Monday, January 27, 2020

From Vancouver to Montreal - Earn 500 to 7,500 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points for stays at 8 hotels in February


In my daily update of adding new bonus offers to our site I came across a bunch of bonus offers for stays at various Marriott Hotels across Canada. Eight new stay bonuses were added to our Marriott Bonus offers page for a total of 12 bonuses across Canada at this time.

From 500 to 7,500 bonus points spanning Vancouver to Montreal the eight new bonus offers are as follows:

Calgary
5,000 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay 2+ nights Thursday-Monday at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Calgary Downtown. Full details & online booking Until Feb 29, 20

Edmonton
5,000 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay 2+ nights at the Delta Hotels Edmonton South Conference Centre. Full details & online booking Until Feb 29, 20

Regina
3,000 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay 2+ nights at the Residence Inn Regina. Full details & online booking Until Feb 29, 20

Winnipeg
3,000 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay 2+ nights at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Winnipeg. Full details & online booking  Until Feb 29, 20

London
Earn up to 7,500 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay at the TownePlace Suites London. Earn 5,000 bonus points in a studio suite or 7,500 bonus points in a one bedroom suite Full details & online booking Until Feb 25, 20

Vancouver
500 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay in a suite at the Element Vancouver Metrotown. Full details & online booking Until Feb 24, 20

Ottawa
2,500 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay 2 nights or longer Thursday-Sunday at the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel. Full details & online booking Until Feb 13, 20

Montreal
3,000 bonus Bonvoy points when you stay 3 nights or longer at the Montreal Marriott Chateau Champlain. Full details & online booking Until Feb 12, 20

You can find these and many more offers on our Marriott Bonvoy Bonus Points page!
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Rewards Canada's Guide to Business Class Lounge Access - Updated for 2020


Today I completed an update to our long running feature Rewards Canada's Guide to Business Class Lounge Access. The guide provides details on how you can access business class lounges at airports around the world without having to fly in business or first class.

The update includes pricing changes from some of the single entry, third party lounge access and airline lounge access programs. It also includes the addition of No1 Lounges under the single entry access options and expanded details on the superb lounge access provided by the Platinum Card from American Express. We see Diners Club's airport lounge program jump from 850 to over 1,000 lounges and added in new cards like the CIBC Aventura Visa Infinite Privilege and Vancity's Enviro Visa Infinite and Infinite Privilege cards.

Rewards Canada's Guide to Business Class Lounge Access by the numbers:

 Single Entry lounge options: 6
Third Party lounge access programs: 3
Credit cards offering lounge access: 19
Airline lounge access programs: 5

You can read the entire feature here!
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Friday, January 24, 2020

January 24 Update: What you actually have to spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers and 5 new bonus offers

Our feature on What you actually have to spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers has been updated with the new RBC And HSBC card offers. The RBC Avion Visa Infinite card takes the top spot away from the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard by only $1! See the feature here.


EQ Bank Savings Plus Account

Wanted to pass along news from our current Podcast sponsor, EQ Bank - who saw Wealthsimple come out with a 2.4% rate on their savings account so they boosted their own EQ Bank Savings Plus Account to 2.45%. Not only is there a fight between banks for gaining new credit card members but the savings account world is heating up as well! Find out more here.

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Travel Deals

KLM's Dream Deals seat sale is offering some great economy class and business class fares between Canada and Europe and beyond. Book by Feb 10 for travel May 7 to Oct 15. Find out more here.

Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!


Canadian Bonus Offers

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Other Bonus Offers

IHG Rewards Club
- Earn up to 75% Bonus IHG Rewards Club points when you buy points. More... Until Feb 27, 20

JAL Mileage Bank
- Earn up to 500 Bonus Mileage Bank Miles for stays at participating Tokyu Hotels in Japan. More... Until Mar 31, 20

Norwegian Reward
- 500 Bonus CashPoints when you make your first booking at select properties Worldwide with Rocketmiles. More... Book by Jan 31, 20

Rocketmiles
- 1,000 Bonus Miles / Points with most Rocketmiles partners when you make your first booing at select properties Worldwide. . More... Book by Jan 28, 20

Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer
- Double Safar Flyer Miles when fly on Royal Air Maroc between Casablanca and Beijing. More... Until Mar 16, 20


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Rare sign up bonus for PC Financial Mastercards - 75,000 points if you apply by January 26


As part of the PC Optimum Points Days promotion (see this post for more details) the loyalty program is offering a rare sign bonus on their PC Financial Mastercards. From now until January 26 when you apply for any one of their three Mastercards, the PC Financial Mastercard, PC Financial World Mastercard or PC Financial World Elite Mastercard you'll receive 75,000 PC Optimum points when you receive your card and make your first purchase at Shoppers Drug Mart, Pharmaprix or a participating Loblaw banner store.

Those 75,000 points are worth $75 and since you only have to redeem 10,000 points to start, once the bonus posts to your account you'll be able to use those points right away for a redemption.

Learn more about this offer and apply for any of the cards here
(According to their terms and conditions you must start the application from the page that this link goes to)
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HSBC World Elite Mastercard - Up to 40,000 bonus points + first year annual fee waived (70,000 points + annual fee for Quebec)


HSBC's latest offer for their World Elite Mastercard is now out. This offer is better than their standard offer of course but not as good as the one we saw prior to Christmas or the initial launch offer with the card. Nonetheless it is an offer to look into if this card has been on your radar. Remember the card is our choice for the Mastercard category in our Ultimate No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card Portfolio.

A little background on this card - this is not their 'Premier World Elite' which is meant for people who bank at HSBC but rather this card is for any Canadian and it is essentially the same as the Premier version. When HSBC launched this card in 2018 it became obvious they didn't want to only market their credit cards to those who bank with them, rather they wanted to get into the entire lucrative Canadian credit card market.  To learn more about this card outside of this bonus offer I would recommend reading our review of the card. 

From now until March 9, 2020 you can apply for the HSBC World Elite Mastercard and get up to 40,000 bonus HSBC Rewards Points along with having the first year $149 annual fee waived on the primary card.  The bonus is awarded as follows:
  • 20,000 Points upon approval (worth $100 towards travel)
  • 20,000 Points when you spend $3,000 on the card in the first 90 days (worth $100 in travel rewards)
The 64,000 points once achieved are worth $200 in travel rewards but this card isn't just a travel points card, it is actually a Hybrid Card. This means points can also be converted to partners outside of HSBC Rewards. In this card's case, they can be transferred to British Airways Executive Club, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles or Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer. The points convert as follows:
  • 2.5 points to 1 Avios
  • 3 points to 1.35 KrisFlyer Miles 
  • 3 points to 1.2 Asia Miles 
This means the sign up bonus is worth 16,000 Avios in British Airways' Executive Club which can be used to boost your account should you need. For example, you'd want to tie this offer in with the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card offer. Between the two you would have no less than 51,000 Avios.

Here are some options to check out
The sign up bonus isn't the only good feature about this card however. It is one of less than a dozen cards in Canada that has No Foreign Transaction fees, it also comes with a $100 annual travel enhancement credit (to use on bag fees, seat selection etc) and like most World Elite Mastercards in Canada it has airport lounge access membership via LoungeKey.

Recommended Reading: No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards for Canadians

Also note the first year free waiver option is not available for Quebec residents so instead they offer up to 70,000 bonus points for getting the card and simple holding on to it:


Now we have heard from a handful of our readers who have applied for this card in the past that the credit limits HSBC gives new customers tends to be on the low side which for some can make it difficult to be able to spend enough on the card to max out the spend portion.

Find out more and apply for the card here.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

January 23 Update: PC Optimum Points Days returns - earn thousands of extra points until January 26, Air Canada partners with Cirque du Soleil & KLM's Seat Sale from Canada

One of PC Optimum's biggest promotions of the year launched today! Points Days runs from today until January 26 and offers up thousands of bonus points for shopping at all of Loblaw's various grocery store brands, Shoppers Drug Mart and Esso Mobil. The one that really sticks out for me is the 15,000 points for buying $100 in Apple, Cara Restaurants, Google Play or Roots gifts cards! To receive any of the bonuses you do have to register your PC Optimum account online if you haven't done so yet (ie you just picked up a card at Shoppers to join the program) or simply log in to your account on the app. Find out more here.

Here are screen shots of some of the offers!
Images courtesy of PC Optimum

Air Canada has announced a new partnership with Cirque du Soleil. The partnership makes Air Canada the "Official Airline for Big Top and Arena shows for Canada, the U.S., Europe, and select countries around the world." and "provides for the creation of an exclusive Air Canada lounge for Cirque du Soleil, accessible to eligible guests at European and Australian Big Top shows, in addition to a robust hospitality package, onsite brand presence across all territories, and a branded experience at select Big Top shows in North America." I'm really curious to find out what the branded experience may entail for the North American shows. As part of the agreement you can also redeem Aeroplan Miles for Cirque gift cards. Find out more here.

Image courtesy of Air Canada

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Travel Deals


KLM's Dream Deals seat sale is back and is offering some great economy class and business class fares between Canada and Europe and beyond. Book by Feb 10 for travel May 7 to Oct 15. Find out more here.



Remember to visit Rewards Canada's Travel Booking site to book travel directly with many of your favourite airlines, hotels and more!


Canadian Bonus Offers

Air Canada Aeroplan
- Earn up to 7,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you fly on eligible scheduled direct flights within Canada, and between Canada and the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and sun destinations. More... Register and book by Feb 4 for travel until Jun 30, 20
- 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you join the program and complete your first mileage earning transaction by January 31, 2020. More... Until Jan 31, 20

Other Bonus Offers

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- 40% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy or gift 15,000 or more miles. More... Until Feb 16, 20

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up to Triple Asia Miles for stays at participating Accor Hotels Worldwide. More... Until Mar 23, 20

SriLankan FlySmiles
- Double FlySmiles when you fly SriLankan from Bangkok to Male , London , Gan Islands, Dubai, Doha, Melbourne or China via Colombo . More... Book by Jan 31 for travel until Mar 31, 20

Turkish Miles&Smiles
- Double Miles&Smiles Miles for stays at all Serena Hotels in Asia. More... Until Feb 29, 20

World of Hyatt
- 2,000 Bonus World of Hyatt Points for stays at participating Hyatt Hotels Worldwide. More... Targeted for Google Employees but it may work for anyone (YMMV) Until Mar 31, 20


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Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Receive a 40% bonus when you buy 15,000 or miles by February 16


Alaska Airlines has launched another buy miles bonus! Though not as good as the 50% we sometimes see, some of you may be able to make great use of buying the miles with just a 40% bonus! With the 40% offer you are buying Mileage Plan Miles at roughly US 2.15 cents each:


Remember Alaska has set in place a maximum amount of miles you can buy in a year if you don’t hold MVP status.  Non-Elite members can only buy 150,000 miles per year now.  MVP, MVP Gold, and MVP Gold 75K member are not subjected to this limitation. Seeing that Alaska does have 50% bonuses at times I wouldn’t buy at 40% unless you have a need for these miles to be redeemed over the next 60-90 days at which time we may see their next bonus offer.

If you do buy right now remember you can redeem miles for premium class flights on British Airways, JAL, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air and more, there are lots of options for you to use these miles. It only takes 70,000 Mileage Plan miles to fly Cathay Pacific First Class one way from North America to Asia and those 70K will cost you US$1507.69  – and to pay for that first class will cost you a lot more than that!

Offer details
40% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy or gift 15,000 or more miles. Buy Alaska Miles Here Until Feb 16, 20

Here's an example of how you can use this promotion to fly JAL Business Class from Vancouver to Tokyo:
To buy that many miles will cost you just under $1300 US:
All told when you add in taxes and also the fees on the award ticket you are looking as spending around C$1,850. The same flight bought straight with cash will be just over $2,800 - almost a $1,000 savings by buying the miles!

Find many more Mileage Plan bonus miles offers here!
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Receive 1,000 bonus Aeroplan Miles when you join the program and complete your first earning transaction - ends soon



Aeroplan has a member acquisition offer out that is essentially the same one we saw for most of the last half of 2019.  However this one appears to have an end date of January 31, 2020 so there isn't much time to take advantage of it! Best bet is to join right away and then make an online purchase via the Aeroplan eStore by January 31 unless of course you can utilize another partner by that time.

Offer details:
1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you join the program and complete your first mileage earning transaction by January 31, 2020. Join here!Advertisement

Find many more Aeroplan Bonus Miles offers here!

 
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200 FREE JAL Mileage Bank Miles when you join the Okura Nikko Hotels One Harmony Program


JAL Mileage Bank is not a program we typically see free miles offers from so when one comes around you take advantage of it! They are offering  200 free Mileage Bank miles when you join the Okura Nikko Hotels One Harmony program and register your JMB membership to that your newly made account. If you already member of One Harmony you can still score 100 free miles for updating your JMB account number in your One Harmony account.

Offer details:
200 Free Mileage Bank Miles when you join the Okura Nikko Hotels One Harmony program.  Full details Until Mar 29, 20
Existing One Harmony members can earn 100 miles for updating their JMB account number in their One Harmony account.

Here are some other Mileage Bank bonus miles offers to check out:
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Earn up to 7,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on all Air Canada flights Worldwide


Air Canada revealed a decent systemwide flight bonus offer yesterday! The new promotion covers all flights flown by Air Canada (including Rouge, Express, etc.) to all destinations Worldwide. It is a tiered promotion that offers bonuses from 1,000 miles to 7,500 miles depending on where you fly and what fare class you fly in. As is the case with all Air Canada Aeroplan flight promotions, only new bookings as of the launch date of the promotion count towards earning the bonus, in this case that means January 21. You have until February 4 to register for the promotion and book your flights but have until June 30 to actually complete them.

Bonuses are awarded as follows:


Good news is the bonus is open to everyone on a reservation unlike most Aeroplan flight promotions prior to December that only awarded it to the first person on the reservation.

I really hope that this promotion is Air Canada and Aeroplan wanting to be generous as we are starting to see more flight bonuses from various airlines and more systemwide offers. In the past this has been indicative of an upcoming slump in the economy and the airlines use the promotions to encourage people to try to fly. Case in point - during the last major economic slump quite a few years ago we listed upwards of 700 flight bonuses on our site at any one time. However for the past two or so years we have only been seeing 100-200 flight bonuses at one time. And based on our tracking of offers on Rewards Canada and Frequent Flyer Bonuses we have definitely seen an uptick in flight bonuses over the past 4 months. Let's hope I'm just reading into too much!

Offer details:
Earn up to 7,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you fly on eligible scheduled direct flights within Canada, and between Canada and the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and sun destinations. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Register and book by Feb 4 for travel until Jun 30, 20

Bonuses as follows (for one round trip or two one way segments):
  • 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles North America & Sun -Economy Standard, Economy Flex, comfort; or Economy Latitude.
  • 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles North America & Sun –Premium Economy lowest, Premium Economy flexible, Premium Rouge, Business Class lowest, or Business Class flexible.
  • 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles International – Economy Standard; Economy Flex; comfort; or Economy Latitude.
  • 7,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles International - Premium Economy flexible, Premium Rouge, Business Class lowest, or Business Class flexible.
Here are some other Aeroplan bonus miles offers to check out:
  • Earn 500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for stays at Best Western Hotels in Canada, the United States, or the Caribbean Islands Full details, online registration & booking (Registration is required)
  • 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you rent with Avis at participating locations in the U.S. and Canada. Full details.  
  • Earn up to 30,000 Aeroplan Miles (equivalent to 2 economy short-haul roundtrip flight rewards) and first year no Annual Fee with the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card 
Find our complete listing of Aeroplan Bonus Miles offers here
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