Friday, November 8, 2019

Holiday Season offer at the TownePlace Suites Fort McMurray - 500 bonus points, welcome gift, discounted rates and more!


If your travels are taking you up to Northeastern Alberta for the Christmas season, namely Fort McMurray, there's a bonus offer you.  The TownePlace Suites Fort McMurray has a holiday season package that offers 500 bonus points, early check in/late check out (based on availability) and a welcome gift. The even better news is the rate is fully cancellable (standard Marriott 48hrs prior to arrival) and prices out cheaper than the best flexible members rate:



And it only prices out $7 more than the non-refundable prepaid rate. 500 points are worth ~$5 so the difference is only $2 and you have peace of mind that you are not locked in to the stay. And who knows - maybe the welcome gift is worth more than that two dollar difference! Also remember that you can stack this bonus offer with Marriott's global Unlock More promotion to earn even more points.

Offer details:
500 Bonus Bonvoy points for stays at the TownePlace Suites Fort McMurray Full details & online booking. Dec 20, 19 -  Jan 5, 20

 Here are some more Marriott Bonvoy offers to check out:
  • Earn 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points on your second stay at any participating Marriott Hotel Worldwide. Once complete you will unlock additional bonus offers for your stay(s) made after that second stay. Additional offers will be appear in your account and also be emailed to you by Marriott. Full details, online registration & booking. (Registration is required) 
  • 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy points for stays of 2+ nights at the Delta Hotels Toronto. Full details & online booking.
  • 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy points per stay at the JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District. Full details and online booking 
You can find Rewards Canada's complete listing of Marriott Bonvoy bonus offers here!
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Thursday, November 7, 2019

November 7 Update: Show your Starbucks Holiday Cup to get priority boarding on Alaska Airlines, win tickets to the CFL West Final with Canalta Rewards and 12 new miles & points bonuses



Flying Alaska Airlines out of Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, Vancouver or Victoria over the next four days? Show a Starbucks Holiday Cup to get priority boarding! The Seatlle based airline teamed up withe Seattle based coffee chain for this promotion for the launch of holiday cup season! Find out more here!

What does this mean exactly?
Starbucks holiday cup-holders––anyone who purchases a Starbucks drink served in a holiday cup––will get to be in the “espresso” lane, following group B. Just be sure to listen closely to your gate agent’s announcements.
With all that holiday spirit in the air, you know we couldn’t stop there! Some lucky guests on select flights might find surprise Starbucks treats on their seats, too.
Remember as well if you have the MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard you'll save money while flying Alaska as the card provides you with your first checked bag free!


Another Canalta Rewards CFL contest! This time you can win four tickets to the West Final at Mosaic Stadium in Regina on November 17 to see the Saskatchewan Roughriders take on the Calgary Stampeders or I guess it could be the Bluebombers..... You can enter the contest here


Check your personalized offers from Sobeys for the following deal. Get 20 AIR MILES for every $50 spent on Happy Card Gift Cards. Find out more at https://getmyoffers.ca/ Until Nov 13, 19 (This has also been added to our Holiday Shopping Feature)


Have you checked Rewards Canada's Top Offers page? This page lists our hand picked offers for the best miles and points bonuses and discount award offers. Visit the page here (and bookmark it!)

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals

Cathay Pacific is offering some big savings on flights between Vancouver and India, the Philippines or Vietnam along with 3 pieces of checked luggage at no charge. Book by November 9 for travel until November 30. Find out more here.

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

AIR MILES
- 100 Bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles when you spend $25 on car washes at Shell. More... Offer valid at participating Shell locations in ON, MB, SK, AB and BC only Until Dec 15, 19

Wyndham Rewards
- Earn 15,000 Bonus Wyndham Rewards  points when you stay twice at participating hotels in Canada. More... Register & book by Feb 17 for stays until Feb 18, 20

Other Bonus Offers

AeroMexico Club Premier
- Double Club Premier Points for stays at any IHG Hotels in Mexico. More... Until Dec 31, 19

American AAdvantage
- 1,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you make your first booking on PointsHound.com. More... Until Dec 31, 19

British Airways Executive Club
- 1,000 Bonus Avios when you make your first booking with airbnb. More... Book by Dec 15, 19
- Earn up to 18,000 Bonus Avios when you subscribe to The Economist. More... Until Jan 31, 20

JAL Mileage Bank
- Double Mileage Bank Miles when you fly on JAL between Tokyo (Narita) and Bengaluru. More... Mar 29 - Jun 30, 20

Shangri-La Golden Circle
- Up to a 30% GC Points discount when you redeem for room award stays in a Standard Room, a Club Room and Executive Suite at any Shangri-La hotel, Kerry hotel, Hotel Jen and Traders hotel worldwide. More... Book by Dec 31 for stays until Mar 31, 20

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Double KrisFlyer Miles for travel from Taipei to any Singapore Airlines or SilkAir destinations  More... For residents of Taiwan only Book by Nov 30 for travel until Mar 31, 20

Thrifty Blue Chip Rewards
- 625 Bonus Blue Chip Points when you complete a qualifying rental at participating Thrifty locations in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. More... Maximum of 5 bonuses can be earned by each member. Until Dec 31,19

Turkish Miles&Smiles
- 30% Bonus Miles&Smiles Miles when you fly on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and Amman, Cape Town, Dushanbe, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Krasnodar, Luxor, Medina, Riyadh, Samara, Seoul, Shanghai, Shiraz or Tokyo. More... Dec 1 - 31, 19
- 30% Miles&Smiles Discount when you redeem for award travel on Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and various cities in Europe and Asia. More... Dec 1 - 31, 19



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A look at what you have to actually spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers


Yesterday we released our monthly Top Credit Card Sign Up Offers post which strictly looks at the value of the welcome or sign up bonus for cards in the Canadian market.  To recap, these are the top five cards on the list for November:

For some reason yesterday we received not just one but two requests to take a look at this list based on what you have to spend to get those bonuses!


So shout out to Anik and DC for this idea!

You can view the entire feature here.



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American Express is not responsible for maintaining or monitoring the accuracy of information on this website. For full details and current product information click the Apply now link. 

Sponsored advertising. The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) is not responsible for the contents of this site including any editorials or reviews that may appear on this site. For complete and current information on any TD product, please visit the TD site.
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Thrifty Blue Chip Rewards – Receive a free rental day with every one day rental


Thrifty Car Rental is matching some of the offers we are seeing from other car rental companies with this offer. They are however one upping others like Avis by giving that free rental after only 1 day rentals versus 2.

Offer details:
Receive a free rental day when you complete a qualifying rental of 1 or more days at participating Thrifty locations in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Full details and online booking  Until Dec 31, 19
Maximum of 5 free rental days can be earned by each member
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Great offer from Wyndham Rewards - Stay twice in Canada and earn 15,000 bonus points (that's up to two free nights!)


Wyndham Rewards hasn't had many bonus points offers out of late and still don't for most of the world - but that's changed for us Canadians (or those travelling to our great country!) Right now when you complete two separate stays at Wyndham Hotels (think Ramada, Wyndham, Super 8 etc.) you'll earn 15,000 bonus Wyndham Rewards points. With free nights starting as low as 7,500 point within the program that means you could be earning as much as two free nights with this promotion. The offer runs until the end of our Family Day weekend in February!

Offer details:
Earn 15,000 Bonus Wyndham Rewards  points when you stay twice at participating hotels in Canada. That's enough points for up to two free nights at thousands of By Wyndham hotels. Be sure to register before you complete your first qualifying stay.  Full details, online registration and online booking Register & book by Feb 17 for stays until Feb 18, 20

Here are some other Wyndham Rewards offers to check out:
  • Receive Wyndham Rewards Gold Elite Status when you confirm your military status with Wyndham Rewards.  Full details and online booking
    Valid for eligible Military members only
  • Earn up to 2,000 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points when you book the Best Available Rate + Bonus Points offer at participating locations Worldwide. Full details and online booking 
  • 100 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points + 15% off when you book the Best Available Rate at 7 days in advance at participating locations Worldwide Full details & online booking 

Find our complete list of Wyndham Rewards bonus points offers here!

Here are all the hotels in the Wyndham Rewards program:


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November 6 Update: 7x Aeroplan Miles for Apple store purchases now live, new RBC offers for Fairmont Hotels & the Keg, 50% off TAP Air Portugal award tickets



Just a friendly reminder that as of today you can earn 7x Aeroplan Miles for Apple store purchases. This offer only runs until November 8. Find out more here.


RBC cardholders have a new set of offers that are available to them. You've seen us write about Amex offers and these are of the same manner in that they are offers that are exclusive to the card issuer and you must register for them to take advantage of them. The first offer is 25% off one night at Fairmont Hotels + an additional $50 dining credit if that stay is 2 or more nights and the second offer is $10 back if you spend $100 or more at the Keg. I received both of these offers for my WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard. The Fairmont offer doesn't actually require registration but you must log in to find your special promo code for booking. Sign in and register for the offers here.


TAP Air Portugal is celebrating the first anniversary of Miles&Go with a bunch of new offers. The first of which is a one day only affair and it is a pretty good offer to start. This is discounted award flight offer of 50% off the regular mileage requirement for their award tickets. There doesn’t seem to be many limitations on the actual travel outside of the end of TAP’s schedule into late 2020. Simply book your tickets by midnight Portugal time today to score this 50% discount. TAP does fly between Toronto and Lisbon so if you have Miles&Go miles this may be the time to use them! Find out more here.

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals

Cathay Pacific is offering some big savings on flights between Vancouver and India, the Philippines or Vietnam along with 3 pieces of checked luggage at no charge. Book by November 9 for travel until November 30. Find out more here.

WestJet is running a systemwide seat sale for travel within Canada, and from Canada to the U.S, Mexico, Europe and the Caribbean. Book by November 6 for travel until June 15, 2020. Find out more here.

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

Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 2,000 Bonus ShebaMiles when you fly on Ethiopian Airlines in Business Class between Addis Ababa or Manchester. More... Until Nov 30, 19

Etihad Guest
- 1,000 Bonus Guest Miles and save up to 15% off the best available rate when you book stays with this special promo code at participating Marriott Hotels in the Middle East & Africa. More... Until Feb 29, 20

Finnair Plus
- Earn Triple Plus Points for Hertz rentals of 2 or more days at participating locations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, UK, Germany, France, Spain (mainland), Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, The Czech Republic and Slovakia. More... Book by Nov 30 for rentals until Dec 31, 19

Le Club AccorHotels
- Earn up to 1,000 Bonus Le Club AccorHotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. More... Book by Dec 2 for stays Nov 15 - Jan 12, 20

Marriott Bonvoy
- OFFER EXTENDED 500 Bonus Bonvoy Points when you stay 2+ nights Friday-Sunday at the Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun Beirut. More... Until Dec 21, 19


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Introducing Wayfarer Points – Save up to 70% off luxury, boutique and other hotels - includes a special Rewards Canada discount for membership


Wayfarer Points has been working diligently behind the scenes across their social media channels to slowly get their name out and today marks the official launch of the new hotel booking site that has a fully equipped app and all!

What is Wayfarer Points ?
Wayfarer Points is a membership based hotel booking site offering savings of up to 70% off rates normally charged on stays at over 1.5 million accommodations. There are two membership levels, a free membership and an annual fee based membership offering the biggest discounts:
  • Everyday membership – joining Wayfarer Points is FREE with our Everyday membership, which provides up to 50% off hotels
  • Premium Membership is US$99 annually/US$9.99 a month, and provides up to 70% off hotels, and includes discounts on boutique hotels by Mr. & Mrs. Smith

The great news is that Rewards Canada has teamed up with Wayfarer Points to offer our readers a discounted annual Premium membership of US$69.99 that includes a 14-day risk free trial! That means you can try it out with no risk. Like it and you’ll only pay US$69.99 in the first year instead of the standard $99. You can access our special offer here!


The question you may have before proceeding is it worth it? Are the savings there? And the answer is yes they are. Here are some examples of the savings provided by Wayfarer Points:





Wayfarer Points All Inclusive Pricing
One thing you have to note right of the bat with Wayfarer is they display all inclusive pricing – that is the total nightly rate for the hotel stay – not just the base rate as displayed by most hotel booking sites. Take this into consideration when making your comparisons!

Our own comparison
We did one of our own comparisons of the Wayfarer Points app. We looked at the Hotel US Grant in San Diego for a stay on November 13 in a 2 Queen Superior room and Wayfarer didn’t disappoint:

This is Wayfarer’s all in price:
 
and the best rate we could find was on Hotels.com:


Almost a $60 savings with Wayfarer – that almost pays for our discounted annual membership in one night! Book multiple nights and you’ll be saving more!

There’s more than hotel savings
In addition to travel bookings, Wayfarer Points tracks loyalty points. Different from similar services, Wayfarer Points shows users how they rank in loyalty programs compared to other users. The Groups function allows users to create their own groups and includes chat functionality allowing group members to chat about anything and everything loyalty, travel and discounts.



Overall this new company looks promising as they look to take a bite out of the hotel booking market! The competition is big and they are not first in the paid membership hotel discount space but if Wayfarer points can come out ahead in pricing and have the added app benefits then they will be a stand out. I’m excited to give it a try here in the near future myself and would love to hear what you all think about them!

Just a reminder that you can save 30% with our membership offer for Wayfarer Points when you subscribe to the premium membership.

** At the time of posting Rewards Canada is the only Canadian points & miles website/blog to have this discount offer available! **


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Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for November - These cards provide some of the best value out of their welcome bonuses

Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of November! 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 (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when most or all of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards.  This month we once again have 3 cards that have no annual fee in the first year and two cards with an annual fee in the first year.

There are no changes to the list for this month but we did want to let you know that you will now also find this list right on the Rewards Canada homepage for easy reference! Heads up that this is the last month to grab the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card and TD First Class cards with their current offers.
Here are our top 5 credit card sign up offers for November (in order of welcome bonus value)

TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card - 40,000 Miles (Apply here)
TD has come out with the best ever offer for this card and it is first year free so that means up to 35,000 of the 40,000 miles would come to you at no cost other then spending on the card. The bonus is awarded as follows: 15,000 Aeroplan Miles when you make your first Purchase with your Card + Double Aeroplan Miles on all purchases in the first three months (up to 20,000 miles) and 5,000 miles for adding an additional card ($50 fee). Depending on how you redeem those Aeroplan miles should be worth no less than $400 but more likely closer to $800 or more! In fact if you take the per mile value from our post from late July this welcome bonus would be worth $2,000 or more.
Minimum Income: $60,000 Personal or $100,000 Household

Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card - 50,000 Points (Apply here)
This is the first card on the list that has an annual fee right of the bat but the sign up bonus and other benefits more than make up for it. The 50,000 points, awarded after spending $1,500 on the card in three months are worth at least $500 in our minds which means after subtracting the annual fee you are coming out ahead by $380. In reality you can pull even more value out of the card (into four figures) as we outlined in our post A look at how The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card provides huge value!  
Minimum Income: N/A

National Bank of Canada World Elite Mastercard - $480 Cash Back (Apply here)
This the second card on the list that has an annual fee that isn't waived, however the sign up bonus and other benefits provide some big value over that annual fee. You will get $40 cash back for each month you spend $500 on the card in the first 12 months. This will give you $480 in rewards but then subtracting the annual fee of $150 you are coming out ahead by $330.
Minimum Income: $80,000 Personal or $150,000 Household

BMO AIR MILES World Elite Mastercard - 3,000 Miles  (Apply here)
This almost best ever sign up bonus for an AIR MILES co-branded card continues on our Top 5 sign up list thanks to its 3,000 miles sign up bonus (worth a minimum of $315) and no annual fee in the first year!  Even if you aren't a fan of AIR MILES the fact you can get 3,000 miles and them use them as cash rewards for no cost to you should be enough to go out and get this card. Please note: new Collectors have Miles automatically deposited into their Dream Account, not their Cash account.
Minimum Income: $80,000 Personal or $150,000 Household

http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=rePwQEjA0OI&offerid=373814.23&type=3&subid=0TD First Class Visa Infinite Card - 90,000 Points (Apply here)
This card is offering up to 90,000 points when you apply for it along with the first year annual fee waived on the primary card. The bonus is awarded as follows: 20,000 points when you make your first Purchase with your Card + Double Points on  all purchases in the first three months (up to 60,000 points) and 10,000 points for adding an additional card ($50 fee). Those 90,000 points (less the add. card fee) translate to $310 worth of travel credits for any travel booking or $400 worth of travel for bookings made via Expedia For TD. 
Minimum Income: $60,000 Personal or $100,000 Household

If you went for all these cards you ultimately could end up with anywhere from $1,700 to over $3,000 in travel value. However 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. We don't really recommend getting all five in one month unless you know you can meet the minimum spend for them all at once, rather you'd want to pick one or two right now, perhaps another next month and so on.

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American Express is not responsible for maintaining or monitoring the accuracy of information on this website. For full details and current product information click the Apply now link.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

It's time to earn thousands of bonus miles for online shopping - up to 7x miles with Aeroplan, 5x miles with AIR MILES, 5,000 with United & more!

The pre-Black Friday/Cyber Monday holiday shopping push is on with tons of online shopping bonuses via the various online shopping portals. The current set of offers are perfect for those who like to get their holiday shopping done early or need to buy things before they go out of stock (this is critical if you have two teenage girls like I do!) and don't want to miss out.

These offers run for the better part of the next week to two weeks and all end before Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You can bet they will all have offers for that holiday shopping weekend as well. Some may be better than we're seeing below but some may be lower. The choice is yours as to whether you're happy with these bonuses or want to wager that they will be better for the biggest shopping weekend of the year.

In perfect timing with this post we have updated our Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points earning on your holiday shopping feature that has been the go to guide for holiday shopping since 2014! In this feature we look at several ways to maximize your holiday shopping and one of the big tips is shopping online. In the section for online shopping we track all of the shopping offers that you'll find below and any future ones during this holiday shopping season. Be sure to bookmark it and return to it often to see all the latest offers.


Aeroplan
Earn up to 7x Aeroplan Miles for shopping online with select retailers via the Aeroplan eStore shopping portal. Full details.  Until Nov 17, 19


AIR MILES
AIR MILES Earn up to 5x AIR MILES Reward Miles when you shop online with select retailers via the portal.Full details. Until Nov 17, 19


Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
Earn up to 1,500 Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you shop online via the Mileage Plan Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 300 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 750 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $300
Tier 3 bonus: 1,500 miles for qualifying purchases of $500 or more.


American AAdvantage
Earn up to 3,500 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you shop online via the AAdvantage Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 1,500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $600
Tier 3 bonus: 3,500 miles for qualifying purchases of $1,200 or more. 


Delta SkyMiles
Earn up to 3,500 Bonus SkyMiles when you shop online via the SkyMiles Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 14, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $300 or more


United MileagePlus
Earn up to 5,000 Bonus MileagePlus Miles when you shop online via the MileagePlus Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $150
Tier 2 bonus: 2,500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $750
Tier 3 bonus: 5,000 miles for qualifying purchases of $1,500 or more


Wyndham Rewards
Double Wyndham Rewards Points for shopping online via the Wyndham Rewards Shopping site. Full details. Until Dec 2, 19 

And one more you won't find in Holiday Shopping feature as we typically don't cover this program for Canada (but it may make sense for anyone following suit of the traveler in our Podcast Episode 57!):


Southwest Rapid Rewards
Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Rapid Rewards Points when you shop online via the Rapid Rewards Shopping portal. Full details Until Nov 21, 19
Tier 1 bonus: 500 bonus points for qualifying purchases of $150 - $499.99
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 bonus points for qualifying purchases of $500 - $999.99
Tier 3 bonus: 3,000 bonus points for qualifying purchases of $1,000 or more 

Remember not only do you earn the miles/points/cash back with these portals but you also earn the points or miles that are earned on your credit card and you also earn the points or miles from the end retailers loyalty program as well. For example, you can go through the Aeroplan eStore to shop online at Chapters Indigo - that means you'll earn Aeroplan miles for the portal purchase, whatever points or miles from your credit card and the Plum points from Chapter's program. Add in the bonus from the portal and you have completed a quadruple dip! Remember as well many of the stores for the U.S. based airlines and hotels are in US$ and ship from there so you can save some extra cash by using a No Foreign Transaction fee card like the Scotia Passport Visa Infinite Card.  Learn more about all the Canadian No FX fees cards here.
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