The limited time 1% cash back earning on CIBC's AC Conversion Visa has been extended to the end of April 2022. This card is a prepaid Visa credit card option offered by CIBC and Air Canada that has been around now for quite a few years and is somewhat unique in that you can load multiple currencies onto to card at once to use when traveling to various parts of the world.
1% cash back on all spending until April 30
Seeing that there still isn't as much travel happening just yet and not much of need for using foreign currencies coupled with an influx of reward earning prepaid cards hitting the market it most likely seemed prudent for CIBC to add the limited time cash back option to encourage holders of this card to load Canadian funds to it and utilize it here at home. Hence right now when you get the card (or already have the card) and use it you'll earn 1% cash back on all spending until the end of April 30. Do note the 1% cash back is not just for Canadian purchases, it is awarded on all spending for any of the 10 currencies you can load on the card so if you are traveling abroad or shopping online with one of the supported currencies you'll also earn cash back on those purchases. Cash back earning is awarded monthly within 10 days of each month's end and is posted as a credit to your account. The prepaid card must be open at the time to get the cash back credit.
No fees
The AC Conversion Visa charges no fees to order the card, no fees to load and no conversion fees when you make a purchase. It's the last one of the no fees that makes this prepaid card differ from other prepaid cards in that you won't pay that pesky 2.5% foreign currency transaction fee unless it is a currency outside of the 10 supported currencies that you can load on the card (see the next section). There is also no fee to withdraw cash from Canadian ATM's and they also charge no fee on your first foreign ATM withdrawal each month.
Load up to 10 currencies
The AC Conversion card allows you to load up to 10 currencies all with no foreign transactions fees and those 10 will cover most of the popular foreign destinations that Canadians travel to. To me the only major currencies for Canadian's travelling abroad that are missing are India's Rupee and China's Yuan. Actually I'm kind of surprised to see Turkey on the list instead of places like India or China!
You can load any of those currencies by logging to your account online or via the app. The app does make the whole process of loading your card, transferring amounts between currencies and checking your balances extremely easy.