How Canadian Flights are Affected to and from Brussels
It has been a sad week for travellers. As a result of the tragedy, Air Canada and many other airlines are offering a free rebooking.
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.
American Express Referral Sign Up Bonus Increases
Finally some good news coming out of American Express. It does not completely make up for changing the rule to once-in-a-life-time sign up bonus and decreasing the number of credit cards that qualify for a referral bonus, but it does take some sting out of the hit.
Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Desjardins | National Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
Top United States Credit Cards Offered in Canada (updated March 23, 2016)
It has been a while since we last updated this list. With the weak Canadian dollar, apparently slowly recovering, I thought I’d update the list of United States affiliated credit cards offered by Canadian financial institutions.
Introduction to Manufactured Spending
First of all, I want to mention that this post is not about teaching people how to manufacture spend. It is more about explaining the concept. So if you already know what this is about, then you won’t need to keep reading.
Building a Credit Card Portfolio (around $2,000 spending per month)
Today, the credit card portfolio that I will be suggested is for people who spend about $2,000 a month on all their credit card bills put together. This is generally for small families of about 4 people, (2 adults and 2 children). The following is an approximate spending breakdown that I will work with:
Signing up for Credit Cards Using Third Party Sites
I have been asked why I do not mention credit card sign up bonuses offers from third party websites. Today, I will give me thoughts on third party sites and also explain why I haven’t mentioned them in all my posts.
Rundown of United Airlines’ MileagePlus for Canadians (updated March 19, 2016)
Though United Airlines may not be best known for its elite program, they do hold a lot of value in terms of rewards redemptions. Unfortunately for Canadians, there is no co-branded credit card that allows us to earn United Airline’s MileagePlus miles. There is no Canadians transferable points program either.
Travel Between Montreal to Toronto in 30 Minutes
In 2013, SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk announced a Hyperloop challenge to design what he calls a “fifth mode of transportation.” A Toronto startup company called Transpod took up the challenge and is looking at designing a high speed mode of transportation that could potentially allow you to travel between Montreal and Toronto in 30 minutes. You can read more about the article here.
List of Airline Alliances (updated March 17, 2016)
The list of airline alliances needs an update from last time. Most of the changes came with the main airline affiliates (which I identified below in bullet format).
WestJet Bonus Dollars Promotions
WestJet is offering several bonus dollars promotions simultaneously for specific routes.