Expedia Rewards is changing on February 1st and most of the changes are a devaluation to the program

 

We have yet another upcoming reward program change to let you know about. This time Expedia is making modifications to their Expedia Rewards programs and for the most part we have another devaluation on our hands. Changes are being made to the earn rates, redemption rates and elite status qualification requirements.

Air Canada offering up to 20% off Aeroplan award flights booked by December 28 or 15% off cash fares

 
Air Canada's Aeroplan has revealed a Boxing Day award flight sale! If you book Aeroplan award flights between today and December 28, 2021 for travel until June 30, 2022 you can save up to 20% in the number of points required.

AIR MILES Shops Boxing Week deal - Earn 10x miles site wide for your online shopping

 
If you haven't had enough of online shopping just yet then this week is another good one to get some done and rack up some bonus miles. AIR MILES is offering 10x miles site wide on AIR MILES Shops purchases made by December 31. 

December 23 Update: Earn up to 5x points with Aeroplan eStore's Boxing Week event, Rexall offering 15,000 bonus Be Well Points & earn up to 100 AIR MILES with Shell EasyPay

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! 

 

Aeroplan eStore's Boxing Week event sees the online shopping portal offering up to 5x points at select retailers. The offers are in place until January 2 although I do have a feeling we may see something bigger on Boxing Day itself (just a guess though). Check out the offers here.

Last minute loyalty program laundry - check for expiring miles and points, vouchers and more

 
With just a week left in 2021 now is a good time to double check if you have any points and miles that will be expiring at the end of this year. For the most part, the majority of loyalty programs have extended the pause on points and miles expiry into 2022 however there are a select few that are not. The biggest program I can think that is not extending points expiry after December 31, 2021 is World of Hyatt. There are others as well which I list further below in the post.

December 22 Update: Further updates to the ongoing Scene+ issues and Flair Airlines also launching Toronto-Chicago flights

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! 

Few more updates on the Scene+ program from the Rewards Canada community:

• Elia G. let us know they are seeing the multipliers from the Scotia credit cards posting correctly now however not for the transactions from the launch date of December 13 through to the 19th. Scotia told Elia that all will be repaired by February 2022. So if you are also missing points from that time period it may be a couple of months before you see them.
• @joshnet let us know that the Scotia App now has a notice in the app about the Scene+ Travel's partial redemption not working:

Plaza Premium opens two new lounges at Toronto Pearson International Airport

 

This month saw third party business class lounge provider Plaza Premium open up two new lounges at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. One is a temporary lounge to cover for the renovation of an existing lounge and the other is their new flagship lounge in Canada called the Landmark lounge. This brings the company's total number of lounges in Canada to 14 including the recently opened Air France KLM lounge in Montreal plus one Wellbeing spa.

December 21 Update: Ultimate No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card Portfolio, New Scotia card designs & Flair Airlines adding flights to New York JFK

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! 

 
Another Ultimate Portfolio update today - this time we updated updated The Ultimate No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card Portfolio! This one only had small tweaks to update Scotia Rewards to Scene+ and of course it has been updated to the new Rewards Canada template. Check out the updated portfolio here!

Aeroplan Availability Alert: Business Class on SWISS from Montreal to Zurich for up to four people in spring 2022

 
Here's our next Aeroplan availability alert! There is a bunch of business class availability showing in April and May 2022 for flights between Montreal and Zurich on SWISS. The flights operate on all days of the week except Monday and Wednesday. Most of the days we checked they are showing at least 4 business class seats available per flight in both directions. There is definitely better availability to Zurich than back but I did find quite a few days on the return with 4 seats.

December 20 Update:The Ultimate High End Traveller Credit Card portfolio; new AIR MILES card linked offers from H&M, Sephora & more; WestJet to codeshare to Switzerland?

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! 

Today we updated The Ultimate High End Traveller Credit Card portfolio! This portfolio is perfect for those who want to travel in style, experience luxury and get great benefits from an American Express card, a Visa Card and a Mastercard card. This much needed update of the 4+ year old portfolio sees the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard switched out to the HSBC World Elite Mastercard. This is primarily due to three reasons, the HSBC card offers No FX fees and has the $100 annual travel enhancement credit plus the conversion option to British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines. Check out the updated portfolio here!