Etihad Guest is the latest airline loyalty program to launch a buy miles offer in attempt to boost some much needed cash flow. Until April 7 you can buy miles with a 40% discount which translates to a per mile cost of US 1.2 cents. Etihad flies from Toronto to Abu Dhabi, normally, but of […]
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Rewards Canada’s Guide to Credit Card Cash Back Liquidity
For nearly a month now we have been looking at how you can use your loyalty programs and credit cards to help you out financially during these difficult times. In many of our articles we talk about the liquidity of your points, miles and even cash back as there is a lot of variation from […]
AIR MILES adds Uber Eats and Door Dash as Cash Miles redemption options
AIR MILES let us know this morning that they have added two new awesome Cash Miles redemption options. You can now redeem your AIR MILES Reward Miles for eVouchers to use with Uber Eats or Door Dash. Here is what they told us: Effective today, AIR MILES Collectors can use Cash Miles towards Uber Eats […]
If you want to redeem your points and miles for gift cards you may want to do so sooner than later
Earlier today we brought you the news that Best Western Rewards removed the option to redeem their points for gift cards. Now, we see Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards has done the same thing (Source Doctor of Credit) and that leads us to believe more programs may head down this route. Airlines, hotels and even non-travel […]
Shifting your loyalty program strategy to help during these trying and tough financial times
What a world we live in right now! As my wife told our daughters, what is happening right now will be in their kids’ text books and taught at schools in the future just as they learn about the Plague in the current curriculum. History is in the making right now and unfortunately it’s not […]
In light of what’s going on in the world should you shift to a cash back credit card instead of a travel card? Why not a card that has both?
Over the weekend some much happened here in Canada and while lots of travel was shutting it seems so much more has transpired in the last 72 hours alone! Here in Alberta we had nearly a 50% jump in confirmed COVIV-19 cases in one day and that prompted the closure of all schools here as […]
Rewards Canada’s Guide to Business Class Lounge Access – Updated for 2020
Today I completed an update to our long running feature Rewards Canada’s Guide to Business Class Lounge Access. The guide provides details on how you can access business class lounges at airports around the world without having to fly in business or first class. The update includes pricing changes from some of the single entry, […]