With the new HSBC World Mastercard World Elite offer we updated our Travel Hacking 101 post.
With this new card offer you can now earn up to 48,000 British Airways
Executive Club Avios at no cost outside of credit card spend. Learn more here.
Our feature on What you actually have to spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers has been updated with the new HSBC World Elite Mastercard offer. See the feature here.
Air Canada provided a major schedule update
yesterday amidst their announcement of up to 16,500 lay offs. It’s insane as to how little their entire operation will be in April Their page
shows a small amount of flights within Canada and flights to the U.S.
are only out of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver (and there aren’t
very many of those flights). To Europe there will be up to 30 flights
per week out of the three same cities, five flights per week in total
from Vancouver to Hong Kong and Tokyo. Air Canada will also operate a
handful of flights from Toronto to Mexico City and Barbados. All other
international flying including all flights to Australia, Africa, and
South America will not fly in April. You can find all their scheduled flights for April here.
WestJet provided an update yesterday on in-flight service:
WestJet is committed to providing our guests and WestJetters a safe
travel and work environment. We have taken many extra precautions since
the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and as of today have made additional
changes to our inflight service.
On flights under 90 minutes:
We will no longer offer service on these flights in any cabin
Water and complimentary snacks will be available for emergency use only
On flights over 90 minutes:
We are suspending beverage service in all cabins
Economy Guests will receive a complimentary snack, water bottle (small)
and napkin on their seat prior to boarding for all occupied seatsAdditional water will be available on request
Premium and Business Guests will receive a premium snack box, napkin and
water bottle (small) on their seat prior to boarding Additional water
will be available on request
You can earn 20x PC Optimum points when shop online at the Shoppers Drug Mart Beauty Boutique. This offer runs until April 3. Find out more here.
Last week we had a post stating If you want to redeem your points and miles for gift cards you may want to do so sooner than later
as some U.S. based loyalty programs had removed the option to redeem
your points or miles for gift cards. The trend south of the border
continues with both American Airlines AAdvantage and Delta SkyMiles cutting off access to gift cards. It also appears Capital One
in the U.S. has done the same. We haven’t seen this happen yet here in
Canada, in fact we are seeing the opposite with AIR MILES adding the
cash eVoucher options for Uber Eats and Door Dash (read about that here)
and Scotia delaying the points increases to some cash back and gift
card options. Still you may want to take these moves from the U.S. and
be proactive here in Canada. (Source Doctor of Credit)
Remember to visit and bookmark our COVID-19 resource page
where we are keeping you up to date with all the latest airline, hotel,
lounges and loyalty program news, policies, closures and more.
Other resources on Rewards Canada to help you make the most of your points and miles right now:
- Shifting your loyalty program strategy to help during these trying and tough financial times
- In
light of what’s going on in the world should you shift to a cash back
credit card instead of a travel card? Why not a card that has both? - Use Instacart to circumvent Loblaw stores non-acceptance of Amex and to earn 5x points with the Cobalt Card
Posts since our last update:
- AIR MILES adds Uber Eats and Door Dash as Cash Miles redemption options
AIR MILES let us know this morning that they have added two new awesome Cash Miles redemption options. You can…
- OFFER EXTENDED RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card – 35,000 points upon approval, no minimum spend requirement
RBC has once again extended the great offer of 35,000 RBC Rewards Points on the RBC Avion Visa Infinite…
- Last day to apply for Tangerine Mastercards with their $250 welcome bonus
Today is the last day that you can apply for either the Tangerine World Mastercard or Tangerine Money-Back Credit…
- Hertz waiving young renter fees for those aged 18-24 on rentals in Canada and the U.S.
Similar to the Enterprise offer we posted about last week, Hertz is also waiving young renter fees on their…
- New HSBC +Rewards Mastercard offer – Up to 10,000 bonus points + first year annual fee waived with an 11.9% interest rate
Now that we are covering low interest cards more due to demand we wanted to let you know about…
- New
HSBC World Elite Mastercard offer – Up to 60,000 bonus points + first
year annual fee waived (90,000 points + annual fee for Quebec)HSBC’s latest offer for their World Elite Mastercard is out now and it is one of the better ones…
- March 30 Update: Low interest credit card offers, WestJet provides schedule updates & more
One credit card topic we have covered very little of on Rewards Canada in our almost 20 year history…
Deals:
Doordash $5 Deals. Use Code: 5DEALS at checkout! Expires April 15. Find out more here
Enterprise: Student Travel Assistance – Waiving young renter fees and reducing the minimum age to 18 for rentals through May 31, 2020. Find out more here
Missfresh: Simplify your life with 45% off your first 2 consecutive orders with code SIMPLIFY45. Find out more here.
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