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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RWRDS Daily Update – January 20 Jan 21st
Earn up to 6,000 bonus Aeroplan points on Air Canada sun destination flights and four new RBC offers for statement credits & discounts. Check out today's points and miles updates here:
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How to convert American Express Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy (and take advantage of the 30% bonus!)
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Now that we are in the middle of the best ever bonus of converting American Express Membership Rewards points to their hotel partners I thought it best to update and re-post this how to guide for converting your points. In this post we look at converting to Marriott Bonvoy as that provides the best value but this will also work for transfers to Hilton Honors. We focus on the American Express Cobalt Card for this post due to it’s 5x points earning (which is 7.8 Marriott points with the bonus) and that’s the card we transferred from)The transfer processThe first thing you’ll want to do is login to your American Express account and once you are logged click on “View and Redeem Points”The next step that is required to complete this transfer is to add your Marriott Bonvoy member number to you American Express Membership Rewards account if you haven’t done so already. If you have multiple American Express cards, such as The Platinum Card and Cobalt Card, you will have two separate Membership Rewards accounts…June 15 Update: Credit cards that help you avoid those dreaded airline fees and Aeroplan providing some elites with status boosts next year
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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 and no annual fee in the first year! With travel slowly making a rebound and returning to many Canadian’s radars to happen in the next 3-12 months you are going to have to start thinking about those dreaded airline fees again! With that we have updated our feature on Credit cards that help you avoid those dreaded airline fees. In this piece we look at cards that save you those baggage fees, seat selection fees and other fees that just seem to add up all the time. Check it out here.— Rewards Canada contributor Bill W. sent over an email he received from Aeroplan that gives him a little boost for qualifying for status beyond 2022:In light of the impact of COVID‑19 on your travel plans, a few weeks ago we announced that your 2021 Elite Status will be automatically extended through the end of 2022…
