WestJet and Sunwing Vacations: Points and Status

An eligible WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations package earns WestJet points, and you earn twice as fast with the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard, which earns 2 points per dollar on these packages.

Sometimes you just need an easy and relaxing vacation, right?

A trip with minimal planning, no stress, and where someone takes care of everything for you.

All-inclusive vacations and vacations packages, like those offered by WestJet Vacations, are just the thing when you’re looking to put up your feet and relax for a bit.

In this guide, we’ll give you all the details about WestJet Vacations and their new addition WestJet Vacations Québec so that you can start planning your next adventure.

WestJet Vacations

WestJet Vacations offers vacation packages departing from Canadian airports serviced by WestJet Airlines.

Travellers based in or travelling from Quebec can book their trip with WestJet Vacations Québec, and travellers departing from the rest of Canada can book with WestJet Vacations.

WestJet Vacations Quebec is actually pretty new to the scene, having launched in May 2024. Prior to this, WestJet Vacations wasn’t available in the province of Quebec.

Thankfully, after WestJet’s acquisition of Sunwing Airlines and Sunwing Vacations back in 2023, WestJet Vacations Quebec was created as a new brand under the Sunwing Vacation Group’s umbrella.

Since 2025, WestJet Rewards has used WestJet points instead of WestJet dollars, at the same value: 100 WestJet points are worth $1 off the base price of a booking. And since September 10, 2026, eligible Sunwing Vacations packages also earn WestJet points, at the same rate as WestJet Vacations.

What type of vacation packages does WestJet Vacations offer?

For travellers based in or flying out of Quebec, WestJet Vacations Quebec exclusively offers all-inclusive vacation packages.

Comparatively, WestJet Vacations departing from the rest of Canada offers all-inclusive trips, plus additional pre-bundled packages.

These pre-bundled vacations always include your flight and hotel, and depending on the destination and type of the package, they may also include breakfast, optional meal/drink plans, activities, and more.

Since not all hotels and resorts are equipped to offer all-inclusive options, these pre-bundled packages give you a wider selection of accommodations to choose from.

WestJet Vacation packages compete with other options like Air Canada Vacations, which also offers all-inclusive and pre-bundled vacation packages.

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All-inclusive vs. pre-bundled vacations

When booking a vacation package, it’s important to understand what you’re getting before you shell out your hard-earned money or points.

To make sure you get what you want out of your vacation, let’s look at two different styles of vacation packages: pre-bundled packages and all-inclusive vacations.

All-inclusive vacations packages typically come with the following:

return flight
hotel for the length of your stay
food and drink (including some alcohol) during your stay
some activities and entertainment

Keep in mind that the type, quantity, and quality of food and drink offered depends on the hotel/resort you’ve booked and the package you’ve chosen. At some hotels/resorts, you can upgrade your food/drink package to include additional fancy meal options, à-la-carte restaurant experiences, and high-end drink options.

Pre-bundled vacations are similar to all-inclusive packages except they usually only include:

return flight
hotel for the length of your stay
some activities and entertainment

With pre-bundled vacations, you may get your breakfast included but often you’ll need to make your own meal and drink arrangements.

Where does WestJet Vacations fly?

WestJet Vacations Quebec offers all-inclusive packages with departures from three airports in Quebec (Montreal, Quebec City, and Bagotville) to 20 different destinations in seven countries:

Mexico
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Cuba
St. Martin / Sint Maarten
Costa Rica
Panama

WestJet Vacations (not available in Quebec) offers all-inclusive and pre-bundled flight/hotel packages from its Canadian airports to the following countries:

Mexico
Caribbean
- Antigua
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- Cayman Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Lucia
- St. Martin / Sint Maarten
- Turks and Caicos

United States

The exact destinations and packages available depend on the departing airport and time of year.

Sunwing Vacations: earn WestJet points on your packages

An eligible Sunwing Vacations package earns 1 WestJet point per dollar, based on your share of the base package price, before taxes and fees. Each traveller who adds their own WestJet Rewards ID earns on their share, so a couple booking together earns twice.

Silver, Gold and Platinum members also get tier benefits on these packages, including lounge access, priority check-in, priority boarding and priority security based on tier. Their free checked bag benefit applies beyond the first free checked bag already included by Sunwing.

Which Sunwing packages are eligible

An eligible package is sold by Sunwing Vacations for up to 9 people on one booking and includes at minimum a WestJet-operated flight and accommodations, for one combined base package price. Transfers, meal plans or attractions can also be included in that price.

What a Sunwing package earns

Take an individual share of $1,400 charged to your card, of which $1,100 is the base price before taxes and fees. The WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard earns 2 points per dollar on the full charge, and the WestJet RBC Mastercard earns 1.5 points.

WestJet points on a $1,400 Sunwing package share ($1,100 before taxes and fees)
Paid with	Package points (1 pt/$ on $1,100)	Card points (on $1,400)	Total points	Value at 100 points = $1
Card earning 2 pts/$ on WestJet packages	1,100	2,800	3,900	$39
Card earning 1.5 pts/$ on WestJet packages	1,100	2,100	3,200	$32
Other credit card	1,100	Depends on the card	1,100 and up	$11 and up

The same package also adds $220 in tier qualifying spend (20% of $1,100), for travel completed on or after September 9, 2026. Click on the card's name below to see the full offer.

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WestJet RBC^® World Elite Mastercard‡

RBC WestJet Rewards

Annual fee: $139
Our valuationMilesopedia first-year estimate First-year valueWelcome bonus$700Total$700Rewards on your spending are not included. The calculator that adds them from your own profile is on the card's page.: $700
Welcome offerAfter $5,000 in 3 months: Up to 70,000 points; Ends Nov 18, 2026

With the WestJet RBC^® World Elite Mastercard^‡, you can earn up to 70,000 WestJet points as a welcome bonus:

30,000 WestJet points as a welcome bonus with your first purchase
30,000 WestJet points when you charge at least $5,000 in eligible purchases to your card within the first three months
10,000 additional WestJet points after your credit card account’s first anniversary

The offer ends on November 18, 2026.

An annual companion voucher from $119
Charge at least $5,000 in purchases to your card each year and you receive a World Elite Companion Voucher for a round-trip flight, starting at a $119 base fare, plus taxes, fees, surcharges and other air transportation charges. You can exchange it instead for a 30% flight discount for one traveller, a $200 credit towards a WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations package, or two airport lounge passes.

A free first checked bag for up to nine people
The first checked bag is free for the primary cardholder and up to 8 guests on the same reservation, on WestJet flights. For a family of four, that is four bags on every leg.

Status Lift: $200 in tier qualifying spend per $5,000
Your everyday purchases move you towards Silver, Gold and even Platinum status. You earn $200 in tier qualifying spend for every $5,000 in purchases charged to the card, up to 50 times per year.

Up to 2 WestJet points per dollar

2 points per dollar on WestJet flights, WestJet Vacations and Sunwing Vacations packages
2 points per dollar at grocery stores and on transportation, including gas, EV charging, public transit and rideshare
1.5 points per dollar on all other everyday purchases

The annual fee is $139, plus $59 per additional card.

Finally, you benefit from extensive insurance coverage: out-of-province or out-of-country emergency medical insurance, travel accident insurance, trip cancellation and trip interruption insurance, flight delay and delayed baggage insurance, hotel or motel burglary insurance, rental vehicle collision and damage insurance.

Legal

^® / MC Trademark(s) of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada.

‡ All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner(s).

¹ To benefit from this offer, your application must be received and approved by Royal Bank of Canada (“Royal Bank”) between June 16, 2026 and November 18, 2026 (“Offer Period”). This offer only applies to new applications for a WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard.

You will receive up to 30,000 welcome WestJet points upon your first purchase (“Welcome WestJet Points”) distributed as follows: (i) 25,000 Welcome WestJet Points up to six (6) weeks after your first purchase transaction date; and (ii) 5,000 Welcome WestJet Points up to twelve (12) weeks after your first purchase transaction date, provided your first purchase gets posted to your WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard credit card account (“Credit Card Account”) within the first three (3) months of your Credit Card Account opening date (“Period”).

You will receive an additional 30,000 WestJet points (“Additional WestJet Points”) provided a total of $5,000 (“Qualifying Transaction Amount”) or more in qualifying net purchases and/or pre-authorized bill payment transactions (“Qualifying Transaction(s)”) are posted to your Credit Card Account within the Period. The Additional WestJet Points will be awarded approximately six (6) weeks after the date you reach the Qualifying Transaction Amount. Qualifying Transactions exclude cash advances (including balance transfers, cash-like transactions and bill payments that are not pre-authorized charges that you set up with a merchant), interest charges and fees, and credits for returns and adjustments posted to your Credit Card Account during the Period will reduce the amount of your Qualifying Transactions.

The transaction posting date of each Qualifying Transaction, not the transaction date, will determine whether the transaction will count towards the Qualifying Transaction Amount. This means that Qualifying Transactions that take place prior to the last day of the Period will not count towards the Qualifying Transaction Amount if they have not yet been posted or processed by the merchant, the payment network (Mastercard) or Royal Bank by the last day of the Period.

You will receive an additional 10,000 WestJet points (“Anniversary WestJet Points”) up to sixteen (16) weeks after your Credit Card Account has been open for one (1) year.

Welcome WestJet Points, Additional WestJet Points and Anniversary WestJet Points will be awarded to your WestJet Rewards account, accessible at westjet.com/account, and appear on your monthly credit card statement, provided your Credit Card Account is open and in good standing at the time they are awarded to your WestJet Rewards account, “good standing” meaning that your Credit Card Account must not be past due for more than two (2) consecutive Credit Card Account statement periods, closed, charged off or in credit revoked status at that time.

Only the primary cardholder on the Credit Card Account is eligible for this offer. Additional cardholders(s) (co-applicant and authorized user(s)), as well as existing cardholders on any RBC Royal Bank personal credit card account, transferring to a WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard during the Offer Period, are not eligible for this offer.

If you close your Credit Card Account or change it for another type of RBC Royal Bank credit card before the Welcome WestJet points, Additional Welcome WestJet points or the Anniversary WestJet points have been awarded to your WestJet Rewards account, you may not receive the points. This offer may not be combined or used in conjunction with any other offer. Royal Bank and WestJet reserve the right to modify, cancel or withdraw this offer at any time without notice, even after your application has been approved, including if we suspect that you may be manipulating or abusing it, or engaging in any suspicious or fraudulent activity, as determined by us in our sole discretion.

Annual fee

Primary card$139

Additional card$59

Annual income required

Individual$80,000

Household$150,000

Conversion fees

2.5%

Earning rate

2xGroceries
2xGas
2xTransit
2xWith the partner brand
1.5xAll spending

Value

1st Year Value$1,098

2nd Year Value$263

Travel insurance

Travel medical (under 55)Included

Travel medical (55-64)Included

Travel medical (65+)Included

Trip CancellationUp to $1,500

Trip InterruptionUp to $5,000

Delayed BaggageUp to $500

Flight DelayUp to $500

Hotel BurglaryUp to $2,500

Travel AccidentUp to $500,000

Purchase protection

Purchase ProtectionIncluded

Extended Warranty+1 years

Mobile DeviceIncluded

Auto Rental CollisionUp to $65,000 / 48 days

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How to Book WestJet Vacations

Booking with WestJet Vacations is easy!

First, go to the WestJet Vacations website (or WestJet Vacations Quebec if you’re departing from Montreal, Quebec City, or Bagotville).

Next, search your desired departure airport, destination, and travel dates.

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From the options listed in the search results, choose a package that suits your desired dates, price, and location. Make sure to consider whether you want an all-inclusive vacation or just a flight and hotel bundle

At this stage, you’ll need to select your preferred room type and flight times (if options are available).

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Now you’ll need to select any add-ons you’d like to pre-book. Depending on the package you’ve chosen, this can include meal plans, activities, shared or private airport transfers, travel insurance, and more.

Then, once you’ve made all your selections, it’s time to pay.

You can pay by credit card, gift card, or by redeeming your WestJet points.

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If you have questions or if you’d prefer to speak with a live person to book your trip, you can also call WestJet Vacations or WestJet Vacations Quebec to book over the phone.

Use your WestJet points for your vacation

If you’ve got some WestJet points saved up, you can easily use them to save money on the cost of your vacation.

Just go through the booking process as usual. Towards the end, you can apply your WestJet points to part or all of an eligible WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations package, including taxes and fees.

On a Sunwing Vacations package, you need at least 5,000 WestJet points to redeem.

Simply choose how much you’d like to redeem at this stage and then complete the transaction as normal.

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If you’re booking with WestJet Vacations Quebec to fly from either Montreal, Quebec City, or Bagotville, you’ll need to call the contact centre to redeem your WestJet points.

Also, keep in mind that WestJet points are only earned on any portion of the base price paid for by credit card or gift card, including base airfare, hotel, attractions, transfers, and meal plans. You don’t earn points on taxes, fees or other charges, or on group bookings of 10 or more people.

You can also earn WestJet points on WestJet Vacations land-only bookings, such as hotels, meal plans, airport transfers, car rentals and attractions. Sunwing Vacations land-only bookings are excluded.

Which Credit Card to Use

If you’d like to maximize the rewards you earn when booking travel with WestJet Vacations, you’ll want to either use one of RBC’s co-branded WestJet credit cards or a travel-focused card.

WestJet RBC credit cards

RBC offers two WestJet credit cards that let you earn WestJet points on all your purchases: the WestJet RBC Mastercard and the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard.

The WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard earns 2 WestJet points per dollar on WestJet flights and on WestJet Vacations and Sunwing Vacations packages; the WestJet RBC Mastercard earns 1.5 points on the same purchases. These rates apply when WestJet, WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations appears as the merchant on your statement. Both cards also come with travel perks like an annual companion voucher.

Travel-focused credit cards

If you don’t have a WestJet credit card, there’s actually another way to build up your stash of WestJet points.

Using a credit card like the RBC Avion Visa Infinite, you can earn RBC Avion Rewards points, which can then be transferred to WestJet points at a rate of 100 Avion points = 100 WestJet points.

Not only that, but Avion points can also be transferred to British Airways Executive Club, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, and American Airlines AAdvantage, giving you expanded redemption options.

Looking beyond credit cards that will help you earn and redeem WestJet points, another great option is to choose a card that has high earning rates in the travel category, earns valuable travel rewards, or offers strong travel insurance.

For example, the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite comes with loads of travel perks and earns Aeroplan points which you can then use for flights, Air Canada Vacations, and more. Alternatively, the TD First Class Travel Visa Infinite* Card is another great way to save on all-inclusive vacations.

You could also use the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite + which doesn’t charge foreign transaction fees, comes with free airport lounge access, and also earns Scene+ points, which are super useful for things like travel and free groceries.

Another great option is the National Bank World Elite Mastercard, which lets you take advantage of the card’s excellent travel insurance coverage, giving you peace of mind for your trip.

Bottom Line

WestJet Vacations lets you easily book relaxing vacations to beautiful locations in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Whether you’re looking for a complete reset at a luxurious all-inclusive resort or a more do-it-yourself adventure with a flight and hotel bundle, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding a vacation that feels right.

If you book a sun vacation every winter, choosing an eligible WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations package and paying with a WestJet RBC card lets you earn twice: once on the package and again on the card.

Can you book WestJet Vacations from Quebec?

Yes. Travellers departing from Montreal, Quebec City or Bagotville book through WestJet Vacations Quebec. Departures from the rest of Canada are booked through WestJet Vacations.

How many WestJet points does a Sunwing Vacations package earn?

An eligible Sunwing Vacations package earns 1 WestJet point per dollar on your share of the base package price, before taxes and fees. The package must include at least one WestJet-operated flight and accommodations.

Do WestJet Vacations Quebec bookings earn WestJet points?

No. The WestJet Rewards terms and conditions exclude all WestJet Vacations Quebec bookings from Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations eligible packages.

Does a vacation package count toward WestJet elite status?

Yes. 20% of your share of the base price of an eligible WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations package counts toward tier and milestone qualifying spend. For Sunwing Vacations, this applies to travel completed on or after September 9, 2026.

Can you pay for a whole package with WestJet points?

Yes. WestJet points can cover part or all of an eligible WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations booking, including taxes and fees. On a Sunwing Vacations package, you need at least 5,000 points to redeem.

Does every traveller need their own WestJet Rewards ID?

Yes. WestJet Rewards is an individual program: each traveller earns on their own share of the package, as long as their WestJet Rewards ID is added to the booking.

How do you contact WestJet Vacations?

WestJet Vacations can be reached at 1-877-737-7001 for help with a booking. Sunwing Vacations bookings are handled by the Sunwing Vacations Sales Centre.

Which credit card should you use for a WestJet or Sunwing package?

The WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard earns 2 WestJet points per dollar on WestJet Vacations and Sunwing Vacations packages, and the WestJet RBC Mastercard earns 1.5 points per dollar. These rates apply when WestJet, WestJet Vacations or Sunwing Vacations appears as the merchant on your statement.