Earn up to 90 Bonus WestJet dollars on select flights in Canada

WestJet is now offering bonuses on even more routes within Canada outside of their More Canada More Rewards offer. The more you fly on the popular routes listed below the more bonus dollars you'll earn. There is a big window of flight eligibility, until December 15th, however you have to know your plans beforehand as you must book by July 31.

Offer details
Earn up to 90 bonus WestJet dollars when you fly on select WestJet routes within Canada. Full details, online registration and booking. (Registration is required) Register and book by Jul 31 for travel until Dec 15, 17

Bonuses as follows:

Flight frequency	Econo fare bonus	Flex/Plus fare bonus
Book 1st one way	5 bonus WSD	10 bonus WSD
Book 2nd one way	6 additional bonus WSD	12 bonus WSD
Book 3rd one way	7 additional bonus WSD	14 bonus WSD
Book 4th one way	8 additional bonus WSD	16 bonus WSD
Book 5th one way	9 additional bonus WSD	18 bonus WSD
Book 6th one way	10 additional bonus WSD	20 bonus WSD

Eligible routes to/from these select routes:

• Calgary-Comox
• Calgary-Edmonton
• Calgary-Halifax
• Calgary-Hamilton
• Calgary-Kelowna
• Calgary-Kitchener
• Calgary-Montreal
• Calgary-Saskatoon
• Calgary-Winnipeg
• Calgary-Victoria
• Edmonton-Calgary
• Edmonton-Halifax
• Edmonton-Vancouver
• Edmonton-Victoria
• Halifax-Calgary
• Halifax-Edmonton
• Halifax-St. John's

• Montreal-Calgary
• Montreal-Quebec City
• Montreal-Vancouver
• Toronto-Fredericton
• Toronto-Kelowna
• Toronto-London
• Toronto-Moncton
• Toronto-Ottawa
• Toronto-Quebec City
• Toronto-Sudbury
• Toronto-Thunder Bay
• Toronto-Winnipeg
• Vancouver-Edmonton
• Vancouver-Kelowna
• Vancouver-Montreal
• Vancouver-Prince George
• Vancouver-Winnipeg

RBC Rewards Visa+ increased sign up bonus of 2,500 Points (up to a $25 value)

When launched in 2016 the entry level RBC Rewards+ Visa Card came out without a sign up bonus. Somewhat rare but not unheard of for an entry level no annual fee card. Now RBC appears to be on an acquisition campaign for the card as perhaps the card isn't meeting the expectations of sign ups as they have added a sign up bonus for the card. Right now you can get 2,500 RBC Rewards Points when you apply for and receive the card. Those points can then be redeemed for a $25 gift card or $25 toward travel. Those are your typical 100 points = $1 redemption options. There are many other redemption options but they go up in the number of points required per dollar. The card itself isn't a very strong option for rewards. 1% back essentially on Gast, Grocery & Drug Store purchases and 0.5% back everywhere else. It does have other bonus point options when you go digital such as 500 points for providing your email, 500 for receiving eStatements and so on, up to 3,500 more points.

RBC Rewards+ Visa Card
- Get 2,500 welcome points* on approval and a 1.9% intro rate for 10 months∆ on balance transfers and cash advances
- Earn 1 RBC Rewards® point for every $1 spent on gas, grocery and drug store purchases†
- Earn 1 RBC Rewards point for every $2 spent on all other purchases†
- Get up to 3,500 bonus RBC Rewards points for going digital±
-Only RBC Rewards+ TM Visa‡ cardholders can get the most popular $25 gift cards‡ at an exclusive redemption rate**

Looking for feedback on the SimplyCash Preferred Card from American Express

As many of you know,  the SimplyCash Preferred Card from American Express was revamped back at the start of April and it was a good revamp. Good enough to make the Top Cash Back Credit Card in Canada for 2017.  That being said, we are looking for your feedback on the card. What would you like to see happen with it? Are you happy with it how it is or could you envision even more changes?

Some ideas we have come up with are:
- higher initial sign up bonus, 5% back up to $400 or $500 instead of $300
- first year annual fee waiver so more people could try it out
- allow more access to the accumulated cash back, that is rather than just paying out in September, pay it out monthly or as the cardholder requests as long as the balance is $25 or more.

What do you think? If you have ideas, comments, criticisms etc. Please comment below!

July 5 Update: Entire list of Delta cities you can use WestJet dollars for, Air Canada Europe Sale, $30 Amazon Gift Card for Country Inn stays

News, Tips & Tricks
One of our Twitter followers asked if Melbourne was on the list of cities that you can now use your WestJet dollars for. The answer unfortunately is no for Melbourne. We did provide a list to him of all the cities you can use your WestJet dollars for that Delta operates to and want to share that list with all our readers:

Looks like Air Canada's Vancouver to Delhi is doing well as when the route returns for winter it is increasing to 4x weekly and even 5x weekly for December and January. (Source Routesonline)

Central Mountain Air is adding new flights between Prince George and Edmonton. Another route that can make sense to use proprietary credit card points. (Source Routesonline)

Posts since our last update:

• First year free offer returns for the BMO Rewards World Elite MasterCard! That's $200 in travel for free!
  It's been sometime and lots of people have been asking us about this exact offer for well over a year…
• Earn Triple Miles for the first 6 months + 500 Bonus AIR MILES with the No Fee BMO AIR MILES MasterCard
  Back in June we told you to hold off on applying for three cards as they would get better in…
• WestJet Plus Fare Discount offer - Save up to 30% on travel in Canada & 20% for Europe
  WestJet has launched a new discount offer for those looking to book Plus fares. For those living in Montreal,…
• Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Awards - Save 25% on award tickets between Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver & Europe
  The newest set of Air France KLM's Promo Awards went last Friday and for us Canadians this set has three…
• Exclusive Offer: 10% off hotel stays booked via Agoda
  Rewards Canada (well our global site FFB which really are one and the same) has teamed up with Agoda,…
• Scotiabank SCENE Visa Card - New sign up bonus of 5,000 points, enough for 5 free movies
  This is the highest sign up bonus we have seen (or should we say Scene ;-) ) on this…

Travel Deals
Air Canada is offering 15% off select European destinations, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, Barcelona and Madrid. Book by July 7, 2017!. Find out more here.

Canadian Bonus Offers
AIR MILES
500 AIR MILES Bonus Miles after your first card purchase abd LIMITED TIME OFFE of 3X the Miles for the first 6 Months with the BMO AIR MILES Mastercard. More...

BMO Rewards
$150 annual fee waiver in the first year and get 20,000 welcome bonus points worth $200 in travel rewards with the BMO World Elite Mastercard. More...

Cineplex SCENE
5,000 bonus SCENE points when you apply for and get the SCENE® VISA* card. Bonus awarded with $500 in everyday purchases within the first three months.  That's - 5 FREE Movies. More... Until Oct 31, 17

Other Bonus Offers
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- July Promo Awards - Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for an award ticket. Destinations vary by each promotional period. More... Book by Jul 31  for travel Sep 1 - Oct 31, 17

Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
- Receive a $30 Amazon.com Gift Card when you stay 2 or more consecutive nights at participating Country Inns & Suites By Carlson hotels in the U.S. and Canada. More... Until Sep 4, 17

Etihad Guest
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus Guest Miles when you book hotels via Kaligo. More... Book by Jul 31 for stays until Dec 31, 17

Iberia Plus
- Earn up to Triple Avios for stays at select Derby Hotels in Madrid and Paris. More... Until Aug 31, 17

Le Club AccorHotels
- Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Sofitel & MGallery Hotels in Rio. More... Until Aug 23, 17
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating ibis Hotels in Madrid. More... Jul 1 - Dec 31, 17

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Triple QMiles on Hertz rentals of 5 or more days in France. More... Until Sep 30, 17

Starwood Preferred Guest
- OFFER EXTENDED Save 35% when you purchase or gift 5,000 or more Starpoints. More... Until Jul 14, 17

Follow Rewards Canada:

First year free offer returns for the BMO Rewards World Elite MasterCard! That's $200 in travel for free!

It's been sometime and lots of people have been asking us about this exact offer for well over a year if not nearly two! Finally we can tell you that the first year free offer on the BMO Rewards World Elite MasterCard has returned! This is a great way to try out this card to see if you like it and at the very least score yourself $200 in free travel!

BMO Rewards World Elite Mastercard

Limited Time: $150 annual fee waiver in the first year*
Get 20,000 welcome bonus points* worth $200 in travel rewards
Points you can use to cover all flight charges & taxes*
Fly on any airline, with no blackout dates*
Earn 2 BMO Reward points for every $1 you send on the card - that's 2% back on travel!*
VIP airport lounge access (over $200 US/year value)*

If you simply want the card to just get the 20,000 points for free, here's what you'll want to do. Get the card. Once the points are awarded book any travel, flights, hotel etc. via BMO Rewards and use your points towards that purchase. It can be over $200 but you'll just have to pay the difference. If it is a flight utilize your free lounge pass(es) that come with the card on the flights. Once you have used up the points and lounge passes you can go ahead and cancel the card before your first year card renewal as you'll have to pay the annual come that time. Also note that you'll lose your Priority Pass membership when you cancel the card. Be sure not to get a supplementary card as that will cost you $50 and eat away at the value you are getting for free with the card.

On the other hand if you are happy with the card you can continue on with it but we would only recommend doing that if you need and want the Priority Pass membership and 4 lounge passes. If you don't need those you are better off with a more flexible card, see our Credit Card Showdown!BMO World Elite Mastercard vs. Capital One® Aspire Travel™ World Elite Mastercard® for at least one example!

Earn Triple Miles for the first 6 months + 500 Bonus AIR MILES with the No Fee BMO AIR MILES MasterCard

Back in June we told you to hold off on applying for three cards as they would get better in July. One of those cards is the BMO AIR MILES Mastercard. This is the no annual fee version that for sometime now has had a sign up bonus of 500 AIR MILES. That bonus continues with the newest acquisition offer but on top of that they will offer you 3x miles on all purchases for the first six months. This means you'll earn 3 AIR MILES for every $20 you spend on the card. This is the strongest earn ever seen on an AIR MILES card regardless of whether it is a no fee card or the higher annual fee premium cards! If you are an AIR MILES collector this is something you'll want to look at even if it just having the card for those 6 months as it costs you nothing as it is a no annual fee card.










BMO AIR MILES MasterCard

500 AIR MILES Bonus Miles after your first card purchase
LIMITED TIME OFFER: get 3X the Miles for the first 6 Months!*
- and there’s No annual fee
- Earn more reward miles when you use your card at Shell, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car
- 1 AIR MILES reward mile for every $20 that you spend on your credit card
- Extended Warranty
- Purchase Protection

WestJet Plus Fare Discount offer - Save up to 30% on travel in Canada & 20% for Europe

WestJet has launched a new discount offer for those looking to book Plus fares. For those living in Montreal, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Sudbury & Saskatoon, you can save 30% on Plus Lowest base fares for travel to anywhere in Canada while the rest of Canada can Save 20% on Plus Lowest base fares to Canada and Europe (London Gatwick, Dublin & Glasgow). The cities who have the 30% offer for Canada also get the 20% off discount for travel to Europe.

Promo Code details:

Coupon code: 7H9NNWQ
Promo code: WNQ22
(this code is not required on westjet.com)
Book by: July 12, 2017 (9:59 p.m. MT)
Travel from: July 13 - August 31, 2017
Blackout dates: No blackout dates apply.

 

Click here for complete details or to book this offer

Air France KLM Flying Blue Promo Awards - Save 25% on award tickets between Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver & Europe

The newest set of Air France KLM's Promo Awards went live last Friday and for us Canadians this set has three cities for us! We haven't seen a Canadian city in the Promo Awards list since February so this is great news. With promo awards the discount ranges from 25 to 50% off the regular amount of miles required to redeem for these flights. As you can see just by the discount this can be a very good offer if you get 50% off for Business Class! However for us here in Canada we don't get any 50% offers once again but we do get 25% off which can definitely be utilized by some! While 25% isn't as good as 50% of course, it still is something to look at if you were planning travel in the first two months of the year.

Offer Details:
July Promo Awards - Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for an award ticket. Destinations vary by each promotional period. Full Details Book by Jul 31  for travel Oct 1 - 31, 17

Here are the Canadian offers available for booking this month for travel in April & May:

Don't have all the miles? You could always consider transferring Starpoints earned via the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express to Flying Blue. The card has a 20,000 Starpoint bonus right now which translates to 25,000 Flying Blue miles! More than enough miles for a one way flight in Economy between Vancouver and Europe. You can add in even more miles with the Marriott Rewards Premier Visa card, its 30,000 point sign up bonus translates to 10,000 Starpoints which means another 10,000 Flying Blue miles. That's almost enough miles to do the round trip Vancouver-Europe flight.  

Exclusive Offer: 10% off hotel stays booked via Agoda

Rewards Canada (well our global site FFB which really are one and the same) has teamed up with Agoda, the owned by Priceline hotel booking site, to provide our readers with an exclusive discount for booking hotels via their site! The offer of 10% is good for bookings made until the end of this year.

RewardsCanada.ca / FrequentFlyerBonuses.com Exclusive!
Save 10% on any hotel bookings made via Agoda using our exclusive promo code: AGODAFFB10
Be sure to input the code when you book online at Agoda (you must book via this link to have the code work) This code is valid until December 31, 2017

An example of our promo code at work:

Please note this discount will not work on PointsMAX bonus offer bookings. You can only earn your regular rate of miles with any of Agoda's airline or other loyalty program partners.

Scotiabank SCENE Visa Card - New sign up bonus of 5,000 points, enough for 5 free movies

This is the highest sign up bonus we have seen (or should we say Scene ;-) ) on this card since we started tracking it! As of today if you apply for and are approved for the no fee Scotiabank SCENE Visa card you can earn a bonus of 5,000 SCENE Points.  The bonus is awarded after spending $500 on the card within the first three months of having the card. $500 isn't too bad, can be hard for those students who get this as their first card but really is should be achievable for most.

Once you receive the sign up bonus you have enough points for five regular priced movies at Cineplex theatres across Canada or $45 off purchases at places like Sport Chek, Cara group of Restaurants and more! Find out more about this offer or apply for the card here.




  

SCENE® VISA* card
• 5,000 bonus SCENE points with $500 in everyday purchases within the first three months.  That's - 5 FREE Movies*
• Earn 1 SCENE point for every $1 you spend on credit card purchases
• Earn 5 SCENE points for every $1 you spend on SCENE Visa purchases at participating Cineplex Entertainment theatres or online at cineplex.com
• Rates, fees and other information are effective as of July 1, 2017.  Subject to change.



To be eligible for the 5,000 bonus points, you must have at least $500 in net purchases (purchases less returns, refunds or other similar credits) posted to your SCENE Visa account in the first 3 months from the account opening date. The 5,000 bonus points will be awarded within 2-3 business days of the completion of the $500 in purchases. Only one welcome bonus is awarded per SCENE Visa account. In cases where both the primary and co-borrower cardholders are SCENE members, the 5,000 bonus points will be credited to the cardholder making the first purchase. Offer applies to new accounts opened by October 31, 2017. SCENE members can redeem 1,000 points for a free General Admission movie ticket. Offer not applicable to SCENE Student Visa card.