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Air Canada Aeroplan members receive free access to streaming video content + MORE Jun 22nd
Starting today and running through to July 22nd Air Canada Aeroplan members will receive free access to video content from various Canadian entertainment providers."The carrier is making over 200 titles, including films, shorts and other video from its Canadian partners, available for streaming at .... More »
How to improve your chances of being approved for a personal loan + MORE Feb 5th
If you’re applying for a personal loan, chances are it’s not because everything is going perfectly. Maybe you’re juggling high-interest debt, covering an unexpected expense, or trying to get your finances back on track. And you wouldn’t be alone: total Canadian consumer debt grew by 4.1% jus.... More »
Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for April - These cards provide some of the best value out of their welcome bonuses + MORE Apr 7th
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of April 2020! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you s.... More »
Researchers discover Australia's largest flying reptile - La Prensa Latina + MORE Aug 10th
Researchers discover Australia's largest flying reptile La Prensa LatinaFlying reptile discovered in Queensland was 'closest thing we have to real life dragon' Sky News'Fearsome dragon' skull reveals beast that terrorized Australia’s skies CNETThis Spear-Mouthed 'D.... More »
March 26 Update: BMO AIR MILES Mastercard review updated, Aer Lingus providing 10% extra on vouchers, British Airways suspends all Canadian flights until April 17 + MORE Mar 27th
The Rewards Canada review of the BMO AIR MILES Mastercard has been updated! We haven't touched it since 2015 so it was in dire need of getting an update. This is the case with quite a few of our reviews and we hope to get to updating them all over the next little while. You can check out updated .... More »
November 15 Update: Save up to 40% on Priority Pass Business Class lounge memberships, Canadian North Intercommunity Holiday seat sale & more!
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Priority Pass has launched their annual Black Friday sale that offers up to 40% off their annual lounge access memberships! Find out more here. Here are the Black Friday prices:As an added benefit this year if you buy a membership during this sale you’ll get the following:A follow up email with three redemption codes of each brand below. MIDO Watches up 30% off on watches.Roam Luggage, fully customizable premium luggage receive up to $150 off Dufl stores receive a $200 Credit from Dufl. (*$200 value = can be used toward 2 standard U.S. DUFL trips OR $200 credit toward an international trip). Learn more about Priority Pass in Rewards Canada’s Guide to Business Class lounge access Receive $50 gift certificate PER NIGHT for Costco with your stay at the newly opened Courtyard Halifax Dartmouth. This rate prices out at about $40 more than the best flexible rate so you would be saving only $10. Full details & online booking. Until Apr 4, 20 Posts since our last update:You can now earn Flying Blue Elite Status Experience Points when flying on WestJet to 60+ destinations Flying Blue, the program for Air France KLM sent out an email today letting members in Canada know that…Up to a 50% Bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles until December 23! Alaska Airlines has brought back their best bonus for buying Mileage Plan miles! Right now you will get a…Hilton Honors: 100% bonus when you buy points until November 26 – this is one of the better buy points offers Hilton Honors has released another buy points promotion for their members! Once again this one is a nice flat…November 14 Update: Scotia will add Disney+ to streaming service category in the new year and 25% bonus Norwegian CashPoints for online shopping (yes Norwegian) As many of you will know, Disney officially launched their own streaming service, Disney+ earlier this week…Air Canada & Aeroplan websites/call centres will be unavailable November 18-19 for their new reservation system migration
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The time has finally come where Air Canada will migrate its current reservation system over to Amadeus. This move has been two years in the making since it was first announced that AC would move to Amadeus from Sabre. That being said, the migration will force Air Canada and Aeroplan to move their websites to off-line status and close their call centres for 12 hours or more on November 18 through to the 19th. If all goes well the system along with the websites and call centres should be back online by mid day on the 19th. Both Air Canada and Aeroplan have posted notices on their websites about what you as a passenger or someone looking to buy a ticket need to do during this down time: From Air Canada:From November 18-19, 2019, we will be migrating to a new Reservation system to improve your travel experience. If you’re booking or travelling during this period, here is important information you need to know: Starting at 20:00 ET on Nov. 18, the aircanada.com website as well as our phone Contact Centres will be off-line for making new bookings or changes until approximately mid-day Nov…You can now earn Flying Blue Elite Status Experience Points when flying on WestJet to 60+ destinations
– RewardsCanada.ca
Flying Blue, the program for Air France KLM sent out an email today letting members in Canada know that they can now earn elite status XP (Experience Points) on WestJet flights within Canada, to the U.S. and Central America. In all it appears that more than 60 WestJet destinations are eligible:They have set up a nifty website to show how many points you can earn on select routes with WestJet. Here are just a couple of the examples:For reference, here are the XP requirements for Flying Blue’s elite status levels:Silver: 100XPSilver to Gold: 180XPGold to Platinum: 300XPThe website also has a section on redeeming Flying Blue miles for WestJet flights. Prior to this it has been hard to find how many miles were required to fly on WestJet as Flying Blue stated you had tocall in to find out and book flights on WestJet. Again, here are just a couple of examples they show:Outside of actually flying on Air France, KLM, WestJet or their other airline partners the easiest way to earn Flying Blue miles in Canada is with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card…
