November 2 Update: WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard offer of 350 bonus dollars extended, Scotia lowers the welcome bonus on the Passport Visa Infinite Card & Top 5 Mastercard Cards to use at Costco updated

WestJet and RBC have extended the current increased welcome bonus of 350 WestJet dollars on the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard to November 11th. That's only a 12 day extension from the original October 31 end date. We don't have any details yet of what will come on November 12. As always it is a gamble - do you go for it now and secure a really good welcome bonus or wait with the hope of something better coming along. Learn more about the current offer here.

 

 In a surprising move when the credit card market is heating up here in Canada Scotia has lowered the welcome bonus for the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card by 5,000 points. Right now when you apply for the card you'll get 20,000 bonus points when you spend $1,000 on the card within the first three months and an additional 10,000 points if you can spend $40,000 in the first year. Learn more here.

 

 
In light of last week's news that Capital One will be ending their contract with Costco and Hudson's Bay we have updated our Top 5 Mastercard Cards to use at Costco feature. And this isn't because of Capital One (their Costco card never ranked in the Top 5) but we added the HSBC World Elite Mastercard to the Top 5 and removed the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard. While both effectively earn 1.5% at Costco the HSBC card is more flexible in terms of travel redemption options. Check out the feature here.

There's a little less than a week left to get the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card with its 25,000 bonus Aeroplan Miles offer and first year annual fee waiver. The question we have posed for more than a month now is whether you should get the card now or wait for the new version of the card that will come out on November 8. All I can say is that if you travel alone and want the most miles possible - apply for it now. You can apply for the card here.

 

Airline Schedule Updates

A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change and right now they are changing frequently!

Air Canada has further updated their flight schedules for December and January. You can find the complete list on Air Canada's site but here are some highlights:
Toronto-Calgary increasing to 8 flights per day
Toronto-Montreal & Ottawa increasing to 12 flights per day
Toronto-Vancouver increasing to 11 flights per day
Calgary-Houston & Phoenix resuming December 1
Montreal-Las Vegas & San Francisco resuming December 1
Toronto-Los Angeles increasing to 3 flights per day
Vancovuer-Honolulu & Maui resuming December 1
Toronto-Dubai resuming December 1
Vancouver-Delhi increasing to daily flights
Toronto-Seoul & Shanghain resuming December 1
Vancouver-Beijing resuming December 1
(Source Air Canada)

 Remember to visit and bookmark our COVID-19 resource page where we are keeping you up to date with all the latest airline, hotel, lounges and loyalty program news, policies, closures and more.

 

Posts since our last update:

• New Amex Offers for Sandman Hotels, Sutton Place Hotels, Indeed & Office Supply Stores
    Five new Amex Offers offers came out of the past few days. Two of the offers are seen…
• Earn 1,000 bonus points per night for stays at Best Western Hotels booked by Nov 4 – loosely targeted offer
    Best Western revealed another one of their short term booking bonus offers yesterday! These offers tend to be…
• New welcome offer for the National Bank of Canada World Elite Mastercard - $300 cash back and no annual fee in the first year
    National Bank of Canada has released a new welcome bonus for the premier card in their portfolio -…
• Receive a $100 hotel credit when you stay 2 or more nights at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa (beats the Stay Close offer!)
  Guess what? Here's another Fairmont Hotels offer to pass along! If there was an award for a hotel chain…
• Capital One ending its relationship with Costco and Hudson's Bay
    While perusing Twitter last night I came across this tweet from Andrew Clarke (who used to do PR…
• Marriott Bonvoy launches new work anywhere packages
  The COVID-19 pandemic created a new (well not really new but definitely brought it front and centre) trend from…
• October 29 Update: Earn up to 80 Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Miles for free, save 20% on Air Canada flights and five new bonus offers

  Over on our global site FrequentFlyerBonuses.com we detail how you can earn 80 free Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles…

Deals:

HSBC Premier Chequing Account Get up to $1,000* in cash back and rewards when you switch over to us by November 30, 2020 Find out more here.

Earn $300 cash when you open a new Scotiabank Ultimate Package! Plus earn Scotia Rewards or SCENE Rewards points. Find out more here.

Enterprise Rent A Car - Weekend Car Rental Special! Available now through 20/5/2021 at participating locations .Find out more here.

Fairmont's Stay Close offer of every 2nd night free returns with a vengeance and you can earn triple ALL Accor Live Limitless points on those stays

If you aren't using the Ampli Cash Back app yet you can get $5 when you download the app and join today with promo code AMPLI5 Find out more here

SkipTheDishes - Sign up with this link to get $5 off your first order over $15. Find out more here

WealthSimple Trade:  Receive $5 when you deposit and trade at least $100 worth of stock with WealthSimple Trade. Find out more here (We will also receive $5 when you receive $5)

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Other Bonus Offers

Copa ConnectMiles
- Double ConnectMiles on flights operated by Copa Airlines for tickets purchased from October 1, 2020 with travel completed by December 31, 2020. More... Until Dec 31, 20
- 40% discount when you buy 3,000 or more ConnectMiles. More... Until Nov 16, 20

Hyatt World of Hyatt
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Aruba Airport More... Until Dec 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Bogota / Convention Center More... Until Dec 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hôtel du Palais Biarritz More... Until Dec 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Boston / Seaport District More... Until Dec 30, 20
- 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt House Nashville / Franklin - Cool Springs More... Until Dec 30, 20
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