OFFER EXPIRED Last day to jump on the 100,000 point offer from HSBC for their World Elite Mastercard! That's $500 towards any travel or $300 cash back

 

THIS OFFER HAS EXPIRED

HSBC's biggest and best offer for the HSBC World Elite Mastercard that is also one of the best ever bonuses ever seen in Canada (definitely in the Top 5 ever in terms of value) ends tonight! As we already mentioned just under two weeks we know for sure the offer is not being extended. The offer for all of Canada sans Quebec is up to 100,000 points which ties the highest ever points offer outside of Quebec. The PC Optimum World Elite Mastercard and ATB Gold My Rewards Mastercard have both offered 100,000 in the past but those two offers were only worth $100. On top of the 100,000 point bonus on the HSBC World Elite Mastercard this current welcome bonus also provides no annual fee in the first year for the primary cardholder. Those 100,000 points are worth $500 towards any travel and as that first year annual fee is waived you get the full value of that $500! Since Quebec doesn't allow the first year free waiver the offer there is a whopping 130,000 points (this is highest ever bonus in Canada numerically speaking) worth $650 towards travel but you do have to pay the annual fee so you end up with $501 in travel value.

Clash of the Credit Cards! Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card vs. MBNA Best Western Rewards Mastercard

 

Welcome to another 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! 

 This time we have a Clash of the Credit Cards between the only two remaining hotel loyalty program credit cards in Canada. Those cards are the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card  and the MBNA Best Western Rewards Mastercard

Continue on to the main Rewards Canada site to read the Clash in its entirety!

Receive 30% off Alaska Airlines flights out of Canada when using a new promo code and booking by December 23

 
December 22 Update: There is a new code we received in our email today that revives this post and offer! The code is HELLO2021 and it provides 30% off when you book by 11:59pm PT on December 23.  The travel period is different for this offer as well as it is limited to January 12 to May 19 with black out dates listed below. You can access the offer here.

Air Canada Aeroplan Priority Rewards examples from a Super Elite Member with an Aeroplan co-brand credit card

Here we have a follow up to our first Aeroplan Priority Rewards post from earlier this month where we looked at Priority Rewards from the perspective of a 50K elite member. Now, thanks to Rewards Canada reader Dat N. we have examples of Priority Rewards for a Super Elite member with an Aeroplan co-brand card. The combination of being a top tier elite member and holding an Aeroplan credit provides the biggest point discount available for Aeroplan reward flights. On top of this being a Super Elite member means the Priority Rewards received can be used on any fare class up to Business/Signature to any destination that Air Canada flies to Worldwide.

Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Five Star & President’s Circle members can gift status to a family member or friend

 

Hertz Gold Plus Rewards is offering all of their Five Star and President’s Circle members the opportunity to gift equivalent status to one family member or friend. The status that is gifted will be valid for one year from January 31, 2021 to January 31, 2022.

December 22 Update: WestJet extends companion and milestone voucher expiry dates, RBC matching RBC Rewards donations & Choice Privileges lowers elite status qualification requirements

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! 

WestJet Rewards has formally extended the validity of companion vouchers again! Vouchers issued from WestJet RBC Mastercards are being extended to June 30, 2021 while Elite Tier Milestone awards are being extended to the end of 2021.

Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions – December Edition

 
Here is your monthly update of all the global hotel bonus points promotions that are available. One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of these systemwide bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs. In fact, right now it should be rare for you NOT to earn a bonus. Unless you are staying at a boutique hotel or perhaps an independent hotel most other hotels out there have a bonus. So take advantage of it! These systemwide bonuses simply require you to register beforehand and they do not affect hotel pricing as long as you book a point eligible rate which are most rates out there. Of course booking through a third party site like Expedia or Rocketmiles does not count as most chains only award points on bookings that are made directly with them. Without further ado here are all the current promotions that are available to everyone:

December 21 Update: Use TD Rewards Points for Amazon purchases and Air Transat's Boxing Day sale

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.

 
Last week TD formally announced the option for the TD Rewards program whereby you can shop with points on Amazon. The feature soft launched back in October and last week's press release from TD marks the official launch of the redemption option. This is the same feature American Express offers for those who are familiar with it. All of TD's credit cards that earn TD Rewards Points (like the First Class Visa Infinite card) are eligible and it allows cardholders to link their rewards account with Amazon so that they can redeem points right at check out from Amazon.ca. Per this thread on RFD the redemption rate is 303 points for $1. Learn more about the redemption option here.

My favourite Starbucks Rewards redemption

 
We don't cover Starbucks Rewards very often here on Rewards Canada, in fact the last time I wrote about them was when the program was going through changes early in 2019 (read that post here) that were for the most part worse than better. However I've been meaning to write about the program, well more so about my favourite redemption for sometime now and am I finally getting around to it.

December 18 Update: HSBC offers for Door Dash & Spotify, new Amex offer for Frank & Oak and WestJet adds flights to Bonaire

 

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.

 We have another player in the credit card offers market and by offers we mean discounts or statement credits! By now you are probably very familiar with Amex Offers and RBC Offers as we do give them a lot of coverage here on Rewards Canada. We have also touched upon BMO who also has the occasional offer but nowhere near the extent of Amex or RBC - now we also have HSBC. They have their own offers for some of their Mastercards (primarily the higher end ones) and those offers can be found on this page on their site.