March 24 Update: The new Hyatt Centric Ville-Marie Montreal will be a World of Hyatt Category 3 Hotel, more global Cobalt Multipliers and Air Canada Ukraine relief aid

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.

An update for our series on New Hotel Openings in Canada to bring you. This one comes to us from Hyatt who have now published the World of Hyatt Category for the new Hyatt Centric Ville-Marie Montreal. The hotel will open later this year as a Category 3 hotel which means it will require 12,000 points for a standard award night, 9,000 for Off Peak and 15,000 for Peak. With only three hotels opening in Canada this year we now have the complete picture of the categories as one is a Category 2 hotel and the other two are Category 3 hotels. Click here to learn more about this hotel and others opening in Canada this year.

Save 30% on Singapore KrisFlyer award tickets between Vancouver and Singapore

 
Two years and one month after we last saw them, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes have returned. These are their monthly discounted award flight offers that are typically open for booking for the last two weeks of the month for travel during the following in month or the case of these new offers the following two months. Typically we only covered them on our global site FrequentFlyerBonuses.com as Singapore Airlines wasn't flying to Vancouver anymore but now that they are again we'll cover the promotion right here on Rewards Canada!

March 23 Update: Canada dropping pre arrival testing for fully vaccinated travellers and new Amex Offers for Hugo Boss

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.

Today we are mostly playing catch up on some items from last week!

Qatar Airways Privilege Club has officially made Avios its loyalty currency and includes easy transfers from British Airways Executive Club

Back in February Qatar Airways announced they will be adopting Avios in place of Qmiles as the loyalty currency in their Privilege Club program. That time has come and as of March 22 the switch has been made. Qatar Airways Privilege Club members now earn and burn Avios and any Qmiles in accounts up to this date have been converted 1:1 to Avios. 

Air Canada will acquire 26 Airbus A321XLR aircraft that will feature lie flat business class seats

An exciting announcement from Air Canada today as they revealed they will acquiring 26 Airbus A321XLR planes with deliveries starting in 2024. The planes will serve a mixture of North American and Transatlantic routes with greater comfort and range than other narrowbody planes that Air Canada is currently flying. 

March 22 Update: More confirmed Cobalt Card multipliers, Lynx Air expands in the Toronto area and Home & Villas by Marriott lowers stay requirement

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.

A pretty big update up to our American Express Cobalt™ Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations feature. The following were added to the section on Canadian merchants: 

Receive a 100% bonus when you buy Hilton Honors points

Five days after it came to a close we see the return of Hilton’s bonus for buying points!  Once again you can earn a 100% bonus when you buy points and just like the last version the bonus kicks in when you buy a minimum of 5,000 points. Also the promotion this time does see  the doubling of the annual cap on buying points so you can buy up to 160,000 points.  That 160,000 cap does not include the bonus points so if you max out this offer and buy 160,000 points you’ll receive 320,000 into your account.

Flight Review: Air Canada Business Class Vancouver - Toronto (YVR-YYZ)

 
Today we are pleased to present the latest Rewards Canada Flight Review! This review is provided by Dee who has contributed to Rewards Canada in past with the articles  A look at the great value provided with the Annual Worldwide Companion Pass from Aeroplan's Ultra Premium Credit Cards and Earning Stories: An elite status boost and nearly 20,000 bonus points thanks to Aeroplan's credit card promos and more. 

I recently had the pleasure of flying from Vancouver to Toronto with Air Canada as my work had me heading out for the first time in two years. For this flight I used four of my eUpgrade credits to upgrade from Premium Economy to Business Class. The eUpgrades I have are part of the yearly benefits for being an Air Canada Aeroplan elite member.

Clash of the Credit Cards! American Express Cobalt™ Card vs. Scotiabank Gold American Express® Card

It's time for another Rewards Canada Clash! Here is the clash so many of you have been asking for! A battle of the true 5x points earners and two of the overall best cards in Canada! We have the Best Overall Credit Card Canada and Top Hybrid Rewards Card the American Express Cobalt™ Card going up against the Top Travel Points Card with an annual fee and 6th place overall card, the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card

March 15 Update: Congratulations to our contest winners, new Visa Infinite Privilege stay and dining offers & an update to our Guide to Business Class Lounge access

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! 

Congratulations to René S. of Toronto, Ontario and Donna L. of North York for winning the two 5,000 Aeroplan Point prizes from our Aeroplan eStore contest last week! Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter!