October 29 Update: Rewards Canada Podcast named a top finance podcast, IHG Rewards further extending elite status & Hotels. com extends stamps and reward nights

 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! 

 
The Rewards Canada Podcast has been named as one of the top 40 finance podcasts in Canada by Hardbacon. Hardbacon is a personal finance application used by more than 30,000 Canadians and our podcast is the only loyalty rewards show to make it on the list of, you guessed it, mostly finance podcasts! We are honoured to be recognized on the list as we do often state that loyalty programs should play a larger role in your financial planning. Check out the list of the 40 podcasts here and as always you can check out our Podcast here. 

WestJet Halloween Promo Code - Save 20% on flights in Canada, to the U.S., Sun Destinations and Europe

 
WestJet is also celebrating the Halloween weekend with a promo code that provides 20% off flights to all WestJet destinations. The code works for all fare economy and premium economy classes but is not available for business class. The sale ends on November 1 and is good for travel November 2, 2021 to February 28, 2022. The promo code to use is G58QG10 which is also supplied on the seat sale page. You do have to copy and paste it as it isn't auto-populated.

World of Hyatt's Off-Peak and Peak pricing is now live plus they have added a new points calendar

 

World of Hyatt's Off-Peak and Peak pricing went live back on October 26 and we've finally had a chance to check them out here at Rewards Canada. Recall that these new options are being introduced for award nights starting on March 1, 2022. This means all free night awards are at the standard rates until February 28, 2022.

Air Canada Halloween Promo Code - Save 20% on all fare classes for Canada, U.S. & Sun Destination flights

 
Air Canada is celebrating the Halloween weekend with a promo code that provides 20% off all Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class base fares for travel in Canada, to the U.S. and sun destinations.The sale ends on October 31 and is good for travel November 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022. The promo code to use is KMQJZKF1 which is also supplied on the seat sale page. You do have to copy and paste it as it isn't auto-populated.

100% bonus when you buy IHG Rewards Points by November 8

We see the return of IHG Rewards Club’s buy points bonus offer as a Flash Sale for the start of November  The promotion is a 100% bonus when you purchase 5,000 or more points at a time and once again the annual purchase limit has been raised to 250,000 points before the bonus.

October 28 Update: New increased welcome bonus offers for CIBC cards, Qatar Airways Montreal seat sale & Flair Airlines adds Manitoba to Saskatchewan routes

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! 

CIBC revealed new offers on their Aventura and Dividend Cards today! We have them all listed on our CIBC page and will have further coverage coming shortly. Here's a quick run down of the new offers:

CIBC Aventura® Visa Infinite* Card & CIBC Aventura® Gold Visa* Card: Get a total of up to 40,000 Aventura Points (up to $850 in travel value†) including a first year annual fee rebate!†

CIBC Dividend® Visa Infinite* Card & CIBC Dividend Platinum® Visa* Card Get a first-year annual fee rebate for you and up to three Authorized Users† and 10% cash back for the first 4 statements on net purchases of up to $2500.†

CIBC Aventura® Visa* Card & CIBC Aventura® Visa* Card for Students Get up to 12,000 Aventura points when you make your first purchase (up to $120 in travel value†)

CIBC Dividend® Visa* Card: Get 5% cash back for the first 4 statements on net purchases of up to $2,000 (up to $100 cash back).†

CIBC Dividend® Visa* Card for Students: Welcome Offer: Get $60 cash back after you make your first purchase within the first 4 months!†

Last few days to get the first year free & 3,500 points with the Signature RBC Rewards Visa

 

RBC's entry level rewards card, the Signature RBC Rewards Visa currently offers a first year annual fee waiver as part of its welcome bonus. That will change as of November 2nd as the bank will start charging the $39 annual fee in the first year on new applications. CORRECTION: The 3,500 welcome bonus points will also not be carried over as we initially reported. So if you have been considering this card you'll definitely want to apply for it by November 1. Click here to learn more.

October 27 Update: Radisson Rewards extending elite status to 2023 and your weekly PC Optimum & Be Well shopping bonuses!

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! 

Radisson Rewards is the latest hotel program to provide a further extension on Elite benefits. They announced that all Radisson Rewards Americas Silver, Gold and Platinum members whose status is set to expire in February 2022 will have it extended to February 2023. They will also rollover all 2021 elite nights that you have earned to 2022 thereby making it easier to achieve status for 2023. They have not however extended the expiration on points - those are still set to start expiring on December 31, 2021. I actually just received an email from them about a week ago telling me my points will expire at that time. I'm going to have to look at either buying a small amount of points current or convert a small amount to one of my airline programs to keep them going. Learn more here

A closer look at the credit card that Canada voted as the number one No Foreign Transaction Fee card

 
The results of Canada's Choice 2021 were revealed earlier this month covering 10 categories of credit cards and loyalty with some surprising and not so surprising results. The third of which we look is the card that took the top spot in the No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card category and that's the
HSBC World Elite® Mastercard®

Receive up to a 15% bonus when you convert HSBC Rewards (Canada) points to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

 
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer has brought back their bonus for transferring bank rewards points (ie credit card) to their program. For us here in Canada this means HSBC Rewards and the bonus ranges from 12% to 15% depending on how many points you transfer to KrisFlyer. So this is a little different than when they ran it at the end of last year/beginning of this year as that time it was a flat 15% instead of a tiered bonus. The transfer window is also smaller this time as you only have until November 22 to make a transfer, though SQ did extend it last year so it is possible it will be extended this time as well.