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A nice big update to our American Express Cobalt™ Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations feature! Lots of new 5x points locations in Canada and the U.S. plus several 2x and 1x points offer. Cool to see places like the Royal Tyrell Museum Cafe in Drumheller and Old School Bus Ice Cream coding as 5x points! Check out all the locations here.
Hyatt is out with another buy points offer and this time it is a discount instead of a bonus. When you buy 5,000 or more points in one transaction they will give a 30% discount on the price. This is different than the typical 30 to 40% bonus that we usually see with Hyatt. With the discount the price works out to 1.68 cents (US) per points which is lower than the 1.714 cents per point (US$) seen when they run their highest 40% bonus. When redeemed it can be pretty easy to receive a value of 2 cents per point or higher so you can see it could be worthwhile to purchase them for rewards around the globe or even if you just need a few thousand points to top off for an award.
Aer Lingus has once again brought back their offer that provides an additional discount off of their flights out of Canada. The discount is up to $100 on Economy Class flights and up to $200 off Business Class flights! With prices for travel in late summer/early fall dropping significantly you can fly round trip with this deal for just over $400 to Dublin! The discount is available for tickets booked by August 24 for travel between between September 1 - October 31, 2022.
Hilton Honors’ Fall promotion has been revealed and it offers double points all stays Worldwide. On top of the double points, if you check out on a weekday (Mon-Fri) you’ll earn an additional 2,000 bonus points. With no limit to the number of bonus points you can earn this is a perfect hotel hopping promotion to move around hotels during the middle of week! If you have a three day business trip from Monday to Wednesday and your time allows you to alternate Hilton Hotels for each night you could earn the double points plus 6,000 points for those three nights.
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WestJet has announced a new direct non-stop route from Winnipeg to Los Angeles. Launching on October 31 the new year round service will initially operate 3x weekly on Monday, Friday and Saturday. This is great news for the city of Winnipeg to get this flight and I'm sure our readers from YWG will be thrilled for it! Learn more here.
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The CIBC Dividend® Visa Infinite* Card is the next card to receive the Rewards Canada review treatment. Thanks to a revamp several years ago the card came back to the forefront of the cash back market and in fact here at Rewards Canada we ranked it as the number one cash back card for a short while after those changes. At this time we still rank it as the best "true" cash back credit card in the market as this card takes second place only to the American Express Cobalt Card - which isn't a "true" cash back card but does provide the best cash back redemption value in the Canadian market. Click here to read the entire review
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Air Canada is offering extra Aeroplan points for purchasing their Student Flight passes. You can earn an extra 2 points per dollar spent on passes for Economy standard fares while Economy flex will earn 4 points per dollar. Passes must be purchased by Sep 2, 22. Click here for more details on this offer.
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Cineplex and Scene+ are offering a points rebate when you redeem points for purchases at Cineplex. You'll receive 250 points when you 1,000 points or more.
Scene+ members who redeem 1,000 or more Scene+ points in a single transaction when making a purchase at a Cineplex location, on Cineplex.com or through the Cineplex mobile app will receive 250 bonus points. Bonus points will be awarded up to 3 weeks after the campaign period ends. Maximum of 250 bonus Scene+ points will be awarded per member. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Offer is subject to change or may be cancelled without notice, and is not valid if the transaction, in whole or in part, is refunded. Additional conditions may apply.
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Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to 4 Aeroplan points per dollar spent when you purchase a Student Flight Pass. Purchase by Sep 2, 22. More...
AeroMexico Club Premier
- 3,000 Bonus Club Premier points when you rent a car with Hertz at
participating locations Worldwide after flying with AeroMexico. Book by
Aug 31 for rentals until Dec 15, 22 More...
ANA Mileage Club
- Earn Double Premium Points on all ANA International and ANA/ANA Group
Japan domestic flights. Plus earn 500 additional Premium Points when
you fly on select ANA routes in Japan. Valid for flights until Dec 31,
22. More...
Ethiopian Sheba Miles
- Earn up to 2,000 ShebaMiles when you rent a car with Sixt Worldwide.
Earn 1,000 miles on rentals of 2-3 days or 2,000 miles for 4+ days.
Valid for rentals until Sep 14, 22 More...
JAL Mileage Bank
- Earn 50% Bonus Mileage Bank Miles when you fly on Malaysia Airlines
between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo-Haneda. Valid for travel until Oct 27,
22. More...
Marriott Bonvoy
- New York City 1,000 bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the Moxy NYC Chelsea. Valid for stays until Oct 19, 22 More...
- New York City OFFER EXTENDED 1,000 bonus Bonvoy Points PER NIGHT at the Moxy NYC East Village. Valid for stays until Oct 19, 22 More...
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
- Earn Double Avios when you fly on any eligible flights on Iberia or
Qatar Airways marketed flights flown by Iberia that are credited to your
Privilege Club account. Valid for travel until Nov 30, 22. More...
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- Receive 30% off KrisFlyer saver award tickets to select Singapore
Airlines destinations Worldwide. Book by Aug 31 for travel Sep 1 – Sep
30, 22 More...
World of Hyatt has revealed the details of their next systemwide Bonus Journeys offer. The promotion rewards World of Hyatt members with double points on all qualifying stays of 2+ nights at over 1,100 hotels worldwide including participating MGM Resort destinations, Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels and Lindblad Expeditions. On top of this the promotion also will reward double elite night credits at 65+ participating Inclusive Collection resorts.
Earn double World of Hyatt points on all qualifying stays of 2+ nights at over 1,100 hotels worldwide including participating MGM Resort destinations, Small Luxury Hotels of the World hotels and Lindblad Expeditions. Register by Nov 15 for stays completed between Sep 15 and Dec 20, 22. Click here for more details & to register for this offer. (Registration is required)
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Great news being forwarded on to us from one our readers! Sam let us know that they received a letter from Scotiabank letting them know that their Scotiabank American Express Card will accepted at IGA stores in Quebec as of October 2022. Historically, most IGA stores in Quebec have not accepted American Express (some have though) and while the letter states acceptance of the Scotiabank Amex I would be led to believe this means all Amex cards will be accepted at IGA stores in Quebec. This of course means you'll soon be able to earn up to 6x points per dollar spent at Quebec IGA stores with the Scotia Amex Cards or 5x points on cards like the American Express Cobalt Card.
A big car rental bonus is here! For the next three days you can book Avis car rentals that are credited to Etihad Guest and earn 20,000 bonus miles per rental! This is one of the biggest if not the biggest car rental offer we have ever seen. We’ll have to go back into our old posts to compare with some of those big SAS EuroBonus offers from the 2000s and 2010s. This offer needs to be booked by August 17 for rentals between September 1 and November 30 and awards 20,000 bonus Guest Miles for each 3 day rental of a Group C or higher car in the USA (excluding Alaska), Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia