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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American Express Cobalt Card: Earn up to 30,000 bonus points + transfer points 1:1 to Aeroplan Nov 6th
This card needs no introduction if you are a RWRDS Canada regular, however we continue to see a lot of new visitors to the site each and every month. So we want to present to those new readers the best credit card in Canada and the one we believe should be in every Canadian’s wallet. […].... More »
HotelSavers – a new redemption option from Aeroplan + MORE Oct 5th
HotelSavers – a new travel redemption offering from Air Canada’s Aeroplan officially launched today. The program has partnered with 11 hotel chains featuring a total of 39 global hotel brands to offer Aeroplan members up 30% more value per point for hotel stays. HotelSavers can be found at a.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – May 11, 2023 + MORE May 11th
An update on the new Marriott Hotels opening in Canada for 2023, National Bank World Elite Mastercard Review in French and eight new confirmed Cobalt Card multiplier locations. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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Earn 100 Aeroplan Points for every $5 donated to the Canadian Red Cross (or have Air Canada match your donation) Sep 7th
The Canadian Red Cross’ annual Aeroplan promotion has returned for 2023. During the month of September if you donate to the Canadian Red Cross you can choose to earn Aeroplan points or have your donation matched by Air Canada. Earn 100 points for every $5 donated Aeroplan members who donate du.... More »
Aeroplan Availability Alert: Business Class on Austrian Airlines out of Montreal for up to 4 or more people for Winter 2022/2023 travel + MORE Aug 1st
Spencer at Straight to the Points sent out another alert about business class tickets for up to 4 people being available on Austrian Airlines and since the airline is a Star Alliance member you can use your Aeroplan points to redeem for these flights. Availability is showing from November 2.... More »
Podcast Episode 91: The best ever bonus on the RBC Avion Cards, Best Western’s free night award, the Star Alliance credit card and more!
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This episode I am taking it back to the roots of the podcast! If you have been a faithful listener or have gone back to listen to the early episodes you’ll know that when the podcast was launched in 2016 we would cover a little bit of everything in an episode, from loyalty program or credit card news, to bonuses and other topics that were of note for the few weeks leading up to the episode release date. In this episode we cover the best ever bonus seen on the RBC Avion cards, Air France’s 3x miles on their new Quebec City route, Best Western’s free night award offer, the introduction of one way rewards from RBC Rewards, the new Star Alliance credit card and our tip of the week looks at the American Express Cobalt Card confirmed multipliers page on Rewards Canada. Click Here to download the podcast (mp3) or download/subscribe via: Links relating to this week’s topics:Loyalty Lesson: The first points & miles credit card you should getApply for the American Express Cobalt Card (This link supports Rewards Canada – thank you for using it!) IHG One Rewards new elite benefits and milestone rewards are now live & earn up to 5x points with Aeroplan eStore Father’s Day event
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Here’s your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Today’s update is brought to you by the HSBC High Rate Savings Account with which you can enjoy a total annual interest rate of up to 2.65% on new deposits± Click here to learn more about this offer IHG One Rewards, the revamped program from IHG Hotels & Resorts took another step today in the evolution of the program as the new Elite Status Benefits and Milestone Rewards went live today. The elite status benefits include early check in /late checkout, hot breakfast for Diamond members and room upgrades. All the benefits are subject to availability. The Milestone Rewards are the additional rewards offered for completing stays with the brand during a calendar year. Rewards kick in once you complete 20 nights and then you get to pick more every 10 nights after that up to 100 nights per year. The rewards include confirmed suite upgrades, bonus points and food & beverage creditds…Scene+ scores big at the expense of AIR MILES – watch for grocery earning and redeeming to come soon to the program!
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In a very unexpected move, news came out today that Empire Company Limited, the parent corporation of Sobeys, Safeway, FreshCo, IGA and numerous other grocery and drug stores has become a co-owner in the Scene+ program. This will mark the end of the grocery empire’s involvement with the AIR MILES program. AIR MILES has counted Safeway and Eastern Canadian Sobeys stores as decades long partners and gained western Canadian stores which were aligned with Aeroplan after the Safeway takeover. Empire has now counted three major Canadian loyalty programs as partners! Over the coming months these stores that have currently been part of the AIR MILES program will move over to Scene+ starting no less than in the company’s own backyard, Atlantic Canada.By August 2022 stores in Atlantic Canada should be participating in the Scene+ program and more will follow after that: The Scene+ rollout will begin gradually with stores in Atlantic Canada in August 2022, and then continue across the rest of Canada culminating in early 2023…
