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Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for September - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses Sep 6th
Here are Rewards Canada's Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of September 2021. This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a c.... More »
July 15 Update: The soon to re-open Park Hyatt Toronto jumps to Category 6 from Category 4 & free Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Five Star elite status + MORE Jul 15th
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. Much like last week's update on new Marriott Hotels in Canada we have a mid-year update on new Hyatt Hotels in Canada. We now know the P.... More »
June 15 Update: Credit cards that help you avoid those dreaded airline fees and Aeroplan providing some elites with status boosts next year + MORE Jun 16th
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 70,000 bonus points a.... More »
Big Changes to the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard - now earns 5 points per dollar in select categories + 10% annual bonus points + MORE Jun 25th
File this one into the category of "nobody saw this one coming"- well until we were notified about two weeks ago and then when the details were leaked onto Red Flag Deals a few days ago. The next bank to be making some major changes this week is TD's subsidiary MBNA. Today they are officially .... More »
Extracting value from the limited time increased welcome bonuses on the Marriott Bonvoy Amex Cards + MORE Jul 18th
In May American Express revealed new increased welcome bonuses on their Marriott Bonvoy co-brand cards and in this post we look at how those bonuses can provide some amazing value. Whether you get yourself the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card and/or the Marriott Bonvoy™ Business American.... More »
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! Earlier this week Alaska Airlines revealed what their Elite Mileage Plan members will receive as oneworld tier status in the global alliance. The airline officially joins oneworld on March 31, 2021 and the matching oneworld tier status happens automatically at that time. Here is how the status will line up: MVP Gold 75K = oneworld EmeraldMVP Gold = oneworld SapphireMVP = oneworld RubyThe best benefits are seen for MVP Gold and up as they included lounge access, excess baggage and more. Here’s the complete list of benefits seen across the oneworld alliance. Alaska has also announced their update elite qualification requirements for 2021 to earn status for 2022. The big shift here is that you now will need to complete anywhere from 2 to 6 segments on Alaska Airlines…Air Canada Gifts with Travel Promo – Double Points, Free Checked Bag or Free Seat Selection when booking Air Canada flights (Book by 12/15, travel by 6/30)
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Earlier this week Air Canada came out with another holiday offer – this time for booking flights within Canada, to the U.S. or to Sun Destinations. They provide three promo codes that you can choose from that will provide you with your choice of free checked bags, free seat selection or double Aeroplan points. Depending on what fare class, what your elite status is and even which Aeroplan credit card you hold can help you determine which promo code to choose if you are planning on booking any flights. The codes are as follows (click to make larger):If you have an Aeroplan premium or ultra premium co-brand credit card (see them compared here) you won’t want to take the Free Checked Bag promo code as you card already has that covered. However if you don’t have one of those cards and are buying one of the first two economy fare classes this is code can be of value if you don’t covet seat selection. The same goes for free seat selection as you only pay for seat selection on the bottom two economy class fare types…
