Today, January 7th 2021 marks the day that any travelers flying back to Canada from outside our borders will need to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result prior to boarding their flights. The test must be administered within 72 hours of your planned departure time and if you don’t meet the requirements you are […]
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Podcast Episode 73 – Maximizing Black Friday Cyber Monday Shopping Deals, Give a Mile’s Christmas Campaign & traveling virtually
Episode 73 – November 23, 2020 Maximizing Black Friday Cyber Monday Shopping Deals and more In this episode we discuss this coming week of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. How to maximize your miles and points earning with them and other tips to getting the most out of this highly anticipated shopping week. […]
Canadians going to Hawaii will no longer have to quarantine if they have a negative test result within 72 hours of departure
Funny things happen when you ask questions. Not that we forced this but the timing sure was perfectly coincidental! ? If you recall from last week we discussed Hawaii travel in one of our daily update posts thanks to our reader Peter K. At that time the rules were that Canadians would need to quarantine […]
November 12 Update: Take heed if you are planning travel to Hawaii, Preferred Hotel Group iPrefer extends elite status & points expiry, Bonus More Rewards points at Panago
Travel to Hawaii – will it happen for Canadians any time soon? Long time Rewards Canada reader Peter K emailed us about traveling to Hawaii and the requirements to enter. Peter did some behind the scenes legwork and here is what the sent me:
Governments of Canada and Alberta to run COVID-19 rapid testing program at Calgary International Airport & Coutts land border crossing
The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta announced a new 26 week pilot project for rapid COVID-19 testing at Calgary International Airport: “YYC Calgary International Airport is proud to be the first and only airport in Canada to have a government-approved testing pilot for arriving international passengers—which we hope will lead to reducing […]
U.S. airlines eliminate some ticket change fees permanently – find out which airlines have done so and which of them included Canada
At the start of this week news broke from United Airlines that they were permanently removing some of those dreaded fees that airlines charge when making changes to tickets. It didn’t take long for other U.S. based airlines to follow suit as American and Delta removed fees next and then followed by Alaska Airlines. […]
August 14 Update: Canada, U.S., Mexico non-essential travel ban extended to September 21, Turkish Airlines further delays new Vancouver route & hotel occupancy rates approach 40%
Canada, the U.S. and Mexico have agreed to extend the non-essential travel ban between the countries to September 21. Remember this applies primarily to land and sea travel whereas air travel is not covered by this ban. (Source Global News) The much anticipated (well at least before COVID) new route from Turkish Airlines from […]