Here's the Rewards Canada Daily update for December 3, 2020! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
A look at the new Desjardins Cash Back World Elite Mastercard - a strong contender in our cash back market
We have had quite a few of members of our community ask us to cover this new card and to see what we think of it. So here you go! That new card is the Desjardins Cash Back World Elite Mastercard which appears to have hit our market sometime in October.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
December 2 Update: Aeroplan eStore 12 Days of Gifting, Westin Grand Vancouver to become a Hilton in 2021, Grab the TD Cash Back Visa Infinite Card now
Aeroplan eStore's annual 12 Days of Gifting started today. For the next 12 days there will be a bonus of up to 10x points each day with a different retailer. Today, December 2 it is Indigo and the bonus is 7x points. Find out more here.
Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for December - These cards provide some of the best value out of their welcome bonuses
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of December 2020! 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 some 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 see three first year free cards on the list
American AAdvantage gifting free miles or upgrades plus offering bonuses on flights
Calling all American AAdvantage members! Be sure to log in to your account today and take part in their "It's a Gift! From American, to: AAdvantage Members" promotion. The promotion is giving all members who register for it some free miles, not a lot, 100 to 250 miles or upgrades (but hey it's something and it should keep your account active longer) and also the opportunity to earn double AAdvantage miles on American Airlines flights in January and February. I know the latter promotion will not appeal to many but maybe you are snowbird planning on heading down to the U.S. and are an American Airlines flyer so in that case it may work for you if you haven't booked your flights yet.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Air Canada partners with Shoppers Drug Mart to provide pre-departure COVID-19 testing
Catching up on some news from last week here with this announcement that came from Air Canada and Shoppers Drug Mart. This news follows on the heels of Hawaii's announcement that they will now accept select testing from Canada so that Canadians can avoid the 14 day quarantine period that Hawaii has imposed for those coming to the islands. You'll have to note however that the island of Kauai has opted out of the pre-departure testing exemption which means all visitors (even those from neighbouring islands) have to quarantine for 14 days as of December 2nd.
December 1 Update: Top 6 tips for maximizing miles & points earning on holiday shopping, Give A Mile matching cash donations for Giving Tuesday, New Amex Offer for Lululemon
Our annual guide to earning the most points and miles on your holiday shopping
has been updated for 2020. The feature provides six main tips that you
can utilize for your holiday shopping from online shopping portals to
where you should buy gift cards and more! See the updated guide here.
New welcome offer of 100,000 PC Optimum points on PC Financial Credit Cards
Another 100K credit card offer to let you know about and this one seems to be coming around every few weeks now but when it is around it is only live for a few days. That offer is the 100K bonus for getting a PC Financial Mastercard. This time the offer is valid for applications until December 3, 2020 and is good for any one of the three cards in their portfolio:
Monday, November 30, 2020
Rewards Canada Clash of the Reward Charts! Amex Fixed Points for Travel versus RBC Avion Air Travel Redemption
Welcome to next Rewards Canada Clash!
If you listened to our podcast 
from June entitled Clash of the Credit Cards - you'll know that we've
changed our Showdown features to Clashes. The reason why is that lots of
sites and blogs are using Showdown now, some are using battle so we
wanted to continue to be unique so our comparisons are now Clashes!
AIR MILES Shops Cyber Monday Offer - Shop online and earn 15x Miles sitewide today only!
Remember his bonus is earned over and above the Shop the Block offer as well
that awards 30 bonus miles if you spend $100 or more with one retailer
so keep that in mind as well!
Learn more about this offer here.
You can find this offer and many more on our Black Friday / Cyber Monday / Holiday Deals page!