A closer look at the credit card that Canada voted as the number one overall travel rewards card in Canada

 

The results of Canada's Choice 2021 were revealed earlier this week covering 10 categories of credit cards and loyalty with some surprising and not so surprising results. The first of those we look at was a not so surprising showing by the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card The card took first place in two categories along with it's associated program, Aeroplan, taking top spot in a third category.

Podcast Episode 84 - See who Canada chose as their favourite credit cards and loyalty programs

 

Wyndham Rewards: Earn 7,500 bonus points when you stay 4 nights in Canada & Worldwide

 

Wyndham Rewards next systemwide promotion is here and it offers the equivalent of a free night after you complete four nights with the chain. Advertised as a free night after four nights the promotion actually awards 7,500 bonus points when you complete those four nights. Those 7,500 bonus points are enough for the lowest level award night redemption in the  Wyndham Rewards program. While it is nice to have a systemwide promo from Wyndham this is one of the hardest bonuses to earn in the current market of offers with most only requiring one or two nights or stays to get a bonus.

World of Hyatt's new Peak & Off-Peak pricing will be effective as of October 26

 
Originally planned to come to into effect in March of 2020 Hyatt's Peak and Off-Peak pricing for their World of Hyatt program was delayed due to the pandemic. Earlier this year the program said they will come into effect this October and now we know exactly when. As of 10:00am CT on Tuesday October 26, 2021 these new options are being introduced for award nights starting on March 1, 2022. This means all free night awards will be at the standard rates until February 28, 2022.

Flair Airlines adding flights to Denver, Nashville and San Francisco plus adding more domestic routes

 
It seems that we are now seeing new route announcements from Flair Airlines every few weeks! The latest sees the Ultra Low Cost Carrier further expanding in the U.S. and adding more routes within Canada. The latest cities being added to Flair's route map include Denver, Nashville and San Francisco in the U.S. as well as Comox on Vancouver Island.

October 19 Update: Sun Country to launch Vancouver - Minneapolis/St. Paul flights plus earn double points & multiple offers from Italy's new airline ITA Airways

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, has no foreign transaction fees and no annual fee in the first year! 

Two new airlines were added to the Rewards Canada bonus offers section today! We are now tracking bonus offers for Sun Country Rewards (https://rewardscanada.ca/suncountry.html) who announced today that they are finally going ahead with their Vancouver to Minneapolis/St. Paul service. This route was originally set to launch in May 2020 but due to the pandemic that never happened. The Sun Country flights will being on June 15 and operate twice weekly.

Canada's Choice results are in! See who Canada chose as their favourite credit cards and loyalty programs

 

Canada, we asked you to come out and vote for your favourite credit cards and loyalty programs in late September and early October for our Canada's Choice awards. The results are in and we are pleased to present them to you here. For some categories there are no surprises while we were definitely surprised by some others! We want to give a big thank you to our regulars readers who cast their votes and also a big thank you to a lot of newcomers who came to our site to vote!

Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for October - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses

 
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for this month! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards for small businesses 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! And remember this list is based on minimum value towards travel which we calculate as the minimum value of the welcome bonus less the annual fee. It is entirely possible to receive more value out of the welcome bonuses on all of these cards since they earn Aeroplan points or Marriott Bonvoy points - both of which can provided some huge outsized value rewards!

October 18 Update: New Amex Offer for Whole Foods and the U.S. online shopping portals are where it's at!

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, no annual fee in the first year and has no foreign transaction fees!

 

One more Amex Offers offer to let know about today! The latest sees the return of a statement credit for Whole Foods. I received this on the Platinum Card but am surprised I was targeted seeing that I'm in Calgary and we don't have any Whole Foods locations here. Anyways be sure to check your Amex account to see if you have received this offer and register for it right away as it is limited to 15,000 cardmembers. Of course I didn't register for it as I don't think I'll be visting a Whole Foods in the B.C. or Ontario by the end of the year. Here is the offer:

Starbucks Rewards Star Days: Earn bonus Stars and Aeroplan points this week

 

Starbucks Canada Star Days are here for the next five days with offers for bonus Stars, bonus Aeroplan points and discounted drinks. Since we're all about the points will just focus on what bonuses you can earn during this week.