December 4 Update: New from RBC - The Avion Collection, Discounted More Rewards redemption offer for Save-On Foods & Aeroplan accumulation changes for Canadian North

 Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! 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.

RBC has launched a new initiative for their Avion cardholders. Entitled 'The Avion Collection' RBC describes the Avion Collection as

"Bringing you curated travel ideas, exclusive value, insider tips, and unique experiences that will only get better over time. This is the start of an ever-growing catalog of value and inspiration, just for Avioners"

OFFER EXTENDED LifeMiles offering a 200% bonus when buying miles – and how to use it to fly on the cheap within Canada or beyond

 

The biggest bonus for buying Avianca LifeMiles has returned as their Cyber Week offer. From now until December 3 December 8 when you buy any amount of LifeMiles from 1, 000 to 200,000 you will earn a 200% bonus (Triple Miles). No matter which level you buy at you are buying the miles for US 1.1 cents each. That’s an incredible deal to be buying miles that can be used for Star Alliance flights including Air Canada.

Another big batch of new RBC Offers - From Clinique to Pet Value to Sporting Life & more!

Wow we see another round of new RBC offers and there are a bunch of them this time! m Be sure to login to your RBC account right away to load these offers (if required) or get the promo codes if required.

The new offers are as follows:

December 3 Update: 50,000 PC Optimum points for online Shoppers purchases & a new Desjardins page on Rewards Canada

 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.

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. 

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.

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.