Author: Matt

Matt has been an avid points collector since 1992 (an elementary school student), when his dad signed up for the new (at the time) Air Miles program. Since then, Matt took a keen interest in learning how the miles and points world works. He quickly found out that there is a lot of value in leveraging miles and points to fund his passion for travelling.
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Ranking the Business Credit Card Options (updated October 23, 2016)

ByMatt

I have been ranking the overall credit card portfolios of each financial institutions. However, I think it may be worthwhile to rank business credit card portfolios only. As I have been collecting my own batch of business credit cards, this will be helpful for me too.

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What is the Best Credit Card?

ByMatt

This is a fairly common question and quite understandable. And you may have noticed that my answer has always been, it depends. It depends on what your spending habits are. Which is why if you ask 10 different people, changes are, you will get 10 different answers. The truth really is that it will vary from person to person, because of 2 main factors:”

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for October 2016

ByMatt

Another month, another list of higher than normal credit card sign up bonus promotions. As we close out the year, it does seem like we may be closing out the year strong, granted many of the current offers expire at the end of the month. This year has been a great overall year for credit card sign up bonuses, even though we’ve been seeing record high profits from the major banks.

Changes to the Air Miles Reward Redemption

ByMatt

According to a report by CBC News, it looks like Air Miles decided to change up their reward options. Air Miles has been accused of hiding reward options for certain members. Apparently, Air Miles finally admitted that they previously gave members access to different rewards based on their individual personal preferences. Whatever that means??

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Fast Track WestJet Flight Benefits of Elite Statuses

ByMatt

WestJet Rewards is offering an interested fast track option that will allow you to qualify for flight benefits received by its Silver or Gold elite status members. If you qualify now, you will receive the benefits until December 31, 2017. You will have to book all your flights between October 3, 2016 and December 18, 2016.

Top Canadian Miles and Points Survey Program – AskingCanadians

ByMatt

As you already know, I am a huge fan of survey programs, so this is a topic that I always love talking about. One of the programs that I use extensively is AskingCanadians. An argument can be made that this is the best survey program for earning miles and points from a Canadian perspective. The main reason is because they have a fair number of choices to bank your rewards.