We review the CIBC Aventura® Visa Infinite* Card & the RBC ION and RBC ION+ Visa cards have been added to the site

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The CIBC Aventura® Visa Infinite* Card is the next card to receive the Rewards Canada review treatment. "It has decent accelerated point earning categories for everyday spend and if you combine those strategically with the Aventura Airline Rewards Chart you can extract some good value out of this card. It also has a great airport lounge access benefit and other notable features that keep this card in the top 10% of all rewards cards in Canada" Click here to read the entire review

Great deal! WestJet Calgary to Amsterdam for $599 economy class or $2680 business class ($2380 with Amex Platinum)

WestJet recently announced the return of flights between Calgary and Amsterdam for the winter season and they have some great pricing on the route. The airline was awarded more slots at the Dutch airport so flights will return on November 14 and operate 3x weekly with their Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring their international business and premium economy class cabins. Hopefully the mess we've all heard about at AMS during the summer travel season is fixed by the time these flights start operating again!

Earn 2x Mileage Plan miles on Fiji Airways' new Vancouver flight

Fiji Airways will be launching their Vancouver flights on November 25 and you can earn double Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles to celebrate. Announced this past July, Vancouver is Fiji Airways third North American gateway city after Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airline is partnered with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan hence this bonus being put into action with them as I figure not a lot of those who will be flying with Fiji Airways out of North America are members of the airline's own Tabua Club.

RBC Rewards has now officially become Avion Rewards

RBC Royal Bank has completed the re-branding of their RBC Rewards program to Avion Rewards. First announced in July and launched this past weekend, the new Avion Rewards site is up and running with all the relevant details for the updated program. 

AIR MILES adding card linked offers for Save-On-Foods on September 22

Here's an interesting development in the ongoing saga of AIR MILES and grocery partners. As most of you should already know, AIR MILES and the Empire Group of stores such as Sobeys and Safeway are parting ways. Atlantic Canada was first and the Western Canada sees them switch to Scene+ on September 22. But that's not all that will happen on September 22. Coincidentally, on that date AIR MILES will be launching card linked offers for grocery shopping at Save-On-Foods. 

Sep 22 Update - The offer has now been revealed: Earn 100 bonus AIR MILES when you spend $100 at Save-On-Foods, Urban Fare and other grocery stores 

Air North introduces new Aurora Flight Pass and earn 3x points for dining at Hyatt Hotels with no stay required

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If you are planning on travel to or from the Yukon check out Air North's Aurora Flight Passes. These passes include four one-way flight segments for as little as $1027 all in for use between Whitehorse and Vancouver (in either direction) and can be used by two people. Essentially one pass will net you a round trip flight for two or two round trips for a single traveler. You can also use the passes for other cities Air North flies to but you have to pay an extra fee of $61.25 (tax incl) per segment. These passes are on sale until October 4 however if you buy passes by September 20 you'll earn a bonus segment for free. Click here to learn more about these passes.

The best flight, hotel, and car rental bonus offers for September

 
Here are our Top Travel Bonus Mile/Point Offers for this month. This post covers the best travel related bonuses for Canadian travellers. Whether it is for flying, hotel stays or car rentals you'll find our top picks here to earn more miles more points and more rewards. Many of these offers go beyond this month so don’t count them out if you need to book and/or travel beyond this month. 

The best ever bonus offer of 55,000 points on the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card has been extended!

The best ever bonus of up to 55,000 Avion Rewards points for the RBC Avion Visa Infinite card has been extended to October 31st! The bonus is one of the easiest to achieve in the market right now. With many other issuers keeping increased offers on their cards it only makes sense for RBC to continue to do so with their Avion products as well.

Air Canada Elites will receive double Priority Rewards for the remainder of the year & a new targeted American Express Use Points for Purchases offer

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Air Canada sent an email out yesterday to elite members offering double Priority Rewards for the second half of 2022:

Finally, recognizing that most have already requalified for Status, we’re launching a special offer to reward Elite members for their travels through the end of this year. We’ll double every Priority Reward you earn between July 1st and December 31st, 20222. As a reminder, Priority Rewards give you 50% off every eligible Aeroplan flight reward on Air Canada and any of our airline partners

It's back! American Express Transfer Bonuses to Marriott Bonvoy (25%) and Hilton Honors (30%)

American Express' bonus for transferring Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy & Hilton Honors has returned! Last seen right around this time last year, cardmembers now a month to convert their Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy or Hilton Honors and receive 25% or a 30% bonus respectively. This offer is available from September 15 to October 15, 2022

Update #2: The offer is now showing on Amex's website

Update #1: Looks like Amex is delayed in announcing this on their site - it should be up sometime this morning!