New record high welcome bonuses on Tangerine Mastercards – 15% cash back for the first 2 months + MORE Oct 7th

 Tangerine just launched what could be considered the bigger cash back bonus ever – percent wise that is!   Both the Tangerine Money-Back Credit Card and the Tangerine World Mastercard have now eclipsed the world of 10% cash back welcome bonuses and have gone for the gusto with an awesome 15% back! From today through to November 30th when you apply for and are approved for either of these Tangerine cards you’ll be able to earn 15% cash back on all purchases in the first 2 months. The 15% is capped on $1,000 of purchases for a total cash back reward of $150. After that 15% cap is hit or after 2 months the regular earn rate of up to 2% cash back kicks in. Therein lies the key to the details of the offer. That’s why we say it is the biggest cash back bonus percent wise, we have never seen 15% before however since it is capped at $1,000 of spending it doesn’t match the likes of the 10% back offers that are typically awarded on $2,000 in spending ($200 cash back) or in the case of the SimplyCash™ Preferred Card from American Express which awards 10% back on the first $4,000 of spending for $400 cash back…

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 100,000 bonus points and no annual fee in the first year!  Back in August the Federal Government stated that COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory for air, rail and cruise ship travel. At the time they didn’t put dates in place that this new rule would become effective. We now know from Justin Trudeau’s announcement that it will be mandatory for “air travellers departing from Canadian airports, and travellers on VIA Rail and Rocky Mountaineer trains” to be vaccinated by October 30 however there will be a one month transition period “during which travellers not yet fully vaccinated will be able to travel if they can show a negative COVID-19 molecular test within 72 hours of travel. This transition period will end on November 30, 2021…

 Not only did American Express bring out an increased offer on the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card today but they also increased the bonus on the Business Platinum Card® from American Express. The new public offer on the card sees provides a bonus of up to 100,000 bonus Membership Rewards points.The new publicly available welcome bonus offer is broken down as follows: • New Business Platinum® Cardmembers  earn 80,000 Welcome Bonus points after you charge $6,000 in net purchases to your Card in your first 3 months of Cardmembership – enough to redeem for a $800 credit towards eligible purchases • Plus, you can also earn 20,000 points after your 14 month card anniversary date when you make a purchase on the card between months 14 and 17With this new bonus out Amex has also bumped up the refer a friend offer to 105,000 points on the card. Please reach out to us if you are interested in that offer.Those 100,000 points work out to a value of no less than $1,000 but you do have to take into account you will be paying two years of annual fees to earn those points…

 Early in September we provided our readers with details of the changes coming the American Express® Business Gold Rewards Card. Those changes are now here and along with the relaunch of the card comes an increased limited time welcome bonus offer of up to 70,000 Membership Rewards points.The Welcome Bonus The 70,000 point welcome bonus for new Business Gold Rewards Cardmembers takes what has now become a familiar pattern from American Express with the initial spend bonus and then the ‘hold on to the card for more than one year’ bonus:60,000 points will be awarded upon spending $5,000 in purchases on the Card in the first 3 months of CardmembershipAn additional 10,000 points will be awarded when making a purchase after 14- months of Cardmembership. The changesEarn rate changesThe base earn rate of 1 Membership Rewards point per dollar isn’t changing however American Express has removed the three supplier program and replaced it with a quarterly spend bonus…