McDonald's Canada is Launching New MyMcDonald's Rewards Program on November 16th
By Thomas Kenzaki
November 12, 2021McDonald's Canada is launching a brand new customer rewards program on November 16th called MyMcDonald's Rewards. It provides Canadians more options than ever before to both earn points and redeem them for rewards.
Their current rewards program, which is limited to just coffee and french fries, is being discontinued and the new points based MyMcDonald’s Rewards program is set to replace it across Canada.
MyMcDonald’s Rewards was introduced earlier this year in the US, and the similarly named Canadian version is scheduled to debut next week. Both are based around earning points for purchases which can then be redeemed towards various tiers of rewards, however in Canada there’s more tiers, and more rewards available.
According to McDonald’s Canada Chief Marketing Officer, Alyssa Buetikofer, one of the main reasons for the change was to attract more customers by expanding the rewards program to include more menu items,
How to Earn and Redeem Points
To start, you’ll need to download the McDonald’s app to your mobile device, register for an account, and then activate your MyMcDonald’s Rewards account. If you already have the latest version of their mobile app, you’re good to go.
With MyMcDonald’s Rewards, you’ll earn 100 points for every $1 spent (excluding taxes, fees, gift cards, delivery orders and select other items).
All mobile orders made through the McDonald’s app will automatically receive points, but to receive points for orders placed at the restaurant, you’ll need to provide your rewards code from the app when you place your order.
Now that you know how to earn points, you need to learn what you can use your points on. There are five different tiers of rewards categories, with the first starting at just 2,000 points.
Here’s a breakdown of the different levels and the menu items within each:
2,000 Points
- Premium Roast Coffee/Tea/Iced Coffee (any size)
- Hash brown
- Vanilla Cone
- 2 Li’L Donuts
4,000 Points
- Fries (any size)
- Sausage McMuffin
- Cheeseburger
- Latte (any size)
6,000 Points
- McDouble
- McMuffin Breakfast Sandwich (choose from Egg McMuffin, Bacon ‘N Egg McMuffin or Sausage ‘N Egg McMuffin)
- Junior Chicken
- Snack Size McFlurry
10,000 Points
- Big Mac
- McMuffin Extra Value Meal (choose from Egg McMuffin, Bacon ‘N Egg McMuffin or Sausage ‘N Egg McMuffin Extra Value Meal)
- 6-pc Chicken McNuggets
- Happy Meal (any)
14,000 Points
- Quarter Pounder with Cheese Extra Value Meal
- Big Mac Extra Value Meal
- McChicken Extra Value Meal
- 10-pc Chicken McNuggets
Your points will continue to accumulate within the app until redeemed, or until they expire which happens 6 months after they were earned. This should give most customers plenty of time to redeem them as you’ll only need to spend $20 within a 6 month span to earn a tier 1 rewards item.
What Happens to Existing McDonald’s Rewards and McCafé Rewards Stickers?
Your previously accumulated McDonald’s Rewards punches in the app will be automatically transitioned to points at a rate of 300 points for every punch, and any free rewards you have will be redeemable until February 28, 2022.
For those of you wondering about the McCafé Rewards stickers and cards, they’re going to be sticking around (no pun intended) for the time being except in Manitoba and Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances, ON where the program is being sunset as part of a test.
With the absence of a physical rewards card (like with Tim Horton’s rewards program), it’s good to know that the popular coffee sticker program will not immediately come to an end (except for in the previously mentioned regions) and will still provide some rewards to customers without a mobile device and those less technologically inclined.
To assist with the roll out of MyMcDonald’s Rewards, guest experience leaders will be available at restaurants to help customers with issues like connecting to McDonald’s WiFi, and answering any questions they might have about the new program.
Special Bonus Offers
As a special introductory offer, customers making their first purchase will receive 5,000 bonus points on their first MyMcDonald’s Rewards order of $1 or more (enough for free fries, a sausage McMuffin, cheeseburger, or latte).
While the above bonus points offer is only available on your first purchase, McDonald’s will continue to offer MyMcDonald’s Rewards bonus offers in the app, allowing you to earn extra points for making select purchases from time to time.
Final Thoughts
The transition from McDonald’s Rewards to MyMcDonald’s Rewards is an improvement for customers who aren’t big fans of coffee or fries, as it opens up the ability to earn rewards points for almost every purchase, and can also be redeemed towards select items across the entire menu range.
Now that you know all about MyMcDonald's Rewards, what do you think about the new rewards program? Let us know in the comments if you’re a fan of the change or not.
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View allJust for you for bumping this, I updated the chart.
And since everyone talks about inflation now, it was interesting to see how prices changed. One upside is that due to the fixed point values, the return you get on redemptions is slightly better.
Note the quarter pounder meal from Nov was a special item that was much more expensive and not available anymore, so it didn't actually go down. Iced coffee probably went down due to the dollar drink summer promo.
Thanks?
So basically only worth redeeming for L Flavored Iced Coffee, XL coffee/tea, or L Flavored Latte when they are not on sale.
I would recommend using them up either tonight or tomorrow, as I'm uncertain when during the day on Jul 01 the points expire.
Posted by @DjDATZ
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/faq/mymcdonalds-rewards.html
FAQ says “first day of the month after the sixth month…”. However, the email I got says XX points will expire on May 31. Better check your emails. I will use mine before May 30.
Maybe someone assumed their code never changes? Idk.
I can see the points in my history but I can't see actual transaction details because the purchase wasn't actually made using my account in the app.
Happy to read about the cards still being good, I got a sticker on a cup the other day. Still have lots of cards to redeem, had no idea it might be going away. Better get on it, because let's face it eventually they will kill it.
I got a notification yesterday that I received 497 points for my purchase that had reportedly just occurred, which I couldn't have done because I was at work and didn't stop at McDonald's before going there.
All my CCs are fine but like, how on earth did someone potentially use the wrong code?
https://www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca/term ... n-cup.html
The February 28, 2022 date was removed.
"*Note that in the Province of Manitoba, and in Dryden, Kenora and Fort Frances, Ontario, the on-cup McCafé Rewards program ended as of October 5, 2021. Completed McCafé Rewards cards will be redeemed at participating McDonald’s restaurants in these areas until further notice."
@ConnorsCompShow
I hope that the local restaurant doesn't mind that I'm going to be showing up every day with a sticker card for the next few months, because dang if I'm letting those go to waste.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca/term ... n-cup.html
Note that in the Province of Manitoba, and in Dryden, Kenora and Fort Frances, Ontario, the on-cup McCafé Rewards program ended as of October 5, 2021. Completed McCafé Rewards cards will be redeemed at participating McDonald’s restaurants in these areas until February 28, 2022. McCafé Rewards cards and Rewards stickers cannot be transferred to the McDonald’s app, and have no cash value.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca/term ... n-cup.html
Note that in the Province of Manitoba, and in Dryden, Kenora and Fort Frances, Ontario, the on-cup McCafé Rewards program ended as of October 5, 2021. Completed McCafé Rewards cards will be redeemed at participating McDonald’s restaurants in these areas until February 28, 2022.
The info here about expiring stamp/sticker cards is actually only partially true. I checked on the mcdonakds Canada website as well as contacted them and only a small part of Canada has the cards expiring Feb 28/22 (parts of on and mb) the rest of Canada does not and when I asked about bc I was told there was no bc expiry date set as of yet.
Screenshot of the response is posted here :
https://www.facebook.com/37727205230892 ... 357206684/
I did an order this morning using the $4.29 Breakfast Meal Deal, and when I added a second McMuffin it only charged me $3 for it, showing it was using another offer.
And yes, the new Rewards system is pretty bad... along with the Coupons being pretty weak.
From https://www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca/getm ... wards.html
"There are no changes to the on-cup McCafé Rewards sticker program at this time. That said, we are currently testing removing the on-cup McCafé Rewards stickers in Manitoba and selected areas of Northwestern Ontario (Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden). These areas were part of our test for the new MyMcDonald’s Rewards program. We’ll keep our guests informed about any other changes we make in the future."
See image below with spot where sticker was ... before removing and adding to our Stamp Card.
1 million points is:
-500 coffees/teas/hashbrowns (2000 ea)
-250 lattes/fries/cheeseburgers (4000 ea)
-166 mcflurries/mcmuffins/mcdoubles (6000 ea)
-100 mcmuffin EVMs/big macs/happy meals/6x mcnuggets (10k ea)
-71 qpc EVMs/10x mcnuggets/big mac EVM/mcchicken EVM (14k ea)
Anyways, it says in the "fine print" that the points still expire after 6 months, so like, you're gonna have to eat A LOT of mcdonald's in 180 days
App is still terrible, "Deals" aren't attractive at all. Basically have barely gone back since they changed the app. What good is 6000 points if you can't even get a full sized sandwich with it?
Tried multiple locations and even reinstalling to no avail.
Anyone else?
Also, my "points" amount to one bloody sandwich.
Their Coupons are now complete garbage.
Looks like I have to switch somewhere else once my Free Coffees are used up. No clue what these Punches are, pretty uninterested because I only went there when there were good "2 can Dine" coupons and such. It's been basically absent for the last couple months or whenever this thing started.
I went in there the other day and wondered why the place was empty, without a packed Drive-Thru - now I know. Oh well, lots of other fish in the sea.
What Happened to McDonald’s Rewards?
McDonald’s Rewards (the program where users were collecting digital punches toward a free medium fries or a free medium hot McCafé® beverage) are now a part of MyMcDonald’s Rewards, which means you’ll be earning points for just about everything you purchase, including your favourite McCafé® beverages and fries! Each punch you have outstanding on your mobile McDonald’s Rewards card will be converted to 300 points (up to a maximum of 1,800 points) when you join MyMcDonald's Rewards! Don’t worry, any earned FREE reward you have in your Offers from the McDonald’s Rewards program will remain in your dashboard for you to redeem until February 28, 2022!
Are they really expiring this time?