Showing posts with label Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards. Show all posts

Saturday, November 6, 2021

The online holiday shopping bonus season is here! It's time to earn more miles, points and cash back

 
Halloween is done and the Christmas Holiday shopping season is now in full swing! With that comes the opportunity to earn a bunch more miles and points when you shop online. We've seen numerous bonus offers come out for shopping online via airline and cash back shopping portals this week. Be sure to check them out if you are going to be doing some shopping over the next week or two! 

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

July 20 Update: Eearn bonus miles for U.S. online shopping & PaySimply adds more payment categories

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. 


 

If you are planning on shopping online from some U.S. retailers check out this trio of bonus miles offers via three U.S. airline's shopping portals:

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
Earn up to 1,200 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you shop online via the Mileage Plan Shopping portal. Click here to find out more. Until Aug 8, 2021
Tier 1 bonus: 300 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150; Tier 2 bonus: 600 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $300; or Tier 3 bonus: 1,200 miles for qualifying purchases of $500 or more.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

If you want to redeem your points and miles for gift cards you may want to do so sooner than later


Earlier today we brought you the news that Best Western Rewards removed the option to redeem their points for gift cards.  Now, we see Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards has done the same thing (Source Doctor of Credit) and that leads us to believe more programs may head down this route. Airlines, hotels and even non-travel loyalty programs are all seeing a significant drop in business right now and are making all efforts possible to conserve cash and this seems to be the case from the aforementioned programs.

Here in Canada my worries would mostly be from the larger programs like Aeroplan and AIR MILES and less so the credit card programs as to who may follow the lead of these other programs. Unfortunately the credit card companies will be benefiting from the financial crisis that Canadians face during this time so I don't see any reason for them to curtail cash and cash equivalent rewards.  Aeroplan and less so AIR MILES could run into a position where they will need to conserve cash sometime in the near future and if that happens it is possible to see them reduce or suspend these type of redemption options.

Right now the good news is that I haven't seen evidence of this happening just yet from any Canadian program.  However it is something you should take into consideration as the longer the pandemic drags on, the more Canadians will have to rely on their loyalty programs to help with their finances.

To learn more abot using points and miles for gift cards and other cash options I recommend reading  our feature Shifting your loyalty program strategy to help during these trying and tough financial times



Thursday, July 11, 2019

Podcast Episode 57 - What credit card should I get as a Canadian wanting to fly Southwest Airlines in the U.S.

Episode 57 - July 11, 2019
What credit card should I get as a Canadian wanting to fly Southwest Airlines in the U.S.


In this episode of the Rewards Canada podcast we review a question for advice we received from a long time fan of Rewards Canada and our recommendation for his situation. Our reader who lives in Southern Ontario has decided to ditch Toronto and Aeroplan and plans on flying Southwest Airlines out of Detroit. For him, a U.S. based credit card wasn't an option nor was an American Express branded card. Listen to find out more about his situation and what credit card we recommended for him. Here's a hint a for you - this is one of the stories we pitched to the client to get our podcast sponsored!

We are proud to have this episode sponsored by the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card!

Earn up to $350 in bonus travel rewards in your first year with the Passport Infinite credit card from Scotiabank. And enjoy no foreign transaction fees (only the exchange rate applies). Conditions apply. Offer ends October 31, 2019. Click here for more details

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