And on the note of closures it has been announced that all American Express Centurion lounges worldwide will shut down temporarily as of March 21. So if you are still trying to make your way back to Canada and its after that date you can count on not accessing those lounges. (HT One Mile at a Time)
Rewards Canada reader Titaniumtux let us know that American Express has fixed the coding for Instacart, the grocery delivery service. No longer is it coding as 1x but now it is 5x points! The timing couldn't be better seeing that is really the only thing most people will be buying right now. Check out our confirmed Cobalt multipliers page right here.
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Rewards Canada reader Amy let us know that RBC makes you wait 90 days between applications for any of their credit cards - that puts a wrench into our post on How to score 700 WestJet dollars for 240, not that people are really interested in travel rewards in the short term but still many of us will go to a hoarding stance until things return to normal so you may still want to take a look at this offer as there are very good chance one or both of the cards in the article will have their offers extended past March 31.
Now to some bonus offers and I'll reiterate what I stated on our global bonus offers site FrequentFlyerBonuses.com and I'll do the same thing here on Rewards Canada. I'm not going to post any short term offers unless they make sense to like More Rewards Pile on the Points promotion. All offers I'll post will be more forward looking beyond mid-April when hopefully things start to return to normal here in Canada and globally. Here is what I have been posting on FFB:
In light of global events and a major slow down it travel we here at FFB will continue with our mission of delivering frequent traveller promotions to our audience but with some limitations. We will not be posting offers that end in the short term – that is for March and the first half of April. We will post offers that go beyond that or if it is a short term one, it will be one that doesn’t require travel such as free points for some sort of non-travel action, elite status matches or other promotions like that.
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank has a 10% bonus for transferring Marriott Bonvoy points until May 10. Learn more about that bonus here. Marriott Bonvoy points convert to JAL Mileage Bank miles at a 3:1 ratio and Marriott kicks in an additional 5,000 miles when you convert 60,000 points at once. That means 60,000 Bonvoy Points will get you 25,000 Mileage Bank Miles and this promotion will give you an additional 2,500 miles on top of that for a total of 27,500 miles per 60,000 points. Learn more about converting Marriott Points to Airline Miles here.
These are really the promotions to watch out for right now since travel is almost non-existent. JAL has some reward chart sweet spots in their program including the ability to ‘renew’ status for only 5,000 miles when you are part of JAL’s Global Club. A promotion like this will let you start getting ready for those future redemptions when the world returns to normal.
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RBC Rewards is offering 2x points when you choose to auto-convert Hudson’s Bay Rewards points until April 20. Now Hudson's Bay has closed all their stores but you should be able to set auto-convert on existing balances and you can still shop online with Hudson’s Bay and earn Hudson’s Bay Rewards points. Beauty of this is that you can go through an online shopping portal like Rakuten, Aeroplan eStore or airmilesshops.ca to earn in those programs, then earn the Hudson’s Bay Rewards points from the Hudson’s Bay purchase and then of course this RBC bonus! Find out more here!
Image via RBC
Posts since our last update:
- Air Transat to gradually suspend all flights
Porter Airlines isn't the only Canadian airline announcing a suspension of flights today. Air Transat also released news today…
- Porter Airlines to suspend all operations from March 20 to May 31
Porter Airlines announced this morning that they will be temporarily suspending all operations from Friday March 20 to May…
- Scotiabank raising points requirements for some non-travel redemptions including Points for Credit on May 4
Of course only a few days after we put up our post "In light of what's going on in…
- Rewards Canada's COVID-19 Resources Page
While we have been posting a lot of details on airline and hotel policies, news and more on the…
- More Rewards Pile up the Points - Earn up to 20,000 bonus points for collecting at multiple partners until April 8
More Rewards big promotion called Pile up the Points has returned until April 8. Last seen in August of…
- AIR MILES Mega Miles was set to launch this week but has now been postponed
The ever popular AIR MILES Mega Miles event was slated to start tomorrow but it has now been postponed…
- WestJet suspends all transborder and international flights as of March 22 for 30 days
Late last night WestJet announced they will suspend all transborder and international flights as of 11:59pm MT on March…
- In
light of what's going on in the world should you shift to a cash back
credit card instead of a travel card? Why not a card that has both?
Over the weekend some much happened here in Canada and while lots of travel was shutting it seems so…
- Canada closing borders to most non-residents and international flights limited to four airports
Prime Minister Trudeau announced this afternoon that Canada is closing its borders to most non-residents of Canada. Canadian citizens and…
- Marriott Hotels now waiving change & cancellation fees as well
Marriott is also following in the same footsteps of many airlines and hotel chains and have now updated their…
- Hyatt Hotels now waiving change & cancellation fees for stays in March & April and postponing World of Hyatt changes
I've been meaning to write about Hyatt's policy that they came out with at the start of the week…
- Air Canada Signature Suite in Vancouver set to open on March 14
Last night Air Canada gave a sneak peek of its brand new Signature Suite in Vancouver to the media…
- No fee changes and cancellation to be allowed for travel booked with AIR MILES Reward Miles
If you follow Rewards Canada on Twitter you would have seen our tweet detailing AIR MILES new change policy for…
- TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go Elite Status Match offer + other anniversary offers
Earlier this month TAP Air Portugal released a bunch of offers to celebrate the airline’s anniversary. We’ve had those…
- March
12 Update: Aeroplan to allow changes or cancel for full refund for
March/April travel, Earn 5x CIBC Rewards Points for Air Transat Europe
flights & a Hertz Elite Status Match offer
As of yesterday Aeroplan's Coronavirus policy was set in line with Air Canada's. If you have Aeroplan flights booked…
Canadian Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan- Triple Aeroplan Miles when you stay at Coast Hotels in Canada and the U.S.. More... Apr 13 - Jun 30, 20
Other Bonus Offers
ALL Accor Live Limitless
- 2,000 bonus Rewards points when you complete two stays at participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Register and book by May 4 for stays until Sep 30, 20
Choice Privileges
- 13,000 Bonus Privileges Points when you book 5 nights or more at a vacation rental on ChoiceVacationRentals.com. More... Book by May 31, 20 for stays until Dec 31, 21
JAL Mileage Bank
- 10% Bonus Mileage Bank Miles when you convert Marriott Bonvoy Points to JAL Mileage Bank Miles. More... Until May 10, 20
Marriott Bonvoy
- Earn up to 5,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at more than 30 Marriott hotels in the Dallas area. More... Apr 1 – Jun 24, 20
World of Hyatt
- Instant World of Hyatt Explorist status and fast track to keep that Explorist or reach Globalist status. More... Register by Nov 16, 20
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