So far, it seems like news agencies are able to report on what the government says, like: CTV reporting that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says hundreds of fines have been issued to air travellers arriving in Canada who refuse to quarantine in a hotel. However, it seems like there has yet to be any concrete examples of who these people are?
See also: COVID-19 Updates for our most up-to-date tracking.
For some parts of the world, travel seems to be opening up, especially in the United States. However, in other places like Canada, travel restrictions continue, and are as strict as they have been. So many people have been unable to generate activity on some of their hotel loyalty programs to keep their accounts active.
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Looks like there are plans in the works to expand JetBlue into Canada.
U.S. airline JetBlue expands into Canada for the 1st time
JetBlue expanding into Canada, ‘high-fare’ incumbents on notice
It has been just over a year since we last updated this post. The most significant change that would affect Canadians is adding Alaska Airlines to Oneworld Alliance. Now my hope is for WestJet to join an alliance themselves too.
There are 3 worldwide major airline alliances, as well as 3 regional alliances that we will mention further down the post.
It has been over 2 years since our last update of this post. Quite a few changes were made since then, such as the re-branding of all the Aeroplan c-branded cards with American Express, CIBC and TD. Furthermore, there are some additional options from BMO and RBC. So this post is due for an update!
Another month, another list of top 10% cash back credit cards being offered in Canada. We have split up the list into temporary (limited time) and permanent offers (indefinite, but can end any time without notice).
Since February 22, 2021, people entering Canada have had to quarantine at an approved hotel, however, there are exceptions to the rule (discussed below). This is an addition to the proof of negative COVID-19 test that needs to be presented at the border.
It has been a couple of months since all these rules came into effect, so I thought I’d put together a more comprehensive guide overall and provide any updates since then.
For this month’s list, HSBC extended its offer that was expiring last month. Now it expires in the middle of this month month. While RBC changed up its offer which now expires in June.
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