November 17 Update: Last day to enter our Aeroplan contest, CIBC extends 10% cash back offers and Petro-Points to limit redemptions to your home province

 

Today's the last day to enter our Aeroplan contest!You can enter to win one of three prizes of 25,000 Aeroplan Miles! The contest closes at 11:59pm MT tonight! Enter the contest here!

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

Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of November 2020! 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. This month we see three first year free cards on the list

Up to a 50% bonus when you buy Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles

 

Alaska Airlines has launched another buy miles mystery bonus that appears to be ‘surprising’ everyone with a 50% bonus. At least that’s the bonus we’ve seen a few people get including ourselves. The actual bonus ranges from 40% to 50% depending on how many miles you buy. Ideally you want to buy so you get that 50% bonus which means you’d have to buy 30,000 or more miles. We’ve seen a 50% bonus a few times from Alaska and even 60% (70% for a lucky few)  just a month ago.

Priority Pass Black Friday Sale – Up to 40% off annual memberships

Priority Pass, the premier and largest lounge access program has once again brought back their biggest sale ever for Black Friday! With this sale you can save up to 40% on your first year fee with the program. When you purchase Priority Pass you then gain access to over 1,300 business class lounges Worldwide plus restaurant credits and more. Of course with the pandemic the actual number of lounges you can visit is lower. Collinson Group (the owner of Priority Pass) updates this page here every Thursday as to which lounges are open. At the time of posting there are 7 lounges and 1 restaurant in Canada that are open to Priority Pass members including the new WestJet Elevation lounge in Calgary.

The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card will earn extra points on Marriott stays, restaurant and gas station purchases until January 3

An amazing new offer came out today for the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card! This offer does not require registration which means it is open to all existing and new cardholders. Yes even if you don't have the card and get it you can get this bonus but you'll want to do it sooner than later so as to maximize the amount of points you get. Big shout out to Rewards Canada contributor Jeff W. for alerting us to this offer!

A look at the new Air Canada Aeroplan small business co-brand credit cards

 

 Next up in our coverage of the new Air Canada Aeroplan program is our look at the small business co-brand credits for the program. We'll cover all the cards here in one post rather than an individual post for each card like we did for the consumer cards.

There are two levels of business cards that are offered for the Aeroplan program. American Express is the issuer of the higher end business card while TD and CIBC are offering what I would consider as mid-level cards as they don't provide as much as the American Express card but aren't entry level cards either.

Fairmont Hotels Visa Offer - 15% off + $50 hotel credit for stays of 2+ nights in North America

 

Another weekend another Fairmont Hotels offer to pass along!  They sure do have a lot of different offers out there but most don't seem the match the Stay Close offer (which ends on Monday!) This time we have an offer that is very similar to several others in that it is a discount for stays of 2 or more nights and includes a $50 credit. We've seen it for Air Canada Altitude members, CAA members and in for this offer it's for Visa cardholder.

The new Air Canada Aeroplan reward flight pricing compared: no status no credit card pricing versus elite status + credit card Preferred pricing

 

A new feature or benefit of the new Air Canada Aeroplan program comes on the flight reward side. That benefit is preferred pricing for members who have elite status and/or have an Aeroplan co-brand credit card. In this post we look at the significance of having elite status and/or an Aeroplan credit card when it comes to redeeming for flight rewards on Air Canada.

New American Express Cobalt Card welcome bonus offer - Up to 30,000 points + 10x points for Amazon.ca purchases

It's been sometime since we've seen a boost to the welcome bonus offer for the number one ranked American Express Cobalt Card. Technically speaking on the points side of things the welcome bonus hasn't changed. It is still 2,500 bonus points per month when spend at least $500 each month for the first 12 months of the having the card. That's 30,000 points in total. But now if you apply for the card between now and January 13, 2021 they have added a boost for Amazon.ca purchases:

The American Express Cobalt Card Amazon Perk returns - 4 bonus points per dollar on purchases made between November 27 and 30

Right in time for the holiday shopping season we see the return of the Cobalt Perks offer for Amazon.ca purchases!