Introducing point.me award search tool along with a special discount offer for Rewards Canada readers

Searching for award flights with your favourite airline frequent flyer programs can be daunting task, not to mention a potentially very time consuming one. Whether you are a beginner or consider yourself a pro with points and miles, the time it can take to find award flights. Over the years various online tools have come along to help ease that task and the latest is point.me, which happens to be he reincarnation of Juicy Miles and they are on a mission to be the best award search engine and service out there. 

Top Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for May - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses (Updated May 12)

Updated May 12 as some card offers have changed

Here are Rewards Canada's Top Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of May 2022! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards 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.

TD Advisory Panel updated to show rewards points earned and 15,000 bonus Be Well Points

 

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Today's update is brought to you by the HSBC High Rate Savings Account with which you can enjoy a total annual interest rate of up to 2.65% on new deposits± Click here to learn more about this offer

 

A few months ago we let you know about the TD Advisory Panel - an online community for TD customers where you can be rewarded for completing surveys and providing feedback to TD. They have now updated the portal to show the rewards you have earned to date and once you reach the 500 point mark you can redeem for a $5 gift card. All members will still be entered to win one of three $150 gift cards each month for participating.  Update: They are no longer accepting new applications for the panel

Last Chance to earn 65,000 bonus points + $100 statement credit with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Cards

 

The current limited time welcome bonus offers on the  Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card and the Marriott Bonvoy™ Business American Express® Card will be coming to a close next week on May 11. The combination of a strong 65,000 points bonus and a $100 statement credit with relatively low spend requirements over the course of the first three months make either of these cards ideal to someone looking to get some rewards points to use sooner than later.

New increased welcome bonus offers on HSBC's no fee travel and cash back rewards cards

 
You can now earn even higher welcome bonus offers on the new HSBC Travel Rewards Mastercard® and HSBC Cash Rewards Mastercard®. These are HSBC's entry level no fee rewards cards that were introduced into the market in late 2021 with two options, a travel rewards card and a cash back rewards cards. Both cards now see even higher bonuses than we have seen since the launched and these offers are available until October 31.

Rediscover Canada with Hyatt: Save 15% on summer stays across Canada

 
Hyatt Hotels have a launched a summer discount offer for stays their hotels in Canada. This offer provides a 15% discounts at the nearly 20 locations they have including upcoming new hotels that will open this summer.

Receive a 30% bonus when you transfer HSBC Rewards points to British Airways Executive Club in June

Next month HSBC is bringing back their transfer bonus to British Airways Executive Club and this time it will be a 30% bonus! The last few iterations of the bonus have seen it at 35% and 40%, so not as high this time but still a very worthy bonus to consider.  This could be a prime time for those of you who grabbed the  HSBC World Elite Mastercard in Fall of 2020 and missed the offer last July to convert now. Those of you who signed up for the card in Fall of 2021 with the 100K bonus should have a sizeable amount of points as well to consider converting.

SkipTheDishes expanding earning opportunities in Skip Rewards & earn 7x Aeroplan points on Apple purchases made via the Aeroplan eStore

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Today's update is brought to you by the HSBC High Rate Savings Account with which you can enjoy a total annual interest rate of up to 2.65% on new deposits± Click here to learn more about this offer 

SkipTheDishes have expanded their Skip Rewards program where customers can now earn more points by completing Challenges. This new feature provides additional earning opportunities with challenges that are tailored based on each individual's ordering behaviour. At this time it has been rolled out to select customers and should be available to all Skip users in the coming months. Here are some examples of what the challenges may look like:

IHG One Rewards summer promo: Earn up to 4x points on stays in Canada and Worldwide

 

IHG Hotels & Resorts have revealed their first global promotion after the revamp of the loyalty program, One Rewards. This new offer awards up to 4x points on all eligible stays worldwide. The promotion is now open for registration and booking for stays completed between May 18 and August 31, 2022.

The new CIBC Costco Mastercard is now available. Learn all about it here including the new Executive Member offer!

The anticipation is over as the new CIBC Costco®† Mastercard® is now available for new applications. After months of speculation as to which bank would takeover the warehouse giant's credit card portfolio from Capital One, This new partnership between CIBC and Costco Canada was first announced in September 2021. Then in November 2021 the details of the new card were released with existing Capital One cardholders transferring over to CIBC on March 4 and now the card is here for anyone else who is interested in it!