Welcome to another week of more miles, more points and more rewards!
News, Tips & Tricks
Rewards Canada reader Andrew J advises us that Plastiq.com, the
online portal for paying bills with a credit card that normally don’t
take credit cards apparently is running an offer that if you pay with a
MasterCard card you will only pay a 1% transaction fee instead of the
regular 2.5%. We couldn’t find any of the details of the promotion on
Plastiq’s website but now is the time to take your
MasterCard that earns more than 1% (Diners Club MasterCard, BMO World
Elite, mbna Rewards World Elite etc.) and use it to pay items like your
income taxes, property taxes and utlitly bills as the rewards you earn
will be worth more than the 1% fee.
We did a quick test and found that the 1% offer appears to be only on
select payees. For example we found Direct Energy to be 1.99% while the
CRA was 1%. Please do your due diligence before paying bills to see if it is worth it!
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| Screenshot of paying your taxes to the CRA, only a 1% service charge |
Of course, this service isn’t of much use if the transaction fee is
higher than what you earn on your credit card as you’ll lose out on your
return unless you can maximize a reward like an Aeroplan (or other
FFP) business/first class ticket or a high end Starwood Hotels stay.
You have a litte over 24 hours to still enter our Aeroplan eSTORE Contest!
Simply shop via their online shopping portal eSTORE if you haven’t
shopped there since May of last year and not only will you earn 5x
Aeroplan Miles on all purchases made via the eSTORE but you’ll also get
the chance to win 1 of 4 prizes of 2,500 Aeroplan Miles! To find out
more about this exclusive contest visit this post: 5x
Miles for shopping via Aeroplan eSTORE if you haven’t shopped in the
last year + RC Exclusive – Win 1 of 4 – 2,500 Miles for shopping via
eSTORE
There is a great Qatar Airways promotion
called The Qatar Airways Globetrotter that is reminiscent of the last
couple of Air Canada Star Challenges in that the more you fly and the
more places you fly the more bonus miles you’ll earn. If you are regular
Qatar Airways flyer you can stand to earn over 100,000 QMiles with this
promotion, bad news is Montreal is not on the list of bonused cities
which means only your connecting flights beyond Doha may qualify you for
the bonus or if you choose to fly Qatar out of the U.S. Find out more here
Posts since our last update:
- WestJet Rewards: Double WestJet Dollars on select routes in Canada
WestJet has decided to match last week’s Air Canada targeted offer of Double Miles with a non-targeted offer for…
- Air Canada’s Premium Economy Cabin now available for Aeroplan Flight Rewards
Aeroplan
announced the full integration of Air Canada’s Premium Economy class
award flights for both ClassicFlight and MarketFare booking options.…
Bonus Offers
Air Canada / Aeroplan
– 1,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles and up to 35% off on qualifying weekly
Hertz rentals of 5 or more days in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the
U.S. More… Until Jun 30, 15
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
– 500 Bonus Asia Miles when you stay at Meritus Hotels & Resorts in Singapore and Langkawi. More… May 25 – Aug 31, 15
Czech Airlines OK Plus
– Double OK Plus Miles when you fly Czech Airlines between Prague and
Athens, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Cork, Gdansk, Geneva, Liverpool, Marseille,
Porto, Poznan, Stavanger and Stuttgart. More… Register and book by Jul 31 for travel May 14 – Aug 31, 15
–
Double OK Plus Miles when you fly Czech Airlines between Prague and Kristiansand, Linköping, Växjö or Venice. More… Register and book by Jul 31 for travel Jul 1 – Aug 31, 15
Le Club accorhotels
– Quadruple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at over 500 participating Accor Hotels in the Asia Pacific region. More… Valid for Platinum Members only Until Jul 31, 15
–
Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Abu Dhabi More… Until Apr 19, 15
– Triple Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Accor Hotels in Singapore. More… Register & book by Aug 31 for stays until Sep 30, 15
MEA Middle East Airlines Cedar Miles
– Triple Cedar Miles when you fly in Business Class from Paris to Beirut on flight # ME206. More… Mar 29 – Oct 24, 15
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
– Earn up to 100,000 Bonus QMiles when fly Qatar Airways to select destinations Worldwide. More… Apr 1 – Dec 31, 15
WestJet Rewards
– Double WestJet Dollars when you fly on select WestJet flights within Canada. More… Register and book by Apr 15 for travel until Jun 15, 15
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