Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of April! This is not a 'best' credit card
list like our
Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition offers. As always when
choosing a card
you should always take other factors into account other than the sign
up bonus, but when most or all of these cards are first year free, they can and
do pay off even when not taking into account insurance packages and
other non-reward benefits. In fact all 5 cards on this list for April are first year free so you can try them out at no cost, get over $1,000 in rewards and
decide later on if the card is right for you. All the while earning the
sign up bonus which can be used to subsidize your travels! Just ensure you drop any cards you don't like before your 1st year anniversary.
No changes this month from the March list. Enjoy!
So here are our top 5 credit card sign up offers for April (in alphabetical order)
American Express Gold Rewards Card - 25,000 Points (
Apply here)
A mainstay offer here on Rewards Canada, the American Express Gold
Rewards card has its first year fee of $150 waived and will award you
25,000 Membership Rewards points when you complete $500 in spending in
the first three months. That 25,000 points is worth a $250 travel credit
via Amex's TripFlex feature or can be converted to 25,000 Aeroplan
Miles (1 Round trip Economy Award ticket within North America) or 25,000
British Airways Executive Club Avios (as much a 3 one way Economy Award
tickets in North America,
see this post for details.)
American Express Air Miles Platinum Credit Card - 2,000 Reward Miles (
Apply here)
A newcomer to our monthly Top 5 sign up offers, the American Express Air Miles Platinum card comes first year free
and
comes with a 2,000 Reward Miles sign up bonus when you complete $500 in
spending in
the first three months. That 2,000 Miles is worth anywhere from $220 to
$300 in flight value when you get around to redeeming them.
Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Visa - 30,000 Points (
Apply here)
The best no foreign transaction fee card in Canada makes it to this list
due to a very strong acquisition offer. I mean who can complain with
30,000 points awarded on approval and a certificate for a free night
stay at a Category 1-4 hotel for a potential of 5 free nights, all at no
cost as the card has the annual fee waived in the first year! They also
give you a 15 night credit into the mix which automatically provides
you with Marriott Rewards Silver Elite status.
There
is also a 50,000 Point offer meant only for Marriott Elite members
which many non-elites have had success with when they apply for it. (You may or may not get the full 50k and if they find out you are not Elite you may only receive the 30k)
TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card - 25,000 Miles (
Apply here)
Earn up to 30,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles and a 100% rebate off your first
year annual fee when you apply for and receive the TD Aeroplan Visa
Infinite Card. 15,000 Bonus miles awarded on first purchase, 10,000
after 90 days and 5,000 for adding an authorized user. That means those 25,000 are free and worth well over $400 and you'll
save the $120
fee in the first year. The 5,000 additional miles for the authorized user come with a $50 cost for that additional card.
TD First Class Visa Infinite Card - 40,000 Points (
Apply here)
Still with an increased sign up bonus but now with the first year fee waived,
the TD First Class Visa Infinite Card has also been a good card. The regular sign up of offer 20,000
TD Rewards Points has now been boosted to 40,000 (20,000
upon 1st purchase, 20,000 after 90 days) and the first year $120
fee waived which means you essentially get $200 of travel for free when you redeem those points via ExpediaForTD.
If you went for all these cards you ultimately could end up with over
$1000 in travel credits and hotel free nights but 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
In
this feature of Rewards Canada' Ultimate Credit Card Portfolios we look
at the ultimate wallet for earning and redeeming WestJet Rewards. We
have always recommended that you should carry a Visa, a MasterCard and
an American Express card in your wallet. The reason why is that there
are benefits, promotions and earning potential unique to each brand of
credit card. We won't go into detail here as you can read all about it
in our feature on how to 
