April 14 Update: Earn points for registering for Rexall’s new Be Well program, Best Western cancellation policy update, hotel occupancy rates down to 12.8% in Canada

Rexall has brought back the sign up bonus for preregistering for their loyalty program that will launch on May 1. With today’s news we now know it will be called Be Well and it will replace AIR MILES as the loyalty program for Rexall. We first brought you the details of the program back in […]

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American AAdvantage provides elite status extension, lowers qualification requirements and more

American Airlines is the last of the big 3 U.S. airlines to come out with details for the elite status portion of the AAdvantage program. Like most airline and hotel programs American is now offering extensions to those who currently hold elite status. On top of that they are providing a reduced qualifying structure to […]

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April 9 Update: Air Canada & WestJet to hire back laid off employees, even discontinued grandfathered Mastercards get new benefits & Air Canada’s May flight schedule

Air Canada and WestJet will re-hire over 16,000 and 6,000 employees respectively thanks to the Government of Canada’s Emergency Wage Subsidy. Here is a statement from WestJet’s CEO Ed Sims: “We are pleased to announce, after discussions with the federal government, that we will bring almost 6,400 employees back on the WestJet payroll, once the […]

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Calgary Hotel Association stepping up with member hotels to provide accommodations for front line workers, self-isolation and vulnerable Calgarians

I’m sure this is prevalent across Canada with various city, town and province hotel and tourism associations but seeing that Rewards Canada is in Calgary I wanted to focus on what the Calgary Hotel Association (CHA) is doing for the COVID-19 pandemic.  Working in conjunction with Tourism Calgary the association has set up a list […]

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April 8 Update: Alaska Airlines extending paid lounge access memberships, 500 free iPrefer points in your email, update to our COVID-19 page

Yesterday we brought you the news about Alaska Airlines providing elite status extending elite status and voucher and wanted to let you know they are also extending memberships in their paid lounge access program by six months. (Source Alaska Airlines) If you are a Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer member be sure to check your email […]

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