American Express Fall Offers provide up to 85,000 points for consumer cards and up to 110,000 points for business cards

 

American Express' big summer campaign came to a close earlier this week and the fall acquisition offers are now available. The fall campaign has a mix of standard welcome bonus offers and some elevated offers though not as high as what we saw over the summer. With that being said, all of the current welcome bonuses are still some of the more valuable offers in the market.

Home Hardware will join the Scene+ program in 2023

Wow, it's not just AIR MILES who has lost a partner to Scene+. News came out today that former Aeroplan partner Home Hardware is set to join the Scene+ program in 2023! There aren't a lot of details yet about the partnership other than it launching in summer of 2023 and that Scene+ members will be able to earn and redeem their points at Home Hardware stores.

Earn up to 4,000 bonus points for your Marriott stays this fall and one new American Express Cobalt Card confirmed 5x points location

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Marriott’s Fall systemwide promotion is now live. The promotion offers 2,000 bonus points per stay starting with your second stay. This offer can be earned at all participating Marriott hotels in Canada and worldwide for stays until December 15, 2022. Registration for the offer closes on December 1. Click here to register for and to book this offer. (Registration is required)

Earn a big bonus of 3,000 points per night at Radisson Rewards hotels in Canada and the rest of the Americas

Radissosn Rewards Americas is offering a great bonus of 3,000 points per night at their 600+ hotels in the Americas. This includes all of their hotels in Canada. The program awards 20 to 35 points per US$ spend on stays (earn rate is dependent on your elite status level) and then you'll earn this 3,000 bonus points for each and every night. With award nights starting as low as 10,000 points you could have enough points for a free stay after just two or three paid nights with this promotion.

The 3,000 bonus points offer

Earn 3,000 bonus Rewards Points for each eligible night stayed at all Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson RED, Radisson Individuals, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson, and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotels in Canada, the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean only. Max. of 100,000 bonus points can be earned per member during the promotion. Register & book now for stays until Dec 15, 22. Click here to register for & to book this offer.

Here are some more Radisson Rewards offers to check out:

• Earn up to 10,000 bonus Radisson Rewards points when you join Radisson Rewards Americas and stay at any of their 600+ hotels in the United States, Canada, Latin America, or the Caribbean. Stays must be complete within three months of enrollment. Join by Dec 31, 22 and complete stays by Mar 31, 23 Click here to register for this offer and book your Radisson stays.
• Earn 1,500 bonus Radisson Rewards points per night and up to 25% off stays at participating Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson RED, Radisson, Park Inn by Radisson, Radisson Individuals, prizeotel, and Park Plaza hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Book by Oct 21 for stays between Nov 1, 22 – Jan 15, 23. Click here for more details & to book this offer.

 

Scene+ is not just for movies anymore - it's become a versatile powerhouse for all types of rewards

 
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. 

RBC Avion Rewards add Lowes, RONA and Réno-Dépôt as their newest cash back partners

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

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

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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? 

Earn 100 bonus AIR MILES when you spend $100 at Save-On-Foods, Urban Fare and other grocery stores

The AIR MILES card linked offers for Save-On-Foods and affiliated grocery stores in Western Canada have now been revealed - you can earn 100 bonus miles when you spend $100 or more at these stores. We first brought you the news of this development last week and as today marks the day that AIR MILES can no longer be earned at Western Canadian Sobeys and Safeway stores the loyalty program has brought in this measure for collectors to continue earning more miles on their groceries. The offer provided

American Express referral bonuses doubled until Oct 26

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 

Earn up to 6,000 bonus Aeroplan points on Air Canada sun destination flights

If early season sun destination vacations are in store for you then check out this new bonus points offer from Air Canada. Right now you can earn up to 6,000 bonus points for flights or vacation packages to select destinations in the U.S., Mexico and Caribbean.