Marriott Bonvoy launched its “Week of Wonders” promotion where members can redeem points at off-peak rates. The stay has to be booked by October 14, 2021 for stays between October 14, 2021 to October 31, 2021 at all its 7,000+ hotels around the world.
Below is a refresher of Marriott’s Reward chart. I put in bold the off-peak rates for each category.
The Federal Government announced yesterday (October 6, 2021) that all travellers must be fully vaccinated by October 30, 2021 before boarding planes, trains or marine vessels.
Who needs to be fully vaccinated?
All travellers include people who are aged 12 and older. The vaccination rule (fully vaccinated) applies to passengers:
For this month’s list, several BMO promotions are about to expire. They usually either extend their promotions or offer something different. So if you have been contemplating any of those cards at their current offers, now is the time to go for it. Also, I would pay closer attention to the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card, which currently has a first year fee waived offered as well. They have never offered the fee waiver before since the card was introduced, so if you have been thinking about this card, this is the month to get it.
Air Miles announced recently that they are making some enhancements to their rewards program including a new logo (see image below)
Air Miles seems to be looking at making an aggressive move to win more market share by making their program more competitive.
This past spring, we wrote about the launch of the Plastk Secured Visa Credit Card, which took an interesting take on secure cards.
Today, we want to share with you a first year fee waived promotion for students. First off, let’s highlight the details of the card and discuss the promotion afterwards that runs until October 15, 2021.
Today, we feature Mark Ross-Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of Status Match. Today, he shares with us how Status Match was created, as well as providing us details on a current promotion with Air Canada. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions Mark, keep up the good work!
For this month’s list, the HSBC promotions are set to expire in 2 days, so if you have been thinking about it, now is the time to go for it. While the Brim World Elite MasterCard continues to be extended on a monthly basis, so there is no way to know when the extensions will end.
National Bank has added 3 credit cards to this month’s list (see more details in the “November 2021” section):
National Bank Platinum Mastercard
National Bank World Mastercard
National Bank World Elite Mastercard
There has been a lot of confusion on who can cross the Canada-United States border, seeing as each country has their own respective rules in place. Today, we will try to break down the highlights of each side.
Entering Canada
For entry into Canada, we have covered this extensively. Basically, people travelling from the United States (U.S.) into Canada can now skip much of the quarantine process if the fulfil certain conditions. Here is a quick recap of the requirements:
A few days after I wrote my comparison post regarding the U.S. and Canadian American Express Membership Rewards program, and I mentioned that we rarely see transfer bonuses in Canada as we do in the U.S., in pops a 30% hotel transfer bonus. This offer runs from September 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021.
An article from CBC: Summer travel surge has WestJet and Air Canada asking for volunteer help is reporting that Canadian airlines are now asking their staff to work for free.
The U.S. had Delta Air Lines and American Airlines already doing this back in May and June of 2021 respectively. You know the Canadian saying: “Only in the U.S.”