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American Express Cobalt Card: 31 new confirmed multiplier locations + MORE Mar 13th
Here’s our next update to our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations list with 31 new locations being added today from across Canada. We have now surpassed 2,000 entries for locations in Canada! A big thank you to the RWRDS Canada community for providing details on thou.... More »
Podcast Episode 98: Canada’s Choice 2022 Award Winners & Results Nov 20th
In this episode we discuss the results of the 2022 Canada’s Choice Awards where over 21,000 Canadians voted for their favourite credit cards and loyalty programs. Click Here to download the podcast (mp3) or download/subscribe via: Links relating to this episode’s topics: Canad.... More »
Fly Korean Air from Canada to Southeast Asia and get free lounge access in Seoul Apr 19th
Korean Air are offering travellers free access to their SKY HUB Lounge at Seoul Incheon when laying over for travel itineraries between Toronto or Vancouver and Southeast Asia. To take advantage of the offer simply book your Korean Air flights direct on KAL’s website by May 31, 2025..... More »
EQ Bank aims to become a household name + MORE Feb 20th
Canada’s seventh-largest bank is a lender the vast majority of Canadians have never heard of. It has no branches, credit cards, or wealth management offerings.
That could all soon change, says Chadwick Westlake, who became chief executive of EQ Bank last August and already announced a transform.... More »
Award Availability Alert: Canada to Europe round trip economy class for 30,000 to 40,000 Flying Blue miles (even for summer 2023!) Aug 28th
Right now you can book reward tickets between Canada and Europe with Air France KLM's Flying Blue for as little as 30,000 miles round trip! As first pointed out south of the border by TPG and later by Frequent Miler there is tons of availability between the US and Europe at 15,000 miles each way so .... More »
Amtrak resumes service between Toronto and New York & a new Amex Offer for Lordco Auto Parts
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Here’s your Rewards Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Amtrak has resumed service to Toronto from New York after a two year hiatus. The Maple Leaf service operates daily with six stops on the Canadian portion of the route. This is a welcome return for those who used this service before the pandemic and are itching to ride the rails to New York again. Click here to learn more. (HT The Points Guy) Don’t forget to check out our Amtrak Guest Rewards offers page for any deals that might be happening for travelling with Amtrak. Image via Amtrak — One new Amex Offers statement credit offer came out today. This is for Lordco Auto parts and we received it on the Platinum Card:Spend at least $100 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at Lordco Auto Parts locations in Canada by 10/10/2022 and earn a one-time $20 statement credit. 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…
Good news today for holders of BMO AIR MILES credit cards as they’ll soon be earning more miles for grocery purchases made anywhere. This comes not too long after the news that the Empire group of grocery stores (Sobeys, Safeway, FreshCo etc.) were leaving the AIR MILES and thus effectively removing a big chunk of the partners the BMO AIR MILES cards had as their accelerated earn rate locations. BackgroundOne of the primary features of the BMO AIR MILES credit cards for the past couple of years has been an accelerated earn rate for using the cards at select AIR MILES partners. A good portion of those partners were the Empire Company Limited stores across Canada that included Foodland, IGA, Safeway, Sobeys and others. So as soon as the announcement came out they were leaving AIR MILES the BMO cards were set to go from 6 to 16 partners you could earn the extra miles at down to 1 to 10 depending which province you resided in. I covered this in more detail in my article on the BMO AIR MILES cards needing a revamp which you can read here: The BMO AIR MILES Mastercards are due for another revamp Here is one thing I said back in that piece on June 15th: They need to go to general accelerated earn rates for the cards or even a flat rate earn like they had before…
