March 9 Bonus Offer Highlight: What you actually have to spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers & TD extends their refer a friend promotion

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your 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 completed an update to another one of our popular features on the Rewards Canada website. That feature is What you actually have to spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers. This piece looks at exactly that - how much you have to spend to get a bonus. With so many bonuses out in the market and many of them requiring Spend X to get Y the chart here will show which cards will take $0 in spending to get a bonus all the way up to those that require $40,000 to get the advertised welcome bonus. Click here to check out the updated feature.

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

Aeroplan's has come out with another buy or gift points promotion where you can earn up to a 100% bonus. This tiered offer sees bonuses ranging from 50% to 100% dependent on how many points you buy. This offer runs until March 22, 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 50% bonus, 20,000 to 55,000 points will earn a 65% bonus, 60,000 to 90,000 you'll get a 80% bonus and 100,000+ will earn the 100%. 

Earn 2,500 bonus points per night for stays at any of three Toronto Airport Marriott Hotels

 
Marriott Bonvoy has brought back their bonus for stays at any one of three hotels around the airport in Toronto. You can earn 2,500 bonus points per night for up to two nights at the Element Toronto Airport, Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport or The Westin Toronto Airport. This offer is good for stays until May 24, 2022 and you can stack this offer with the global Marriott promotion to earn 1,000 Bonus Bonvoy Points + Double Elite Night Credit for each night you stay at Marriott Hotels Worldwide.

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

A friendly reminder of Fairmont Hotels Take Your Time promotion that is currently running for stays in the Americas. The promotion provides up to a 30% discount for stays at Fairmont Hotels in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Barbados. On top of this if you are an ALL Accor Live Limitless member you can earn triple ALL Rewards points on these stays.

Top Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for March - 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 March 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.

OFFER EXTENDED: 450 WestJet dollars + $0 companion fare when you get the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard

 

WestJet and RBC have further extended the combined offer of 450 WestJet dollars  + $0 companion fare on the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard. The 450 bonus WestJet dollars are awarded when you spend $5,000 in the first three months and the $0 companion fare voucher is typically added a few weeks after you pay the annual fee on the card. The offer has been extended for new applications until May 2, 2022. WestJet has taken a different approach here than Aeroplan who have removed their Buddy Pass offers on their cards in keeping this $0 voucher offer going. It's a great opportunity for some big savings if you know you will booking travel for two or more people.

Earn up to 10,000 bonus Aeroplan points on Air Canada flights to Europe!

Air Canada has a new flight bonus offer for Aeroplan members travelling out of Canada or the U.S.. The bonus offers up to 10,000 bonus Aeroplan points on flights between Canada or the U.S. and select in Europe. As is standard with Aeroplan flight promotions, flights booked prior to the launch of this promotion on March 2 are not eligible to earn the bonus. 

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

A friendly reminder of Accor Hotels Take Your Time promotion that is currently running for stays in the Americas. 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. On top of this if you are an ALL Accor Live Limitless member you can earn triple ALL Rewards points on these stays.

March 7 Update: Amex Platinum Card Travel Credits that are set to expire will be replaced and Royal Jordanian Airlines adding service to Toronto

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your 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! 

Even with travel starting to make a comeback American Express is being proactive and putting their customers needs at the top of the list again! I received an email from them last week stating they will be further extend, well, rather issue a replacement $200 annual travel credit for Platinum Cardmembers who may have any of these credits that are set to expire between January 1 and June 30, 2022. If you recall they did this last year as well (If you don't recall, read about it here) So a big thank you to Amex!

Earn 5x points when you shop online via the Aeroplan eStore & we're celebrating it with a contest to win 5,000 Aeroplan points!

Air Canada's Aeroplan has launched a new site wide bonus where Aeroplan members can earn 5x points for every $1 spent at more than 200 retailers. The 5X site wide event runs from March 7 to 13 and includes such stores lululemon Apple, Sephora, Amazon and more. Not only can you earn 5X points for all your online shopping you also have a chance to win 5,000 Aeroplan points as we have partnered with Aeroplan to celebrate this promotion with a contest!