November 30 Update: Air North to offer Whitehorse-Yellowknife-Toronto flights, Skip the Dishes now coding as dining for the Platinum Card and more!

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Air North, the Yukon's airline has announced a new service between Whitehorse and Toronto with a stop in Yellowknife on the way. The service will be flown twice per week for the 2022 summer season between May and September. (Source Air North)

Amex Offers: Spend with Amex Travel and receive a statement credit (varies by card)

 
This week has already seen a few new Amex Offers come out (which we'll cover in our daily update later today) as is typically seen on Mondays but it's Tuesday and we have even more offers emerge. This one is for purchasing travel via American Express Travel and it appears to have two variations. One for the Platinum Card and another for the Gold Rewards and Cobalt Cards:

3x points for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide + 1,000 bonus points for new members (book by Dec 2)

 

Accor Hotels and Qatar Airways Privilege Club teamed up for this Black Friday offer that is available for bookings until Dec 2, 2021 and open to everyone. ALL members will earn 3x points on stays of 2 or more nights worldwide until November 24, 2022. Each member can earn the bonus up to three times. If you are not a member yet you can join the program with this offer using the promo code QATARBF and you’ll earn 1000 Reward Points after your first eligible stay with the offer.

3,000 bonus points on all Best Western stays booked by Dec 3 (Targeted offer)

 
Today we see the return of Best Rewards’ 3,000 bonus points on all stays bonus. This is a targeted offer (you should get the email the sent to you on the 29th) but if not you can always try to register for it via our link below. The bonus is 3,000 points per stay booked between November 29 and December 3 for stays completed by February 6, 2022.

Up to a 100% bonus when you buy Air France KLM Flying Blue Miles and how there can be value in buying them

 

Flying Blue's buy miles bonus has returned not too long after we last saw it. The offer provides up to a 100% bonus when you buy Flying Blue miles and this time that 100% level starts at 24,000 miles. If you are short some miles for a redemption or want to speculatively buy for if and when we see a 50% off business class promo reward you'll want to check out this offer.

WestJet Cyber Monday sale: 25% off select base fares everywhere WestJet flies

 

WestJet's Cyber Monday sale sees them offering 25% off basic and econo fares to everywhere they fly including Europe. Simply use promo code CYBRESC for bookings made today only for travel until June 22, 2022. Black out dates are as follows: December 16, 2021 to January 5, 2022; February 17-22 and 25-27, 2022; March 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27, 2022;  April 14 to 19, 2022 and May 19 to 24, 2022

Great deal! Preferred Hotel Group Cyber Monday offer of 30,000 bonus points for a two night stay

 

Last week we gave you a heads up about this offer and it is live now! Preferred Hotel Group has this awesome offer that is only bookable on today, Cyber Monday November 29th. They will award 30,000 bonus I Prefer points for stays of 2 or more nights that are booked with this offer. Those 30,000 points are enough to redeem for 1 night at their 30,000 point level hotels but they even have some 15,000 point hotels so you could earn two free nights for your stay of two nights. It is a tougher bonus for Canadians to achieve if you aren't traveling outside of Canada as none of their Canadian properties are part of the bonus offer. However if you are traveling to places like Mexico this may be something to check out. We have to give a big thank you to our long time reader Davidd418 who provides some details on some of the hotels you could check out in Mexico. Read on to find out!

IHG Rewards – Earn 5x points on all stays until the end of the year if booked by Nov 30

 

 

IHG has been teasing about their biggest member event including Black Friday deals for Europe and Asia Pacific but for the Americas the wait was on till Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is here and the deals have been revealed from 5x points on all stays, 25% off points & cash stays and up to 15% off stays for the Americas while the other two deals continue on as well.

Air Canada Cyber Monday Sale: Up to an extra 25% off flights

 

Air Canada's Cyber Monday deal came out in the wee hours of the morning and offered a 30% off promo code for those early risers who were able to catch it! There were only 1,000 of those 30% off bookings available and they are long gone but at the time of posting this the next highest discount of 25% was still available. For how long though we don't know as it is only good for 2,000 bookings.

Shoppers Drug Mart PC Optimum Biggest Bonus Redemption Event - up to an extra $150 in value for your points

 

For the Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend and actually a few days past that Shoppers Drug Mart is offering their biggest bonus redemption event of the year. PC Optimum members will receive up to an extra $150 in value for their points when they redeem them for online or in-store Shoppers Drug Mart purchases.