January 27 Update: Check out the latest AIR MILES Card Linked offers and PC Optimum Points Days is here!

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! 

 

The next batch of AIR MILES Card linked offers were released this week. These are the offers where you can link any Canadian Mastercard to earn these AIR MILES offers with - not just their co-brand cards. Some of the offers are the same as before like Subway and H&M but there are new offers from VIA Rail, Frank & Oak and several other retailers. This set of offers are valid until March 2, 2022. Click here to learn more about card linked offers.

A look at the great value provided with the Annual Worldwide Companion Pass from Aeroplan's Ultra Premium Credit Cards

 
In this "A look at the value' post we welcome back Rewards Canada contributor Dee who delves into the value that can be received from the Annual Worldwide Companion Pass benefit on select Aeroplan co-brand credit cards. This pass is an annual benefit available on four Ultra Premium Air Canada Aeroplan cards and is awarded when the cardholder reaches $25,000 in net purchases prior to the card anniversary date.

Buy or gift Aeroplan Points with up to a 100% bonus

Aeroplan's first buy points bonus of the year is here and it's a pretty good one.  For the next week you'll be able to buy or gift points with up to a 100% bonus. This tiered offer sees bonuses ranging from 50% to 80% dependent on how many points you buy. This offer runs until February 2, 2022 and allows members to buy up to 350,000 points per transaction up to the annual limit of 1 million points. If you buy 5,000 to 19,000 points you'll earn a 60% bonus, 20,000 to 55,000 points will earn a 75% bonus, 60,000 to 90,000 you'll get a 90% bonus and 100,000+ will earn the 100%.

New $20 welcome bonus when you open a Koho Prepaid Visa Card Account

 

KOHO has launched a Lunar Year Promotion that sees them offer a short term welcome bonus for new users who sign up with KOHO for one of their prepaid Visa cards. When you sign up with the below promo code you'll receive a one time C$20 bonus when you make your first purchase using your KOHO card within 30 days of signing up.

January 26 Update: Many more confirmed Cobalt multiplier locations, a new Lounge Reviews page on Rewards Canada & Kimpton Hotels Winter 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. 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 big update to our American Express Cobalt™ Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations thanks to contributor FM. He provided details on over a dozen locations in the Vancouver area that earn 5x and 1x points. Check out the feature here

Receive up to a 60% bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles

 

The next airline to bring out a bonus for buying their miles/points is Alaska Airlines. The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan buy miles bonus is back and it is nice to see it back at the 60% level.  The bonus is tiered in that if you buy 3,000 to 19,000 miles you’ll get a 40% bonus, 20,000 to 39,000 is 50% and the 60% kicks in at the 40,000 mile level.

Marriott's New Hotel Openings in Canada for 2022 - Nine hotels in the works including the W Toronto & The Dorian, Autograph Collection Calgary

 
Welcome to Part Two of our series on new hotel openings in Canada for 2022! In this part we take a look at Marriott Hotels who are taking a bit of a breather compared to the past several years with new hotel  openings. Having added well over 40 new hotels between 2019 and 2021, Marriott is planning on only opening six nine new hotels in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec. So let's take a look at what they have in store for this year.

SEPTEMBER 2 UPDATE: One more hotel will be opening up this year bringing the total number of new hotels to nine. The hotel is in Laval and have been added to the list below.

JULY 1 UPDATE: Two more hotels will be opening up this year bringing the total number of new hotels to eight. The two hotels are in Montreal and have been added to the list below.

RBC Offers adds two more promotions that provide discounts for Herschel and H&R Block

The RBC Offers program has added two new promotions and extended another over this past week to bring the complete list to 26 offers.

Be sure to login to your RBC account right away to load these offers (if required) or get the promo codes if required. Personally I received these offers on the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard but most if not all should also available for RBC's most popular card the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card and most other RBC cards.

Flair Airlines offering a 100% discount on their base fares for travel in February (Must book by Jan 27)

 
Thanks to Davidd418 for alerting us to this pretty awesome seat sale from Flair Airlines. Their Free Base Fare in February sale is just that - the base fare is free, you simply pay the taxes and fees (and any add ons like baggage). The sale is good for any Flair destinations and the flights must be booked by January 27 (or while seats last) for travel in February. As David pointed out to us there are some flights that are available for as little as $14 round trip. 

January 25 Update: 1,500 More Rewards points at Panago Pizza, 20 to 35K points for InterContinental Ambassador memberships, & the new HSBC Travel Rewards Mastercard DOES NOT have the airline conversion option

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! 

 

More Rewards is offering 1,500 points when you order $30 or more from Panago Pizza until February 28. Those 1,500 points work out to just over $6 when redeemed for travel. Click here to learn more.