November 22 Update: RBC Offer for The Source, 50% rebate when you redeem for select gift cards with More Rewards & Air Transat and WestJet to code-share!

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! 

 

Missed one RBC offer in our post on Friday from The Source. We got the offer on the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard but it should be available for most RBC cards:

Get a $10 statement credit when you spend $125 or more at The Source. Shop at The Source a second time and spend $75 or more to get a $10 statement credit, for a total of $20 in statement credits, when you pay with your Eligible RBC card!

These offers have been added to our official Guide to RBC Royal Bank 'RBC Offers'

New Amex Offers for Amazon and Parachute

 
Its Monday so that typically means time for some new Amex Offers and sure enough there were two new promotions added. The first which I'm sure many will be happy about is an Amazon Offer and the second is for Parachute which is a home goods merchant.  I received the Amazon offer on my Gold Rewards Card while the Parachute offer came on the Platinum Card. The Parachute offer does show up on Amex's general shopping page which means it will be open to most if not all Amex cards including those from Scotia.

The launch of Cineplex's and Scotia's Scene+ delayed up to December 31

 

Due to launch today, the new Scene+ program which is the combined entity of Cineplex's SCENE and Scotiabank's Scotia Rewards is now delayed. Thanks to @joshnet on Twitter for alerting us to the change in plans and now the program will launch on or before December 31, 2021.

Earn 3,650 bonus Qmiles on all Qatar Airways flights out of Montreal (book by Nov 23)

 
Qatar Airways is celebrating being one year away from the start of the FIFA World Cup 2022 with a three day flight booking bonus. For each flight booked with Qatar Airways between now and November 23 for travel until October 31, 2022 you will earn 3,650 bonus Qmiles. This bonus includes Qatar Airways' flights to and from Montreal.

Click here for more details and to book this offer.

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.