Flytrippers recently ran a giveaway in collaboration with PLAY, the Icelandic ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) that flies to Hamilton in the greater Toronto area. It’s now time to unveil who won a pair of plane tickets to beautiful Iceland! And I share an important reminder that EVERYONE can get free flights so easily with travel rewards deals.
Here’s the winner’s name — and how you can get the same thing even if you didn’t win.
Winner of Flytrippers X PLAY giveaway
Our lucky Flytrippers fan is Mélyna B.!
Congratulations (check your email for the details), and for everyone else, stay tuned for more Flytrippers giveaways.
Guaranteed free flights for all travelers
If you are interested in free flights, it’s more than time for you to stop missing out on the travel rewards deals our Flytrippers fans took advantage of to earn a whopping 3 MILLION DOLLARS in free travel collectively.
The new increased offer for $825 completely free on the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card is a great example: it gives you a value of $825 in points of the more simple type, redeemable for any travel expense on any website. It doesn’t get any easier than that!
You’ll earn 6 pts/$ (6%) at Sobeys/Safeway/Thrifty Foods/IGA and 5 pts/$ (5%) at all other grocery stores. That means 5%-6% almost everywhere with the gift cards trick and even 3.5%-4.5% everywhere (including Costco) with the similar prepaid card trick.
The Scotiabank Gold American Express Card also has no foreign transaction fees, so you can avoid that 2.5% junk fee that all but 5 Canadian credit cards charge you.
If you want to learn more or ask your questions, join us for our live video on travel rewards with a presentation of this deal and a Q&A session. It’s this Monday, August 5, at 9 PM Eastern.
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Rewards: $1000
Annual fee: $0 $139
Spend required:$7.5k in 6 mos.
Best for: Simple points for any travel expense & 4 lounge passes
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Rewards: $875
Card fee: $0 $120
Spend required:$7.5k in 12 mos. (or $2k)
Best for: Very good travel insurance and earn rate
ends October 31st
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Rewards: ≈ $716
Annual fee: $0 $139
Spend required:$12k in 12 mos.
Best for: Valuable Aeroplan pts and travel benefits like free bags on AC
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Rewards: $1000
Annual fee: $0 $139 (13.3% back on $7.5k)
Spend required:
$7.5k in 6 mos.
Best for: Simple points for any travel expense & 4 lounge passes
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Rewards: $875
Card fee: $0 $120 (11.7% back on $7.5k)
Spend required:
$7.5k in 12 mos. (or $2k)
Best for: Very good travel insurance and earn rate
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Rewards: ≈ $716
Annual fee: $0 $139 (≈ 6.0% back on $12k)
Spend required:
$12k in 12 mos.
Best for: Valuable Aeroplan pts and travel benefits like free bags on AC
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Rewards: ≈ $900
Card fee: $120 (≈ 15.6% back on $5k)
Spend required:
$5k in 6 mos.
Best for: Lucrative rewards w/ unlim. value great if you're flexible
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Rewards: ≈ $1590
Card fee: $0 $199 (≈ 8.8% back on $18k)
Spend required:
$18k in 12 mos. (or $5k/$9k)
Best for: Incredible offer for those with more spending
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Rewards: ≈ $750
Card fee: $0 $89 (≈ 7.5% back on $10k)
Spend required:
$10k in 12 mos. (or $3k/$6k)
Best for: Great offer for those with more spending
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Rewards: ≈ $900
Card fee: $156 ($12.99/mo.) (≈ 8.3% back on $9k)
Spend required:
$9k in 12 mos.
Best for: Best overall card in Canada
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Rewards: ≈ $1180
Card fee: $250 (≈ 7.8% back on $12k)
Spend required:
$12k in 12 mos.
Best for: Lucrative rewards and 4 passes for VIP airport lounges
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Rewards: ≈ $1651
Card fee: $799 (≈ 8.5% back on $10k)
Spend required:
$10k in 3 mos. spend $10k in 3 mos. &
make 1 purchase in months 14-17 Best for: Unlimited access to VIP airport lounges and lucrative rewards
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Rewards: $1000
Card fee: $399 (6.0% back on $10k)
Spend required:
$10k in 14 mos. (or $3k)
Best for: 10 airport lounge passes and no FX fees
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Rewards: ≈ $1126
Annual fee: $599 (≈ 2.2% back on $24k)
Spend required:
$24k in 12 mos.
Best for: For Air Canada lounge access and 6 passes (other lounges)
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Rewards: ≈ $919
Card fee: $399 (≈ 10.4% back on $5k)
Spend required:
$5k in 6 mos.
Best for: Lucrative pts and 6 passes for VIP airport lounges
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Rewards: ≈ $1041
Card fee: $599 (≈ 5.9% back on $7.5k)
Spend required:
$7.5k in 3 mos.
Best for: For Air Canada lounge access & other AC benefits
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Rewards: ≈ $672
Card fee: $120 (≈ 36.8% back on $1.5k)
Spend required:
$1.5k in 3 mos.
Best for: Very lucrative hotel points for specific hotels
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Rewards: ≈ $795
Card fee: $150 (≈ 12.9% back on $5k)
Spend required:
$5k in 3 mos.
Best for: For those who already have the one above
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Summary
Winning a giveaway is always exciting, but with travel rewards, you don’t need a giveaway to get free things. Don’t waste more time. Get started and start saving money on flights and hotels. I know it sounds too good to be true but trust us, there’s no trap.
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Featured image: Landmannalaugar, Iceland (photo credit: James Ting)