September 20 Update: Alaska Airlines reveals new top elite tier level, new Amex Offer with Lenovo & last day to join the Amex Gold Rewards Card waitlist

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Alaska Airlines revealed the details of their new top elite tier in the Mileage Plan program last week. The new MVP Gold 100K will officially launch by the end of January 2022. Qualification will require earning 100,000 Mileage Plan miles or 140 segments earned on Alaska Airlines, oneworld and partner airlines. There is also requirement to have at least 24 of those flights on Alaska Airlines. Once achieved some of the benefits include 150% elite bonus miles, oneworld Emerald status, highest waitlist priority for upgrades, 2 one way international upgrade certificates for travel on American Airlines and more. Click here to learn more.

New welcome bonus offers for National Bank of Canada Mastercards - 15,000 bonus points + first year free

National Bank of Canada is back in the bonus points game as they brought back some limited time welcome bonus offers for their proprietary rewards Mastercards. All of their A la carte Rewards cards now see a 15,000 bonus point welcome bonus plus the annual fee on the primary card is refunded for the first year. For the better of the last two years these cards have seen cash back offers as their limited time bonuses instead of bonus points which made a lot of sense as no one was really travelling. Now that travel is slowly coming back we see the shift back to a bonus points offer instead of cash back.

TD Aeroplan cardholders can earn 10x Aeroplan points + save up to $100 on Air Canada & Air Canada Vacations purchases

 

If you are a TD Aeroplan cardholder and have been thinking of booking some Air Canada flights or vacation packages with Air Canada Vacations now is the time to do so! From today through to October 1 TD Aeroplan cardholders will earn up to 10x points plus you can save up to $100 using the special promo code.

September 17 Update: Canada's Choice is back, save up to 20% on Emirates Toronto to Dubai flights & an Amex offer for Hugo Boss

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Just in case you missed it - we've brought back Canada's Choice! This is our feature where we ask Canadians to vote for their favourite credit cards and loyalty programs. Canada's Choice last appearance was in 2015 but we felt with all the changes that have happened in the credit card and loyalty rewards market it past six years it was time to reach out to Canada to see what you all think! Click here to take part in Canada's Choice

Vote for your favourite credit cards and loyalty programs in Canada's Choice 2021

 

 
After a six year hiatus we’re happy to announce that Rewards Canada has brought back Canada’s Choice! This is where, you, the Canadian consumer get to vote for your favourite credit cards and loyalty programs in Canada!!

September 16 Update: Toronto to Dublin flights for under $400 round trip, Marriott flash sale offering 25% off stays in Canada & Rewards Canada site updates

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Aer Lingus launched a new seat sale today for their flights out of Toronto. You can fly in Economy Class between Toronto and Dublin for as little as $397.81 round trip - all taxes included. This is for flights between October 1 and February 17 that are booked by October 7. Click here to learn more and/or to book this offer.

Receive a 30% bonus when you buy World of Hyatt points

 

Hyatt has released another buy points bonus!  This bonus is the same 30% offer we saw in January of this year and with the bonus you are buying points for US$ 1.85 cents each. There is potential value in buying these points for select Hyatt stays around the globe as you can easily get more value than that per point on the right redemptions. For example, when we posted about the reopening of the Park Hyatt Toronto we showed how you could redeem 25,000 points for a stay that cost $713 or a value of 2.85 cents in C$. Convert the per point cost of 1.85 US to C$ and you have about 2.37 cents but then you have to add GST/HST so you are looking at paying around 2.62 cents per point. So you would save some money by buying points - not a lot but it's a savings nonetheless.

September 15 Update: HSBC extends current credit card welcome bonuses, earn 5x points at an iconic Calgary bakery & your weekly Shoppers/Rexall bonuses

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The current offers on the HSBC World Elite® Mastercard® of up to 70,000 bonus points plus first year free and the HSBC +Rewards™ Mastercard® with 20,000 points and first year free have been extended from ending on September 27 to now ending on October 3.

Hilton Honors extending elite status to 2023, further pausing points expiration & easing elite qualification requirements

 
Throughout the pandemic we have seen most airlines and hotels provide extensions of elite statuses, benefits, pausing point expiry and also lowering elite qualification requirements. Hilton Hotels who have done all of these for their Honors program numerous times over the past 18 months have announced a further extension to these global loyalty benefits:

Earn up to 3x points for stays at IHG Hotels & Resorts in Canada and Worldwide

 

IHG Hotels & Resorts are banking on their members making multiple stays with their next systemwide promotion. Members of IHG Rewards can now register for this offer that provide up to 3x points for stays between October 1 and December 31, 2021. The catch is that to earn 3x points you'll have stay three times, that is on your first stay there is no bonus, your second stay will 2x points and then from your third stay on you will earn the 3x points. If you have a lot of IHG stays planned then this isn't too bad of promotion, especially if you are staying a pricier hotels as offers where it is 2x and 3x are most rewarding when you pay more for a stay. However for some this offer may not even be on the radar since this is the only major hotel chain not offering a bonus on your first stay - all the other's systemwide promos award some sort of bonus even on the first stay.