New increased welcome bonus of 7,500 points on the no fee Scotiabank Scene+ Visa Card

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Scotiabank has released a new increased welcome bonus offer on their very popular no fee Scotiabank Scene+ Visa Card The bonus for this card now offers up to 7,500 Scene+ points for new cardholders who apply by February 28, 2025. This card just took first place for no fee travel rewards credit cards in our 2024 Canada’s Choice awards.

The up to 7,500 Scene+ bonus points offer:

This new increased welcome bonus of up to 7,500 bonus points is awarded as follows:

  • Earn 2,500 bonus Scene+ points by making at least $250 in everyday eligible purchases in your first 3 months.
  • You are eligible to earn an additional 5,000 Scene+ point bonus when you spend at least $1,000 in everyday eligible purchases in your first 3 months

Earning points with the Scene+ Visa Card:

The card earns Scene+ Points as follows:

  • 2 Scene+ points for every $1 charged to your account on all eligible purchases1 at Sobeys, IGA, Safeway, Foodland, FreshCo, Voilà by Sobeys, Voilà by IGA, Voilà by Safeway, Chalo! FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, IGA West, Les Marchés Tradition, Rachelle Béry and Co-Op.
  • 2 Scene+ points for every $1 you spend at Cineplex theatres or at cineplex.com.
  • 1 Scene+ point for every $1 you spend on all other eligible everyday purchases

Redeeming points with the Scene+ Visa Card:

The Scotiabank Scene+ Visa Card participates in the Scene+ program which provides numerous rewards options for your points. The primary reward is redeeming for travel however you also get the same value when redeeming for groceries, dining, movies and select gift cards. This is the beauty of the Scene+ program – you don’t lose value when redeeming for any of these main reward options so you don’t have to worry if you are making the right or wrong decision with your points! The program also has other redemption options which include statement credits, merchandise and gift cards.

Travel

When it comes to travel, you have two options for redeeming your Scene+ points. You can choose to book travel via Scene+ Travel and redeem points during the payment process. When you book via Scene+ Travel you can choose to redeem as little as 1 point for 1 cent off your purchase and can redeem as many points as you like up to the total cost of the booking

You can also choose to book travel on your own and use the Apply Points to Travel redemption option. All you have to do is book your travel how you want with whomever you want. Whether it is aircanada.com, westjet.com, expedia.ca or anywhere else including your trusted travel agent you book with them and when that charge shows up on your statement you simply call up Scotia or go online and redeem points against the charge.

Points are redeemed at a rate of 100 points for $1 with the Apply Points to Travel redemption. That’s the beauty of this card and others like it, you don’t have to have the full amount of points to begin to enjoy the rewards! If you buy an airline ticket for $600 and have 30,000 points you can choose to redeem those points for a $300 credit which means your flight only cost $300. You also get 12 months after the travel charge posts to your account to redeem points so you can continue to pay off that vacation with points up to a year after!

Another benefit of this’ book travel on your own’ is you can be on vacation and buy travel on the card (say a rail ticket) and then redeem points when you get home.

There are also great non-travel redemption options in the Scene+ program that provide the same value as travel redemptions:

Groceries

You can redeem points right at the till when you shop for groceries at participating Sobeys, FreshCo, IGA, Foodland, Safeway, Les Marches Tradition, and Thrifty Foods locations. The redemption rate is 1000 Scene+ points for $10 off.

Dining

Scene+ lets you redeem 500 points for $5 when paying for your meal at Harvey’s, Swiss Chalet, East Side Mario’s, Montana’s BBQ & Bar, Bier Markt, and Kelsey’s Original Roadhouse.

Movies

The original redemption option from the old Scene program is still available in the new Scene+ program and that is movies! This has changed over the past few years and now you simply redeem 100 points for $1.00 towards movie tickets. You can also redeem 500 points for $5 towards food and drinks at the movies or 100 points for $1 off movie rentals or purchases at the Cineplex Store

Select Gift Cards

You also have an option to redeem points for gift cards from stores and retailers that participate in the Scene+ program at the same value as all of the above redemption options. For example you can redeem 1,000 points for a $10 Sobeys Gift Card, 5,000 points for a $50 Home Hardware Gift Card and so on.

Points for Credit

Another popular redemption option for those who have a Scene+ credit card is Points for Credit which is essentially a cash back option. This works in the same way as the any travel rewards option although with a different redemption rate. Basically you can apply points to receive a cash back credit on a non-travel charge.

 

Click here to learn more about and to apply for the Scotiabank Scene+ Visa Card

 

Additional Scotiabank Scene+ credit card options:

Here are the current welcome bonus on the other Scotiabank Scene+ credit cards should you be interested in one of them instead: