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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Whether it makes more sense to Redeem for Economy or First/Business Class

There is always going to be a hot debate on whether it makes more sense to redeem for economy or first/business class travel. For the purposes of this post, I will focus more on Aeroplan. But the same concept and calculations apply for any other once you have the formula down.

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10% Discount off Maple Leaf Lounge Memberships

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge offers a selection of lounges around the world. One of the ways to access these lounges is to purchase a membership. Maple Leaf Club members must present their membership card and a confirmed same-day ticket or boarding pass on a departing Canada, Air Canada Express or any Star Alliance member airline flight.

American Express Referral Bonuses (Updated May 21, 2016)

The way a referral bonus works is that you refer a family or friend to the same credit card (or a credit card within the same family), and then you qualify for a referral bonus offer. I thought I’d update the American Express Canada referral bonuses, as there are several significant changes from the last time I updated this list. Last time I wrote the word “remaining” in the title. For the time being, it seems like the referrals bonuses are here to stay, so I will take the word off.

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Earn 30,000 Asia Miles with the RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum Visa

There is a current 30,000 Asia Miles sign up bonus promotions with the RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum Visa. Note that the regular RBC website does not have this offer. The only advertise the 15,000 bonus offer instead. There is also a slight change in the features of the credit card which we will point out in this post.