RBC provides clarification on Avion Rewards via bank accounts/ION Cards, Brim drops their World Mastercard & a new way to access the Priority Security Lane at Toronto Pearson Airport + MORE Sep 23rd

What a day for news in the crazy world that are loyalty programs in Canada. Scene+ launches with Sobeys, Safeway and other stores in Western Canada, AIR MILES counters with offers at Save-On- Foods and other stores, PC Optimum launches their Points Days on the same day and now RBC comes out with news about former AIR MILES partners: Lowes, RONA and Réno-Dépôt The new RBC Lowes Partnership Starting today, shoppers can use their RBC debit or credit card to earn cash back in the form of statement credits at all Lowe’s, RONA and Réno-Dépôt corporate stores across Canada and online to immediately access the following offers:Personal banking clients will receive 10% cash back on the first $250 of their total spend, followed by 5% cash back on their next $1,250 of total spend (a total value of $87.50).Business banking clients will receive 5% cash back on the first $3,000 of their total spend (a value of $150).Canadians who apply for a new RBC credit card through Lowe’s, RONA and Réno-Dépôt corporate stores or online will receive 10% cash back on all purchases for the first 12 months at Lowe’s Canada’s banner locations, up to $1,000 in total spend (a total value of $100)…

After the big summer bonuses ended earlier this week American Express has shifted gears with their next acquisition campaign and are looking to existing cardmembers to do some pumping for them. You may ask how are the planning to do that? Simple reward the existing cardmembers with more points. American Express is offering existing Cardmembers Double Points for each approved referral between September 21st and October 26th, 2022 The referral bonuses are available on a long list of cards with the only the AIR MILES and SimplyCash cash back cards being excludedThe referral bonuses:The Platinum Card®Cardmembers could earn a referral bonus of 20,000 Bonus Membership Rewards® Points for every approved referral if their friend applies for the Card by October 26, 2022. American Express® Gold Rewards Card Cardmembers could earn a referral bonus of 15,000 Bonus Membership Rewards® Points for every approved referral if their friend applies for the Card by October 26, 2022.  American Express® Aeroplan®* Reserve CardCardmembers could earn a referral bonus of 20,000 Bonus Aeroplan®* Points for every approved referral if their friend applies for the Card by October 26, 2022…

Here’s your Rewards Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. We have received a reply from RBC on how their Avion Rewards redemptions are handled when you have bank account and an ION card (but not an Avion credit card) Here is the question we asked in our RBC Rewards has now officially become Avion Rewards post:If you have an RBC bank account that qualifies for Avion Premium and gets the 100 points to $1 redemption rate and you add in an ION card, what redemption rate for travel do you get? The 100 to $1 or the 172 to $1? And this is what RBC told us:The redemption rate is driven by the product the points are earned on. If the client holds a bank account and an ION card, they will see two points balances, and the redemption rates for each of those points balances will be differentSo it seems the points earned from the products cannot be pooled into one for something like a travel redemption. I would assume you have to choose from one or the other? Image via RBC — Brim Financial appears to have dropped the World Mastercard from their line up of products…

 With Scene+ replacing AIR MILES at Sobeys, Safeway and other store across Canada you may be asking yourself why should I bother with a movie rewards program. Well you should, as Scene+ is not just about movies or even dining anymore. The actual revamped Scene+ program launched late in 2021 and was the joining of Cineplex and Scotia’s separate reward programs into one. Thus you have a movie+dining program in Cineplex SCENE combining with a travel rewards, cash back, merchandise and more program from Scotia Rewards to create Scene+. A program that covers all the reward point earning and redemption options of what the separate programs had before and now it also includes groceries. In this post we’ll give you general overview of all that the new Scene+ program has to offer so that you can see for yourself that it’s not just for movies anymore.Credit CardsPrior to becoming Scene+, when it was simply Cineplex SCENE, the program had a partnership with Scotia and offered the Scene Visa co-branded credit card…

With inflation rising to levels not seen in decades, most Canadians could use a little extra cash. One of the easiest ways to pad your bank account is by earning free PayPal money online.
But which apps let you earn PayPal cash, and what do you have to do to get paid? In this article, I review 14 different apps that will reward you with PayPal money (and other prizes).
I’ve included something for everyone – cashback apps (for online shopping), get-paid-to apps, paid survey sites, fitness apps, and even apps that give you prizes for playing games.
Ways to Earn Free PayPal Cash
Before we get to the list, let’s take a look at the many ways you can collect free PayPal money:

Completing online surveys
Online shopping
Watching videos
Play games
Market research panels
Other simple tasks
Completing offers

Alternatives to Getting Paid Via PayPal
Not everyone wants to earn rewards in the form of PayPal cash – other payment options can be just as appealing. Here is a list of the many ways you can redeem points earned on the apps featured below:

A credit to your PayPal account
Cheque in the mail
Gift cards
Crypto assets
Free game codes
Branded merchandise
Prepaid credit cards

Apps that Pay Free PayPal Cash
Below are 14 apps that can reward you with PayPal cash…