Aeroplan Elite Status Update: Extension of eUpgrades, membership kits to be limited & a change to SQD for non-Canadian residents

 
The following updates and changes to Aeroplan Elite Status are being sent to Air Canada Elite members today. Good news for all members is the extension of eUpgrade credits by a couple of weeks and not so good news for non-Canadian members in that they lose the 50% fewer Status Qualifying Dollars requirement. 

Save up to 30% for stays at Accor Hotels in Canada and the Americas

 

A friendly reminder that Accor Hotel’s Take Your Time promotion has returned for the fall and winter.  Take Your Time provides up to a 30% discount for stays at Accor Hotels in Canada (Montreal, Ottawa & Toronto) as well as the U.S. and Central America. Plus you have the opportunity to earn extra ALL Rewards points on those stays.

Amex Offers: $40 statement credit on $200 Ivanhoe Shopping Cards, $70 credit on $70 1password spend and $100 credit on $100 Indeed spend

 This past week saw three new Amex Offers come out including the return of an Ivanhoe Cambridge gift card statement credit . In the Rewards Canada household we received all these offers on The Platinum Card and the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card. Here are the offers:

Save up to 30% for stays at Fairmont Hotels in Canada and the Americas

 
A friendly reminder that Fairmont Hotel’s Take Your Time promotion has returned for the fall and winter.  Take Your Time provides up to a 30% discount for stays at Fairmont Hotels in North and Central America plus you have the opportunity to earn extra ALL Rewards points on those stays.

October 15 Update: Check out the AIR MILES Carousel of Dreams in Toronto this weekend and don't forget to earn miles & points for shopping online from the U.S.

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 100,000 bonus points worth $500 and no annual fee in the first year! 

If you are in Toronto today and tomorrow and can make it down to Yonge-Dundas Square (1 Dundas St E) go check out the AIR MILES Carousel of Dreams! To celebrate the revamping of the program this 40ft long luggage carousel that offers major rewards and prizes from top brands. The event is open for AIR MILES collectors and AIR MILES & Onyx credit cardholders. Prizes from top brands and AIR MILES Partners like BMO, Sobeys, Shell, Metro, Samsung, Smeg and many more, are all up for grabs on the Carousel of Dreams, as well as free flights from travel partners Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, and Delta. Featuring a 40-foot luggage carousel, the event reinforces AIR MILES’ commitment to providing collectors with more redemption benefits, more ways to earn, and more opportunities to take part in promotions.

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts of 50% or more on flights to Europe from Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver

 
It's been a long time coming, since February 2020 in fact, but the Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) are back with Canadian departures! Yes, after 19 months of not having them on offer due to the pandemic these discounted award flight offers have returned. And there's a lot of them in Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class! In fact a total of 540 options to redeem for!

Final hours for Marriott Bonvoy Week of Wonders with bonus points, stay offers, discounted award nights & more

 

Marriott’s Week of Wonders ends in a few short hours outside of the Homes & Villas offer which goes for another week. Here's a recap of all the offers:

25% off paid stay at over 5,000 locations Worldwide

This is essentially Marriott Bonvoy Escapes made much bigger and for a longer duration. You can save 25% on bookings made between today and Thursday, October 14 at participating over 5,000 properties globally for stays through January 17, 2022. In Canada 210 of their 264 properties are part of this deal!  Learn more about and book this this Week of Wonders offer here.

Receive a 50% discount when you buy Hilton Honors points

 
Hilton has returned with yet another buy points offer! This time instead of being their usual 100% bonus they have opted for a 50% discount. This is basically the same deal price wise but unless you need to buy points right now for a planned award redemption I would wait to buy. You may ask why wait if the price is the same as when it is a 100% bonus? The reason why is your annual purchase limit. Hilton caps the amount of points you can buy at 80,000 per year but that doesn’t include any bonus points on purchases. Since this is a discount offer if you buy the maximum of 80,000 points you get 80,000 points but pay for 40,000. When they run a 100% bonus you buy 80,000 points and get 160,000. Or buy 40,000 to get the same 80,000 and still have the ability to buy 40,000 more later on – so ultimately you can earn more points when it is a bonus versus a discount.

October 14 Update: U.S. land border to reopen to vaccinated Canadians and World of Hyatt Peak/Off Peak pricing coming very soon so book your stays now

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 100,000 bonus points worth $500 towards any travel and no annual fee in the first year! 

The U.S. Government announced this week that they will be reopening the land border to fully vaccinated Canadians starting in November. I know most of our readers tend to fly to the U.S. but this is great news for those of you who utilize U.S. border cities for flights like Bellingham, Seattle, Detroit, Buffalo and Burlington to name a few! (Source CTV News)

The Ultimate No Fee Aeroplan Credit Card Portfolio!

 

Hot on the heels of our Clash of the Credit Cards where two no annual fee cards that offer Aeroplan points went head to head we figured it would be perfect timing to also put together the Ultimate No Annual Fee Aeroplan Credit Card portfolio. In this feature of Rewards Canada' Ultimate Credit Card Portfolios we look at the ultimate one for earning Aeroplan points all with cards that don't charge any annual fees. Since we launched Rewards Canada back in 2001 we have always recommended that you should carry a Visa, a Mastercard and an American Express card in your wallet and that's what these Ultimate portfolios encompass. The reason why is that there are benefits, promotions and earning potential unique to each brand of credit card. We won't go into detail here as you can read all about it in our feature on how to Maximize your Miles and Points but in this feature we outline one card from each brand that will help you build up those Aeroplan points without having to worry about paying any annual fees. Typically in these portfolios there are various options that could be utilized however when it comes to no annual fee cards that you can earn Aeroplan points with, there are only three in total and each single one just happens to be from each of the individual issuers. You can also find this feature on the main Rewards Canada website