News, Tips & Tricks
We released our first ‘case study’ that looks at the value you get from a Fixed Return Travel Card versus a Reward Chart Travel Card.
Most proprietary credit card programs are the former save for several
like Avion and Aventura which are the latter as well as your traditional
programs like Aeroplan, AIR MILES and others using reward charts. In
this feature we focus on two of Canada’s most popular and best cards
with each one representing one of the categories. You can read the case study here.
You may have even more time then we expected with Starwood Preferred Guest and of course the extremely strong Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express (Why you should still consider getting the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express)
as Marriott gave some more details on the merger of the two programs
during a lodging conference and it looks like it won’t happen until the
end of 2018 and that even isn’t being promised. So yes now more than
ever you should be taking advantage of the very strong Starwood Preferred Guest program as you have at least 1.5 years to utilize it and
of course worst case scenario all the points you accumulate move to the
new program. It was also mentioned that competitive bidding for the new
Marriott program credit card should provide potentially better offers
on their credit cards at least in the U.S. and hopefully here in Canada.
It’s the same thing we’ll see getting closer to 2020 when Air Canada
and Aeroplan (and all other Canadian programs) fight it out for credit
card customer. (Source View from the Wing)
Posts since our last update:
- 5,000 Bonus Marriott Rewards Points for stays at the Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel
Here is one of those bonus points offers that I probably only take advantage of if your employer or client…
- Case Study: Fixed Return Travel Card versus a Reward Chart Travel Card
In this feature we look at two very popular Canadian credit cards and the return you get from them…
- Earning Stories: WestJet Rewards – 55 WestJet dollars earned on one flight with the More Canada More Rewards offer
As you are likely aware, back at the start of May WestJet released a promotion for the remainder of…
Canadian Bonus Offers
Marriott Rewards
– 5,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT for stays at the Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel. More… Until Aug 18, 17
Other Bonus Offers
Aegean Miles&Bonus
– 30% Miles&Bonus Discount on select award tickets within Greece and between Greece and Europe, the Middle East or Africa. More… Until Aug 31, 17
La Quinta Returns
– Earn up to Triple Returns Points for stays at participating La Quinta locations in the U.S.. More… Until Jul 6, 17
Marriott Rewards
– 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points per stay on Thursday-Sunday nights at over 50 Marriott hotels in the UK. More… Until Aug 15, 17
– 1,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT on Sunday – Thursday nights at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Palm Desert. More… Until Aug 10, 17
– 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points per weekend stay that includes a Friday or Saturday night at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel. More… Until Aug 14, 17
Stash Hotel Rewards
– Triple Stash Rewards Points for stays at the The Domain Hotel Sunnyvale. More… Until Jul 11, 17Follow Rewards Canada:
