March 3 Update: Complete list of new TD Credit Card offers, fly Air Canada’s new A220 between Montreal & LAX and No AF KLM Promo Rewards for Canada this month + MORE Mar 4th

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September 23 Update: Spend $350 at William Ashley get $50 with Amex Offers, weekly beauty bonuses from Rexall & Shoppers plus WestJet adds Dreamliner to Vancouver-Toronto route Sep 24th

 Earlier in the week I brought you the details of the new Amex Offers offer for Amazon Prime (looks like it met the 5,000 member limit quickly) but I forgot to mention on that same day that an offer for William Ashley returned. The offer provides a $50 statement credit when you spend at leas.... More »
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The new CIBC Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card offer is 10,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass for travel in North America including Hawaii & Mexico + MORE Nov 9th

The last set of cards we look at early this morning (or late at night for those out West like us) are the CIBC Aeroplan cards. We start with their mainstay card - the CIBC Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card which is CIBC's equivalent card to the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card and replaces the vener.... More »
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World of Hyatt Bonus Journeys spring edition - 2,000 bonus points for every 2 nights + a free night award after 10 nights + MORE Feb 23rd

 Great news for World of Hyatt members - there isn't going to be any gap in being able to potentially earn bonus points for your Hyatt stays. The current World of Hyatt Bonus Journeys will be wrapping up on February 28 and right away on March 1st the new spring variation of Bonus Journeys will .... More »

Credit Card Review: American Express Cobalt™ Card Nov 21st

Let me start off that, yes, there was a lot of buzz about the launch of the American Express Cobalt Card back in 2017 so the anticipation for it was big. The card has now been around for five years and continues to dominate the Canadian market as the best travel rewards card and one of […] Th.... More »
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RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card limited time bonus of extra Avios on purchases and lowered spend requirement for the companion voucher + MORE Sep 26th

 Knowing that travel is curtailed RBC has revealed two new limited time offers/adjustments for those that hold their RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card. Those are a boost to the earn rate on the card and a lowering of the spend requirement to earn the annual companion voucher.Extra AviosAll.... More »
Last day to lock in awards before Marriott category changes take effect (we're looking at you Vancouver)Early in February we provided you with details on Marriott’s annual hotel category changes and those will take effect as of tomorrow. We also covered it in last week’s podcast if you haven’t given it a listen yet. This is just a friendly reminder that if you have been thinking of redeeming points or a free night certificate for a stay you may want to expedite it to today if the hotel you are looking at is moving up in the category list. If its moving down you can wait until tomorrow or later.View the entire list of category changes here. Just to recap the changes quickly – a total of 29% of Marriott’s locations Worldwide will be changing categories and for the most part it’s not pretty – 22% are moving up in categories with a lot of Category 5 hotels (Those that you can redeem for with your free night from the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card) moving to Category 6. Here in Canada the changes weren’t as bad if you just look at the numbers with 42 hotels changing and 55% of them moving down…

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March 3 Update: Complete list of new TD Credit Card offers, fly Air Canada's new A220 between Montreal & LAX and No AF KLM Promo Rewards for Canada this monthEarlier today (well late last night for us) we let you know about the new offer for TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card. This is the best offer of all the new TD offers that are out right now. Here are the others that also updated today:TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege Card: Earn up to 40,000 Aeroplan Miles (equivalent to 2 premium economy class short-haul roundtrip flight rewards)TD Aeroplan Platinum Visa Card: Earn up to 17,500 Aeroplan Miles (equivalent to 1 economy short-haul roundtrip flight reward) and first year no Annual Fee for the Primary and 1st Additional CardholderTD First Class Visa Infinite Card: Earn up to 65,000 TD Points (a travel value of $325). Plus, first year no Annual Fee1 for the Primary and 1st Additional CardholderTD Platinum Travel Visa Card: Earn up to 45,000 TD Rewards Points (a travel value of $225). Plus, first year no Annual Fee for the Primary and 1st Additional CardholderTD Rewards Visa: Earn up to 10,000 TD Rewards Points (equivalent to a $25 gift card) TD Cash Back Visa Infinite Card: Earn 6% Cash Back on all Purchases for the first 3 months up to a total spend of $2,000…

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The least rewarding travel rewards credit cards in CanadaHere on Rewards Canada we spend a lot of time discussing the best credit card options and offers for the Canadian market. While we do discuss all types of rewards cards you can tell our focus is primarily on travel. Travel is the reward coveted by most Canadians hence the huge popularity in these type of credit cards. With over 70 different travel card options the rewards offered really vary by card and by issuer. We thought it would be fun to look at the opposite end of the spectrum with this post. Instead of the top cards or offers we thought we’d take a look at the least rewarding travel rewards cards in Canada. Let me start off by saying that the worst or least rewarding credit cards out there are those that don’t  earn any rewards. With this piece we’re not gonna touch up on those but are going to look at the ones that you can actually earn rewards with but are the weakest in terms of redeeming those rewards for travel.Recommend reading: The True Value in Reward Redemptions Now, we have always stated that as long as you earning rewards on your credit card spending – and are financially responsible in that you pay off your balance every month – you are ahead of the game whether you are earning 0…

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