Marriott's new Canadian ski resort hotel, The Josie Hotel, Autograph Collection schusses in as a Category 7 property

 
A few weeks ago we brought you the emerging details of a new ski resort hotel joining up with Marriott. That hotel is The Josie Hotel in Rossland, B.C.. Right at the foot of Red Mountain Resort this award winning ski in ski out boutique hotel is set to become an Autograph Collection hotel. The Marriott website states the property is joining in December however the earliest bookable night through Marriott right now is February 3, 2022. What the website does tell us now which it didn't just over two weeks ago is what category the hotel falls into in the Marriott Bonvoy program.

AIR MILES Shops pre-Black Friday offer: 15x miles sitewide for shopping online

 
The AIR MILES Shops pre-Black Friday offer of 15x miles sitewide is now live on their portal. This is a big boost over last year's pre-Black Friday offer of 10x miles. This offer is available until November 24 and it can be tied into the current Bonus Boom Boost offer as well.

Here are the latest RBC Offers including statement credits for Lowes, Rona and UNIQLO

 The RBC Offers program has added and extended half a dozen new promotions this week to bring the complete list to 31 offers.

Be sure to login to your RBC account right away to load these offers (if required) or get the promo codes if required. Personally I received these offers on the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard but I know most if not all should also available for RBC's most popular card the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card and most other RBC cards.

November 18 Update: Lynx Air to become Canada's latest Ultra Low Cost Carrier and Wyndham Rewards offering 3x points for online shopping

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 on again off again ultra low cost carrier from Calgary's EnerJet looks to be finally taking off! News was released that the oilfield charter carrier will launch their new ULCC airline Lynx Air in 2022. They will start with three Boeing 737 Max aircraft based in Calgary and have a orders in place for up 46 planes in total. Basing in Calgary is a good option seeing that Flair and Swoop have chosen other cities as their hubs and the yet to launch Canada Jetlines will be based in Vancouver. Now this does raise the question can Canada support all these airlines? We have the two big players in  Air Canada and WestJet, then you have Porter who are in the midst of a big expansion that will see them flying nationwide and then all the low cost carriers Flair, Swoop, Lynx and Canada Jetlines. I'd like to be wrong but to me that seems over saturated for our market and feel we will see one or two of those go the way of Canada3000, JetsGo and Greyhound Air. Learn more about Lynx Air here.

AIR MILES Bonus Boom Boost starts today - earn up to 800 bonus miles + be entered to win up to 1 million miles

 Not only did AIR MILES launch their new AIR MILES Flights booking platform today (read our coverage in Part 1 and Part 2) they also launched Bonus Boom Boost today! This is an expanded take on their usual Bonus Boom promotions as the stakes are higher - that is bigger bonuses, a longer period to earn those bonuses and a chance to win up to 1 Million Reward Miles!

Air Canada's Black Friday Event is here with flight discounts & bonus points, online shopping bonuses, gift card bonuses and so much more!

 

While some airlines may only offer a discount for Black Friday Air Canada is a little different. They like to do it up and go all out with their Black Friday offers. We have discounts and bonuses for flying with Air Canada, bonuses for online shopping, discounts on vacations, car rentals and much more. We've listed them all below or you check them out on Air Canada's site.

The new AIR MILES Flights is here! A hands on look at the value of flights in the new program (Part 2)

Welcome to Part 2 of our coverage of the new AIR MILES Flights program. In Part 1 we highlighted once again what the new AIR MILES flights provides from dynamic pricing to booking in any fare class and more. As promised we said we would dissect the new dynamic rewards to see what value each AIR MILES Rewards Mile will have when compared to the old flights program.

The new AIR MILES Flights is here! New dynamic pricing model plus the ability to book any fare class, flights outside of Canada & more! (Part 1)

The much anticipated launch of AIR MILES new flight booking platform has finally happened! The new booking platform was first announced back in early October as part of a wider swath of changes to the programs however is the Flight portion where the biggest changes are happening! We covered most of what would be expected from the new AIR MILES Flights before but now have further details and insight into them.

WestJet confirms Calgary to London Heathrow flights will start in spring 2022

 
Back in March of this year news came out that WestJet had secured slots to serve London's Heathrow airport but at that time no news came out at all about the actual route starting. That all changes today as WestJet just announced service will start in spring of 2022 between Calgary and LHR! The service will be provided in addition to the existing Calgary, Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver to London Gatwick flights. 

New Amex Offers for United Airlines - Spend $400 and receive a $120 statement credit

 
Another great Amex Offer made its way out this morning. This one is for flights with United Airlines and provides a $120 statement credit if you spend $400 or more. I received it on the Platinum Card from American Express but it does show up on Amex's general shopping page which means it will be open to most if not all Amex cards.