Sometimes it can be a good thing to take a wait and see approach to get a feel of what the market and your competitors are doing. That’s exactly what WestJet and RBC have done for their WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard and WestJet RBC Mastercard cardholders. For the next two months those who have […]
Month: June 2020
Grandfathered Capital One Aspire World Elite Mastercard will be devalued this August
Once upon a time there was a credit card that ruled the land. The Capital One Aspire Travel World Elite Mastercard was king. There was almost no matching it, it ranked as the number one travel points card in our annual rankings for years on end (even its predecessor the Miles Plus card won our […]
New tool shows you where you can travel within Canada and what countries are open to Canadians
Many of Canada’s travel providers, agencies and tourism boards joined forces in May to create the Canadian Travel & Tourism Roundtable. What is the Roundtable? It’s best described by them as follow: The Canadian Tourism Roundtable is a cross-Canadian coalition of leaders in the tourism and travel sector – including representatives from airports, airlines, hotels, […]
Earn 10x miles when you shop online at select retailers via the Aeroplan eStore from June 29 to July 5
It’s time to earn extra miles again for your online shopping! This time Aeroplan is providing 10x the miles when you shop online with specific retailers on specific days. Those days and retailers are as follows: If you do have any shopping in mind with the above retailers make you shop via the eStore on […]
Earn 1,000 bonus points per night at the newly opened Element Toronto Airport
Before the pandemic hit Marriott Hotels was planning on opening 14 new hotels in Canada in 2020 but of course COVID-19 has delayed some of those openings. One such hotel was the Element Toronto Airport which originally had a slated opening date of April 5. That was pushed back to last week when the hotel […]
Air Canada and WestJet to stop blocking middle seats on flights as of July 1, Air Canada will let you rebook if your flight is close to capacity
News came out over the weekend that Canada’s two major airlines will stop blocking middle seats on their flights as of July 1. Following guidance from the International Air Transport Association which both airlines are members of they will be not providing this one step in physical distancing measures. Here is what WestJet provided to […]
June 26 Update: Choice Hotels earn a free night promo won’t start until July 10 for Canadians, 2 new RBC offers & Canadians could possibly visit Europe soon
Early in June we passed along the details of Choice Hotels new where you book 2 stays and earn enough bonus points for a free night. Well it turns out the promotion launched at that time was for the U.S. only even though it did state it was open to Canadian residents. Choice has decided […]