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Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for December - nearly $1,500 in travel rewards with these cards + MORE Dec 6th
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of December! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should alwa.... More »
American Express Cobalt Card: 67 new confirmed multiplier locations to earn up to 5x points! + MORE Aug 25th
Here’s the next update to our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations list with 67 new locations from across Canada being added today. A big thank you to the RWRDS Canada community for providing all the latest details on these new locations that have been added to the thousands.... More »
February 3 Update: Earn 2x elite qualifying points on your IHG stays, Flair Airlines 50% off to the U.S. & Mexico flash sale and Avianca Latin America seat sale + MORE Feb 3rd
Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your bear 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 100,000 bonus points worth $500, ha.... More »
WestJet adding new flights between Toronto and Scotland including Edinburgh + MORE Aug 31st
A new destination and and additional International routes are being added to WestJet's route map for 2022. The airline announced a return to Glasgow from Halifax but are also adding new flights from Toronto. On top of that they are also adding a new city to the map and that is Edinburgh which .... More »
RWRDS Daily Update September 15: Marriott and Miles & More expand partnership & 50% bonus tier qualifying spend on WestJet flights + MORE Sep 16th
Marriott Bonvoy and Miles & More launch enhanced loyalty partnership, Earn 50% bonus qualifying spend on WestJet flights (Targeted offer) and we review the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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M.G. Vassanji delivers a dystopian story
– macleans.ca
NOSTALGIA
By M.G. Vassanji
Vassanji built his reputation as one of CanLit’s favourite sons with novels focused on colonialism, immigration and the search for identity in a cruel, complex world. His latest book tries to carry those themes into a new genre, dystopian fiction. Nostalgia is set in a futuristic Toronto where the rich live forever by erasing their memories and implanting new ones. Vassanji describes it in the novel as a search for immortality, but that is a stretch. If memory is erased, the only thing left is the body. However, in Vassanji’s world a new body can be provided when the new memories are implanted, so people aren’t becoming immortal; they are becoming new people.
The strength of the novel lies in the development of the protagonist, Dr. Frank Sina. He specializes in helping people whose memories from past lives keep seeping in. When one patient tells Sina about such recollections, Sina realizes he remembers those moments too, and the rest of the book follows Sina’s attempt to discover his past life…
This may not be as lucrative at the 60,000 point sign up bonus we saw earlier this year or even the 50,000 in past years but this new sign up bonus of 40,000 Bonus Points is definitely better than the standard 20,000 points the card normally offers. Since the card can be churned now may be the time to get it since it has no annual fee and you’ll score those 40,000 points at no cost then hopefully timing will work out for you to get the card in the future with an even bigger bonuses. We’ve seen 40,000 and 50,000 point sign up bonuses for this card in the past while the standard sign up bonus is 20,000 points. Unlike the 60K offer earlier in the year this offer doesn’t have a spend requirement, you’ll simply get the 40,000 point on your first purchase. Offer details:• Earn 40,000 Best Western Rewards® points on your first purchase – qualifying you for two free nights• Earn 1 Best Western Rewards® point for every $1 in eligible purchases • Earn 5 Best Western Rewards® points for every $1 in eligible purchases at Best Western properties • You will be awarded “Gold Status” upon first use of your credit card and “Diamond Status” when you spend $10,000 in eligible purchases within one year • No limit to the Best Western Rewards® points that can be earned using the credit card in a year • Use your Best Western Rewards® points in many ways – hotel stays, elite status upgrades, dining, airfare, gift cards and more…M.G. Vassanji delivers a dystopian story
– macleans.ca
NOSTALGIA
By M.G. Vassanji
Vassanji built his reputation as one of CanLit’s favourite sons with novels focused on colonialism, immigration and the search for identity in a cruel, complex world. His latest book tries to carry those themes into a new genre, dystopian fiction. Nostalgia is set in a futuristic Toronto where the rich live forever by erasing their memories and implanting new ones. Vassanji describes it in the novel as a search for immortality, but that is a stretch. If memory is erased, the only thing left is the body. However, in Vassanji’s world a new body can be provided when the new memories are implanted, so people aren’t becoming immortal; they are becoming new people.
The strength of the novel lies in the development of the protagonist, Dr. Frank Sina. He specializes in helping people whose memories from past lives keep seeping in. When one patient tells Sina about such recollections, Sina realizes he remembers those moments too, and the rest of the book follows Sina’s attempt to discover his past life…
September 30 Update: Use Amex Membership Rewards Points at Amazon.ca, Bonus Shoppers Optimum points & last day for Marriott contest!
– RewardsCanada.ca
News, Tips & TricksRewards Canada will be on the Informed Traveler radio show this Sunday as we discuss the Marriott acquistion of Starwood and how it affects members of the two chain’s loyalty programs. You can hear it at 8am MT on Newstalk 770 in Calgary and 10am PT on Newstalk 980 CKNW in Vancouver. Learn more about the show here. During our update of Rewards Canada’s Guide to Business Class Lounge Access we came across an offer for CIBC credit card holders. You can save 25% off of lounge visit package rate when you buy them at any Plaza Premium lounges in Canada or if you book ahead of time online you’ll get 15% for lounges in Canada or 10% off globally outside of Canada. This offer is good until Dec 31. Find out more here! American Express has teamed up with Amazon.ca so that you can pay for purchases with points at check out! The redemption rate is that same as the Use Points for Purchase program of 1,000 points = $7. Pretty cool option though thinking you could go totally cashless with your Amazon purchases…
