lost nearly half the value of their points but now they are actually roughly ~5% with the doubling. Also if you missed it earlier, Aeroplan and Volvo announced a new partnership and I mentioned in the post that you can 250 free Aeroplan miles for test driving a new Volvo…
Aeroplan Volvo Partnership: 250 Free Aeroplan Miles for test driving a Volvo (and more if you buy/service one!)
– RewardsCanada.ca
Aeroplan has just announced a new partnership with Volvo Canada whereby members can now Aeroplan miles with the car company. If you are looking for free miles or need to keep your account active then this partnership is great as it offers 250 Aeroplan Miles simply for test driving a Volvo. Aeroplan members can also earn miles for buying/leasing a Volvo, accessories and even on servicing your Volvo.Here is the earning structure as detailed in this morning’s press release from Aeroplan:Test Drive – Earn 250 miles for a test drive of any new Volvo vehicle;Vehicle Purchase/Lease – On an ongoing basis members will be able to earn a minimum of 25,000 miles on all qualifying Volvo vehicles. In addition, from September 4th – October 31st, members can earn up to 75,000 miles for the purchase of a qualifying Volvo vehicle. See full details on specific models; Vehicle Accessories – Earn 1 mile for every $1 spent for the purchase of Volvo parts and accessories;Vehicle Servicing – Earn 1 mile for every $1 spent on vehicle servicing…
