The Aeroplan buy miles sale that launched at 10am this morning was so successful that it created a lot of issues. Some of our readers and ourselves couldn’t even log on to the system and/or got errors and that seemed to be the case for a lot of people as Points.com who facilitates the process […]
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April 20 Update: Amex Platinum cardmembers to receive annual travel credit replacement, WestJet removes more domestic flights for May, up to 3x cash back with Rakuten
An email was sent out to The Platinum Card from American Express cardmembers late Friday afternoon with their first news about extending benefits that aren’t really usable right now. This first bit of news lets cardmembers know that if they haven’t used their $200 annual travel credit and it was set to expire between January […]
April 9 Update: Air Canada & WestJet to hire back laid off employees, even discontinued grandfathered Mastercards get new benefits & Air Canada’s May flight schedule
Air Canada and WestJet will re-hire over 16,000 and 6,000 employees respectively thanks to the Government of Canada’s Emergency Wage Subsidy. Here is a statement from WestJet’s CEO Ed Sims: “We are pleased to announce, after discussions with the federal government, that we will bring almost 6,400 employees back on the WestJet payroll, once the […]
WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard cardholders now get free Wi-FI on WestJet flights and globally on the Boingo network
A benefit that has been on some World Elite Mastercards in Canada but not all has now been extended to all of them. That benefit is free Boingo Wi-Fi at more than 1 million locations worldwide and on select airlines including WestJet. This benefit and several others including credits with Foodora and Ritual launched on […]
OFFER EXTENDED: WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard – 350 bonus WestJet dollars on 1st purchase
The limited time increased welcome bonus of 350 WestJet dollars on the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard that we have seen since November has been extended to June 30. The regular bonus of 250 WestJet dollars when you apply for and receive the card is still the norm but if you get the card now […]
March 30 Update: Low interest credit card offers, WestJet provides schedule updates & more
One credit card topic we have covered very little of on Rewards Canada in our almost 20 year history are low interest credit cards as we always focused on the rewards side. Typically rewards and low interest cards don’t go hand in hand so that is why there hasn’t been much coverage on the latter. […]
Canadian Transport Agency states airlines can provide vouchers instead of refunds
The Canadian Transport Agency (CTA) issued a statement yesterday in regards to vouchers that are being issued by airlines instead of refunds. Essentially they are allowing airlines to go ahead with the voucher route and not issue refunds to customers for the time being. Here is an excerpt from the statement: The legislation, regulations, and […]