Ends tomorrow! The best ever bonus when you convert Amex Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy points

A friendly reminder that American Express' bonus for transferring Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy ends tomorrow (June 30)! For this past month you have been able convert Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy and receive 30% more Marriott points. The regular conversion ratio is 1 Membership Rewards Point = 1.2 Marriott Bonvoy points but with the bonus it is 1.56 Marriott Bonvoy points. This has been the best ever bonus seen for converting Membership Rewards points to Marriott points!

Book a Fairmont Hotels Golf Package and earn 1,000 bonus ALL Rewards points

 

ALL Accor Live Limitless members can earn 1,000 bonus points when they book and stay on a Fairmont Golf Package at participating Fairmont Hotels in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. This offer is available for stays right through to December 31 – obviously not going to work at the Canadian locations that late in the year but still good for this summer and fall!

IHG Rewards Buy Points Flash Sale – 100% bonus for 48 hours

 

Another IHG Rewards Club’s buy points bonus Flash Sale is upon us. Once again the promotion is a 100% bonus when you purchase 11,000 or more points at a time. You can buy a maximum of 150,000 points with the promotion which runs until June 30. Then on July 1 and 2 the bonus will be 90% followed by 75% from July 3 to August 13.

June 28 Update: Hilton Honors adds daily F&B credit instead of complimentary breakfast in the U.S. and Air Canada is testing a COVID-19 results option in their app

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! 

 Hilton Honors will be doing away with the complimentary continental breakfast MyWay benefit for Gold and Diamond members that stay in the U.S. They will be replacing it with a daily food and beverage credit that can be used for any F&B purchases any time of day. The credit will range from $10 to $25 depending on the Hilton brand and location and is good for the Gold or Diamond member plus one additional guest meaning you could get up to a $50 daily food and beverage credit. This new MyWay benefit will start at the beginning of July and run through to December 31, 2021 at more than 1,500 locations in the U.S. Learn more here. 

Amex Shop Small promotion returns for the summer - earn up to $50 in statement credits nationwide!

 
What a great time it is to be an American Express cardmember! They launched some of their best ever bonuses last week. They are providing some of the best accelerated earn offers for existing cardmembers and now American Express Canada's awesome Shop Small offer is back for the summer as well! The great news with Shop Small is that you can still get in on it if you get yourself an American Express right now as this offer runs until August 23 and it is open to all cardmembers - new or existing. 

AIR MILES Shops - Earn 5x miles site wide for your online shopping until July 1

 

If you haven't had enough of online shopping just yet then this week is another good one to get some done and rack up some bonus miles. AIR MILES is offering 5x miles site wide on AIR MILES Shops purchases made by July 1.

June 25 Update: WestJet adding 10+ new routes within Canada, Amex Shop Small returns soon & Air Canada's amazing new safety video

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! 

 
WestJet announced the return of many of their flights within Canada today - so much so that it's too much to list here. On top of so many domestic flights restarting they have also announced a slew of new routes within Canada seeing that most Canadians will still only be traveling domestically this summer. Here are the new routes that will be starting up:

Big Changes to the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard - now earns 5 points per dollar in select categories + 10% annual bonus points

 
File this one into the category of "nobody saw this one coming"- well until we were notified about two weeks ago and then when the details were leaked onto Red Flag Deals a few days ago. The next bank to be making some major changes this week is TD's subsidiary MBNA. Today they are officially announcing changes to their premium proprietary rewards card product the MBNA Rewards World Elite® Mastercard®. There are also some slight changes happening to this card's entry level partner the MBNA Rewards Platinum Plus® Mastercard® which I'll touch upon towards the end of the article.

Radisson Rewards offering double elite status stays/nights for 2021

 The new Radisson Reward Americas program will be awarding double elite stays/nights to all members for all of 2021. Although just announced they will be crediting it for stays right from the beginning of January to the end of December. All stays worldwide that were made up to June 16th will count and then due to the splitting of the programs and the launch of Radisson Rewards Americas on June 17th only stays in the Americas count from that day to the end of 2021.

Earn Double Flying Blue Miles on all Air France & KLM flights out of Canada (Targeted offer)

 

Here is a targeted offer I received in my email earlier in the week that is for double Flying Blue Miles across the entire Air France KLM network. The link to register only works from the email, the link below is only for informational purposes. You’ll have to check your in box (be sure to check your spam folder) to see if you have received this offer as well.