March 28 Update: MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard Review (Updated for 2022), new Flight Reviews page & last few days for the amazing KLM sale!

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Today we released an update to our review of the MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard. The card was first reviewed on Rewards Canada in 2013 and I have to apologize to our readers as I don't think did an full fledged update on it since then so some of it was out of date. Now that's all fixed and the review is fresh for 2022 and I promise to keep an eye on it and update more frequently as required. The card itself isn't well known to most Canadians but is somewhat of a hidden gem and a favourite in the points and miles community. Read our review here to find out why!

Big News! Mastercard Canada switching lounge access from LoungeKey to DragonPass (which means access to Plaza Premium lounges!)

Big news in the world of credit card lounge access! I was visiting the Mastercard Canada website today and noticed a change to the lounge access section for the World and World Elite Mastercards. No longer does the website state Mastercard Airport Experiences by LoungeKey, instead it now has Mastercard Travel Pass provided by DragonPass.  

Here are the latest RBC Offers including statement credits for Linen Chest and bonus points with Rexall

The RBC Offers program has several new promotions and extended one other over the past month. In total there are 25 offers in place with this program.

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 butmost if not all should also available for RBC's most popular card the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card and most other RBC cards.

More Rewards Free Groceries Event - Redeem points at a higher value for groceries at Save-On Foods, Urban Fare or PriceSmart Foods

More Rewards has brought back their Free Groceries Event where you can redeem your More Rewards points for you in store grocery shopping at greater value than the regular redemption rates. In fact if you have enough points to redeem at the highest level, 48,000 points for $200 off your grocery bill you'll be redeeming points at nearly the same value as travel redemptions via the program. Outside of a couple of hockey ticket redemption options in the program redeeming for travel is the best redemption option in the program in terms of value so when they run this grocery redemption option several times per year it is definitely worth checking out. This offer is available in-store only until March 30, 2022.

March 25 Update: Aeroplan extends flight reward change policy, MyLenovo Rewards launches in Canada & an Amex Offer for ECCO Shoes

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Air Canada Aeroplan has once again extended their flexible change policy for Aeroplan flight rewards. The extension now sees Aeroplan waiving change fees on reward tickets until April 30, 2022 and the amount of changes you can make are unlimited. For bookings made by April 30 but changed on or after May 1, 2022 you will have the first change fee waived but any others after that will incur a fee. Applicable change fees will apply to any new bookings that are made on our after May 1. The program does seem to be adjusting these frequently so it is entirely possible they will be extended again in the near future.

OFFER EXTENDED: Up to a 50% bonus when you buy Marriott Bonvoy Points

 

The buy points bonus for Marriott Bonvoy was set to end yesterday but has been extended to April 3. The promotion provides up to a 50% bonus and is awarded on purchases from 2,000 to 100,000 points and that 100,000 is a doubling of the typical 50,000 point annual limit for buying points.

10,000 bonus points per night and Club Lounge access for stays at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Toronto International Airport

 

 A big bonus coming out of Marriott for stays at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Toronto International Airport! This bonus celebrates the recent refresh and renovation of the Club Lounge at the hotel and offers 10,000 bonus Bonvoy points per night and Club Lounge access (I'm how else could they celebrate it?) for stays between April 3 and May 19.  If you stay by May 4th 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. If you are needing an overnight hotel at YYZ you may want to consider this offer but read on to see if it is worth it.

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

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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

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