Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for January - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses

 

Here are Rewards Canada's Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of January 2022. This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when some of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards.

Receive a complimentary night for stays at Fairmont Hotels in North America

 
Not a day went by without a special deal for stays at Fairmont Hotels in North America. We just saw the end of the Take Your Time offer and now we have the New Year, New View offer which provides your 3rd, 4th or 5th night free at Fairmont Hotels across North America. The free night you receive depends on which hotel you choose, for example the Fairmont Empress in Victoria is offering every 3rd night free while the Fairmont Banff Springs is offering every 5th night free.

January 6 Update: Updated credit card reviews, earn 2x RSVP Rewards points at Sandman Hotels & Qatar Airways 25th anniversary seat sale

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. 

As part of the redesign of the Rewards Canada website we are also updating many of the articles and features as well as we go along. On the credit card reviews front two popular reviews were updated today. Those two are as follows:

• American Express Cobalt™ Card Review
• BMO eclipse Visa Infinite* Card Review

On top of that we have now created a separate landing page on the Rewards Canada website strictly for Credit Card Reviews. You can check it out here. New landing pages will also be created for our airline, hotel, lounge and other reviews in the coming weeks.

Top Credit Card Sign Up offers for January - These cards provide the most value out of their welcome bonuses

 
Here are the Rewards Canada Top Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of January 2022! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when some of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards. This month we see two first year free cards on the list.

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts of 50% or more on flights to Europe from Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver

The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. It does appear they are back for good as this is the fourth month in a row we have seen Canada on the list. Once again there's a lot of them in Economy and Business Class to choose from! In fact a total of 288 options to redeem for!

Biggest ever bonus offers revealed for the BMO Rewards World Elite Mastercard, BMO eclipse Visa Infinite & BMO eclipse Visa Infinite Privilege cards

 
The current era of card issuers topping their best ever welcome bonus offers with even better offers continues today with BMO revealing new best ever promotions for their BMO World Elite™* Mastercard®*, BMO eclipse Visa Infinite* Card and the BMO eclipse Visa Infinite Privilege* Card. The two premium cards see welcome offers of up to 60,000 bonus points and the first year annual fee waived while the ultra premium Infinite Privilege card sees an offer of up to 90,000 points.

January 5 Update: Correction to the card that has the best earn rate at gas stations and shop online today with Shoppers to earn 50,000 bonus PC Optimum points

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.

Have to correct something that I have been wrong about for the past year and a couple of months. Late in 2020 when BMO revealed their new BMO Eclipse Visa Infinite and Infinite Privilege cards I stated that these card's 5x points earn rate on gas and transit purchases (which equate to a 3.33% return for travel redemptions) are the best in Canada. That holds true for transit but not gas and that's where I was wrong. As I seem to mention often, there is one card in Canada that tends to be forgotten and that card is the Scotiabank Platinum American Express Card. 

The Scotia Momentum VISA Infinite card limited time welcome bonus of 10% back for first three months & first year free is back!

It's nice to see Scotia bring back this offer seeing how most of this card's competitors have a had an increased welcome bonus consistently in place. When you apply for and are approved for the Scotia Momentum Visa Infinite Card you'll receive 10% cash back on all purchases up to $200 cash back in the first three months ($2,000 in spending) Not only that but they will waive the first year annual fee of $120 on the primary card and if you grab supplementary cards they'll waive the $50 fee on those as well.

Earn up to 5,000 bonus Honors points when you join and stay with Hilton

 

Lots of new member acquisition offers seem to be hitting the market. Earlier today in Rewards Canada's Daily Update post we brought you details on new members offers from Emirates Skywards and Radisson Rewards. Here's one more and it's for a more popular program here in Canada, Hilton Honors. It's not actually a new offer rather an extension of an offer that came out in 2020 and was originally set to end on December 31. This one provides up to 5,000 bonus points when you join the program and complete hotel stays within 6 months. 

January 4 Update: Ontario Staycation Tax Credit of up to $400, earn 2,000 miles for joining Emirates Skywards & up to 10,000 points for joining and staying with Radisson

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! 

There is a new 2022 Ontario Staycation Tax Credit that can be claimed on your 2022 taxes. This is a great incentive for those looking to travel but want to stay a little closer to home. Here are the details as set out by the Ontario Government: