Air France unveils a new business class seat and your final call for the increased welcome offers on four Amex cards

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 

 

Air France unveiled a new business class seat that the airline will be adding it to a dozen of their 40+ Boeing 777-300 aircraft. The new fully lie flat seats will provide direct aisle access and have a sliding door for privacy. The planes will also see new Premium Economy and Economy seats installed to bring these cabins up to date. The new seats will be initially available on their New York JFK route this fall and since the 777-300 is sometimes used on their Montreal to Paris CDG route as well so it is possible the new seats could be on this route as well - at least on occasion! (Source Air France) 

Summary of global hotel bonus points promotions – May Edition

Here is your monthly update of all the global hotel bonus points promotions that are available. One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of these global/systemwide/regional bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs. 

Hotel Review: Delta Hotels by Marriott London Armouries

We are pleased to present another Rewards Canada Hotel Review! This review is provided by Dee who has contributed to Rewards Canada in past with flight reviews, lounge reviews and several Aeroplan articles.

Recently I completed a stay at the Delta Hotels by Marriott London Armouries on a trip for work in London, Ontario. The hotel is located on the corner of Waterloo street and Richmond street, right downtown near by the Citi Plaza Mall. I found the area no be very busy, and it was quiet at night during my stay.

Earn 5,000 bonus points for stays at Hyatt All Inclusive Resorts, an Air Canada discount code from American Express & the best Visa credit cards

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

Hyatt has introduced a new portfolio of all inclusive resorts that they are calling the Inclusive Collection Resorts. This comes after they acquired several brands and this new collection features over 50 locations from 9 luxury resort brands. To celebration the launch of this new collection World of Hyatt members can earn 5,000 bonus points for stays of 3 or more nights at these properties between May 15 and September 15. Registration is required. Click here to learn more and register for the offer.

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.