September 21 Update: Fly Turkish Airlines out of Canada for as little as $719 and the Lenovo Amex Offer is available on all Amex cards

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Turkish Airlines has a seat sale with some great fares for their flights out of Canada. You can fly Toronto to Amman for as little as $719, Montreal to Cairo for $749 and Vancouver to Dubai for $879. The sale ends on October 11 and is good for travel until March 31, 22. Click here to learn more.

The revamped American Express Gold Rewards Card is back on the market offering up to 60,000 welcome bonus points

Just a few short weeks ago the details of the revamped American Express Gold Rewards Card were revealed. For most, the card's makeover didn't excite them. The revamped card has really been met with mixed reviews as the changes came on the benefits side of things, there was no tweaking of earn rates to make that side better and to top it all off, there's a pretty big jump in the annual fee. What we didn't know at the time was what the new welcome bonus would be - could it make up for that jump in annual fee and lack of increased earn rates? Well the card is now back on the market and the welcome bonus offer has been revealed....

Save up to 30% and earn an extra Hotels .com Rewards Stamp when you book by Sep 23

A short term bonus offer from Hotels. com Rewards that sees an extra stamp being rewarded on bookings made over the next couple of days. The good news? The stay window is long, you can earn this extra stamp on stays until the end of April 2022.

Offer details:
Save up to 30% and earn 1 bonus Hotels. com Rewards Stamp when you use promo code RWD1921 on stays booked via Canada version of Hotels. com. Click here for more details and to book online . Book by Sep 23 for stays until Apr 30, 22

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.