Tuesday, December 3, 2019

December 3 Update: Rewards Canada Podcast on Stitcher, Aer Lingus Cyber Sale extended & save 750 points on Coast Hotels Free Night Rewards



We continue to expand the service providers that you can listen to the Rewards Canada Podcast on! As of last night we are now on Stitcher. Here's the direct link to our podcast on Stitcher or just search for 'Rewards Canada' on the Stitcher!


You'll now find the MBNA True line Mastercard on our MBNA card offers page. This is an ideal card if you are carrying some balances on other cards and are having a tough time paying them down as they are offering a 0% rate on balance transfers for 12 months:
" You could get a 0% promotional annual interest rate (“AIR”)† for 12 months on balance transfers✪ completed within 90 days of account opening, with a fee of 3% of the amount advanced (minimum fee of $7.50). Offer expires February 29, 2020"


Aer Lingus' Cyber Sale that offers up to $100 off economy class fares or $200 off business class fares on their flights out of Toronto has been extended. You now have until December 10 to take advantage of the deal and the travel dates have been extended to March 22. Find out more here.


Coast Hotels Coast Rewards members who redeem for free night stays until the end of the year can enjoy a 750 point discount on those redemptions. With regular hotel rates running 1,750 to 2,250 points you can now get those rooms for only 1,000 to 1,500 points per night! Find out more here.

Posts since our last update:

Travel Deals

Check out our Black Friday Cyber Monday deals page for all the latest travel deals as many are still going strong!

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 France KLM Flying Blue
- December Promo Rewards – Save 20% to 50% on the Award Miles usually required for an award ticket. This month includes Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. More... Book by Dec 31 for travel Feb 1 – Mar 31, 20

Coast Hotels Coast Rewards
- 750 Coast Rewards Points Discount on redemptions towards a night stay, through the Coast Rewards redemption catalogue or at any Coast Hotel. More... Until Dec 31, 19


Other Bonus Offers

Best Western Rewards
- Earn up to $60 in Best Western Gift Cards when you complete stays at Best Western Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Feb 2, 20

Choice Privileges
- 2,000 Bonus Privileges Points for stays at any one of seven participating Choice Hotels locations in the Caribbean. More... Until Jan 31, 20
- Discounted Privileges Points redemption for stays at any one of seven participating Choice Hotels locations in the Caribbean. More... Until Jan 31, 20

Iberia Plus
- 25% Avios Discount when you redeem for select Iberia Express award flights between Madrid and Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela, Rennes, Nice, Nantes, Lyon or Fuerteventura. More... Book by Dec 18 for travel until Feb 16, 20

Marriott Bonvoy
- 2,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Four Points by Sheraton Warsaw Mokotow. More... Until Jan 31, 20
- 4,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points per stay at the London Heathrow Marriott Hotel. More... Until Jan 4, 20

Wyndham Rewards
- 40% Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points when you purchase Wyndham Rewards Points. More.... Until Jan 13, 20


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Monday, December 2, 2019

IHG Cyber Sale – Save 30% on stays around the globe if you book by December 6


Just a friendly reminder that IHG’s Cyber Sale we brought to you back on November 12 has now bumped up to 30% until December 6. After this date it will drop back to 25% until December 17. If you have any stays planned now would be the time to book them to take advantage of that extra 5% 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

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Cyber Monday Offer: 20x AIR MILES Reward Miles for shopping via AIR MILES Shops (if you can access the site)


AIR MILES launched their Cyber Monday offer earlier today, which is essentially an extension of their Black Friday offer. That offer is 20x AIR MILES Reward Miles on all purchases made via airmilessshops.ca. There's only one problem - we can't access the site and it appears we're not the only ones experiencing this issue! I've been holding off on this post hoping the site would be back up at time of posting but it doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon. I just wanted to pass this along to anyone just in case they are trying to access this offer. Hopefully they do get it fixed soon so that you can get your AIR MILES fix on Cyber Monday!




Click here for more details and to shop online via airmilessshops.ca
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RBC Visa Infinite Avion - Up to 25,000 Bonus RBC Rewards Points and First Year Annual Fee waived (Only until Dec 6)


Looks like RBC released an extra special welcome offer on the RBC Visa Infinite Avion card for Black Friday / Cyber Monday.  Right now through to December 6 they have added an extra 5,000 points to the latest limited time offer on the card. That means you can earn 25,000 RBC Rewards points with this offer! When approved you'll get 15,000 points then when you spend $1,000 on the card in the first three months you'll be awarded with 10,000 more points for 25,000 total - and the first year annual fee is waived. This means you are basically getting the 25,000 points for free. This is a great deal assuming the $1,000 in spending you put on the card is spending you would do otherwise. This is an easily achievable spend requirement only only $333.33 per month so it is definitely an offer you'll want to check out.

Those 25,000 points will equate to 25,000 British Airways Avios at no cost or more when they run their transfer bonuses like the current 50% bonus.  It is also equivalent to 250 WestJet dollars at no cost and that doesn't even take into account the transfer bonuses they run occasionally throughout the year for WestJet. And remember BA has household accounts so you and your spouse could each get the card then convert to BA and combine the Avios into one account for no less than 50,000 Avios. Remember that you can get really cheap Avios redemptions to Dublin from Toronto and Montreal on Aer Lingus. There are just so many options here....

Learn more about this limited time offer here.

 

Here are some articles we have written to help you decide if this offer is for you!

And thanks again to Anik for alerting us to this offer!
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Best Western Rewards: Get up to $60 in Best Western Gift Cards After 3 Eligible Stays


Best Western Rewards Winter systemwide promotion is now here. They have returned to the gift card offer however this time it is not limited to only one stay and in fact gets better with each stay you have. On your first stay you’ll earn a $10 Best Western gift Card, a $20 gift card is earned on your second stay and complete a third stay for a $30 gift card – $60 in total. As is always the case when BW runs gift card offers the cards do expire after a short while. You will in fact have 120 days to use them from the date they are issued.

Offer details:
Earn up to $60 in Best Western Gift Cards when you complete stays at Best Western Hotels Worldwide. You’ll earn a $10 card on your first stay, a $20 card on your second stay and a $30 card on your third stay. Full details, registration and booking (Registration is required) Until Feb 2, 20

Here are some other Best Western Rewards offers to also take advantage of:
  • Elite Level Status Match Best Western Rewards will match your other Hotel Reward program status with no catch. Full details,
  • Book 2 nights and get your 3rd night free at participating Best Western Hotels in Asia. Find out more here.

Find our complete list of Best Western Rewards offers here!
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WestJet Cyber Monday Sale - Save 20% on all base fares + an additional 15% off with promo code


Here is WestJet's Cyber Monday sale offer - it is the same as Air Canada's (which I believe AC actually matched as late last night AC wasn't offering the 15% on their Cyber Monday page). Today only, WestJet has lowered fares by 20% and is giving you an extra 15% off base fares with their promo code F66RJ9E. Book today for travel until June 24, 2020. Some blackout dates do apply. Check the landing page for details.

Learn more and/or book this sale offer here!


You’ll also find this and other offers on our Black Friday Cyber Monday deals page!

Don't forget that right now one of the best sign up offers for WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard is available. If you apply for the card by January 6 you can get 350 Bonus WestJet dollars after your first purchase on the card! Add in the companion voucher benefits, first bag free benefit, Mastercard Airport Experiences and you have a card you shouldn't pass up right now! Learn more about the offer here. 

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Air Canada Cyber Monday Sale - Save 20% on Economy Basic and Standard base fares + an additional 15% off


Air Canada launched their Cyber Monday sale today as well! Today's offers sees discounts of 20% on Economy Basic and Standard base fares to over 200 cities worldwide. There is no promo code required as the discount is automatically applied.  However certain routes in Canada, the U.S. and Sun Destinations does have a promo code that will allow you to take an additional 15% off.  Enter the promotional code JA4JCCF1 for that additional 15% discount.

Ticket prices are quite low with this sale. Some examples of one way fares include Vancouver to Toronto for $135, Vancouver to Maui for $176, Toronto to Las Vegas for $192 and Toronto to Nassau for $170

Learn more and/or book this sale offer here!



You’ll also find this and other offers on our Black Friday Cyber Monday deals page!



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Air New Zealand Cyber Monday Sale - Fly Vancouver to New Zealand and Australia from $988


Continuing on with our Cyber Weekend deals we have a new one from Air New Zealand for Cyber Monday. They are offering some great fares from their Canadian gateway of Vancouver to New Zealand and Australia. Economy class fares run as low as $988 all in round trip, Premium Economy from $2,999 and Business from $4,999. This sale is only running today (December 2)

Air New Zealand’s Cyber Monday sale is across all of its cabins and highlights include:
  • Economy fares from Vancouver to New Zealand from *CDN $999
  • Economy fares from Vancouver to Australia from *CDN $988
  • Premium Economy fares from Vancouver to New Zealand from *CDN $2,999
  • Premium Economy fares from Vancouver to Australia from *CDN $3,188
  • Business Premier fares from Vancouver to New Zealand from *CDN $4,999
  • Business Premier fares from Vancouver to Australia from *CDN $5,288
Travel period: Economy: Dec 24, 2019 - Jan 02, 2020, Jan 13 - Jun 28, Jul 24 - Sep 17, 2020. Premium Economy: Dec 23 - Dec 31, 2019, Jan 19 - Jun 28, Jul 24 - Sep 17, 2020. Business Premier™: Dec 23, 2019 - Jan 02, 2020, Jan 13 - Jun 28, Jul 24 - Sep 17, 2020.
$100 surcharge round trip for Economy on weekends, $200 for Premium Economy and $500 for Business Premier™.

The sale is advertised for their direct flights out of Vancouver but the Air New Zealand site allows you to book from other Canadian cities which also appear to be part of the sale For example Calgary to Auckland is $1042.51 all in - not much more than the Vancouver flights:



When booking Air New Zealand flights remember to use a credit card that maximizes your points earning on travel purchases such as the HSBC World Elite Mastercard, American Express Gold Rewards Card or the Platinum Card from American Express. These are just three cards that have multipliers on travel purchases, for a larger list of cards check out our Credit Card comparison chart


Learn more about and/or book the Air New Zealand Cyber Monday sale here!

You’ll also find this and other offers on our Black Friday Cyber Monday deals page!
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Sunday, December 1, 2019

New welcome offer for the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card - Earn up to 30,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles with first year free

The latest set of TD credit card offers are out now and while most of the cards have lower total welcome bonus offers - they are easier to achieve than the last set of offers.  Our coverage this week starts with one of the most popular co-brand cards in Canada, the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite card. We'll follow suit with separate posts for the other Aeroplan card offers and their proprietary TD Rewards card offers.

FYI - These are the other offers:
  • TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege -  Limited time offer - online only! Earn up to 40,000 Aeroplan Miles (equivalent to 2 premium economy class short-haul roundtrip flight rewards)1. Conditions Apply. Must apply online by March 2, 2020. 
  • TD Aeroplan Platinum Visa - Limited time offer - online only! Earn up to 25,000 Aeroplan Miles (equivalent to 1 long-haul roundtrip flight reward)1. and first year no Annual Fee1. for the Primary Cardholder. Conditions Apply. Must apply online by March 2, 2020. 
  • TD First Cass Visa Infinite Card - Limited time offer - online only:
    Earn up to 80,000 TD Points1 (a travel value of $4001). Plus, first year no Annual Fee1 for the Primary Cardholder. Conditions Apply. Must apply online by March 2, 2020.
  • TD Platinum Travel Visa - Limited Time Offer - online only:
    Earn up to 30,000 TD Rewards Points1 (a travel value of $150). Plus, first year no Annual Fee1 for the Primary Cardholder. Conditions Apply. Must apply online by March 2, 2020.  
  • TD Rewards Visa - Apply online by March 2, 2020 to earn up to 10,000 TD Rewards Points (equivalent to a $25 gift card)
The new offer out on the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Cards matches the mileage bonus we saw back in February. That offer was for 30,000 miles with only $1,000 in spending and was first year free. This time around is 30,000 with $3,000 in spending and is first year free. So it takes a bit more than the offer we saw early in the year. It of course doesn't match the 40,000 offer that just ended and this one replaced. However this current 30,000 mile offer is actually better in some one ways than the 40,000 mile offer. How so? The 40K offer required a lot of spend and required you to get a supplementary card. Well what if you don't need or want a supplementary card? Well that brought the 40K mile offer down to 35K miles as the supplementary card scored 5,000 miles for a $50 annual fee. And to get those 35,000 miles on the old offer required a minimum of $6,667.66 in spending whereas the 30,000 on this current offer only requires $3,000 and no additional cards. 

Now what you'll want to know is how do you earn the full 30,000 Aeroplan Mile welcome bonus. When you receive the card you will be awarded with 15,000 Aeroplan miles on the first purchase made. Then you will receive 5 additional Aeroplan miles per dollar on eligible purchases up to $1,000 in each of the first three months you have the card. That is, if you spend $1,000 on the card in month one you'll earn 5,000 Aeroplan miles. Any spend above $1,000 will only earn the 1 to 1.5 Aeroplan Miles per dollar spent. This resets for month two and once again you'll earn 5 additional Aeroplan Miles per dollar up to $1,000 and again for month three. All told, spend $1,000 in each of those three months ($3,000 in total) and you have the additional 15,000 Aeroplan Miles.  This is all with the first year annual fee of $120 waived on the primary card. Of course if you have a TD All Inclusive Banking plan you don't ever pay fees on the primary or first additional card.

Just remember, the $1,000 is key - as the offer states you will earn 5 Aeroplan Miles per dollar up to that $1,000 mark each month - anything above that and you'll earn the regular 1 to 1.5 Aeroplan Miles.  So don't go out and blow $3,000 in the first month thinking you'll get 15,000 miles right away. Play it cool and make sure you can hit the $1,000 each month for those first three months.

I would also recommend that if you play the credit card sign up bonus game or are a credit card churner - you may want to take a break from other cards when you get this card.  The reason why is so you can focus your spend to reach that $1,000 spend per month without stretching your finances to meet the minimum spend requirements on other cards at the same time. We've heard too many stories of people scrambling because they signed up for and received too many cards in a short period of time and struggled to hit the minimums to earn the welcome bonuses.

That aside - once you do have this card and have earned the 30,000 Aeroplan miles at no expense you have a lot of travel reward value at your disposal. Looking at the Aeroplan Classic Flight reward chart there are lots of round trip options that run from 15,000 to 30,000 miles and even more one way options since they are exactly half of the rates listed on the chart:

Here are some of the possible redemption options for the 35,000 mile level:
  • 2 Round Trip Economy Class Short Haul tickets 
  • 1 Round Trip Business Class Short Haul ticket 
  • 1 Round Trip Economy Class Long Haul ticket in Canada and the U.S. (with 5,000 miles left over)
  • 1 One Way Economy Class Ticket to South America or Europe

The value you get out of the sign up bonus will really vary based on what you redeem your miles on. In many of our past posts we see Aeroplan miles being worth as little as 1.2 cents for economy class flights to well over 6 cents per mile for business class flights. That means the 30,000 mile welcome bonus is worth anywhere from $360 to $1,800+ which makes it one of the most worthwhile sign up offers in the market seeing that it basically comes to you at no cost since the first year annual fee is waived.

If you are wondering if this offer is right for you, you do have some time to consider it as it is open for new applications until March 2, 2020.

Below is the most current offering for this card:

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Korean Air Cyber Sale - Save on flights to Asia from Vancouver & Toronto



Use coupon code CYBER19 to get a special discount for your Prestige or Economy Class ticket from Vancouver and Toronto to Asia
Booking period: December 1 and 2, 2019
Travel period: Jan 1 - Nov 30, 20

Book this offer here

You’ll also find this and other offers on our Black Friday Cyber Monday deals page!
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