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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March 26 Update: BMO AIR MILES Mastercard review updated, Aer Lingus providing 10% extra on vouchers, British Airways suspends all Canadian flights until April 17 + MORE Mar 27th
The Rewards Canada review of the BMO AIR MILES Mastercard has been updated! We haven't touched it since 2015 so it was in dire need of getting an update. This is the case with quite a few of our reviews and we hope to get to updating them all over the next little while. You can check out updated .... More »
Final days to apply for the MBNA Alaska Airlines & Best Western Mastercards Nov 6th
MBNA is set to shut down four of their co-brand credit cards for new applications at the end of the day on November 7. Those cards are the Alaska Airlines World Elite® Mastercard®, Alaska Airlines Platinum Plus® Mastercard® , mbna Best Western Mastercard® and the Harley-Davidson Mastercard. My .... More »
CIBC Dividend® Visa Infinite* Card – 10% cash back and a first year annual fee rebate Oct 22nd
The CIBC Dividend® Visa Infinite* which RWRDS Canada considers as the best cash back rewards Visa card is currently available with a 10% cash back welcome bonus. The 10% is awarded on up to $2,000 in spending in the first four statement periods which can work out to as much as $200 cash back. The [.... 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 »
Car Rental redemptions have returned to AIR MILES and they retain great value! Jan 23rd
When the revamped AIR MILES launched in fall of 2021 one redemption that disappeared, temporarily that is, was car rentals. We are happy to tell you that is option is back, based on a tweet from AIR MILES the car rental option returned on January 19, 2022. The car rental option has been added to the.... More »
Just like most couples have a spender and a saver, I suspect many relationships include one person who plays the rewards game and another who isn’t nearly as interested.
February 22 Update: Flair Airlines ending some U.S. routes early, IHG Rewards Club to test variable award pricing, Up to 30% off Jet Airways flights from Toronto
– RewardsCanada.ca
Flair Airlines is cutting service to Miami and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (near Tampa Bay) in Florida, and Palm Springs, California earlier than planned. The airline will contact you if you are booked on any of these flights. (Source Global News) IHG Rewards Club is going to be testing out dynamic or variable award pricing for their free hotel award nights. Now common place among many loyalty programs, we here in Canada are most accustomed to Aeroplan’s Market Fare Rewards where the amount of miles you need will depend on the price of the flight. However we don’t know what they mean exactly by variable pricing. Will it be tied to price or will it be fixed variable like Marriott Bonvoy with Peak, Standard and Off-Peak pricing. We also don’t know is how big this test will be as in if it will be across the board or only at select hotels. (Source IHG) HT Head for PointsHere’s the excerpt from IHG’s Preliminary 2018 results that mentions this: Strengthen loyalty programme – Continuing to innovate IHG Rewards Club to build stronger and deeper relationships with our guests to drive high value revenue across our hotel estate Loyalty room revenue contribution up 4%pts in 4 years to 43%, including ~50% in the Americas…
