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Mandatory tech credit coming for Ontario high school students, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announces - Toronto Star + MORE Mar 10th
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Aeroplan soft launches using miles to bid for upgrades and a full time buy/gift miles option + MORE Mar 25th
Air Canada's Aeroplan soft-launched two new features today for program members. The first is using Aeroplan Miles to bid for upgrades on flights and the second is the full time availability to buying or gifting Aeroplan miles.Here are the details as provided to us by Air Canada:Use Aeroplan Miles to.... More »
Less than two weeks left to get the 100,000 point offer on the HSBC World Elite Mastercard + MORE Mar 23rd
The 100,000 bonus HSBC Rewards points on the HSBC World Elite® Mastercard® will be ending on April 4, 2022 and we know it will not be extended again. While we cannot reveal what the new offer will be, it won't be as high as this one. On top of the current 100,000 point bonu.... More »
Weekly Shopping Bonus Offers Round Up: Scene+, PC Optimum, AIR MILES & more Dec 26th
It’s Thursday! So you know what that means! Here is your weekly shopping bonus offers round up. Be sure to check your accounts and load all your personalized shopping offers. AIR MILES AIR MILES has a great Boxing Day bonus of 20x miles on all eligible purchases made site wide via AIR MILES Shops..... More »
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March 4 Update: Update for Air Canada flights to China, Hong Kong & Seoul, Marriott Bonvoy adds two new airline partners, earn 5,000 Bonus Aeroplan miles with Rocketmiles
– RewardsCanada.ca
Air Canada provided their latest update on flights for regions with Coronavirus scares yesterday. Here is the jist of the latest update:Flights to Beijing and Shanghai are suspended until April 10Flights from Toronto to Hong Kong are suspended until May 30 however the Vancouver-Hong Kong route contiunes to be operatedFlights from Toronto to Seoul will be temporarily suspended between April 1 and 30Many U.S. airlines are now providing free flight change waivers for any international flights while United has gone one step further waiving change fees on all flights – domestic or international (Source One Mile at a Time)Image via Air Canada Marriott Bonvoy has added two new airline partners that you can convert points to. You can now convert points to Aer Lingus Aer Club and Vueling Club. Aer Lingus is of more importance to the Canadian market as Vueling is a Spanish low cost carrier flying intra-Europe flights. This brings the total number of airline programs for the Marriott Bonvoy program to 45…A look at the business class redemption feature for the CIBC Aventura Visa Infinite Privilege Card – it offers up to a 7.5% return!
– RewardsCanada.ca
The CIBC Aventura Visa Infinite Privilege Card is a relative newcomer to our market with it only being released late in 2019 but it is really starting to make some inroads in our market. The card comes with a 50,000 point welcome bonus, a $200 annual travel credit, Priority Pass Lounge access with 6 passes per year, 2 NEXUS fee rebates and much more.One thing we didn’t cover when the card came out was that you can actually redeem the CIBC Rewards Points earned on the card for business class flights. This is a redemption feature that is exclusive to the Aventura Infinite Privilege card – you won’t find it on any of the other Aventura cards. And the redemption rates are really good for a fixed point credit card program:This is a pretty impressive business class redemption chart! Here are the maximum cents per point redemption values for each area:Canada and U.S. (short-haul):2.5 cents per pointCanada and U.S. (long-haul): 2.5 cents per pointSun Destinations: 2.5 cents per pointEurope: 2 cents per pointsRest of the world: 2 cents per pointsWhen you factor in how you earn points with the card – 3 points per dollar on travel booked via CIBC Rewards, 2 points per dollar on eligible dining, entertainment, transportation, gas and groceries and then 1…
