December 6 Update: Earn 500 bonus points at the new Hyatt Place Montréal / Downtown, save 25% when you use Aventura Points on select vacation packages & another Cobalt multiplier

 

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! 

Hyatt has updated their list of new hotels that you can earn the 'New Hotel Bonus Points' at and it now includes the Hyatt Place Montréal / Downtown. You can earn 500 bonus World of Hyatt points per night you stay here between December 14 and and March 30. Click here to learn more. 

Alaska Airlines Buy One Get One Free sale - includes departures from Canada

 

This offer is making the rounds on many of the U.S blogs today and the good news is that it also works for Canadian departures! Alaska Airlines is once again having a BOGO sale for travel in the New Year. When you buy a coach class ticket you’ll only have to pay the taxes and fees on the second ticket. This sale is good for travel on all Alaska Airlines flights except Prudhoe Bay and flights to some destinations are limited to select days but other than that it’s a pretty wide open sale! Tickets must be booked by December 7 for travel between January 5 and March 9, 2022 and you have to use discount code STARBUCKS to receive the discount on the second ticket.

Earn 2x points on all Best Western stays in Canada, the U.S. and Caribbean until February 6

 
Best Western’s next North America wide promotion starts today and it’s one that we like more than their typical gift card offers. The reason why is that their gift card from promotions have a small window to be used and this offer, which is double points on all stays doesn’t bind you to a small redemption window. Best Western doesn’t expire points so by earning double points you can use them when you like without the push to use them or lose them like the certificates.

Amex Offers: Spend $50 with Give and Get Local and receive a $20 statement credit (Up to 3 times)

 
Excellent Amex Offers just keep coming out every few days - today we see an offer that provides a $20 statement credit when you spend $50 or more with Give and Get Local. Give and Get Local is an initiative from payment processor Square where you can buy gift cards or vouchers for local merchants across Canada. To receive $20 back on every $50 is a sweet return and a really good incentive to go try out some of these local merchants.

Earn up to 65,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points and a buddy pass with the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card

 
Earlier today we brought you details of the offer for the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card that was extended and the same goes for the ultra premium TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card Its record high bonus offer is also available now until March 6, 2022. With this card you can earn up to 65,000 bonus Aeroplan points and receive a bonus buddy pass. This offer is not available for residents of Quebec. For Quebec residents, please click here .

TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card welcome offer extended: 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Points, buddy pass and no annual fee in the 1st year!

TD has decided to extend the very valuable welcome bonus for their TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card! When you apply for and are approved for the card anytime between now and March 6, 2022  you can receive up to 25,000 Aeroplan points, a bonus buddy pass and the first year annual fee rebated! This offer is not available for residents of Quebec. For Quebec residents, please click here.

The TD Cash Back Visa Infinite* Card new welcome bonus offers up to $210 cash back

 
All of TD's credit cards had their new welcome offers revealed today, some like the Aeroplan co-brand credit cards had their previous offers extended, others like the TD First Class Travel Visa Infinite had the welcome offer lowered but one has a better offer now and that's the TD Cash Back Visa Infinite* Card.

BMO Rewards redemption special for any travel bookings

 

BMO Rewards, the proprietary credit card redward program from BMO is known as one of the less flexible programs when it comes to redeeming for travel. The reason behind this is that you are limited to booking travel via BMO Rewards to ensure you get the most value out of your points. BMO does have a Pay with Points feature where you can mimic other proprietary credit card program's book any travel any way you want and redeem points against charge option but with a lot lower value. Now, BMO has launched a limited time promotion where you can use less points with their Pay with Points option when redeeming towards any travel purchase.

Here's a new one - KOHO targeting gamers with 5% cash back

Here's a new angle for accelerated card earn, KOHO the prepaid Visa card issuer has come out with a KOHO Gamer account. This new account will award 5% cash back on purchases made via gaming platforms. To the best of our knowledge this is the first time gaming platforms are being featured as a category to earn more. True there might be some overlap from other cards that offer accelerators on streaming and/or digital services but I don't how many of those cover Playstation, Xbox, Twitch, Steam and Nintendo.

December 3 Update: WestJet eyes Spokane service from Calgary & Vancouver plus Accor officially welcomes the Hotel Belmont Vancouver

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! 

WestJet is looking to start service to Spokane, Washington from Calgary and Vancouver via their regional arm WestJet Link operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines. Service to Spokane from Calgary has not been seen for a long time now after Air Canada (well Air BC and then Central Mountain Air) served the route in addition to United Airlines who briefly flew the route as well (I actually remember flying the route in the late 80s on United) (Source RoutesOnline)