RWRDS Daily Update Oct 10: The Ultimate Guide to Credit Card & Loyalty Programs for the All Inclusive Vacationer

Here’s your RWRDS Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.

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The Ultimate Guide to Credit Card & Loyalty Programs for the All Inclusive Vacationer

RWRDS Canada’s Ultimate Guide to Credit Card & Loyalty Programs for the All Inclusive Vacationer has been updated for the 2024/2025 winter season! This is the resource for you to use as you start to plan your trips down south to get away from our upcoming winter! It takes a look at credit cards and loyalty programs that provide options to redeem points in part or in full for All Inclusive Vacation packages. Click here to read the guide.

Get 250 Preferred Hotel Group I Prefer points for free!

Preferred Hotel Group are running their I Prefer Members’ Choice Awards for 2024 where members can vote for their favorite I Prefer hotels. And as the program does each year, they award 250 free I Prefer points for completing the voting. Click here for more details.

If you are not a member yet can join for free (Join I Prefer here with our referral code and we’ll both earn 1,000 points!) and then complete the survey.

Recommended reading: How to earn Preferred Hotel Group I Prefer Gold Elite status with just one stay

Image via Preferred Hotel Group

Check your Weekly Shopping Bonus Offers

It’s Thursday! So you know what that means! Time to check and load all your personalized shopping offers.

Scene+

The overall spend offer this week for Scene+ is a big spend for a mediocre bonus one, at least it is for me. Spend $300 at Sobeys and get 1,500 points. Not happening on my end, even with Thanksgiving. Perhaps some of you may be having a big Thanksgiving get together where you can spend that much and get the bonus. The personalized offers continue to provide a fair amount of relevant products for me so I’m happy about that! How do your personalized offers look?

And don’t forget to use your Scene+ earning credit card for your purchases to earn even more points, namely the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card which earns 6 points per dollar (a 6% return) at Sobeys, Safeway, IGA and other Empire grocery stores.

AIR MILES

Most of the AIR MILES Receipts continue to be the same ones that were loaded last week althought for those of us in Alberta, B.C. and New Brunswick we have two new liquor offers!

This only the second time alcohol offers have shown up in AIR MILES receipts since they announcned it earlier this year and the previous time was only for Alberta so it’s good to see a couple more provinces added. (I looked at Sobeys-Safeway MyLiqourOffers to see if there were stackable bonuses but it is not to be this week!)

Learn more about AIR MILES Receipts here.

PC Optimum

No really good offers this week! They do continue to have the offer for Real Canadian Liquorstore to earn 8,000 bonus points for every $40 spent until October 15.

The 2,500 bonus points when you make 2 purchases of $40 or more on fuel at Esso or Mobil stations also continues unitl Oct 23.

Today’s programs to load:

Scene+ Grocery
Scene+ Liquor
PC Optimum
More Rewards (Save On Foods etc.)
Calgary Co-op offers
Rexall Be Well

Tomorrow:

Triangle Rewards

Images via AIR MILES and Sobeys

Vote for your favourite credit cards & loyalty programs!

Speaking of voting – have you voted yet in RWRDS Canada’s Canada’s Choice? This is where you can vote for your favourite credit cards and loyalty programs. Make your voice heard for the programs you like to use! ?

Click here to cast your vote.

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Canadian Bonus Offers

Ethiopian ShebaMiles
– Earn Double ShebaMiles when you fly on Ethiopian Airlines tnetween Toronto and Port Sudan. Bonus awarded on the Addis Ababa-Port Sudan segments. Book now for travel until Oct 15 – Nov 14, 24. More…

Other Bonus Offers

Avianca LifeMiles
– Receive up to a 160% bonus when you buy LifeMiles. Bonus varies by member Offer valid until Oct 31, 24. More…

Hilton Honors
– Receive a 100% Bonus when you buy 5,000 or more Hilton Honors points online. Offer valid until Nov 27, 24 More…

JAL Mileage Bank
– Earn up to 800 bonus Mileage Bank Miles for stays at Tokyu Hotels in Japan. Valid for stays until Mar 31, 25 More…

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
– Earn 3x KrisFlyer Miles when you book a minimum of 2 nights’ stay at Hard Rock Hotel Bali. Book now for stays until Nov 30, 24 More…

Deals:

Save up to 15% on Qatar Airways flights out of Canada! Book by October 12. Click here to book this offer.

Expedia: Save up to 25% on hotel stays when you book by October 13. Valid for stays completed by Mar 31, 25. Click here to book this offer.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Save 10% Off Weekend Car Rentals in Canada. Book now for rentals until Dec 29, 24. Click here to book this offer.