Receive a 40% discount on AeroMexico Club Premier business class award tickets out of Canada for travel until the end of June (Book by Jan 8)

 

The following would be a speculative booking in my mind but for the next two days AeroMexico is offering its Club Premier members 40% off business class award tickets from the three Canadian cities they serve. Those cities are Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. If you have enough Club Premier points for the redemption and feel like you would want to travel to Mexico City by June this may be an offer to check out. Beware aof ny travel regulations that you need to follow and also beware those regulations may change by the time of your actual flights. 

Canada's new entry requirement now in effect - Negative COVID-19 test result required prior to flying to Canada

 Today, January 7th 2021 marks the day that any travelers flying back to Canada from outside our borders will need to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result prior to boarding their flights. The test must be administered within 72 hours of your planned departure time and if you don't meet the requirements you are to be denied boarding by the airline. This new requirement is in place for all travellers aged 5 years and up and is for both Canadian and foreign nationals. 

Air Canada Aeroplan adds Virgin Australia as their newest airline partner

 
Air Canada's Aeroplan keeps on adding more travel partners to program - namely airlines which shows they are hyper focused on the program being a true frequent flyer program rather than the coalition program they had been known as for the better part of almost two decades. In 2020 alone the program added four new airline partners Etihad, Azul, Vistara and Air Serbia and as of January 19 you can add Virgin Australia to that list.

January 6 Update: Spend $150+ online with Shoppers Drug Mart and get 50,000 bonus PC Optimum points & Sonesta buys Red Lion Hotels

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.

You can earn 50,000 PC Optimum bonus points (worth $50) when you spend $150 or more on almost anything online with Shoppers Drug Mart. This offer runs until January 7. Find out more here.

Which credit card earns the most Aeroplan Points? Version 2.0

Way back in 2012 we published a feature and infographic that compared how various credit and charge cards in Canada earned Aeroplan miles. The last time it was updated was 2014 and a lot has changed since then! We've seen cards that were on that list disappear, cards go through earn rate changes and most recently seeing the entire Aeroplan program revamped and relaunched in November 2020. It is only fitting that we provide a new and revised version of that feature as well since there have been so many changes in those 7 years. 

January 5 update: The new RWRDS logo, AIR MILES Shop adds new partners & offers 5x miles and an update to Airline & Hotel programs that you can earn miles/points in with Canada

 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 is the first update post of 2021 and the main thing you may have noticed since the onset of the New Year is a transformation that is happening at Rewards Canada. It all started with our new logo (With many variations) that has been on the back burner for several years now and has been finally brought to fruition. Watch our social media and other channels in the future for more details on the development of our logo. This will all be followed by a complete revamp of the website in the coming months as it hasn't had a major update since 2012! Just patchwork additions and updates here and there. I know we are excited about the changes and we hope you like them as well! As always, feedback is appreciated on everything happening here so please fell free to pass along comments, suggestions and more.

There is one very popular travel rewards credit card in Canada that is due for a major overhaul

 
The credit card market in Canada is ever changing - it doesn't seem like a month goes by without a new card being released or an existing card being revamped. And it is the latter that is the subject of this post. We have seen a lot of the major cards in our market go through an overhaul over the past few years, whether it was an enhancement, a devaluation or both. From the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card to CIBC's suite of Aventura cards to the BMO Rewards World Elite Mastercard and the new Aeroplan cards, issuers have been making sure they do their best to be competitive. There are however some cards that have not been touched in ages by their issuers and in our opinion there is one that is in serious need of an overhaul to remain relevant and competitive in our market.

Today only - save an extra 15% when booking WestJet flights within Canada

 
WestJet released a promo code today that will provide an additional 15% off base fares (Basic and Econo) during their first sale of 2021. This code is valid for any travel within Canada on WestJet for travel between January 14 and April 24. While their first seat sale does run until January 7 the code for the additional discount is only valid for today. That code to use is Y6ZP41O (it is also on the page we link to below)

Learn more about and book this offer here.

Looking to rack up more WestJet dollars in 2021? Why not start by getting the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard which is offering its highest ever welcome bonus of 450 WestJet dollars! Apply by January 31 to get this offer.

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Marriott Bonvoy sending out targeted stay bonus offers - check your account to see if you received one

Marriott Bonvoy members check your inbox to see if you have been targeted for some stay bonuses as their next batch of targeted offers are being sent out. Several times per year Marriott does provide these bonuses to select members, and don't ask me how they select them as it seems all over the place but it does seem like a greater amount of members are receiving offers right now as the program does not have any systemwide bonuses open to all members. 

Last chance for buy miles & points bonuses from Air France KLM Flying Blue, American AAdvantage, Hilton Honors & World of Hyatt

 

In just over a day there will be four buy miles and points bonus offers coming to an end. All four of these offers have end dates of December 31 however the Air France KLM Flying Blue offer will end sooner on December 31 since it is based on Central European Time which means you only have until 5:59pm ET to buy those miles if your like. The two that definitely stand out in this list are Hilton's and Hyatt's offers. The Hilton 100% bonus matches a frequent offer from them and is the best offer that comes from them while Hyatt's is close the being their best offer but not quite as good as the 40% bonus we do see from them on occasion.