November 14 Update: Podcast Episode 35 is here with Give A Mile, first Air Canada 737 MAX routes, 8 new bonus offers

Podcast Episode 35 is here! You can listen to or download it on Apple iTunes, Google Play, our website and Soundcloud. In this episode we welcome back Kevin Crowe of giveamile.org. Give A Mile should be well known to many of our readers now and it's great to have him back on the show. Kevin discusses what Give A Mile is all about and tells us about their Christmas Campaign where they want to raise enough miles or cash to donate 50 flights of support!

About a month ago we brought you details of WestJet's first Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight but they aren't the only airline in Canada to order the plane. Air Canada is also bringing them in and their first revenue flight with their new 737 MAX 8 will be from Montreal to Calgary on December 11. It is kind of interesting that Air Canada is putting the plane onto the Calgary route first - almost seems like a jab at WestJet and saying "Hey we've got the plane too and we're going to fly it into your territory" The planes will also fly between Montreal and Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto as well as Toronto to Ottawa. (Source Routes Online)

We're going to keep this reminder going in each update until Christmas:
Check out the Give A Mile Flight Hero campaign! The charity can really use donations of miles to help provide flights to those who otherwise would be unable to travel to visit terminally ill or critically sick family and friends. Rewards Canada has pledged to raise 100,000 miles and we are half way there! We are putting the call out to all of our fans, readers and even new visitors, if you can give please do so. It can be as little as 1,000 miles! You can find out more and donate here.


Posts since our last update:

• Hilton Winter Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa
  Last week we previewed this sale as it was only available to Honors members and now as of today Hilton's…
• 5 Days Only! 30% Discount on buying Choice Privileges points and how it gets you MileagePlus miles for US 1.18 cents each
  Choice Privileges last buy points offer just ended yesterday and now they launch this 5 day sale offering a…
• Negative changes coming to the BMO Rewards and AIR MILES World Elite Mastercards?
  Rumours have been swirling around for a few weeks that there are changes coming to the BMO Rewards World Elite…
• IHG Rewards Club Your World Sale - Save 15-30% off destinations across the globe for a limited time
  IHG has launched their Black Friday sale today! Entitled the Your World Sale, it provides up to 30% off…

Travel Deals


Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers

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Other Bonus Offers
Air France KLM Flying Blue
- Quadruple Flying Blue Miles for stays at any participating Accorhotels worldwide. More... Booking Book by Nov 30 for stays until Dec 31, 17

American AAdvantage
- Earn up to 8x AAdvantage Miles when you rent at participating Hertz locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. More... Until Mar 31, 18
- Earn up to 50,000 AAdvantage Miles when you earn miles from 10 select AAdvantage partners. More... Until Dec 31, 17
- Earn up to 100,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you buy or gift 10,000 or more miles. More... Until Nov 27, 17

Copa ConnectMiles
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus ConnectMiles for stays at Marriott Hotels & Resorts in the Caribbean and Latin America. More... Until Jan 15, 18

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn up to 100% Bonus IHG Rewards Club Points when you buy points online. More... Until Dec 8, 17

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to 800 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor hotels in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. More... Book by Jan 10 for stays until Jan 31, 18

Shangri-La Hotels Golden Circle
- Double GC Award Points for stays in a suite at Shangri-La Hotel, at The Shard, London. More... Until Dec 25, 17

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Hilton Winter Sale - Save up to 25% on weekend stays in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa

Last week we previewed this sale as it was only available to Honors members and now as of today Hilton's annual winter sale for stays in Europe, Middle East and Africa is open to everyone!  Stays must be booked by January 30, 2018 and completed on weekends between November 2017 and December 31, 2018. Remember that you should also be earning Double Points on these stays with the current winter Hilton Honors promotion. Find that and all other Honors bonuses here.

Click here to take advantage of the Hilton Winter sale 

For purposes of this offer, "weekend" is defined as Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday nights and in Middle East (excluding Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, Africa) as Thursday, Friday and/or Saturday nights. Must book a minimum 3 days before arrival.

5 Days Only! 30% Discount on buying Choice Privileges points and how it gets you MileagePlus miles for US 1.18 cents each

Choice Privileges last buy points offer just ended yesterday and now they launch this 5 day sale offering a straight 30% discount when you buy 5,000 or more points. As the price is flat rate across the board from 5,000 to 50,000 points the price you pay per point is 0.77 cents (US). This is a good value in its own right for stays at Choice Hotels globally but it also provides one of the cheapest options to obtain United MileagePlus miles due to United's special hotel conversion bonus that runs until the end of the month. In this promotion United will give you 2,500 miles per 5,000 Privileges Points (instead of 1,000) and also give you a 30% bonus on top of that. This means for every 5,000 Privileges points you'll obtain 3,250 MileagePlus miles. Do the math and you are buying the MileagePlus miles for 1.18 cents each (US). Now that's a great deal.

Offer details:
30% Discount when you buy 5,000 or more Choice Privileges points online.  Buy Points Here Until Nov 17, 17

United Offer:
30% Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you convert hotel loyalty program points to MileagePlus. Full details   Until Nov 30, 17
Maximum of 25,000 Bonus Miles awarded. Club Carlson transfers will receive a 100% bonus, Choice Privileges will convert at 5,000 points to 2,500 miles instead of 1,000 and still be eligible for the 30% bonus.

HT One Mile at a Time

Negative changes coming to the BMO Rewards and AIR MILES World Elite Mastercards?

Rumours have been swirling around for a few weeks that there are changes coming to the BMO Rewards World Elite Mastercard and the BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard. If you follow our twitter account it's this news that is considered the possible bad news we tweeted about for today:

While we don't have concrete details we did receive an update from BMO to make the following changes to the wording for the cards on our site. Based on this update today and the rumours we have heard we can only speculate that those rumours will come true and this is bad news for current and/or future cardholders.

The changes made today:

 
BMO® World Elite™* MasterCard®* 
Previous: Get 20,000 welcome bonus points* worth $200 in travel rewards
Now: Get 20,000 welcome bonus points*

Previous: Earn 2 BMO Reward points for every $1 you spend on the card - that's 2% back on travel!*
Now: Earn 2 BMO Reward points for every $1 you spend on the card*


As you can see the terminology around what the points worth both on the sign up bonus and your everyday return are being removed - this could mean one of two things - the points are increasing in value or decreasing in value. Typically it's the latter and based upon the rumours circulating around it is the latter.





BMO® AIR MILES®† World Elite®* MasterCard®*
Previous Welcome Offer: Get up to 3,000 AIR MILES Bonus Miles* plus a Companion Flight  + Exclusive 25% Flight Discount*Rebate*
Now: Welcome Offer: Get up to 3,000 AIR MILES Bonus Miles*


As you can see it looks like the companion flight offer is going to be pulled soon (it's still up as of this morning) but even bigger is the 25% flight discount rebate that is so popular with this card. The terminology is pulled - now based upon the rumours we have heard it's not going away completely but it is being lowered sometime in the near future. We don't have confirmation from BMO yet but everything is pointing that way.




 

IHG Rewards Club Your World Sale - Save 15-30% off destinations across the globe for a limited time

IHG has launched their Black Friday sale today! Entitled the Your World Sale, it provides up to 30% off stays around the globe for IHG Rewards Club members, discounted Points+Cash offers and more. If you are not a member yet it's free to join.

The World. Now on Sale. Shop Your World Sale from IHG® Rewards Club to save 15-30% off destinations across the globe for a limited time. Book by November 29 for stays until March 31, 2018

Book the IHG Rewards Club Your World Sale here!

Not only is the Your World Sale offering discounted rates around the globe there are also IHG Rewards Club Bonus Points opportunities available as well (can be found in the link above)

Terms & Conditions

Booking in the US, Canada and Latin America
The “Your World Sale” promotional rate is valid only for bookings made from November 11 2017 through November 29 2017 and consumed through March 31 2018 at participating IHG hotels in the United States, Canada, Caribbean, Central America and South America. You must be a member of IHG Rewards Club to qualify for the discount, which ranges from 15%-30% off the Best Flexible Rate. This is a qualifying rate and the discount varies by hotel, blackout dates apply, rooms subject to availability.  This rate is fully pre-paid and non-refundable. Hotel policy varies in regards to the number of guests allowed per room. Not applicable with other discounted rate promotions. Not applicable to group bookings. Hotel-specific early departure fee applies.

Booking into Europe
The “Your World Sale” promotional rate is valid only for bookings made from November 11 2017 through November 29 2017 and consumed through March 31 2018 at participating IHG hotels in Europe. You must be a member of IHG Rewards Club to qualify for the discount, which ranges from 15%-30% off the Best Flexible Rate. This is a qualifying rate and discount varies by hotel, blackout dates apply, rooms subject to availability. This rate is fully pre-paid and non-refundable. Hotel policy varies in regards to the number of guests allowed per room. Not applicable with other discounted rate promotions. Not applicable to group bookings. Hotel-specific early departure fee applies.

Booking into Greater China
The “Your World Sale” promotional rate is valid only for bookings made from 11 November 2017 through 29 November 2017 and consumed through 31 March 2018 at participating IHG hotels in Greater China. You must be a member of IHG Rewards Club to qualify for the discount, which ranges from 15%-20% off the Best Flexible Rate between November 11 2017 and November 17 2017. A discount of up to 14.5% will apply November 17 2017 through November 29 2017 based on normal Your Rate APR. This is a qualifying rate and discount varies by hotel, blackout dates apply, rooms subject to availability. This rate is fully pre-paid and non-refundable. Hotel policy varies in regards to the number of guests allowed per room. Not applicable with other discounted rate promotions. Not applicable to group bookings. Hotel-specific early departure fee applies.

Booking into Asia Pacific the Middle East and Africa
The “Your World Sale” promotional rate is valid only for bookings made from November 11 2017 through November 29 2017 and consumed November 18 2017 through April 15 2018 at participating IHG hotels and resorts in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. You must be a member of IHG Rewards Club to qualify for the discount, which ranges from 11%-30% off the Best Flexible Rate. This is a qualifying rate and discount varies by hotel, blackout dates apply, rooms subject to availability. This rate is fully pre-paid and non-refundable. Hotel policy varies in regards to the number of guests allowed per room. Not applicable with other discounted rate promotions. Not applicable to group bookings. Hotel-specific early departure fee applies.

Join InterContinental Ambassador
A one-time bonus of 10,000 Bonus Points will be awarded to you approximately 6-8 weeks after you successfully join the InterContinental Ambassador program. Offer is valid from November 11 through November 29.

November 10 Update: Today Only! 10x AIR MILES for online shopping, 10 Free AIR MILES & Fairmont Orchid Gold Experience

Just a friendly reminder that today only you can earn 10x AIR MILES Reward Miles for each purchase of $20 or more made via airmilesshops.ca - remember as well that Indigo is offering 10x Plum Points on purchases over $40 - so go via airmilessshops to score 10x AM and then 10x Plun Points! More details can be found here or check out our guide to Holiday Shopping

Grab yourself 10 free AIR MILES for completing a 6 question quiz detaling AIR MILES® Travel Insurance, underwritten by Manulife. It only takes 2 or 3 minutes to complete! Find out more here Until Dec 31, 17

We're going to keep this reminder going in each update until Christmas:

Check out the Give A Mile Flight Hero campaign! The charity can really use donations of miles to help provide flights to those who otherwise would be unable to travel to visit terminally ill or critically sick family and friends. Rewards Canada has pledged to raise 100,000 miles and we are half way there! We are putting the call out to all of our fans, readers and even new visitors, if you can give please do so. It can be as little as 1,000 miles! You can find out more and donate here.

Posts since our last update:

• Membership Rewards - the loyalty currency every Canadian should be utilizing
  In the Rewards Canada household we have half a dozen American Express Cards feeding our spending into several Membership Rewards…

Travel Deals

The Fairmont Orchid on Hawaii's Big Island is offering Fairmont Gold Experience rates from $499 USD per night, based on double occupancy, excluding taxes for stays until Apr 30. Find out more here
Package Includes:

• Luxury Fairmont Gold accommodation at 20% savings
• Deluxe breakfast daily in lounge (6:30am - 10am) 
• Afternoon tea service (3pm - 4pm)
• Early evening canapés & honor bar (5pm - 7pm)
• Fairmont Gold evening turndown service
• Private check-in and check-out
• Complimentary valet parking

Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers
No Canadian specific bonus offers today other than those listed above


Other Bonus Offers
Aer Lingus Aer Club
- Double Avios for hotel stays booked via Kaligo. More... Book by Dec 31, 17 for stays until Mar 31, 18

Etihad Guest
- 500 Bonus Guest Miles, up to 25% off, free cocktail & breakfast + $25 hotel credit for stays on the Suite Moments package at the Fairmont Hotels in the Americas and Europe. More... Book by Dec 31 for stays until Mar 31, 18
- Double Guest Miles for stays at any Millennium Hotels and Resorts Middle East and Africa. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Iberia Plus
- 2,000 Avios when you rent with Avis in Europe for 2 or more days. More... Until Dec 14, 17
- Double Avios when you rent with Budget in Europe. More... Until Dec 14, 17

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to 800 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at Accor Hotels in Italy. More... Book by Nov 23 for stays until Dec 23, 17

Marriott Rewards
- 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay Thursday to Sunday at the Residence Inn or SpringHill Suites Milford. More... Until Dec 31, 17
- 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT for up to five nights Sunday - Thursday at the Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Miles & More
- Double Miles & More Miles when you fly on Lufthansa's A380 in Economy Class between Frankfurt and Miami, Singapore, New Delhi, San Francisco, Shanghai, Houston, Los Angeles and Bangkok. More... Register and book by Dec 31 for travel until Jan 31, 18
- Triple Miles & More Miles for stays at the Hyatt Place Frankfurt Airport. More... Jan 4 - Apr 3, 18
- Double Miles & More Miles for early booking of stays at Melia Hotels Worldwide. More... Book by Dec 26 for stays Apr 1 - Oct 31, 18

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Membership Rewards - the loyalty currency every Canadian should be utilizing

In the Rewards Canada household we have half a dozen American Express Cards feeding our spending into several Membership Rewards accounts and there is good reason why. Back in 2014 we released a feature called  Canada's Top Travel Rewards Currencies and the number one currency at the time was American Express Membership Rewards points. Fast forward to today and the program continues to be the number one travel rewards, no let's call it loyalty rewards currency, in Canada. Whether it is travel, cash back or merchandise, the Membership Rewards program provides it all and it provides it with incomparable value.

Value, convenience and flexibility are key to a reward program’s success and American Express Membership Rewards provides all of that, hence the fondness in our house to funnel a lot of spending into the program.

There's no hiding the fact that here at Rewards Canada we are huge fans of Hybrid or Flexible points programs. That is, programs that give you options to redeem via the credit card's proprietary program or the ability to convert into other programs’ loyalty points.

These hybrid programs are a points collector’s safest bet to earn points with since they can be utilized in so many ways and are the least susceptible to devaluations of reward programs. They should be front and center for any points collector’s portfolio for just that reason. Concerned about lack of flight availability with a traditional frequent flyer program? Concerned that a proprietary credit card program isn't giving you the best bang for your buck? Those concerns are alleviated with a hybrid program which of course, Membership Rewards is. And Membership Rewards does it well. It has some of the best earning and redemption rates for a proprietary credit card program and likewise provides some of the best earning and redemption rates for its points conversion partners!

Related: Not all Travel Points and Hybrid Credit Cards are created equal

Membership Rewards gives you the best of all worlds. First of all, you can easily convert your Membership Rewards points to a total of eight frequent flyer and frequent guest programs, like Aeroplan, Starwood Preferred Guest, or Hilton Honors, to name a few.

What if you don't want to deal with the quirks and intricacies of frequent flyer and frequent guest programs? You like to book the flights that are best for you, or your travel is all about cruises or all-inclusive resorts? Not to worry, Membership Rewards also covers this. Simply book that cheapest flight from an Ultra-Low-Cost Carrier or that once in a lifetime 180 day around the world cruise. Charge it to any Membership Rewards earning American Express Card and when the charge shows up redeem your points against it at a rate of 1,000 points for a $10 statement credit. You can choose to redeem as little as $10 towards the purchase or any amount above that right up to the total amount of the travel charge. This feature used to be called TripFlex but recently American Express changed it to Use Points for Purchases and there is good reason why. More on this in an upcoming post!

Use Points for Purchases allows American Express Cardmembers to redeem points for almost anything they charge to their cards. It took the old TripFlex feature and kept it at 1,000 points for a $10 credit when redeeming for any travel charges, but expanded to also become a cash back type program where you can use the points for virtually any eligible purchase on the card. The rate for non-travel purchases is 1,000 points for a $7 credit. Depending on which American Express Card you carry this means you are achieving a cash back rate of return from 0.7% all the way up to 3.5% with the eats & drinks accelerator category on the new American Express Cobalt Card. Not many cash back cards will afford you with an unlimited cash back amount of 3.5% on eats & drinks purchases.

Membership Rewards makes it very easy to redeem for these charges online by providing cardmembers with a handy slider to decide how many points they want to redeem against a charge. Here are examples of the travel and non-travel redemption slider option:

A Travel Purchase where you can redeem at the 1000 points to $10 rate

A Non-Travel Purchase where you can redeem at the 1000 points to $7 rate

You can also redeem points on-the-go by using the Amex app. All you have to do is open the app, tap on the transaction you want to redeem points against and click Use Points. It can’t get any easier than that!

You should already be seeing the value in this program and why we consider it the number one loyalty currency in Canada. Now the question you should be asking yourself is "Why am I not collecting Membership Rewards points yet?" And we haven't even touched upon other redemption options like redeeming for the Fixed Points Travel Program (I’ll also dive into more details on this program in a future post!), Merchandise, Gift Cards, Amazon.ca, Ticketmaster.ca rewards and more.

If you're not an American Express Cardmember yet, we recommend you check out the American Express card listing to find the card that is right for you.

As someone who has been collecting Membership Rewards points for the better part of 10 years, take it from me, you won't be disappointed with the program. I have used the conversion option to transfer to partners like Aeroplan and I have also used the Use Points for Purchases option as well. I stay reassured knowing that I will always be able to use Membership Rewards points for something that I actually want to use them for.

Learn more about American Express Membership Rewards here

How about you? Tell us about some of your fondest Membership Rewards experiences in the comments below! What is your favorite reward to redeem for? Tell us your thoughts and feel free to ask us your questions about the program if you aren't a Cardmember yet.


This is part one of a three-part Membership Rewards series sponsored by American Express.

This post was sponsored by Amex Bank of Canada.  The views and opinions expressed in this blog, however, are purely my own.

November 9 Update: 10x Plum Points at Chapters Indigo (tie in with other offers), $75 Statement credit for SimplyCash Preferred via Amazon + more!

Chapters Indigo have launched a new 10x Points offer on all purchases over $40 in store or online. If you do the latter, wait until tomorrow as you can earn 10x Plum Points AND 10x AIR MILES for those purchases. Or make your first purchase via Marriott Rewards More and score 1,000 Marriott Rewards Points plus the 10x Plum Points. Those aren't your only options so we recommend checking out our Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points earning on your holiday shopping that we updated and re-released today for the upcoming holiday season!

Petro-Points and iTravel2000 have teamed up once again for another booking bonus. If you book a pre-packaged vacation by November 12th you can earn 50,000 bonus Petro-Points. Those points are worth $50 so you can look at this as being a $50 rebate on your booking. Find out more here.

Air Canada has introduced a Boeing 787 Dreamliner virtual reality experience that is aimed at Travel Agents:

Air Canada is the first Canadian airline to use virtual reality technology to simulate the experience of flying on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner for travel agents and potential customers. Through a fully immersive, interactive experience, users can explore all three cabins of service offered on board the aircraft, including enjoying a virtual International Business Class meal complete with wine in an Executive Pod.

It will be available at the following events:
Air Canada Pop-Up Poutinerie, Shoreditch, London (UK), until November 11, 2017.
True Patriot Love Gala, Toronto, November 9, 2017;
BAZAR ED, Santiago, Chile. November 22 to 26, 2017;
WX Top 100 Leadership Summit, Toronto, November 23, 2017;
EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Gala, The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto, November 30, 2017.

If you have been eyeing Canada's Top Cash Back Credit Card, The Simply Cash Preferred Card from American Express, you may want to get it right now. Amex has partnered with Amazon to offer a $75 statement credit if you spend $75 at Amazon.ca with the card. This is on top of the standard sign bonus of 5% cash back for the first 6 months (up to $300 back) and 2% back on all purchases. Find out more here.

We're going to keep this reminder going in each update until Christmas:
Check out the Give A Mile Flight Hero campaign! The charity can really use donations of miles to help provide flights to those who otherwise would be unable to travel to visit terminally ill or critically sick family and friends. Rewards Canada has pledged to raise 100,000 miles and we are half way there! We are putting the call out to all of our fans, readers and even new visitors, if you can give please do so. It can be as little as 1,000 miles! You can find out more and donate here.


Here is an update from Give A Mile on their Christmas campaign:

• 9 flights confirmed on our goal of 50 flights given
• 300,422 miles donated towards our goal of 3,000,000 miles raised

Looks like things are shaping up but there is still a long way to go! Be sure to donate today!

Posts since our last update:

• Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points earning on your holiday shopping
  Today we dusted off and updated our 2014 piece on the Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points…
• This Friday Only - 10x AIR MILES Reward Miles on all airmilesshops.ca purchases
  The online shopping bonuses continue and we'll have more coverage of them tomorrow but when one of Canada's largest programs…

Travel Deals
No travel deals today
Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!

Canadian Bonus Offers
No Canadian specific offers today other than those listed above!


Other Bonus Offers
American AAdvantage
- 1,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles on rentals of 3+ days at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Latin America, and Caribbean. More... Until Dec 31, 17
- 1,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles on Budget rentals of 3 more days in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Latin America, and Caribbean.. More... Until Dec 31, 17

EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
- Up to a 10,000 Infinity MileageLands Miles Discount when you redeem for an upgrade from Economy Class to Premium Economy n EVA/UNI Air scheduled international flights. More... Until Dec 31, 17

Marriott Rewards
- 2,500 Bonus Rewards Points for stays at 14 hotels in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York or Rhode Island. More... Dec 1 - Feb 10, 18

Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Earn up to 2,000 Bonus QMiles when you join Qatar Airways Privilege Club and complete your first flight. More... Until Jan 31, 18
- Earn up to 14,000 Bonus QMiles when you fly between Cardiff and Doha. More... May 1 - Jul 31, 18
- Double QMiles when you complete your first hotel stay booked via Rocketmiles. More... Book by Dec 31, 17

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Triple KrisFlyer Miles when you book a stay at selected Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts properties in Asia. More... Until Dec 31, 17

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Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points earning on your holiday shopping

Today we dusted off and updated our 2014 piece on the Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points earning on your holiday shopping. You can check out the feature here.

Here is an excerpt:

With a little over a month left to the big day for gift giving the push is on to start your Christmas shopping for friends, family and maybe even yourself! Whether it is shopping for gifts or for food and drink to entertain there are many ways to maximize the miles and points you earn holiday shopping. Ultimately you can make those reward dreams come closer by following one or more of our tips.

Here are the 6 tips without all the mumbo jumbo we put into the main article!

1. Use your mileage/point earning credit card & your loyalty cards to Double or Triple Dip

2. Giving gift cards? Buy gift cards at credit card multiplier locations

3. Buying gifts at retailers without credit card multipliers? Use the gift card trick to earn more miles!

4. Use bonus offers to your advantage when buying groceries for the holiday season

5. Always remember to swipe your Loyalty Card and/or use your miles/points earning credit card

6. Shop via online shopping malls and take advantage of their bonuses!

Continue reading the feature on the main Rewards Canada site