Scene+

Earning points

On the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite +, Scene+ points are awarded only on purchases. [2] The card’s terms exclude cash advances, balance transfers, Scotia Credit Card Cheques, payments, returns, refunds or similar credits, fees, interest and other charges. [2]

The Passport Visa Infinite + earns 3 Scene+ points per $1 at Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Voilà and other listed grocery banners. [2] It earns 2 points per $1 on other grocery, dining, entertainment and daily transit purchases, and 1 point per $1 on all other purchases. [2]

The accelerated rates apply to the first $50,000 in purchases each calendar year, calculated from 1 January to 31 December. [2] After that threshold, purchases earn 1 point per $1. [2] The page warns that a merchant located on the premises of a qualifying grocer but classified by the Visa network in another category does not receive the accelerated rate. [2]

The Scotiabank Gold American Express earns 6 Scene+ points per $1 CAD at Sobeys, IGA, Safeway, Foodland, FreshCo, Voilà and other listed grocery banners. [2] It earns 5 points per $1 on other grocery, dining and entertainment, 3 points per $1 on gas, public transit and select streaming services, and 1 point per $1 on all other purchases. [2]

The page’s Amex earn terms state that accelerated rates apply only to purchases in Canadian currency. [2] Foreign-currency purchases earn 1 Scene+ point per $1 after conversion to Canadian dollars. [2]

The page does not publish category-level earn rates for the Scotiabank Scene+ Visa, the Scotiabank Scene+ Visa for Students, the Scotiabank American Express card or the other eligible cards. [2] For the Scotiabank Scene+ Visa and the Scotiabank American Express card, the page gives headline “up to” rates rather than a full earn table. [2]

Cards and welcome offers

The page lists the following Scotiabank cards as eligible for Scene+ points: the Scotia Scene+ Visa, the Scotiabank Scene+ Visa for Students, the Scotia Gold American Express, the Scotia Passport Visa Infinite Business, the Scotia Gold Passport Visa, the Scotiabank American Express card, the Scotia Platinum American Express and the Scotia Passport Visa Infinite +. [2]

Annual fees shown on the page include $0 for the Scotiabank Scene+ Visa and the Scotiabank American Express card, $120 for the Scotiabank Gold American Express and $150 for the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite +. [2] The page says rates, fees, features and benefits are subject to change. [2]

Welcome offers are time-limited and conditional. [2] For the Scotiabank Gold American Express, the page describes 50,000 bonus Scene+ points for accounts opened between 2 July 2026 and 1 November 2026. [2] The offer requires $2,000 in eligible purchases in the first three months for 30,000 points and $7,500 in eligible purchases in the first year for a further 20,000 points. [2] The bonus is credited within about eight weeks after qualifying, provided the account is open and in good standing. [2] People who currently hold, or held in the past two years, a Scotiabank personal credit card as primary or secondary cardholder, and Scotiabank employees, are excluded. [2]

For the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite +, the page describes a 25,000-point welcome offer for accounts opened between 4 August 2026 and 1 November 2026, requiring $2,000 in eligible purchases in the first three months. [2] The card also has an annual bonus of 10,000 Scene+ points when at least $40,000 in eligible purchases is made in a 12-month period, plus 2,000 points for every additional $10,000 in the same year. [2] The annual period starts on the account open date and resets every 12 months. [2] If the cardholder switches from another Scene+ eligible card, the original open date carries over to the new card. [2]

The Scotiabank Scene+ Visa and its student version each show up to 5,000 bonus Scene+ points within the first three months. [2] The Scotiabank American Express card shows up to 10,000 bonus Scene+ points within the first three months. [2]

Redemption and programme scope

The page describes Scene+ redemption through examples: free movies, gift cards, dining, technology and account credits. [2] It does not list a full reward catalogue or a redemption rate. [2] It also does not publish a cash value per point, a travel portal, airline or hotel transfer partners, or a point-expiry rule in the material checked. [2]

Related explanations: fixed-value points and revenue-based redemption.

This profile covers Scene+ as described on Scotiabank’s Canadian credit-card pages only. [2] Those pages refer to Program Terms but do not set out the full programme terms. [2]

Exceptions and limits

• Card-specific earning. The rates above are not programme-wide: the page gives 6X, 5X, 3X and 1X tiers for the Gold American Express and 3X, 2X and 1X tiers for the Passport Visa Infinite +. [2]
• Excluded transactions. For the Passport Visa Infinite +, Scene+ points are not awarded for cash advances, balance transfers, Scotia Credit Card Cheques, payments, returns, refunds or similar credits, fees, interest or other charges. [2]
• Spend cap. The Passport Visa Infinite + accelerated rate is limited to the first $50,000 in purchases each calendar year; after that, the rate falls to 1 point per $1. [2]
• Offer eligibility. The Gold American Express and Passport Visa Infinite + welcome offers exclude people who currently hold, or held in the past two years, a Scotiabank personal credit card as primary or secondary cardholder, and Scotiabank employees. [2] Scotiabank small business cardholders are eligible for the offers subject to those exclusions. [2] The page says the offers may be changed, cancelled or extended without notice and cannot be combined with other offers. [2]
• Not published.

Related pages

For card comparison, see the card selection framework. For background, see fixed-value points and revenue-based redemption. Related Canadian card programmes: TD Rewards, RBC Avion Rewards and Amex Membership Rewards Canada. The glossary lists related terms.

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026. The profile covers Scene+ as offered through Scotiabank in Canada; airline programmes, hotel programmes and other Canadian card rewards programmes are not covered. [2]

1. Scotiabank credit cards page, including Scene+ card details and offer terms, checked 18 October 2026