April 5 Update: JetBlue's Vancouver flights launch in June, one new Cobalt Multiplier in Calgary & World of Hyatt introduces a new all-inclusive resort award chart

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Nearly a year ago JetBlue Airways announced they were launching flights to Canada - more specifically Vancouver and that got me wondering as to when the flights would be starting up!, JetBlue has published those start dates and we'll see Vancouver-New York JFK launch in June 9 while Vancouver-Boston will launch on June 16. Both of these routes are available for purchase on JetBlue's site. The New York JFK flight will be operated with an Airbus A320 while the Boston flight will be an Airbus A220 - so unfortunately no Mint Products are available on these flights. That's too bad as the flights departing from Vancouver are redeyes and it would be great to have those Mint seats as an option!

Best ever offer revealed for the HSBC +Rewards Card: up to 35,000 points + first year annual fee rebate

 
The best ever offer for the HSBC +Rewards™ Mastercard® went live today. The card is HSBC's low interest rewards card  now comes with a welcome bonus of 35,000 points and the first year $25 annual fee rebated*. This offer eclipses the previous best offer on this card of 30,000 points with the first year free.

New HSBC World Elite Mastercard offer provides up to 80,000 bonus points + a first year annual fee rebate

The new welcome bonus offer for the HSBC World Elite® Mastercard® is here and it provides up to 80,000 bonus HSBC Rewards points for new cardholders. This is 20,000 less than the offer that was in the market for quite a few months. If history repeats itself we won't see that 100K offer return until the fall especially with this offer being marketed as ending on October 31, 2022..  On top of the new 80,000 point bonus is also a first year annual fee rebate for the primary cardholder. Once you have those 80,000 points they are worth $400 towards any travel! Since Quebec doesn't allow the first year free waiver the offer there is a whopping 110,000 points worth $550 towards travel but you do have to pay the annual fee so you end up with $401 in travel value.

Podcast Episode 89 - April 4, 2022 A look at some of the exciting new hotels opening in Canada for 2022

In this episode we look at some of the exciting new hotels that are set to open in Canada this year. Even though international travel is making a big come back many Canadians are still planning on staying closer to home for their vacations so what better way than to stay in a new hotel. We highlight a handful of hotels from the 37 properties that are set to open from Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and Marriott that should be on your list if you do want to check out some place new!You can also watch the video of the podcast here:

Receive up to $225 in gift cards and other rewards for hotel stays in Edmonton

 
There has been no shortage of hotel stay incentives across the country due to the pandemic and we've covered many of those offers right here on Rewards Canada. Whether it's Quebec City, Kingston or the ongoing offers from the various city or regional tourism boards that you've seen on our blog - there's some good options out there to earn free nights or to pad your wallet with gift cards. It's that latter one, the awarding of gift cards and rewards that we want to remind you of for stays in Edmonton. This offer from Edmonton's Best Hotels allows savvy travellers to earn up to $225 in rewards at any one of over 50 hotels in the region.

April 4 Update: New Amex Offer for Shangri-La Hotels & Coast Hotels are adding a new hotel in downtown Calgary

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Shangri-La Hotels has returned to Amex Offers. I received this latest offer on on my Platinum Card:

Get a statement credit equal to 20% of total qualifying purchases when you use your registered Card at the Shangri-La Hotels in Toronto and Vancouver or via the Shangri-La App or at www.shangri-la.com/AMEXCanada at these locations by 30/06/2022. Limit of $150 in total credits. Terms apply

Offer extended: 10% cash back for the first two months with Tangerine Mastercards

Tangerine has once again extended their limited time welcome offers on the ever popular Tangerine credit cards to end of May. Both the Tangerine Money-Back Credit Card and the Tangerine World Mastercard will award a 10% cash back welcome earn rate in the first two months for any new approved applications made by May31, 2022. The 10% is capped on $1,000 of purchases for a total cash back reward of $100. After that 10% cap is hit or after 2 months the regular earn rate of up to 2% cash back kicks in. 

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts of 50% or more on flights to Europe from Calgary, Halifax and Montreal

The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. There are a few more offers this month when compared to small offering we saw in March The list is a little smaller this time however there are still Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class to choose from!

More Rewards Points Extravaganza - thousands of bonus points up for grabs!

Another big promotion from More Rewards following quickly on the heels of last week's special grocery redemption offer. This time it is the return of their Points Extravaganza with tons of bonus points for shopping at Save-On Foods and 20x points for earning points with select More Rewards partners.

New Amex Offers providing statement credits for Shell and Wendy's purchases

 

A few more Amex Offers came out at the end of this week for using your American Express card at Shell or Wendy's. Personally I received both the Shell and Wendy's offers on my Platinum Card and also received the Shell offer on my Cobalt Card. However the Cobalt offer is only for two statement credits versus the Platinum's four statement credits and the Platinum offer runs for one month longer.