You can secure and maintain your 2023 Air Canada Elite Status with credit card spend

If you are currently an Air Canada Aeroplan Elite Status holder but may end up being shy of maintaining that status for 2023 you now have another avenue for retaining it! Aeroplan announced a new promotion today where you will be able to secure and maintain your status for 2023 simply by earning enough points on any Aeroplan credit card. 

Scotiabank and Scene+ points posting issues continue, one new confirmed Cobalt Card multiplier and an 80% bonus for buying IHG One Rewards 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

We had another of our readers and also a Facebook follower reach out to us that they are still having issues with Scotia and Scene+. Both of them are experiencing the same issues many of you have reached out to us before - the lack of points posting. JN emailed to tell us she has not seen any points at all post to her account since the switch to Scene+ while and MS messaged us on Facebook with the exact same issue - not one point has posted to his account since December. MS did tell us that Scotia said the points should be reflected on his June statement so let's hope that happens as we've heard many promised dates over the past 6 months from Scotia that have come and gone without a fix. We'd love to hear from more of our readers on your experience with Scotia and Scene+. Let us know in the comments below, on our social channels or email us at info@rewardscanada.ca

Amex Offers: Spend $350 with Fairmont or Sofitel in Canada and receive a $70 statement credit

 

A great new travel Amex Offer came out today  for using your American Express card at Fairmont or Sofitel Hotels in Canada. Personally I received the offer on my Platinum Card but no love on my Cobalt Card or Gold Rewards Card. Here is the offer:

Buy or gift Aeroplan Points with up to an 85% bonus

Aeroplan's has come out with another buy or gift points promotion where you can earn up to an 85% bonus. This tiered offer sees bonuses ranging from 50% to 85% dependent on how many points you buy. This offer runs until May 20, 2022 and allows members to buy up to 500,000 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 45,000 points will earn a 60% bonus, 50,000 to 60,000 you'll get a 70% bonus and 70,000+ will earn the 85%. 

Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for May - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses

 

Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for this month! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards for small businesses 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. This month we see three first year free cards on the list! And remember this list is based on minimum value towards travel which we calculate as the minimum value of the welcome bonus less the annual fee. It is entirely possible to receive more value out of the welcome bonuses on all of these cards since they earn Aeroplan points or Marriott Bonvoy points - both of which can provide some huge outsized value rewards!

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

Miles & More Mileage Bargains - Big mileage discounts of 50% on premium economy class flights between Montreal & Austria

 

The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. The list quite a bit smaller that we have over the past half a year or so as this time there are six Premium Economy Class flights to choose from!

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