The past week or so has been brutal in the market and who knows the trend will continue. For sure my investments took a major hit, but I am happy to say that my points portfolio remains in intact. It grew actually because we continue to earn points.
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) appears to be sending out letters to some of its credit card holders offering a bonus for adding authorized users. I received a letter offering 8,000 Shoppers Optimum bonus points. I immediately added my spouse as an authorized user.
There is only so much airline competition in Canada, so I thought I’d give WestJet a closer look. WestJet is not currently a member of any airline alliance, but they do have some valuable partners to consider.
HSBC is offering a targeted double the rewards promotion between August 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015. Targeted means that you would need to have received mail with a promotional code. You need to register your HSBC Premier MasterCard and provide promotional code provided in your letter.
The $899 annual fee on the American Express AeroplanPlus Reserve Card is the most hefty annual fee out of all the Canadian credit cards. So it would be interested to calculate whether it is actually worth it.
I just received an email from Porter Airlines informing members that there will be changes to its loyalty program, VIPorter that will come into effect on the week of September 14, 2015.
Aeroplan just made an update to its website. It looks a lot cleaner now. The most noticeable difference is the white background. It will probably help load the page much quicker now.
Petro-Canada’s rewards program, Petro-Points has teamed up with the SPC program (Student Price Card). You can now redeem 12,000 Petro-Points for an SPC Card and register your SPC Card to earn 20% more points with every eligible purchase you make at Petro-Canada.
The top 5 hotel loyalty program for Canadians to sign up for and why. The rank as follows: IHG Rewards, Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, Best Western Rewards and Hilton HHonors.
Another credit card discontinuation, this time the MBNA More Rewards MasterCard. Just after we completed a review of the More Rewards program, which turns out to be a pretty decent program.