April 20 Update: Air Canada Buddy Pass conversion based on application date not posting date and convert Coast Rewards points to Aeroplan with a 4x points bonus + MORE Apr 20th

 An amazing offer from RBC that we last saw in 2020 has returned! The offer is for their flagship card, the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card and it provides a flat 35,000 RBC Rewards Points, that get this – are awarded on approval – no minimum spend, no spend this much each month over this many months. You simply have to be approved for the card and the bonus is yours. Yes you do have to pay the annual fee of $120 but it is more than worth it with the value of the bonus (minimum $350 in value) and you get the points at the end of your first billing period. No waiting 3 months, 6 months or longer. Here is what the 35,000 points will get you:One economy class flight anywhere in Canada or the U.S. (Hawaii and Alaska excluded) or two economy class flights to a neighbouring province or state when redeeming via the RBC Avion Air Travel Redemption schedule. Taxes and fees are not included but you can redeem points towards them at 100 points to $1 rate or just pay for them with your credit card$350 credit towards any other travel booked via RBC Rewards (100 points = $1)Convert the 35,000 points to WestJet Rewards at a 100 to 1 ratio…

 Last week saw the end of Accor Hotels offer for double points for stays at their locations in North American and select Latin American countries but that didn’t mark the end of earning bonus points in the Americas. Right away they released a new offer entitled Get Real – Experience it all which offers triple points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda. On top of triple points the promotion provides up to 30% off stays plus an additional 10% off for being an ALL Accor Live Limitless member. For most of this means Triple Points on Fairmont stays across Canada and for stays at the Novotel and Sofitel locations in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. On top of this all members earn double status points and nights on all stays in 2021!Accor Hotels does not have an associated co-brand credit card here in Canada so you’ll want to use a card that has travel category multiplier such as the American Express® Gold Rewards Card,  BMO World Elite™* MasterCard®*, or the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card (Just to name a few)…

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. According to an interview with Air Canada Aeroplan execs that Anshul at Points, Miles & Bling had over this past weekend the buddy pass conversion option is based on the date you apply not the date the buddy pass posts to your account – this means you can apply for this card by April 30 and be able to convert the buddy pass to Aeroplan points once it posts to your account. Please note there are mentions on other sites the conversion option is being extended however there is no confirmation of this just yet – we have reached out to Air Canada and should know by April 23 if this will be happening. In the mean time we have updated a trio of articles we posted back at the end of March / beginning of April to note this change on being able to convert the pass based on the date you apply:You can now convert Air Canada Buddy Passes into 30,000 Aeroplan points!Now’s the time to grab an Air Canada Aeroplan credit card – get up to 50,000 points at no cost other than card spending!How to earn over 148,000 Aeroplan points for free*This is great news for those who applied a few weeks ago when this conversion option news broke as well as anyone who gets an Aeroplan co-brand credit card that comes with a buddy pass by April 30— Coast Hotels Coast Rewards has brought back their great transfer bonus to Aeroplan! From now until May 2 you’ll receive 4x the Aeroplan points when you convert Coast Rewards points…