January 10 Update: The new Toronto Plaza Premium lounge has a dedicated area for British Airways, Guide to Business Class Lounge Access updated & one new Amex Offer

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Rewards Canada reader David posed a great question a few weeks back about the new Plaza Premium Landmark lounge at Toronto Pearson International:

BA has been using the PP T3 International Lounge since closing its own lounge, so is this still the case? If so, there was also a separate area for BA First passengers, is this also in the renovated lounge?

Montreal Marriott Chateau Champlain 55th Birthday Special: 5,500 bonus points for stays of 2+ nights

 

The Montreal Marriott Chateau Champlain is celebrating 55 years of being open with a special bonus points offer for stays or 2 or more nights until March 26, 2022. Great news is the bonus points rate is the same as the best Member Flexible Rate so you aren't paying anything extra for those points!

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

 
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for this month! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards for small businesses 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 three first year free cards on the list! And remember this list is based on minimum value towards travel which we calculate as the minimum value of the welcome bonus less the annual fee. It is entirely possible to receive more value out of the welcome bonuses on all of these cards since they earn Aeroplan points or Marriott Bonvoy points - both of which can provide some huge outsized value rewards!

Rewards Canada's Guide to Business Class Lounge Access - Updated for 2022

The next long running Rewards Canada feature to get its yearly update and also be moved to the new format on our site is our Guide to Business Class Lounge Access. There weren't a ton of changes to this 8+ year old feature which looks at all the ways Canadians can access business class lounges at airports without having elite status or flying in business or first class.

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

 

Just like the offer for Fairmont Hotels, the parent company Accor Hotels is also offering the New Year New View offer for stays at their locations across North America. This offer provides your 3rd or 5th night free at Accor Hotels n Canada (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto & Vancouver) as well as the U.S. and Central America. Most city locations are offering the third night free while resort locations are typically offering the 5th night free.

New best ever welcome offer of up to 200,000 PC Optimum points on PC Financial Credit Cards

 

Another day another best ever welcome bonus offer. This time PC Financial has come out the highest ever bonus offers on their suite of Mastercards. To be the best of our knowledge we have never seen them offer up to 200,000 points before. This is also the first time we've ever seen a 200,000 point welcome bonus in Canada, numerically speaking that is, value wise however that 200,000 is only worth $200. Still for no fee cards that are very popular with Loblaw shoppers this is a great new bonus offer.

January 7 Update: PC Optimum Bonus Redemption Event offers up to $100 extra value & a reminder of our better CIBC card bonus offers

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PC Optimum is once again having a bonus redemption event when you redeem points for purchases at Shoppers Drug Mart in-store or online. You can redeem 50,000 points for $65 (regular is $50), 100,000 points for $140 (regular $100) or 200,000 points for $300 (regular $200). This offer is available until January 12, 2022. Click here to learn more. 

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

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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.