IHG Rewards Club just released it hotel reward redemption changes. About 650 hotels are changing categories. What this means is that the number of points required for a free hotel night is going to change, effective January 15, 2017.
I recently tried to redeem my Aeroplan miles for a United Airlines flight; however, there was no availability. But when I logged into MileagePlus, I saw the award flight available. Unfortunately, that means that the reward seat has not been released to Aeroplan yet. As we get closer to the date, if that award availability is not booked, then it will probably be send to Star Alliance partners, including Aeroplan.
Today, we start with the comparison between the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Visa and the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card. Let’s start with the highlights of each respective cards and then breakdown each factor. As promised, I will discuss tangible and intangible factors.
I guess I have been busier than I expected, so I only came across this video today. Every year, WestJet has their Christmas Miracle video (2013, 2014 and 2015). Out of all the years, this is the most touching one.
Boxing Day posts are generally always late. I usually give my shopping tips the day before already. However, to really win the miles and points game, you have to plan well ahead of time, in anticipation.
So if you are reading this post before heading out for the Boxing Day shopping, then have a great day! Otherwise, this post is more of a post-Boxing Day theme. Hopefully everyone came home happy with their purchases. Happy as in, feeling that you got great value for what you purchases.
I think my shopping tips could use an update. In the past, I focused more on cash savings on discounts. But there are other factors to consider. Also, in the past, I focused more on Boxing Day specific shopping tips, but these tips will apply more year round as well.
Just a couple of days away from Boxing Day. As I have stated in the past, don’t underestimate the bonuses miles that you can earn through online shopping portals. Currently, the stronger Canadian shopping portal is with Aeroplan. Below are some of the bonus mile offers to watch out for.
Do you ever get faced with the question, which credit card should I get? I am trying to choose between credit card A or B.
I plan on writing a slew of posts with a versus theme. I have written some in the p
As we approach the end of the year, there was a time when people were calculating how many miles they needed to qualify for a specific elite status level with frequent flyer programs. However, a lot has changed since my last post on mileage runs. Namely the new minimum spending requirement with many airlines.
Fraudulent phone calls and emails have continued to be a hot topic. So I thought I’d share my thoughts on how to reduce being victim of a scam.
Just of all, note that it is also unfortunate for the financial institution to be impersonated by someone else. When you need to track down the fraudulent transaction, the bank will need to assist in the process and it just gives them more work and it’s not like you are paying them extra to do the work. Even though you may already feel that you are paying enough in fees to the bank, they still need to pay their employee to take on the extra work. If they end up having too much work, they will need to hire more help and then a fee increase will probably kick in.