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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Aeroplan cuts earn rates for Starbucks App reloads + MORE Sep 28th
Aeroplan has quietly changed the earn rates when you reload funds to your Starbucks account. Long time Rewards Canada reader Paul M. alerted us to this change on Twitter. The earn rates have taken a pretty big cut from when the partnership first launched about a year and a half ago. @RewardsCanada I.... More »
AIR MILES losing yet another major partner as Jean Coutu exits in 2023 Oct 2nd
AIR MILES will be losing another significant partner soon. Jean Coutu pharmacies in Quebec and Ontario will be leaving the program in spring 2023 to join Metro’s newly updated MOİ Rewards program. News came out earlier this week that Metro will be updating their metro&moi program to beco.... More »
Best high-interest savings accounts in Canada 2022 + MORE Feb 17th
Generally savings accounts offer very low interest rates. So, if you want to earn on your deposits (rather than simply using your account as a temporary “holding tank” or directing to longer-term saving and investing vehicles), a savings account with a high interest is a no-brainer.
However, whe.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – March 19, 2024 + MORE Mar 20th
Guide to No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards for Canadians (Updated), TD Aeroplan Visa Platinum Card Review and Shoppers Drug Mart Bonus Beauty Redemption Event – Receive up to $75 extra value. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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RWRDS Daily Update – January 31 Feb 1st
The Ultimate Air France KLM Flying Blue Credit Card Portfolio & final day for increased offers on the Scotia Platinum Amex & Tangerine credit cards. Check out today's points and miles updates here:
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October 19 Update: Sun Country to launch Vancouver – Minneapolis/St. Paul flights plus earn double points & multiple offers from Italy’s new airline ITA Airways
– RewardsCanada.ca
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 worth $500, has no foreign transaction fees and no annual fee in the first year! Two new airlines were added to the Rewards Canada bonus offers section today! We are now tracking bonus offers for Sun Country Rewards (https://rewardscanada.ca/suncountry.html) who announced today that they are finally going ahead with their Vancouver to Minneapolis/St. Paul service. This route was originally set to launch in May 2020 but due to the pandemic that never happened. The Sun Country flights will being on June 15 and operate twice weekly.The other airline is Italy’s ITA Airways (https://rewardscanada.ca/ita.html). This is the successor to the now defunct Alitalia which flew its last flight on October 14…Canada’s Choice results are in! See who Canada chose as their favourite credit cards and loyalty programs
– RewardsCanada.ca
Canada, we asked you to come out and vote for your favourite credit cards and loyalty programs in late September and early October for our Canada’s Choice awards. The results are in and we are pleased to present them to you here. For some categories there are no surprises while we were definitely surprised by some others! We want to give a big thank you to our regulars readers who cast their votes and also a big thank you to a lot of newcomers who came to our site to vote!This post is split into two sections – the first shows just the winner in each of the 10 categories and is followed by a list of the top 5 cards in each those categories and their respective percentage of the votes received.Here are the winners in each category:Top Overall Travel Rewards Credit CardTD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card — Top No Annual Fee Travel Rewards Credit CardBMO AIR MILES®† MasterCard®* — Top Airline Credit CardTD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card —Top No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit CardHSBC World Elite® Mastercard® —Top Cash Back Credit CardNeo Mastercard —Top Ultra Premium CardThe Platinum Card® from American Express —Top Credit Card Reward Program American Express Membership Rewards— Top Airline Loyalty programAir Canada Aeroplan—Top Hotel Loyalty ProgramMarriott Bonvoy— Top Shopping Loyalty ProgramPC Optimum Wrapping it upAs mentioned at the start of this post we weren’t surprised by some of the results – namely the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card being so popular, American Express Membership Rewards being the best overall credit card program and then Aeroplan and Marriott Bonvoy taking top airline and hotel programs respectively…
