Showing posts with label Triangle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Triangle. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

October 24 Update: CIBC Aventura discounted points offer for WestJet flights, Triangle adds Husky as a partner, 150 Bonus AIR MILES at Rexall

CIBC Aventura cardholders have another limited flight discount available to them. You can fly on select WestJet routes for 9,000 to 25,000 Aventura points. Amount of points and the discount depends on the route. Book by November 30 to take advantage of this offer Find out more here.
Here is an example of some of the redemption rates from Calgary:
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Back in June we let you know that the boutique hotel loyalty program, Stash Rewards came back to Canada with the addition of four hotels in B.C. and a fiftth to come soon. That 5th hotel, the Opus Hotel Vancouver is now officially part of Stash Rewards. Find out more here.



Earlier this month, Canadian Tire's coalition loyalty program, Triangle added another partner. Husky is now part of the program but it does look like it only participates if you use a Triangle Credit card:
Husky is a Partner location of the Triangle Rewards™ program. Members are able to collect 5¢ per litre in CT Money® on qualifying fuel purchases with a Triangle Mastercard. In addition, Triangle World and Triangle World Elite cardholders collect 7¢ per litre in CT Money on qualifying premium and diesel fuel purchases.
MyHusky Rewards continues as Husky's program and can be earned on top of the CT Money earned. Find out more here

Tomorrow only you can get 150 Bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles when you spend $50 or more at Rexall. That's one of the best bonuses we've seen in some time from Rexall! Get the coupon here.

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Travel Deals
Air Canada has Asia on sale right now with special fares on flights to Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul or Tokyo. Book by Nov 2. Book online here

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Other Bonus Offers
Best Western Rewards
- Double Rewards Points for stays at the Best Western Plus Premium Inn Sunny Beach Bulgaria More... Until Jan 2, 19

Hyatt World of Hyatt
- 40% Bonus World of Hyatt Points when you buy points. Note there is a minimum point purchase requirement that varies by member.  More... Until Nov 27, 18
- 2,000 Bonus World of Hyatt Points for every stay of 4 or more consecutive qualifying nights at Hyatt House hotels worldwide. More... Register by Nov 30 for stays Nov 1 - Dec 31 , 18

JAL Mileage Bank
- Triple Mileage Bank Miles for stays on the Dusit Bed & Breakfast package at participating Dusit Hotels in Asia Pacific and Africa. More... Until Dec 31, 18

Le Club AccorHotels
- 300 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Austria or Germany on the flexible rate. More... Book by Nov 8 for stays Dec 31, 18

Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer
- Double iPrefer Points when you stay at participating Preferred Hotel Group hotels in the Middle East. More... Until Dec 31, 18
- Double iPrefer Points when you stay at participating Preferred Hotel Group hotels in Peru.  More... Until ?

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- 50% Bonus Flying Club Miles for stays at IHG Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Dec 31, 18
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Flying Club Miles when you book hotels via PointsHound. More... Book by Oct 31, 18
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Monday, April 9, 2018

Canadian Tire to revamp loyalty program - now called Triangle and will include updated Mastercards


Canadian Tire has announced that they are revamping their 60 year old loyalty program which has simply been known as Canadian Tire Money. The program along with its Options Mastercards will now be known as Triangle, named after the iconic Canadian Tire triangle logo. It is being touted as the loyalty program's biggest revamp in 6 decades - a name change and updates to the Mastercards they offer from Canadian Tire Financial as well as a push to educate Canadians that you can earn Canadian Tire Money (still the loyalty currency of the new Triangle program) as places like Sport Chek and select Marks and Atmosphere locations. The latter of which  we discussed back in January.

From the details we received from Canadian Tire, it looks like the biggest changes are coming in the Mastercards being issued by CTFS as they move to a cash back style model that rewards you with Canadian Tire Money rather than the multiplier of Canadian Tire Money currently seen. For example the current Options Mastercards earn 10x Canadian Tire Money for Canadian Tire, Sport Chek, Marks and Atmosphere purchases and 2x Canadian Tire Money for all other purchases. The new cards will offer 4% back in the Canadian Tire, Sport Chek, Marks category and 0.8% to 1% back for all other purchases except the Triangle World Elite Mastercard will also earn 3% back for grocery purchases (up to $12,000 in those purchases annually)


What we don't know yet is what the earn rate of Canadian Tire Money will be at these stores when you don't use their credit cards.

Update: Canadian Tire has reached out to us to let us know the Triangle Rewards earn rate without the credit card will be 0.4%.

The program has never published a set earn rate previously and the terms and conditions say the earn rate will vary from time to time. Also will be interesting to see if you can double dip in the new program as the old program did not allow that, it just multiplied the earn rate if you did use an options credit card. The base earn rate of these new cards are quite weak and really only make sense for those people who shop a lot Canadian Tire, Sport Chek, Marks and Atmosphere stores.

Update from Canadian Tire: 
To confirm the process in-store – if the customer is not a Triangle Rewards member, or does not present proof of membership at the time of purchase, the customer will be offered physical Canadian Tire Money back if they make their purchase using debit or cash, otherwise, they’ll earn Canadian Tire Money back on their Triangle Rewards card.

So it almost seems like there will not be a double dip - you'll earn 4% when you use the Triangle Mastercard at their stores, not 4.4% that would happen with a double dip if they allowed it.

Once the new program is live and the credit cards are released we'll have more details and will also add the cards to our cash back credit card comparison charts.