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

  Episode 71 – September 25, 2020 The Fall Outlook Episode In this episode we take a look at what’s going to happen in the points and miles world for the fall. From travel & cash back credit cards to hotel stay bonuses and airline flight bonses – we discuss what you can anticipate happening in the Canadian loyalty space over the next three months. Click Here to download the podcast (mp3) or download/subscribe via: Links relating to this week’s topics: Amazing new welcome offer for the HSBC World Elite Mastercard – Up to 100,000 points with first year free! (Quebec gets 130,000 points with fee) Hilton Honors next systemwide promotion has been revealed – Double Points & Elite Nights New Hyatt promotion to offer up to 4x points on all stays + an extension to some existing offersBest Western’s fall promo is here: Get a $25 Best Western Gift Card for Each Night You StayIHG Rewards Club Fall Promotion: Double Points on all stays from October 1 to December 15Marriott Bonvoy – Earn 2,500 bonus points per stay + extra points after multiple staysWestJet Rewards offering double qualifying spend on all eligible flights until December 15Canada’s Top Cash Back Credit Cards 2020Shopping tips to earn more points & miles

 UPDATE: Thanks to Ben for pointing out my vagueness in the below update. On Monday when I first posted about the Amazon Prime offer I posed this as I questioned whether existing Prime members could avail of the offer as well:”what about existing members who can renew in that time and I don’t know the answer yet. I’ll reach out to American Express to find out but if I don’t hear back I’ll be able to report if it works as my Amazon Prime membership renews on October 26″Basically I wanted to see if the offer would only work for new Amazon Prime Members or if existing members could also earn the $20 credit. The way Amex explained it to me is that it would work for both new and existing members however for existing members you need to pay for the membership with a card that has never been used to pay an Amazon Prime membership before. So in my case as mentioned below my Platinum Card was targeted for this offer and I did register for it before it was closed due to reaching 5,000 members…

 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 purchases made on the RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card until November 30 will earn 50% more Avios. That means all purchases outside of those made with British Airways will earn 1.5 Avios per dollar spent and if you do buy flights on British Airways you’ll earn 3 Avios per dollar instead of 2. Recommended reading: The Ultimate Flight Companion Pass Credit Card portfolio Lowered spend requirement for the Companion VoucherNormally you have to spend $30,000 per year on the card to receive the Companion Award eVoucher but they have lowered that to $25,000 until December 30. Now if you have already earned the voucher for this year they are offering the following:Already earned a Companion Award eVoucher? We have some great news, you can use your Companion Award eVoucher with any British Airways fare, combining Avios and cash…