Buy World of Hyatt points with a 30% discount (1.68 cents per point!)

 
Hyatt has come out with their last buy points deal for 2021 and price wise it is one of the best we’ve seen yet. When you buy 5,000 or more points in one transaction they will give a 30% discount on the price. This is different than the typical 30 to 40% bonus we have become accustomed to with Hyatt.  With the discount the price works out to 1.68 cents (US) per points. This is lower than the 1.714 cents per point (US$) we see when they run their highest 40% bonus. We typically value World of Hyatt points at 2 cents C$ each so this quite a good price to buy them at. Depending on how you redeem them it could be worthwhile to purchase them for rewards at high end hotels like Park Hyatt’s around the globe or even buying less if you just need a few thousand points to top off for an award.

Fully vaccinated Canadians will no longer require a PCR test for trips of 72 hours or less

 
Some good news this week from the Canadian government for those people who make trips outside of Canada. As of November 30 fully vaccinated Canadians will no longer require to have a pre-entry COVID-19 molecular test when travelling by land or air. This is the part of the current regulations where you need to have or provide a negative test result prior to returning to Canada. Now those short weekend  cross border shopping trips will become more appealing. Do note you still have to present a negative if you are flying to the U.S. for any period of time.

Cathay Pacific Black Friday Sale! Fly to Asia from Canada for as little $779

 

Here's an offer people will definitely want to check out as Cathay Pacific is terribly well known for having really good seat sales and this one does look good! Their Black Friday 2021 sale sees them offering round trip economy class fares between Canada and Asia for as little as $779 all in.  Premium Economy is available from $1,564 and Business Class from $4,203.

The sale is available until November 29 and is good for travel from January 1 to May 24 and August 15 to October 29, 2022. The fares for Economy Class appear to book into Super Saver which will not earn Asia Miles or elite status credits.

Click here for more details & to book this offer.

Here's a snapshot of just some of the fares and destinations they are offering:

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.