Air Canada and Marriott have joined forces to present a Flash Sale that offers discounts on flights and hotel stays within Canada. This sale is available until June 6 for travel right through to the end of 2021. The Marriott offer is good for stays at 224 of their hotels in Canada and the Air Canada offer is good for all flights across Canada.
With this week's multiple news events from American Express we got to say that the issuer is attacking the Canadian credit card market from all angles again. If any card company has it in them to make cards more rewarding it's American Express and they showed it by flexing their muscles this week. While the two pieces of news cover a wide gamut of American Express cards that makes all of them better, they really make Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Card stand out even more. That card is the American Express Cobalt™ Card - it has already been the best travel card since 2017 and it just got even better this week. The first piece of news was American Express enhancing their Use Points for Purchases redemption rate (essentially cash back) making this card one of if not the best cash back cards in Canada and then revealing their next limited time conversion bonus to their hotel partners.
Playing catch up on offer that's been out for a few weeks now but is still good to the end of this month. Right now through to June 30th, AIR MILES elite members can earn extra miles for shopping online via AIR MILES shops.
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers
for the month of June 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
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 which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 70,000 bonus points and no annual fee in the first year!
There are several credit cards in Canada that award 5x points on purchases at select merchants but surprisingly those 5x points aren't all equal. We've updated our very popular article When earning 5x points isn't the same as earning 5x points - a loyalty lesson as the negative changes from BMO kicked in last month and now we have the positive change from American Express that happened yesterday. Read that post here!
An offer that was heralded as one of the best during the first waves of the pandemic in 2020 and helped many Canadians out for over 5 months has returned! The big difference is that it isn't for a limited time - this time it's permanent!! That offer, which we can now say is a feature or benefit is the increased value in redeeming American Express Membership Rewards points for non-travel purchases. As of today when you utilize Amex's Use Points for Purchases redemption option you'll receive a $10 credit for every 1,000 points redeemed - whether its for travel purchase or any other eligible purchase for that matter!
THIS OFFER HAS EXPIRED - PLEASE SEE HERE FOR THE LATEST OFFER ON THIS CARD
I admit it, I was wrong. I had predicted that we'd see the welcome bonus offer on the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card change as of today to naturally expire the opportunity to convert Buddy Passes to Aeroplan points for new applicants. Well I am happy to say my prediction did not come true. TD is holding fast on all their Aeroplan co-brand card offers including the very enticing offer for their mainstay card and the primary card of the entire Aeroplan program, the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card.