Receive a 30% bonus when you buy World of Hyatt points

 
Hyatt has released another buy points bonus!  This time they have gone back to an actual bonus instead of a discount. That bonus is 30% which means you are buying points for US$ 1.85 cents each. There is potential value in buying these points for select Hyatt stays around the globe as you can easily get more value than that per point on the right redemptions.

Car Rental redemptions have returned to AIR MILES and they retain great value!

When the revamped AIR MILES launched in fall of 2021 one redemption that disappeared, temporarily that is, was car rentals. We are happy to tell you that is option is back, based on a tweet from AIR MILES the car rental option returned on January 19, 2022. The car rental option has been added to the AIR MILES Travel Hub which is the same portal you can use to book hotels.  In the past incarnation Car rentals had typically been one of the best and most valuable redemption options in the program and we'll test it out to see if it still is.

Triple ALL Rewards Points at Accor & Fairmont Hotels in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Panama

 
Accor Hotels’ Triple Points offer for stays at their locations in North America and select Latin American countries has returned. Simply register for this offer to have it ready for any bookings and stays you complete with the chain’s hotel brands. You can easily tie this in with the current Take Your Time discount promotion that offers up to 30% stays.

New Hilton Hotel Openings in Canada for 2022 - an amazing 21 hotels planned including the Canopy by Hilton Toronto Yorkville & Vogue Hotel Montreal

 
A new year means the return of our series on new hotel openings in Canada! This year we kick it off with Hilton Hotels who are looking at a huge expansion in our great country. At the time of posting this Hilton are planning on opening a whopping 21 new hotels in four provinces. So let's take a look at what Hilton has in store for 2022.

January 21 Update: How to maximize the elite status benefits from The Platinum Card from American Express & get your 2nd night free for stays in Quebec City

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 major feature on the main Rewards Canada site received a makeover and update this week. That feature is How to maximize the elite status benefits from The Platinum Card from American Express. This is our piece showing how you can take the elite status benefits that you get with the card and extend those elite statuses to even more hotel, car rental and even cruise loyalty programs. The number of statuses has actually gone down one since our last update as currently Wyndham Rewards has put their status match offer on pause. Click here to check out this feature.

Save up to 30% & earn 3x points for stays at Fairmont Hotels in Canada, the U.S., Mexico & Barbados

 
Just like their parent company Accor, Fairmont Hotels has brought back their Take Your Time promotion after a short hiatus while they ran their New Year New View promotion. The promotion provides up to a 30% discount for stays at Fairmont Hotels in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Barbados

Less than two weeks left for the best ever welcome bonuses on Tangerine Mastercards - 15% cash back for the first 2 months

We have confirmation that Tangerine's biggest cash back bonuses ever - percentage wise that is will be ending as planned on January 31, 2022. No more extensions as we have seen over the past few months.  Both  the Tangerine Money-Back Credit Card and the Tangerine World Mastercard will award a 15% cash back welcome earn rate in the first two months for any new approved applications made by January 31, 2022. The 15% is capped on $1,000 of purchases for a total cash back reward of $150. After that 15% cap is hit or after 2 months the regular earn rate of up to 2% cash back kicks in. 

January 20 Update: Additional confirmed Cobalt multipliers and PC Optimum offering 30,000 bonus points for $100 Shoppers Drug Mart spend

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! 

We have a couple more American Express Cobalt Multipliers for you that our readers have confirmed. Thomas let us know that Lulu Hypermarkets in Oman earn 5x points and C with a T let us know about Sa Boothroyd out of B.C. also codes as 5x points. Check out the list of multipliers here.

Earn up to 90,000 bonus points for stays Radisson Hotels in Canada, the U.S., Latin America, or the Caribbean.

Radisson Rewards Americas has a new bonus points offer out that is very rewarding if you have a lot of nights planned for the remainder of winter and early into Spring. The offer awards 30,000 bonus points for every 3 nights you complete and those night do not have to be consecutive. They’ll let you rinse and repeat a couple more times to be able to earn a maximum of 90,000 points if you stay 9 nights by the end of the promotion which is April 30. Don’t forget that stays until that date also automatically earn 2x stay/night credits as well.

Save up to 30% for stays at Accor Hotels in Canada, the U.S., Mexico & Barbados

 
Accor Hotels has brought back their Take Your Time promotion after a short hiatus while they ran their New Year New View promotion. The Take Your Time promotion provides up to a 30% discount for stays at Accor Hotels in Canada, more specifically Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. The sale also works for stays in the U.S., Mexico and Barbados