50% Off VIA Rail Long Haul Trips
VIA Rail is offering a pretty sweet 50% or more sale promotion on long-haul trips. You will need to book between March 3 and 13, 2016. You need to travel between March 10, 2016 and June 30, 2016.
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.
To Share or Not to Share a Travel Hack… That is the Question.
This seems to be a hot topic lately, so I am happy to share my thoughts. When a “secret”, “hack”, “loophole” (whatever you want to call it) is discovered, what is the fine line between sharing it publicly and keeping it a secret? As always, there are pros and cons either way.
American Express (AMEX) | Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Canadian Tire | Capital One | Chase Canada (Discontinued) | Desjardins | HSBC | Laurentian Bank | MBNA | National Bank | President's Choice Financial (PC Financial) | Rogers Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Tangerine | Toronto Dominion (TD) | Walmart Financial
Ranking the Credit Card Portfolios of Each Canadian Financial Institutions (updated March 1, 2016)
I did not think that I was going to be updating this post so quickly, but enough has changed from last month that it warrants an update. Every time there are some significant movements in the credit card industry, I plan on updating the rankings of this post. You will notice that under every credit card companies’ explanation for its ranking, I will be listing some of its top credit cards to choose from.
American Express (AMEX) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Capital One | MBNA | Rogers Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
My Current Credit Card Portfolio
I have been asked this question many times. What do you have in your credit card portfolio? Well, here it is! I would like to note that I set my wife up on a different credit card portfolio than mine,…
What I Dislike Most About Miles and Points
Pretty much all my articles are about how much I love miles and points, but I thought I’d give a negative perspective about it instead. This is pretty much a post that gives suggestions on how the industry can improve. Some may be far fetched idea, but others are probably doable.
My Favourite Ways to Earn Miles and Points
With the ever changing world of miles and points (for example, very little referral bonus opportunities left), I constantly feel like I need to change up my earning strategy. I previously wrote an article about my top ways to earn points. Today, I will talk about my favourite ways to earn and why.
[PROMOTION] Fixed Reward Redemption with American Express Membership Rewards
American Express is offering a promotion for fixed reward redemptions that runs between February 16, 2016 to May 31, 2016. First of all, you can earn Membership Rewards points (“MR”) with the following credit cards:
[PROMOTION] National Bank World Elite MasterCard
I have been pretty harsh on National Bank, but I also really believe that they have a chance to break out with some better products and take over more of the market share. They are starting with a pretty good promotion with the National Bank World Elite MasterCard. But as usual, below are the highlights of the credit card:
Best Credit Card to use for Travel Expenses
Earning and redeeming miles and points are great. But what happens if you do not have enough rewards to book your trip? Then you need to pay the travel expenses (namely air fare, hotel and car rental). So what’s the best credit card to optimize the return on your rewards?
Rundown of Starwood Preferred Guest for Canadians
Marriott buying out Starwood could really mean the end of Starpoints. But for now, things remain status quo and it may be 12-18 more months before we see any sort of movement in the reward programs. For now, there is still time to accumulate Starpoints.