Earlier today we brought you the new global IHG Rewards bonus points offer and in that post mentioned the hotel chain has more news that was released today. That news is about changes coming to the IHG Rewards program in March and today they only revealed the first of the program’s updates and that is […]
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PC Optimum now the official loyalty program for Esso as Esso Extra is retired
Yesterday marked the end of an era as a long running gas station loyalty program in Canada, Esso Extra was officially retired. The gas retailer has now implemented PC Optimum as its official loyalty program. First announced in June 2021 the switch to offering only loyalty program came as a bit of a surprise […]
Rewards Canada’s Top 10 Most Popular Posts for 2021
This year on the Rewards Canada blog we managed to publish over 800 posts – a new record since launching this part of the site in 2009. A lot of those posts were very popular with our readers as they saw a lot of traffic but out of all them which 10 came out […]
Last minute loyalty program laundry – check for expiring miles and points, vouchers and more
With just a week left in 2021 now is a good time to double check if you have any points and miles that will be expiring at the end of this year. For the most part, the majority of loyalty programs have extended the pause on points and miles expiry into 2022 however there […]
Great news! Quebec drops the mile/point value retention from proposed bill
Last week we detailed the news of Quebec’s proposed Bill 791 which would make points expiry and points devaluation illegal. Good news is that on May 2nd, the Quebec government seems to have forgone with Bill 791 and are moving ahead with Bill 134 which no longer stipulates the points devaluation. Overall this is great […]
What is going to happen to loyalty rewards in Canada if Quebec passes Bill 791 and programs have to retain point/mile value?
The coming weeks could see drastic changes in the loyalty landscape in Canada. Earlier this year new legislation was proposed in Quebec that followed in the foot steps of Ontario. The Ontario legislation covered the expiry of loyalty points and was passed so that points and miles earned from programs would not expire based on […]
AIR MILES program enhancements coming on April 3
AIR MILES just sent out a press release announcing some changes to the program or as they call it ‘enhancements’. Are they enhancements? Yes they are. Are they anything to get excited about? No, not really. Here are excerpts from the press release on the upcoming changes: Beginning April 3, AIR MILES will be introducing […]