The welcome bonus for the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card sees a 10,000 point boost to 30,000 points + MORE Mar 1st

 The third and final increased welcome bonuses we see from Scotia today comes on their lower end cash back Scotia Momentum Visa cards. The Scotia Momentum® Visa* card sees a new welcome offer of 7.5% cash back on the first $2,000 of spending and the Scotia Momentum® No-Fee Visa* card which sees 5% cash back on the first $2,000 in spending. Both cards also retain their introductory balance transfer interest rates of 2.99% and 7.99% respectively. Those are some pretty solid bonuses for lower end and entry level cards. Here are the top level details of each card:Scotia Momentum® VISA* cardScotia Momentum® No fee VISA* cardFYI the premium version of these cards, the Scotia Momentum® VISA* Infinite card retains it’s 10% back on $2,000 of spending and first year free offer.

 For nearly nine months now we’ve provided an abundance of coverage on Fairmont Hotels’ Stay Close offer. It has been one of the best hotel promotions to emerge during the pandemic and this is a reminder that there are only two weeks left to book the current version of it. The offer is works like this: you book two nights at any participating Fairmont or Accor Hotel in Canada, the U.S., Barbados and Bermuda and the rate per night will be halved essentially giving you one night free! You also have the option of converting a 2 night booking into a one night two room booking whereby you get that second room free.  Bookings must be made by March 15 for stays until June 30, 2021. Now if the past is any indication the March 15th deadline date may be extended for some of the hotels and/or we’ll see different hotels come on board for the offer with different booking dates.  Only time will tell if this will happen. There are actually 12 Fairmont Hotels in Canada participating (it was 11 back in January), 11 Fairmont & Swissotel hotels in the U…

 For the next three days Aeroplan will be awarding 5x points for all online purchases made via the Aeroplan eStore. You’ll be able to earn the bonus for purchases at over 150 retailers and don’t forget about each retailers own loyalty programs as you can earn points in those as well with these purchases. Whether it’s Sephora’s Beauty Insider, Chapter Indigo’s Plum Rewards or Lego Points – you name it you’ll also earn those points. Learn more about this offer here.  

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. Today is the last day to grab the increased welcome offers on the following BMO credit cards. All oBMO Rewards® Business Mastercard®BMO World Elite™* MasterCard®* BMO Rewards® MasterCardAll of the above cards will have lower welcome offers as of tomorrow. Image via BMO— And speaking of BMO, if you missed it over the weekend we released our latest podcast that looks into all the changes that BMO is making to their credit cards this year. Give it a listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, any other host of platforms or right on our site here.— Rewards Canada reader Barry M. asked us the following question about the new companion voucher offer on the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard:”Does the companion ticket need to simply be used to book a flight within one year or does the actual flight date need to be within that one year window?”We double checked with WestJet as it used to be that you had to fly within the 1 year period (at least that’s what a WestJet agent once told me) but that is not the case…

Next up in Scotia’s updates for today is a new increased welcome bonus offer for the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card. This new offer sees the welcome bonus boosted by 10,000 points. You will now earn 30,000 bonus Scotia Rewards points when you spend $1,000 on the card in the first three months of having the card. They do advertise the offer as up to 40,000 points as that includes the annual bonus of 10,000 points if you spend $40,000 on the card annually. Related: New increased welcome bonus for the Scotiabank Gold American Express card of up to 40,000 Scotia Rewards points The card also features no Foreign Transaction fees and earns 2 Scotia Rewards points on every $1 you spend on eligible grocery stores, dining, entertainment purchases and daily transit purchases (including buses, subways, taxis and more). All other purchases earn 1 point per dollar spent. The key thing to note here with this card over the Scotiabank Gold American Express card is the 2x points can be earned outside of the country whereas the Gold Amex’s accelerated bonuses are only available for purchases in Canada…