July 19 Update: World of Hyatt adds 20 more Small Luxury Hotels of the World locations, earn 5x points on some fancy cookies in YYC & two new Amex Offers + MORE Jul 19th

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. Hyatt”s World of Hyatt program added 20 more Small Luxury Hotels locations to the program last week. The 20 locations are spread out around the world and actually range in award night categories from 3 to 8 so some of these luxurious locations won’t actually cost an arm and leg in terms of points! Learn more about the Hyatt-SLH partnership here.New SLH hotels as of July 15, 2021:Auberge de Cassagne Spa in Le Pontent Avignon, France – Category 6 Bergwelt Grindelwald – Alpine Design Resort in Grindelwald, Switzerland – Category 6 Breidenbacher Hof in Dusseldorf, Germany – Category 6 Ca’ di Dio in Venice, Italy – Category 6 (opening August 1) Gaia Riverlodge in Cayo District, Belize – Category 6 Hotel La Roya in Saint-Florent, France – Category 6 Hotel Raphael in Paris, France – Category 6 Itzana Resort & Residences in Placencia, Belize – Category 5 La Torre del Canonigo in Ibiza, Spain – Category 6 Les Bories in Gordes en Provence, France – Category 6 Le Domaine d’Ablon in Ablon, France – Category 8 L’Escale Resort Marina & Spa in Mahé, Seychelles – Category 8 Matachica Resort & Spa in Ambergris Caye, Belize– Category 6 M/Y Kontiki Wayra – Kontiki Expeditions in Manta, Ecuador – Earn Only (Available for booking starting August 8) The American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel – Category 6 The Dunstane Houses in Edinburgh, United Kingdom – Category 5 The Grady in Louisville, Kentucky, United States – Category 5 Villa Soligo in Farra di Soligo, Trevosi, Italy – Category 3 White Coast Pool Suites in Milos, Greece – Category 6 Wilder Townhouse in Dublin, Ireland – Category 4Image via Hyatt—  We have one new American Express Cobalt Card confirmed multiplier location for you…

Whether you are a frequent flyer, a points & miles junkie or just someone who wants to have the utmost in flexibility with your travel rewards then there is one type of credit card that is the best for most of you and in reality for most Canadians. That type of card is the Hybrid Card. Hybrid cards are the moniker for these cards that Rewards Canada instituted many moons ago. Also known as Flexible Points card, Hybrid cards give the cardholder the best of all worlds when it comes to being rewarded from their credit card spending and welcome bonuses. Should you prefer you can also listen to this article as a Podcast or Video podcast:You may be asking the question – What are hybrid cards? Let us tell you. First we like to use the term Hybrid instead of flexible points as seen in the market as some card issuers call their points “Flexible Points” in that you can use to them to book any travel at anytime however they don’t have conversion options like some of other true flexible points cards in the market…

Aeroplan has brought back a buy points bonus for the next week and a half or so. This tiered offer sees bonuses ranging from 50% to 80% dependent on how many points you buy. This offer runs until July 30 and allows members to buy up to 350,000 points per transaction up to a new annual limit of 1 million points. If you buy 3,000 to 24,000 points you’ll earn a 50% bonus, 25,000 to 55,000 points will earn a 65% bonus and 60,000+ will earn the 80%.If you buy points at the 80% level, which kicks in at 60,000 or more bought points your cost on each point is 1.67 cents (C$) each before taxes. We value Aeroplan points at a minimum of 1.5 cents each so it wouldn’t make sense to buy them for the minimum level redemption but if you recall our post from last week on extracting value from the best ever Aeroplan American Express card bonuses we showed redemption examples of 1.72 cents (for economy class) and 4.35 cents (for business class). In both of those cases it would make sense to buy points as you would end up saving some cash – especially on the business class redemption!Offer details:Receive up to an 80% bonus when buy Aeroplan points online…