A major shift in this monthly feature as TD pulled back on their welcome bonus offers for their travel related products. As well the Platinum Card from American Express also saw its welcome bonus reduced so it left the list in mid-May. That brings the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card back to the top of the list and sees the HSBC World Elite Mastercard, BMO World Elite Mastercard and CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Cards jump into the top 5.
Editor's Note:
As travel is curtailed right now these offers are more forward looking and can and should be used towards your long term travel plans - whether that's later this year, next year or even beyond. Getting the cards now allows you to achieve the sign up bonuses as you wish and then continue to spend to build up those points and miles balances to make those future vacations that much better. - Or in the case of all the cards except the Alaska Airlines Mastercard you can also look at cash back or cash back equivalents like gift cards from each program if you are looking at short term financial help. If you are going for the latter focus on the cards that have no fee in the first year so that you can maximize your value.
Remember as well that you will find this list smack dab in the middle of the Rewards Canada homepage for easy reference!
Here are our top 5 credit card sign up offers for June (in order of welcome bonus value, calculated as minimum mile/points value minus annual fee)
No changes to this card means it stays put on the list The 50,000 points, awarded after
spending $1,500 on the card in three months are worth at least $500 in
our minds which means after subtracting the annual fee you are coming
out ahead by $380. In reality you can pull even more value out of the card (into four figures) as we outlined in our post A look at how The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card provides huge value! Don't forget you get an annual free night with the card as well on the card anniversary date!
Minimum Income: N/A
Minimum Income: N/A
Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard - 30,000 Miles (Apply here)
Minimum value: $330
Minimum value: $330
This card offers a welcome bonus of 30,000 miles when you spend $1,000
on the card in the first three months of having it. This is one of the
easiest bonuses to achieve and this card is one of the most churnable in
Canada. There are really no problems in getting it 2-4 times in one
year alone! Those 30,000 miles are worth no less than $330 when
redeeming for economy class flights and just go up from there like the
TD Aeroplan card.
Minimum Income: $80,000 Personal or $150,000 Household
Minimum Income: $80,000 Personal or $150,000 Household
HSBC World Elite Mastercard - 60,000 points (Apply here)Minimum value: $300
This card offers a welcome bonus of 60,000 points, split between 20,000 on first purchase and 40,000 more when you spend $6,000 within 180 days of getting the card. The annual fee of $149 is waived in the first year as well meaning these points come to you at no cost other than card spend.The card has a lot of other good benefits like no foreign transaction fees to consider as well! Those 60,000 points are worth $300 in travel rewards but those points can also be converted to British Airways Executive Club, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles or Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer.
Minimum Income: $80,000 personal or $150,000 household or $400,000 in assets at any Canadian Financial Institution
BMO World Elite Mastercard - 35,000 points (Apply here)
Minimum value: $250
This card offers a welcome bonus of 35,000 points which is awarded when you spend $3,000 in your first 3 months. The annual fee of $150 is waived in the first year as well meaning these points come to you at no cost other than card spend. The card also has one of if not the best travel insurance coverage of all cards in Canada.! Those 35,000 points are worth $250 when they are redeemed for travel via BMO Rewards.
Minimum Income: $80,000 personal or $150,000 household
Minimum value: $250
This card offers a welcome bonus of 35,000 points which is awarded when you spend $3,000 in your first 3 months. The annual fee of $150 is waived in the first year as well meaning these points come to you at no cost other than card spend. The card also has one of if not the best travel insurance coverage of all cards in Canada.! Those 35,000 points are worth $250 when they are redeemed for travel via BMO Rewards.
CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Card - 20,000 Miles (Apply here)Minimum value: $240
The bonus is awarded as follows: 15,000 Aeroplan Miles when you make your first Purchase with your Card + 5,000 Aeroplan Miles when you spend $3,000 or more in the first four billing periods. Plus your first year annual fee is waived! Depending on how you redeem those Aeroplan miles should be worth no less than $240 but more likely closer to $500 or more! In fact if you take the per mile value from our post from late July 2019 this welcome bonus would be worth $1,500 or more.
Minimum Income: $60,000 Personal or $100,000
If you went for all these cards you ultimately could end up with anywhere from $1,500 to over $2,500 in travel value. However even if you only take on one or two you are helping your travel budget significantly at no cost other than regular credit card spend. We don't really recommend getting all five in one month unless you know you can meet the minimum spend for them all at once, rather you'd want to pick one or two right now, perhaps another next month and so on.
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