Rewards Canada News

Why my wife and I each grabbed our own WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercards

Recently my wife and I grabbed ourselves the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard and there really were three reasons behind this. Now this wasn't an apply for primary and secondary cards for one account. These were two separate applications for both of us to each have our own cards.

Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions - October Edition

One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs. In fact, right now it should be rare for you NOT to earn a bonus.

Meet the Collectors: Road warrior of the Canadian Prairies makes the most of his hotel programs

Bill Wheatley is the Ultimate Road Warrior - he works in Information Technology for NAPA Auto Parts and travels across the prairies for his job, racking up tons of points and miles along the way. Last year Bill took more than 45 short haul flights between Winnipeg and Saskatoon on Air Canada.

Rewards Canada over the past week:

• 500 FREE Aegean Miles+Bonus Miles for logging in via the mobile app
  Lufthansa's Miles & More is offering 500 free miles for downloading and logging into to their app so Aegean Airlines…
• Canadian Points University Calgary - Come learn the ins and outs of travel reward programs on Nov 3/4
   The third installment of the Canadian Points University is just around the corner! This edition will be held in Calgary…
• October 19 Update: Earn Triple Aurora Rewards Points on all Canadian North flights, Earn 10x More Rewards Points on all travel bookings & more!
  Today is primarily a yellow themed bonus offer day with some great new offers from Canadian North and More Rewards…
• Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions - October Edition
  One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide bonuses…
• Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express drops to 20,000 points but 2x points for hotel stays extended
   Good and bad news today for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express. First lets get rid of…
• October 18 Update: RBC & Petro-Canada team up for more points & savings, last day for SPG Amex, up to 3x miles on Qatar Airways flights
  RBC and Petro-Canada came out with more partnership news yesterday. Thanks to RBC, Bruce and Kevin for sending along the…
• Why my wife and I each grabbed our own WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercards
  Recently my wife and I grabbed ourselves the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard and there really were three reasons behind…
• RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card sign up bonus increased to 50,000 Avios
  RBC has launched a new acquisition offer the RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card. This time the offer differs slightly…
• October 17 Update: Amex Platinum Card access to Lufthansa lounges in Munich, Scotia card updates for November + more!
  If you read some of the U.S. frequent flyer and rewards blogs you may have seen articles about American…
• Miles & More Award Ticket Sale - Save 50% on Economy class award tickets from Toronto to Europe
  As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More "Meilenschnaeppchen" discounted mileage awards!  This…
• October 16 Update: Canalta Rewards lowers free night redemption rates, 500 free Miles & Miles extended to Nov 30 & more
  Hot on the heels of our news last week that WestJet Rewards lowered some redemption, Canadian hotel chain Canalta Hotels…
• Meet the Collectors: Road warrior of the Canadian Prairies makes the most of his hotel programs
   Today we bring you our latest Meet the Collectors feature. These are interviews with our readers, who are everyday Canadians…

Bonus Offer Highlights

All the programs that had new bonus offers added this past week: