Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions – March 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.  Here are all the current promotions that are available to everyone this month:

Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for March - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses

Here are Rewards Canada's Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of March 2021. This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Cash Back 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.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

You can now donate United MileagePlus Miles to Give A Mile to help facilitate flights of compassion

 Long time followers of Rewards Canada will know our charity partner very well! That partner is Give A Mile who have recently added United MileagePlus as a donation partner. The addition of United as a partner was key as Give A Mile recently received charity status in the U.S. and can operate south of the border with the same mission that have done here in Canada for many years now!

March 2 Update: Last day to grab the 3,000 mile offer on the American Express Platinum AIR MILES Credit Card & a new Amex Offer for mobile service providers

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.

 
If you have had your eye on the American Express Platinum AIR MILES Credit Card you should grab it today as we just learned it is the last day for the 3,000 Reward Miles welcome bonus. As of tomorrow it will revert to its standard bonus. You can apply for the card here.

Earn up to 5x AIR MILES when you use your BMO AIR MILES card for purchases at the Sobeys family of grocery stores


Today is the BMO change over day for the new card offers and one of them that launched today that is good for both existing and new card members is this one for their AIR MILES cards:

Get topped up to 5x the AIR MILES Reward Miles on groceries until May 31, 2021.Use any BMO AIR MILES credit card with your AIR MILES Card when you shop at Sobeys, Safeway, Foodland & Participating Co-op’s, Urban Fresh, Thrifty Foods, IGA, Les Marchés Traditions and Rachelle Béry.

Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for March - These cards provide 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 March 2021! 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

Monday, March 1, 2021

March 1 Update: Last day to grab higher welcome offers on three BMO cards, WestJet $0 companion voucher good for almost two years, Hugo Boss returns to Amex Offers

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.


Today is the last day to grab the increased welcome offers on the following BMO credit cards. All o

All of the above cards will have lower welcome offers as of tomorrow.

New increased welcome offers for the Scotia Momentum Visa card & Scotia Momentum No-Fee Visa card

 
The third and final increased welcome bonuses we see from Scotia today comes on their lower end cash back Scotia Momentum Visa cards. The Scotia Momentum® Visa* card sees a new welcome offer of 7.5% cash back on the first $2,000 of spending and the Scotia Momentum® No-Fee Visa* card which sees 5% cash back on the first $2,000 in spending. Both cards also retain their introductory balance transfer interest rates of 2.99% and 7.99% respectively. Those are some pretty solid bonuses for lower end and entry level cards. Here are the top level details of each card:

The welcome bonus for the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card sees a 10,000 point boost to 30,000 points


Next up in Scotia's updates for today is a new increased welcome bonus offer for the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card. This new offer sees the welcome bonus boosted by 10,000 points. You will now earn 30,000 bonus Scotia Rewards points when you spend $1,000 on the card in the first three months of having the card. They do advertise the offer as up to 40,000 points as that includes the annual bonus of 10,000 points if you spend $40,000 on the card annually. 

Earn 5x points on all purchases made via the Aeroplan eStore until March 3

 
For the next three days Aeroplan will be awarding 5x points for all online purchases made via the Aeroplan eStore. You'll be able to earn the bonus for purchases at over 150 retailers and don't forget about each retailers own loyalty programs as you can earn points in those as well with these purchases. Whether it's Chapter Indigo's Plum Rewards or Lego Points - you name it you'll also earn those points. 

Learn more about this offer here.