The Rewards Canada Podcast

Episode 88 - February 21, 2022

BMO, What are you doing? Part II

Who would have thought that almost exactly a year after we had a podcast "BMO, What are doing?" we release this episode, BMO, What are you doing? Part II. Yes, BMO is at it again, changing their best travel rewards card and for the most part it is getting worse. The BMO World Elite Mastercard will become the BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard on May 3, 2022 and will undergo changes in the points earning category that make this card drop down in the ranks of cards in the Canadian Market. Listen now to learn more and hear our thoughts on these changes.

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Episode 87 - January 18, 2022 Canada's Top Travel Rewards & Cash Back Credit Cards

It's that time of year again! Time for our annual travel rewards and cash back credit card rankings. In this the 14th edition of the travel rewards rankings and 6th edition of cash back rankings we take a look at the best cards to rack up points, miles, and cash back, receiving benefits and more. On the travel side we provide details on the top overall cards, the best travel points cards, no fee cards, hybrid cards, airline cards and once again Ultra Premium credit cards. For cash back we look at the top 5 cards overall. Listen in to find to find out all the details behind Canada's most trusted rankings!

Episode 86 - December 10, 2021 A year in review. A look back at what happened in the world of loyalty programs, credit cards and more

In this episode we look back at some of the more popular and notable loyalty program and credit card topics of the year. We talk about which programs excelled and which didn’t. All the big news is here from program changes, big bonuses, new programs launching and we even discuss business class lounge access. We cover the good. We cover the bad. We cover the in between.

Episode 85 - November 16, 2021 Introducing MyMcDonald's Rewards - the restaurant's new points based loyalty program

In this episode we discuss the new MyMcDonald's Rewards program that launches on November 16, 2021! We look at how the program changes from the old McDonald's Rewards from earn rates to redemption rates and the value in the new program.

Episode 84 - October 20, 2021 See who Canada chose as their favourite credit cards and loyalty programs

In this episode we reveal the winners of Canada's Choice! These are our awards for the best credit card and loyalty programs in Canada as voted on by Canadians! The results are in and we are pleased to present them to you here. For some categories there are no surprises while we were definitely surprised by some others! Listen in the find all the details!