If you want to redeem your points and miles for gift cards you may want to do so sooner than later Mar 26th

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Last day to jump on the 100,000 point offer from HSBC for their World Elite Mastercard! That's $500 towards any travel or $300 cash back + MORE Dec 28th

 HSBC's biggest and best offer for the HSBC World Elite Mastercard that is also one of the best ever bonuses ever seen in Canada (definitely in the Top 5 ever in terms of value) ends tonight! As we already mentioned just under two weeks we know for sure the offer is not being extended. The off.... More »
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New 100,000 PC Optimum points offer on PC Financial Credit Cards + MORE May 2nd

We have yet another 100K offer for PC Financial Mastercards. You can receive this bonus when you apply by May 5, 2022 and it is good for any one of the three cards in their portfolio: PC Financial MastercardPC Financial World MastercardPC Financial World Elite Mastercard To receive the bonus you.... More »

RWRDS Daily Update – June 2, 2023 + MORE Jun 3rd

HSBC extends all their credit card welcome offers, Ten new additions to our Amex Cobalt Multipliers list and This week in RWRDS airs today! Check out today's points & miles updates here: The post RWRDS Daily Update – June 2, 2023 appeared first on Rewards Canada..... More »
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July 23 Update: Receive a $100 Visa card for stays in London, ON., 3,000 bonus points when you stay with your pets at IHG Hotels & 20x PC Optimum points this weekend Jul 23rd

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.  On Tuesday we published an article looking at the various tourism board stay offers across Canada and thanks to Rewards Canada reader Ha.... More »
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June 23 Update: Airline & Hotel loyalty programs that you can earn miles or points with credit cards updated, WestJet everywhere sale & save at 99 Marriott Hotels in Canada Jun 24th

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 70,000 bonus points a.... More »
If you want to redeem your points and miles for gift cards you may want to do so sooner than laterEarlier today we brought you the news that Best Western Rewards removed the option to redeem their points for gift cards.  Now, we see Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards has done the same thing (Source Doctor of Credit) and that leads us to believe more programs may head down this route. Airlines, hotels and even non-travel loyalty programs are all seeing a significant drop in business right now and are making all efforts possible to conserve cash and this seems to be the case from the aforementioned programs.Here in Canada my worries would mostly be from the larger programs like Aeroplan and AIR MILES and less so the credit card programs as to who may follow the lead of these other programs. Unfortunately the credit card companies will be benefiting from the financial crisis that Canadians face during this time so I don’t see any reason for them to curtail cash and cash equivalent rewards.  Aeroplan and less so AIR MILES could run into a position where they will need to conserve cash sometime in the near future and if that happens it is possible to see them reduce or suspend these type of redemption options…

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