Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for May - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses

Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for this month! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards for small businesses 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 four first year free cards on the list! And remember this list is based on minimum value towards travel which we calculate as the minimum value of the welcome bonus less the annual fee. It is entirely possible to receive more value out of the welcome bonuses on some the cards below namely those like Aeroplan and Marriott. 

Amex Offers: 5 bonus points per dollar spent or a $10 credit on grocery delivery or pick up

 

Another day another awesome Amex Offer to relay to our readers. This one appeared on my Platinum Card this morning and it also came out on the SimplyCash cards (Source RFD). It provides bonus points for the Platinum Card and statement credits for SimplyCash cards for qualifying grocery delivery and/or pick up purchases. Here are the offers:

Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for May - 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 May 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.

May 7 Update: 5x multiplier locations in Iqaluit and receive a statement credit for shopping at William Ashley

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After yesterday's American Express confirmed Cobalt Multipliers update we received details on even more locations from our readers! And I love that they come from every corner of our awesome country! This time a shout out and thank you to Thomas who gives us some multiplier locations in Iqaluit and online:

May 6 Update: More Cobalt Card Confirmed 5x, 2x, 1x Multiplier Locations and there's one new Marriott Hotel opening this year in Kelowna!

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Another big update to our American Express Cobalt™ Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations! Hopefully you were able to grab the card over the past few months when it had the 45K bonus offer on it if you didn't have the card already and can start racking up those true 5x points! Whether you got the card recently or are a veteran of the card you should always be checking our multiplier locations feature so you know which places you can use the card and earn 5x, 2x or 1x points. This time again we have to give a big shout out to FM out in the Vancouver area who consistently provides us with new Cobalt Multipler locations in the lower mainland! Below are the new locations added based on their spending. Be sure to check our American Express Cobalt™ Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations for these and many more locations!

Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for May - These cards provide the most value out of their welcome bonuses

 
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of May 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

Aeroplan Everday Status Qualification is officially here - earn status without flying

 

When the first news of the revamped Aeroplan program came out last August one feature that was being touted was being able to earn elite status from home. Unlike the limited time promotion early on during the pandemic this feature would be a full time everyday benefit of the Aeroplan program. Appropriately named Everyday Status Qualification, that benefit has officially launched now. 

May 5 Update: Earn up to 3x points on Hilton stays, Save 25% on food gift cards with RBC Rewards & new hotel openings in Canada update!

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A few weeks back we let you know about Hilton's new systemwide promotion that offers up to 3x Hilton Honors points on all stays. That offer went live on Monday so be sure to register for it if you haven't done so already so that you can earn Double Points on stays of 1 or 2 nights and Triple Points when you stay 3 nights or more until September 6. Register and book online here.

20% bonus on Fairmont gift cards for the next three hours! (May 5 - 2pm to 5pm EST)

 

Fairmont Hotels has brought back their famous flash sale that provides a 20% bonus on all gift cards purchased between 2pm and 5pm EST.  You can buy gift cards for Fairmont Hotels or their Willow Stream Spas from $25 to $2,000 per card and you can buy up to $5,000 worth of cards in one transaction. For example if you buy a $1,000 gift card you'll end up with $1,200 to spend at Fairmont Hotels.

Wow - a Marriott Bonvoy Category 5 hotel in the Maldives provides an amazing redemption value for this fall!

 

If you happen to follow any U.S. points & miles blogs you may have seen this new redemption option making waves across so many of those sites! From what we can tell this news was broke by Mile Value and it is simply awesome! That news is that the new Le Meridien Maldives that will be opening this September is only a Category 5 hotel in the Marriott Bonvoy program. That's right! A Category 5 hotel when pretty much all their other hotels in that region are Category 8! So what does that mean? Read on to find out!