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 […]
Tag: Tips & Tricks
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, […]
Complete list of Airline & Hotel loyalty programs that you can earn miles or points in with Canadian Credit Cards
One of the oldest pages still live on the main Rewards Canada site got a complete makeover and update today! The feature “Airlines & Hotels you can earn miles or points with Canadian credit cards” was originally posted on July 22, 2005 and had some updates over the years but kind of fell into a […]
What you actually have to spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers
You may recall earlier in the month we had a blog post entitled “What you actually have to spend to get some of the best credit card welcome bonus offers” Well that post turned out to be extremely popular so I decided to make it into a full time feature page on the main Rewards […]
The Ultimate Guide to Credit Card & Loyalty Programs for the All Inclusive Vacationer
Here’s an excerpt of this new guide we released on Rewards Canada today: As Canadians we know what it’s like to live with long, drawn out winters. We dread the short daylight hours and the biting wind. So how do we as a nation battle the season we look forward to before Christmas but are […]