American Express Centurion Lounge opens at London Heathrow

 

Canadian Platinum Card from American Express and American Express Centurion Cardmembers have a new lounge to access at London's Heathrow airport!  The card issuer has opened their first Centurion Lounge in Europe and marks their third overall lounge opening this year.  Now with over 20 lounges worldwide the Centurion Lounge brand is definitely making a name for itself in the market.

Clash of the Credit Cards! American Express Green Card vs. CIBC Aeroplan Visa Card

 

Welcome to another Rewards Canada Clash! This time in our Clash of the Credit Cards we have two no annual fee credit cards that earn Air Canada Aeroplan points go against each other! Those cards are the American Express® Green Card  and the CIBC Aeroplan® Visa* Card. You will also find this Clash posted on the main Rewards Canada site.

Receive up to a 55% bonus for buying Marriott Bonvoy points and we show you how it can save you some money

 
As part of Marriott's Week of Wonders a buy points bonus has returned that offers 50% extra is you are a base member or 55% extra for Bonvoy Elite members. The 55% gets close to the record 60% seen last November and actually whether you get 50 or 55% this is at a level where it can make sense to buy some to top off for an award or even to be lots for free night stays. . The bonus is awarded on purchases from 2,000 to 100,000 points and that 100,000 is a doubling of the typical 50,000 point annual limit for buying points. 

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Plus Your Points is back! Double Points on rentals until January 31 + earn over 300 points for free

 
Enterprise has launched their annual Plus Your Points promotion for double points on rentals! This year they’ve gone back to an October to January run instead of August to January as seen in the 2020 version. As always the primary part of the promotion is double points on rentals but they also have the badges to earn extra points that we see in each incarnation of Plus Your Points. The badges provide an opportunity to earn over 300 points for free (no rentals needed) and many more on top of that if you do complete rentals.

Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for October - 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 October 2021. 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.

October 7 Update: Flair Airlines to offer Toronto-Palm Springs flights, earn 2x miles on all TAP Air Portugal flights & Ethiopian Airlines eyes Montreal-Addis Ababa route

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 70,000 bonus points and no annual fee in the first year! 

Flair Airlines announced another new U.S. route this week. Starting on December 15 they will offer direct non-stop flights between Toronto and Palm Springs. The flights will operate twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays. (Source Flair Airlines)

Fly Air Canada to Switzerland and earn up to 15,000 bonus Aeroplan points

Air Canada has come out with an awesome bonus points offer for travel to Switzerland! If this amazing country smack dab in the middle of Europe is on your radar make sure you register for this offer before booking your flights. The offer awards Aeroplan members up to 15,000 bonus points on flights between Canada and Geneva or Zurich. This promotion seems to tie into a lot of co-promotions that Air Canada has had over the past few months with Switzerland Tourism.

Marriott Bonvoy Week of Wonders is here with bonus points, stay offers, discounted award nights & more

 

 

Marriott’s Week of Wonders kicked off today with a whole bunch of offers that are available through to the 14th of October. From bonus points on buying points, to award nights pricing at Off-Peak levels to hotel credits at select luxury brands there is something for everyone in this the second annual run of this promotion. Let’s dive into all the offers:

Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for October - These cards provide the most value out of their welcome bonuses

 

Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of October 2021! 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 two first year free cards on the list.

October 6 Update: Mandatory COVID vaccination for Air & Rail travellers will start October 30, receive a 50% bonus when converting Marriott Points to Etihad & more

Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 100,000 bonus points and no annual fee in the first year! 

 
Back in August the Federal Government stated that COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory for air, rail and cruise ship travel. At the time they didn't put dates in place that this new rule would become effective. We now know from Justin Trudeau's announcement that it will be mandatory for "air travellers departing from Canadian airports, and travellers on VIA Rail and Rocky Mountaineer trains" to be vaccinated by October 30 however there will be a one month transition period "during which travellers not yet fully vaccinated will be able to travel if they can show a negative COVID-19 molecular test within 72 hours of travel. This transition period will end on November 30, 2021." (Source Government of Canada)