September 9 Update: The Ultimate Student Credit Portfolio, a better offer for the LifeMiles buy miles bonus and 2x RBC Rewards points on airbnb & VRBO bookings

Rewards Canada Team Uncategorized

 

Rewards Canada’s Ultimate Student Credit Card Portfolio
received a much needed update at the end of last week and it is perfect
timing for those students returning to school right now. This
portfolio looks at one American Express, one Mastercard and one Visa
card that are best for students and when you combine them all they
create the Ultimate Student Credit Card Portfolio. We see the Student
BMO CashBack Mastercard take over the Mastercard position while the
Scotiabank SCENE Card and SimplyCash from American Express remain in
their respective positions. Check out the portfolio here.

 

 A quick update to our piece from yesterday about buying LifeMiles
with a bonus and utilizing it for cheap flights on Air Canada and other
Star Alliance airlines. It turns out there is an exclusive ‘blog’ offer
from One Mile at a Time. His offer provides the 200% bonus on any
amount of miles purchased from 1,000 miles and up. Much better than the
standard offer of only getting a 200% bonus when you purchase 101,000
miles or more. This means our example of using 50,000 LifeMiles for an
Air Canada flight in business class means you only have to buy those
50,000 miles (or less if you already have some LifeMiles) instead of
double that amount. Find out more here.

RBC Avion cardholders can earn 2x RBC Rewards points on airbnb or VRBO bookings. The offer is good until November 10. Find out more here

Airline Schedule Updates

A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other
sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change
and right now they are changing frequently!

Air Canada has cancelled more international flights for the upcoming winter season as follows. (Source RoutesOnline)

Calgary – Los Cabos

Calgary – Puerto Vallarta

Montreal – Holguin

Montreal – Port-au-Prince

Montreal – Puerto Plata

Montreal – Toulouse

Ottawa – Varadero

Toronto – Barcelona

Toronto – Belize City

Toronto – Copenhagen

Toronto – George Town

Toronto – Holguin

Toronto – Madrid

Toronto – Puerto Plata

Toronto – Quito

Toronto – Samana

Vancouver – Auckland

Vancouver – Melbourne

Vancouver – Orange County

Pacific Coastal Airlines is looking to resume flights between Victoria and Prince George in October (Source RoutesOnline)

Icelandair has cancelled pretty much all their
flights to Canada except for Toronto right through to October of next
year. Seeing that it is for such a long period there is a chance this
could change but for now Edmonton, Montreal and Vancouver flights are
all gone. (Source RoutesOnline)

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.

 

Posts since our last update:

Deals:

If you aren’t using the Ampli Cash Back app yet you can get $5 when you download the app and join today with promo code AMPLI5 Find out more here

SkipTheDishes – Sign up with this link to get $5 off your first order over $15. Find out more here

WealthSimple Trade:  Receive $5 when you deposit and trade at least $100 worth of stock with WealthSimple Trade. Find out more here (We will also receive $5 when you receive $5)

Rewards Canada receives a small commission when you use any of
the above offers. You don’t have to chose to use our links but we thank
you in advance if you do.

Canadian Bonus Offers

Air Canada Aeroplan

– Earn up to 50,000 Aeroplan Miles when apply for and approved for the TD® Aeroplan®Visa Infinite Privilege* Credit Card. More… Until Nov 7, 20 For residents of Canada only

– Earn up to 25,000 Aeroplan Miles
when apply for and approved for the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card More… Until Nov 7, 20 For residents of Canada only

– Earn up to 20,000 Aeroplan Miles when apply for and approved for the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Platinum* Card More… Until Nov 7, 20 For residents of Canada only

Other Bonus Offers

Avianca LifeMiles

–
200% bonus when you buy LifeMiles. More… Until Sep 25, 20

ALL Accor Live Limitless

– Triple ALL Rewards Points for stays at Accor Hotels Worldwide when you book that stay via Flight Centre. More… Until Nov 30, 20

– Double ALL Rewards Points when you book the Swissoffice package at the Swissotel Chicago.  More… Unknown end date

British Airways Executive Club

– Earn up to 18,000 Bonus Avios when you subscribe to The Economist. More… Until Oct 31, 20

Iberia Plus

– Double Avios when you stay at any Paradores Hotel in Spain. More… Until Oct 31, 20

JAL Mileage Bank

– Double Mileage Bank Miles for stays at the Tokyo Bay Shiomi Prince Hotel. More… Oct 1 – Dec 31, 20

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

– Double KrisFlyer Miles when you book a stay at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. More… Until Dec 20, 20

WestJet Rewards

–
Earn Double Elite Qualifying Spend on all eligible WestJet flights. More… Book between Sep 4 and 30 for travel until Dec 15, 20

World of Hyatt

– 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt House Kanazawa or the Hyatt Centric Kanazawa More… Until Oct 30, 20

– 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at the Hyatt Place Altoona / Des Moines More… Until Sep 29, 20

– 500 Bonus World of Hyatt points per night for stays at The Last Hotel St Louis More… Until Sep 29, 20

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