Category: Point and Mile Bonuses

Some credit cards I like to keep in my wallet and this is one of them.

American Express has released a new credit card to show the new rewards program (Marriott Bonvoy). Their personal card has an offer for 61,000 points if you spend $3,000 the first 3 months of the card. It has an annual fee of $120.

One of the main reasons I like this card is not for the points I earn for spending on it (unless I am at a Marriott), it is for the free Anniversary night. Which rebates the annual fee for me ($120 per year).

Each year, 8-10 weeks after your annual reset date, you will earn an Annual Free Night Award redeemable within 1 year from issuing for an available single or double occupancy standard room at participating Marriott Bonvoy^TM properties with a room rate of up to 35,000 points, inclusive of room rate and applicable taxes but exclusive of resort fee.

Some great properties that currently cost 35,000 points include:

The Westin Snowmass
Sheraton Kauai Resort
Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas
AC Hotel New York Times Square
The St. Regis Bangkok
Westin Punta Cana
Westin Puerto Vallarta
Renaissance Aruba Resort

Some of these properties cost up to $350 USD + per night – so this is a great deal when the card costs only $120 Canadian per year.

To qualify for the 61,000 Welcome Bonus points you must have at least $3,000 in net purchases posted to your account on or before your three month anniversary date. Funds advances, interest, balance transfers, Amex cheques, annual fees (if applicable), other fees, and charges for travellers cheques and foreign currencies are not purchases and do not qualify for eligible purchases.

Please allow up to 8 weeks after earning your points for your account to be updated. If you have already applied for Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express^® Card without using this recommendation, you will not be eligible for the bonus points.

Between now until March 11th, get 5000 Paytm points (worth $5) if you pay $1000 of credit card bills through Paytm.

Paytm lets you pay utility bills with Mastercards with no fee and 3% with Amex. You can pay credit card bills either with a bank account or via “Paytm Cash”, which you can load via debit card. 

Collect Paytm Points faster and redeem them for FREE or discounted e-gift cards from popular brands like Starbucks, Uber Eats, IKEA, Indigo, Sephora, and many more. Don’t put off paying those holiday bills for one more minute! Read the full Terms & Conditions for this promotion here.

If you don’t already have an account, use my PTM7399557 (I appreciate it). 

*Maximum of 5,000 Paytm Points will be credited.

Air Canada announced today the successful closing of its purchase of Aimia Canada Inc., owner and operator of the Aeroplan loyalty business, from Aimia Inc. Air Canada also confirmed that Aeroplan Members’ Miles will be honoured on a one-to-one basis in Air Canada’s new loyalty program when it launches next year, in 2020.

• Customers can continue to earn and redeem Aeroplan Miles with confidence
• Altitude Status and privileges remain unchanged for customers
• Credit card loyalty program and network agreements finalized with TD, CIBC and Visa Canada for future participation in Air Canada’s loyalty program
• Agreement in principle entered into with American Express for its continued participation in Air Canada’s loyalty program post 2020.

Here is a link to the press release.

Starting January 8th until February 8th, you can earn 5x Bonus Paytm Points when you pay your credit card bill with the Paytm Canada app.

Here’s how their latest promo works:

• From January 8th to February 8th every dollar that you pay towards a credit card bill will earn you 5x Paytm Bonus Points.
• 1 Paytm Point for every $1 spent on a credit card bill payment will be credited instantly, and the 5x Bonus Points* will be credited to your Paytm account on February 15th.
• For example: a $500 credit card bill payment will earn you 500 Paytm Points instantly, and a *bonus* of 2,500 Paytm Points will be collected into your Paytm account on February 15th.
• You will earn 5x Bonus Paytm Points on your first $1,000 of credit card bill payments for a maximum of 5,000 bonus Paytm Points.

Collect Paytm Points faster and redeem them for FREE or discounted e-gift cards from popular brands like Starbucks, Uber Eats, IKEA, Indigo, Sephora, and many more. Don’t put off paying those holiday bills for one more minute! Read the full Terms & Conditions for this promotion here.

The bottom line is, you have to pay your bills anyway, so why not pay them through the Paytm Canada app, save money and get rewarded while doing so. Help your own bottom line this year. Sound too good to be true? It’s because we are.

If you don’t already have an account, use my PTM7399557 (I appreciate it). 

*Maximum of 5,000 Paytm Points will be credited.

I found this great new service (similar to Drop) but backed by CIBC, that once you link your credit card to their service and shop at a certain retailer you can earn extra cashback on top of the existing cash back or points you are getting with your credit card!

You can join Paymi by visiting https://app.paymi.com and beginning the registration process. The first step is to link your credit and/or debit cards through online banking. This will enable Paymi to give you money automatically when you shop with your linked credit and debit cards.

During the registration process you will be asked to log into your online banking portal using the same card number and password you would with your bank.

When you connect your cards through online banking Paymi will automatically add extra cash back to all of the credit and debit cards attached to your account!

I saw some amazing offers with some retailers – including Lowes at 30% cash back. Some of the retailers included popular ones like:

• Metro
• Winners
• Lowes – 30%
• Old Navy
• Contiki
• SportChek – 10%!
• Artizia
• Winners

Most of the retailers give 2% cash back but this is better than nothing and this is a bonus on top of your existing rewards!

Note: You will have to collect over $25 cash back to deposit via e-transfer for free to your account.

Here is a link to register: https://app.paymi.com. 

Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions.

TD has a special $500 offer available to new TD All Inclusive Banking Plan customers located in the Greater Vancouver Area!

Open a new TD All Inclusive Banking Plan by January 31, 2019.

Eligibility:

• For residents of: Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Richmond, Delta, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Surrey, White Rock, Langley and Langley Township

• Not currently a TD Bank customer

• Have not had an active account after Nov 26 2017

• Have not received a Chequing Welcome bonus in 2015, 2016, 2017

Requirements

• Open a TD All-Inclusive Banking Plan between November 26, 2018 and January 31, 2019, can be done online with no in-branch visit

• Do 2 of the following 3 before Mar 15 – direct deposit from employer/pension for any amount, make bill payment of $50+ from TD Online Banking, set up recurring pre-auth debit of $50

• Pay $29.95/mo fee, or no fee with $5000 balance

• To see full legal terms, go to this page and scroll to “Legal” at bottom

Total Return

• $500 cash after completing requirements

• If you do not store $5000 to waive monthly fee ($29.95), total cash is $500 minus the number of months the fee is applicable

Air Miles Shop the Block is back for 2018!

Use 3 offers and receive 300 Air Miles, 5 offers and receive 1,000 Air Miles & 7 offers receive 2,000 Air Miles.

• Use offers at participating Partners from November 15 to December 27, 2018.
• Use 3 offers at 3 different Partners, get 300 Bonus Miles.
• Use 5 offers at 5 different Partners, get 1,000 Bonus Miles.
• Use 7 offers at 7 different Partners, get 2,000 Bonus Miles.
• We’ll add up the number of offers you used at different Partners and award your Bonus Miles within 120 days after the promotion.
• Enjoy your Bonus Miles!

The Miles you get for using 3, 5 or 7 different offers are in addition to the Bonus Miles you get on each Partner offer used.

It is a bit challenging but here in BC I have some ideas for the 7 offers:

Shell – coupon – 25L

Missfresh – first purchase – get 500 AM

Rexall – use 190 AM for $20

Thrifty – $65

Safeway – $100

Samsung pay – link your Air Miles account.

Rona – Use 285 AM for $30 to purchase

Airmilesshops.ca – Buy Christmas gifts on Black Friday for over $100.

This is available from November 15 to December 27, 2018

If you haven’t heard about this card yet, it has some nice bonuses!

For a limited time, select customers will receive reimbursement for a monthly Amazon Prime subscription when they open a new STACK account.

Complete the following actions to claim this offer:

1. Open and fund your new account with STACK here.  A minimum $50 CAD initial deposit into your STACK account is required.
2. Link your STACK card as the payment method for your monthly Amazon Prime subscription.
3. Once you’ve been approved for and funded a STACK card and either linked your existing monthly Amazon Prime subscription or enrolled in a new monthly Amazon Prime subscription with the STACK card as your default form of payment, STACK will reimburse your subscription fee each month within 2-3 business days.

Terms and Conditions:

In order to qualify for this offer, you must: (1) be the recipient of this offer; and (2) open and fund a new STACK account between November 8, 2018 and December 26, 2018, and (3) set STACK as your default payment method on Amazon.ca on or before March 30, 2019.

• This offer is valid for a limited time only, while supplies last.
• Right now, STACK is available in Canada, excluding Quebec.
• To qualify, you must open a new STACK account between November 8, 2018 and December 26, 2018 and set STACK as your default payment method on Amazon.ca on or before March 30, 2019.
• For qualifying customers, STACK will reimburse your STACK account each month within 2-3 business days for one new or existing monthly Amazon Prime subscription for up to $7.99 CAD/month plus any applicable tax for up to 12 months or until March 30, 2020, whichever comes first.
• Any information you submit on the STACK website will be subject to STACK’s Privacy Policy.  Your STACK application must be approved by STACK before you become eligible for the benefit of this offer.
• Your STACK account balance must be equivalent or higher to the monthly Amazon Prime subscription fee, plus any applicable tax, in order to be eligible to benefit from this offer each month.
• Offer limited to one monthly Amazon Prime subscription per qualifying customer and email address.
• This offer may not be combined with other offers or in conjunction with STACK accounts previously created.
• Offer is available to select qualifying customers who were served an advertisement mentioning the offer.
• Amazon Prime annual memberships are not eligible for this offer.
• The maximum total benefit you may receive from this offer is $95.88 CAD in Amazon monthly subscription fees, plus any applicable taxes.
• STACK reserves the right to modify or cancel this offer at any time.
• If you violate any of these terms and conditions, the offer will be invalid.
• Offer is non-transferable, non-exchangeable, not redeemable for cash, and may not be resold.
• Void where prohibited.
• Any names, marks, emblems and images are registered trademarks of each respective entity.

Use my link to get a free year of Amazon Prime Monthly and $20 in your account when you activate your STACK card.

Enjoy the free year of Amazon Prime Canada and $20!