The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer credit cards and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Did you know that there are many other options?
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RWRDS Daily Update Dec 19: Air Canada opens revamped Maple Leaf Lounges in Frankfurt and London + MORE Dec 19th
Air Canada opens revamped Maple Leaf Lounges in Frankfurt and London, new Amex offers for Norton and Swarovski and Emirates Skywards offering mystery bonus miles on select flights around the world. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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Scientists Reveal What's Inside The Moon In New Findings - NDTV + MORE May 7th
Scientists Reveal What's Inside The Moon In New Findings NDTVScientists discover gigantic 'structure' under the surface of the Moon indy100We Know What's Inside The Moon; Scientists Make a Discovery Interesting EngineeringWhat’s inside the moon? Scientists reveal n.... More »
This Week in RWRDS June 6, 2025: The Best Travel Credit Card Welcome Bonuses for June Jun 7th
This week we look at the best travel credit card offers for June, how you can get amazing value from the new Marriott card offers, the return of the RBC-British Airways transfer bonus and much more in our weekly credit card and loyalty rewards newscast! Watch This Week in RWRDS here: Listen to This .... More »
Holiday spending is rising—and younger Canadians are leaning on credit + MORE Dec 24th
A survey by CPA Canada shows holiday spending is on the rise, and younger Canadians are using credit to keep up. Dig into the reasons why Gen Z and millennials are racking up the debt, and learn strategies to keep your expenses under control.
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Spending money on experiences—be honest, can you really afford it? + MORE Jul 26th
We have endless choices for spending our hard-earned cash, but many Canadians break them down into two categories: material possessions and experiences. But how can you determine when an experience is worth it? Isn’t everything an experience? Fortunately, research conducted by Dr. Thomas Gilo.... More »
Buy or gift Aeroplan Points with up to a 100% bonus
– RewardsCanada.ca
Aeroplan’s has come out with another buy or gift points promotion where you can earn up to a 100% bonus. This tiered offer sees bonuses ranging from 50% to 100% dependent on how many points you buy. This offer runs until March 22, 2022 and allows members to buy up to 350,000 points per transaction up to the annual limit of 1 million points. If you buy 5,000 to 19,000 points you’ll earn a 50% bonus, 20,000 to 55,000 points will earn a 65% bonus, 60,000 to 90,000 you’ll get a 80% bonus and 100,000+ will earn the 100%. If you buy points at the 100% level your cost on each point is 1.75 cents (C$) each before taxes. If you are savvy eyed you’ll notice that’s higher than the 1.67 cents it cost during their last promotion to buy points with an 80% bonus. Yes, unfortunately at the beginning of December Air Canada Aeroplan increased the base per point purchase cost to 3.5 cents from 3 cents. Since we value Aeroplan points at a minimum of 1.5 cents each you would think it wouldn’t make sense to buy them 1…
Top Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for March – These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses
– RewardsCanada.ca
Here are Rewards Canada’s Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of March 2022. 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 card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when some of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards. One change this month as the American Express Cobalt Card went back to its standard welcome bonus offer which means it has dropped down the list from the first spot all the way down to ninth spot.Here are the Top 5 Cards for this month in order of value:SimplyCash™ Preferred Card from American Express – 10% cash back on all purchases up to $4,000 (Apply here)Welcome offer cash back value: $301 ($400 – $99 annual fee) This card is offering 10% cash back on all spending during the first four months of having the card…
Earn 2,500 bonus points per night for stays at any of three Toronto Airport Marriott Hotels
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Marriott Bonvoy has brought back their bonus for stays at any one of three hotels around the airport in Toronto. You can earn 2,500 bonus points per night for up to two nights at the Element Toronto Airport, Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport or The Westin Toronto Airport. This offer is good for stays until May 24, 2022 and you can stack this offer with the global Marriott promotion to earn 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points + Double Elite Night Credit for each night you stay at Marriott Hotels Worldwide. Offer details: 2,500 Bonus Bonvoy Points per night for stays at the Element Toronto Airport, Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport or The Westin Toronto Airport. Valid for stays until May 24, 22 Click here to learn more and to book this offer. Bonus can be earned for up to 2 nights (Max. 5,000 bonus points)Make sure you pay for your stay with the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express®* Card or the Marriott Bonvoy™ Business American Express® Card as those cards earn 5 points per dollar spent on Marriott stays! With the impending shift to dynamic pricing in the Marriott Bonvoy program the best way to combat it without walking (moving to another program) is being able to earn as many points as possible so that’s where promotions like this come into play! Offer example:We checked out the rates for this offer at the Westin Toronto Airport on March 8 for one night: From the example above you can see this bonus points rate prices the exact same as the best Member Rate Flexible – no additional charge…
