Over a month ago Fairmont Hotels made the difficult decision to close down some of their most iconic mountain resort hotels in Western Canada like the Fairmont Banff Springs, Chateau Lake Louise and Chateau Whistler. At the time they stated they would like to reopen the hotels on June 1 and that appears to still […]
Month: May 2020
May 7 Update: Aeroplan buy miles sale craziness and have we seen the last of WestJet’s 767s?
The Aeroplan buy miles sale that launched at 10am this morning was so successful that it created a lot of issues. Some of our readers and ourselves couldn’t even log on to the system and/or got errors and that seemed to be the case for a lot of people as Points.com who facilitates the process […]
OFFER EXPIRED – American Express provides extensions to meet required spend for welcome bonus offers
THIS OFFER FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE The wait is over – American Express Canada has now followed suit with what American Express down in the U.S. has done in regards to welcome bonuses for recent and new card approvals. Most welcome bonus offers for American Express cards in Canada require the newly […]
Aeroplan buy miles bonus of up to 115% starts now!
Just a friendly reminder that the amazing 115% bonus on buying Air Canada Aeroplan miles starts now! There are only 10 million miles available at 115% which means it won’t last long – I’m guessing a few minutes at most. After that the bonus drops to a still very respectable 90% for the next 100 […]
British Airways Executive Club – 50% to 75% Bonus when you buy or gift Avios
A few days ago British Airways launched yet another buy Avios bonus. Once again for most members it is a 50% bonus – which is decent in its own right and has been a good option for building your Avios balance up in the past. However in today’s market and uncertainty in future travel it […]
Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for May – These cards provide some of the best value out of their welcome bonuses
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of May 2020! This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you […]
5 Bonus Aeroplan Miles per dollar via the Aeroplan eStore when paying with a CIBC or American Express Aeroplan co-branded card
In addition to the big news of Aeroplan launching their first buy miles bonus they announced in the email to us that until the end of May members who use their CIBC or American Express Aeroplan co-branded credit cards will earn an additional 5 miles per dollar spent. This is on top of the current […]