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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Missed credit payments grew by 4% in the first quarter of 2025 + MORE May 29th
There’s a deepening divide between consumers in the face of economic uncertainty as those missing payments rose compared with a year ago, a new Equifax report shows.
Rebecca Oakes, Equifax Canada’s vice-president of advanced analytics, said much of the trend stems from the high cost of living.... More »
May 12 Update: Amex Aeroplan Reserve Card mobile service provider bonus points & Platinum Card replacement annual travel credits are posting + MORE May 12th
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.Joshua C. who regularly provides us with some tips let us know there is also an Amex Offer that just launched this week for American Express Aero.... More »
British Airways Executive Club: 35% Bonus Avios when you transfer hotel points into Avios until December 2 + MORE Oct 30th
British Airways Executive Club has brought back their transfer bonus for moving points from hotel programs into Avios. The bonus is 5% more than we saw this past spring as it is 35% this time which we haven't seen since March of 2018. It good for six major hotel programs: Marriott Bonvoy, I.... More »
August 20 Update: Radisson Rewards extends pause on points expiration and adds elite night rollover, Cobalt multiplier at iconic Calgary Drive-In & WestJet's international flight schedule for September + MORE Aug 20th
Radisson Rewards have further updated their policy in regards to points expiration and elite status. Previously they extended points expiry by 6 months and extended elite status set to end February 2021 to February 2022. Now they have updated that policy by further extending the pause of points .... More »
Scotiabank Gold American Express Card: 57 new confirmed multiplier locations in Canada, the U.S. & Latin America May 12th
Here’s our next update to our new Scotiabank Gold American Express Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations list with 20 new locations being added today from Canada, the U.S. & Latin America Nothing like being able to earn up to 5x points AND pay No FX Fees outside of Canada! Recommended viewing: .... More »
Cineplex’s SCENE program changing earn and burn rates on April 17 – significantly devalues current balances and the SCENE Visa Card
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Playing catch up on this news! Some time ago Cineplex announced changes coming to their very popular SCENE program. These changes will take place on April 17, the day after Starbucks’ changes, so that will be the week of change!The forthcoming changes to the SCENE program will be seen on both points earning and points redeeming sides. I think for most people who don’t hold a SCENE Visa Card or have a big points balance, the changes aren’t that significant moving forward as the majority of members do earn and redeem for movies. Ultimately when you look at the revised earn and burn schedule for movies you are still getting 1 free movie for every 10 movies you purchase (of the same type that is, ie Standard or 3D or Enhanced or VIP)But in reality what this does mean, is all your current balances, if not used prior to April 17 are being devalued. Your 1,000 points that you thought would get you a movie will not after that date. You’ll have to spend at 250 more points or more if you are going for the fancier movie settings…AIR MILES Mega Miles Event: Earn up to 1,000 Bonus Reward Miles for shopping at multiple sponsors
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The annual AIR MILES Mega Miles event kicked off today and presents a really nice bonus mile earning opportunity. If you meet the requirement of using Mega Miles coupons at 3 or 5 or more sponsors you’ll be awarded with 300 to 1,000 Reward Miles over and above the base miles and coupon bonus miles awarded. This promotion runs until April 25. This year the bonus miles offers are lower than before with 2015 through 2018 all maxing out at 1,250 miles compared to this year’s 1,000 miles. We also noticed a lot of the individual offer coupons are lower this year.As was introduced in 2018, AIR MILES now gives you two levels of bonuses, you can make it to only 3 sponsors and get a lower bonus of 300 miles (it was 650 last year) or still go for 5 or more to get 1,000 bonus miles.The offers from the participating sponsors do have varying validity dates so be sure you check those to make sure you can earn them. For example, the Sobeys Liquor offer for Alberta is only valid April 4 to 10…March 21 Update: Tim Hortons launches Tims Rewards & six new airline & hotel bonus offers
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Tim Horton’s has officially launched their loyalty program Tims Rewards. You can tell its modelled to compete with one of their biggest competitors, McD’s. The program is simple, make 7 purchases, get 1 item free. The free item is limited to a coffee, tea or baked good. Ideally if you want to maximize the program you’ll want to just buy lower priced items however you won’t be able to do split purchases like the old Starbucks MyRewards program as there is a 30 minute time span in which you have to wait before scanning your Tims card for another purchase. Also purchases under 50 cents won’t count towards a reward. Also of note is that unused rewards expire after 120 days and you can only bank up to 5 rewards on your account. You can find more about the Tim Rewards program here. Posts since our last update: Cineplex’s SCENE program changing earn and burn rates on April 17 – significantly devalues current balances and the SCENE Visa Card Playing catch up on this news! Some time ago Cineplex announced changes coming to their very popular SCENE program…
