November 12 Update: AIR MILES Shop the Block returns in 2 days with up to 1,200 bonus miles and the last Air Transat A310 flights to be YQB-CDG

AIR MILES Shop the Block returns for the holiday shopping season with the opportunity to earn up to 1,200 bonus AIR MILES Reward Miles. The promotion launches in two days and you can bet we'll provide coverage of this year's offers. Find out more here.

For our #avgeek readers who want to fly on Air Transat's last A310 flight the airline has updated the dates and routes for those last flights. According to RoutesOnline the last flights will now be Quebec City -Paris on April 26 and returning Paris to Quebec City on the 27th.

Posts since our last update:

• IHG Cyber Sale – Save up to 30% on stays around the globe
  IHG’s annual cyber sale is here! They are one of the first of many who will be offering up…
• Amex Shop Small promotion returns for the holiday shopping season - earn $5 credits or 300 bonus Membership Rewards points
  Amex's awesome Shop Small offer is back for its fourth (or is it fifth?) incarnation!  Last seen in July the…
• November 8 Update: 2,000 Bonus Points at JW Marriott Edmonton extended, Marriott New Year's Eve Packages and up to 4x miles with Trip dot com PointsPLUS
  The 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points offer for stays at the new JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District has been extended…

Travel Deals

Hilton has a flash sale for stays in the Southeastern U.S., Bahamas and Puerto Rico. It offers up to 20% off if you book by Nov 15 for stays until Feb 2, 20. 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

Avianca LifeMiles
- 4,000 Bonus LifeMiles when you make your first hotel booking via LifeMiles Hotels. More... Book by Dec 24 for stays until Dec 26, 19

British Airways Executive Club
- 50% Bonus when you buy anywhere from 1,000 to 200,000 Avios online. More... Until Nov 21, 19

Etihad Guest
- Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Guest Miles when you rent with Avis for 5 or more days Worldwide. More... Book by Jan 31 for rentals until Mar 31, 20
- Triple Guest Miles when you rent with Avis in Abu Dhabi. More... Until Nov 30, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per stay at the Sheraton Munich Arabellapark Hotel. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Dec 24, 19

SriLankan FlySmiles
- Triple FlySmiles when you fly on SriLankan between Kolkata and Colombo. More... Book by Nov 20 for travel until Dec 31, 19

TAP Miles&Go
- Triple Miles&Go miles when you buy miles online. More... Until Nov 30, 19



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IHG Cyber Sale – Save up to 30% on stays around the globe

IHG’s annual cyber sale is here! They are one of the first of many who will be offering up extra special savings for those who book during this busy shopping period.  From now until December 17th when you book your stay at IHG hotels you’ll get a discount of up to to 20% off the Best Flexible Rate with an additional 5% discount for IHG® Rewards Club members. Be aware that the Booking requires non-refundable, full pre-payment for the entire stay at the time of booking. This means to make most of the savings you must fully know your travel plans and know that you will complete these stays. Advance purchase requirements and discount vary by hotel. All stays must be completed by May 31, 2020. If you book between November 29 and December 6 the discount will be up to 30% off.

Click here for complete details and to book this offer.

You can also earn up to 4x IHG Rewards Club Points on stays until Jan 31, 20:
Earn 1,000 Bonus Points on your 1st stay, Double Points on your 2nd stay, Triple Points on your 3rd stay and Quadruple Points on your 4th stay and beyond. Full details, online registration and booking  (Registration is required)  Register by Dec 15 for stays until Jan 31, 20
 

Amex Shop Small promotion returns for the holiday shopping season - earn $5 credits or 300 bonus Membership Rewards points

Amex's awesome Shop Small offer is back for its fourth (or is it fifth?) incarnation!  Last seen in July the offer has changed a bit for this iteration. This time, instead of having dedicated landing and registration pages for four cities in Canada, the offers are actually listed in the Amex Offers section on the Amex Canada app or online when you log in to your account. It is still limited to small business merchants in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver as well as having a cap on the number of cardmembers who can register for the offer.

There are also multiple offers depending on the cardholder. It looks like you can receive the $5 You can earn the statement credit for purchases from  up to 5 different retailers for a total of $25.

Here are the two offers I have seen so far:

This is the offer I received on the Platinum Card

This offer awards 300 bonus Membership Rewards points on each $10 purchase at a participating Shop Small merchant up to 5 times. That means you can earn 1,500 bonus Membership Rewards points in total with this offer. From the terms and conditions this offer is open to the first 7,000 members who register

This is the offer I received on the Gold Rewards Card

This offers looks like the offer we had become accustomed to during each run of this promotion in the past. Receive a $5 statement credit on each $10 or more purchase at any of the participating Shop Small merchants. Same as above this is limited to 5 purchases so you can end up to $25 in statement credits when spending as little as $50. This offer is only open to the first 11,000 members who register.

If you aren't familiar with American Express' Shop Small program we have a feature to help you out:  A step by step guide to the American Express Shop Small Program

Ideally, those looking to maximize the offer will only spend $10 at each location to come out with what is essentially a 50% discount (if you have the $5 offer) or a minimum savings of $3 if you have the points offer. The points can be worth more than $3 depending on what you redeem them on however.

For this fourth incarnation, we received the $5 offers on the Gold Rewards Card and Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card and the 300 points offer on the  Platinum Card from American Express and Cobalt Card.

This offer runs until December 22 and to find out what merchants are participating you just have to go to the American Express Shop Small website and look for the Shop Small icon beside the merchant:

You can also choose to filter for only the merchants that are participating in the offer by checking off the Shop Small Offer box:

And some quick examples from all four cities:

Just a reminder that there aren't dedicated landing pages for the offers this time. You have to access them via Amex Offers on the app or Amex Canada website.

Happy shopping!


 
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November 8 Update: 2,000 Bonus Points at JW Marriott Edmonton extended, Marriott New Year's Eve Packages and up to 4x miles with Trip dot com PointsPLUS

The 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points offer for stays at the new JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District has been extended to the end of the year. Originally it was slated to end in late October. The bonus offer is pretty sweet since it prices the same as the best flexible rate. You can stack this bonus Marriott's Unlock More global promotion to earn even more points! Book the JW Marriott offer here.

Continuing on with Marriott offers, over on our worldwide site FFB, we posted about Marriott's New Year's Eve package offers. There so many offers around the globe so if your travels may be taking you away from home for that night be sure to check out what packages Marriott offers. Find out more here.

The newest player in the 'earn miles or points for hotel bookings via third party site' has released some great bonus offers for the holiday season. Trip.com's PointsPLUS is offering 3 to 4x miles or points with 10 of their airline partners including American AAdvantage and Cathay Pacific Asia Miles. Simply book by November 30 for stays until January 31. Find out more here.

Posts since our last update:

• 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…
• 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…

Travel Deals

Air France has some really good fares for flying from Montreal to Paris later this month. Fares start as low $708 all in round-trip. 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

Marriott Bonvoy
- 500 Bonus Bonvoy points for stays at the TownePlace Suites Fort McMurray More... Until Jan 5, 20
- OFFER EXTENDED 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy points per stay at the JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District. More... Until Dec 31, 19

Other Bonus Offers

American AAdvantage
- Earn up Triple AAdvantage Miles when you book hotels via Trip.com’s PointsPLUS. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Jan 31, 20

British Airways Executive Club
- Save 10% to 50% off Avios award tickets from the U.K. More... Book by Nov 21 for travel until Apr 30, 20

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up Quadruple Asia Miles when you book hotels via Trip.com’s PointsPLUS. More... Book by Nov 30 for stays until Jan 31, 20

Emirates Skywards
- Double Skywards Miles when you fly Emirates to or from Mexico City. More... Register & book by Dec 8 for travel Dec 9, 19 - Mar 31, 20

Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 1,000 Bonus ShebaMiles when you fly on Ethiopian Airlines in Business Class between Addis Ababa or Accra More... Until Nov 30, 19

IHG Rewards Club
- Double IHG Rewards Club Points for stays at the Crowne Plaza Paris Republique More... Until Dec 31, 19
- Double IHG Rewards Club Points for stays at the Crowne Plaza Hamburg More... Until Jan 31, 20
- Double IHG Rewards Club Points for stays at the Regent Porto Montenegro. More... Until Dec 31, 19

Marriott Bonvoy
- 2,000 Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the Courtyard Detroit Downtown More... Until Jan 31, 20
- Double Bonvoy Points for stays at the Hotel Trio Healdsburg More... Nov 19, 19 - Feb 10, 20
- Earn up to 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points for stays at The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square More... Until Dec 31, 19

Miles & More
- Double Miles & More Miles for stays at Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts in Europe. More... Until Dec 31, 19
Scandic Hotels Friends
- 50% discount when you redeem Scandic Friend points for award night stays at select hotels in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Germany. More... Until Dec 31, 19


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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!

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:

• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…

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!

Good point. Just want to note that maybe next analysis can include how much is required to spend to get the bonus pointe. For example, for the avg CDN, getting the entire 40k from the TD card more difficult than the WestJet given spend reqd. Just an idea! Love the articles

— Anik Dattani (@DattaniAnik) November 6, 2019

So shout out to Anik and DC for this idea!

You can view the entire feature here.

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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

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:

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:

• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• November 5 Update: WestJet adds gate upgrade benefit, buy Delta SkyMiles status and 24 new miles & points bonuses
  WestJet has added a new gate upgrade benefit for WestJet Rewards elite members. This is the first confirmed and…

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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