Aeroplan Promotions in August with Costco, Uniprix, Esso (expired on August 31, 2015)
Aeroplan is offering bonus promotions with Costco, Uniprix and Esso for the month of August 2015.
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.
[READER QUESTION] What to do about the Low Canadian Dollar?
With the Canadian dollar continually hitting record new lows, I am beginning to hesitate whether it is completely worthwhile to make a major trip to the United States at the moment. Personally, when the Canadian dollar was much stronger than the USD, I exchanged as much CDN for USD as I could to load up while I could. Just in case the Canadian comes crashing down, like it has. Now is really the time to exchange USD to Canadian.
Top Current Student Credit Card Offer: BMO SPC CashBack MasterCard
The BMO SPC CashBack MasterCard is currently offering a $50 cash back bonus and a chance to win free tuition and books.
Pedestrian Tunnel to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is Now Open
The underwater pedestrian tunnel connecting mainland Toronto with Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is finally opened on July 30, 2015, after a slew of delays. The tunnel began construction back in 2012 and was suppose to finish in the fall of 2014.
List of Airline Alliances (updated August 2, 2015)
This is a list of all the members in all the different airline alliances, Star Alliance, Oneworld and SkyTeam. Signing up for loyalty program per airline alliance can help maximize your points portfolio, as well as alleviate the expiry dates and blackout dates issue.
Reaching the $5,000 Minimum Spend on the AMEX Business Gold Rewards Card
The American Express Business Gold Rewards Card has a very strong sign up bonus for Membership Rewards points going on, but a steep spend requirement in place. Today, I will suggest some strategies on how to achieve the minimum spend requirement.
Aeroplan Conversion Bonus (July 27, 2015 – August 24, 2015)
Aeroplan is offering a conversion bonus that is valid between July 27, 2015 and August 24, 2015. You can get up to 26.67% transfer bonus.
Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG Rewards Club) | Starwood Preferred Guest (Merged with Marriott Bonvoy)
InterContinental Hotel and Starwood in Merger Talks
According to Bloomberg, there seems to be early talks on the topic of merging Starwood Hotels and Resorts (Starwood) with InterContinental Hotels (IHG) into one major corporation. The collaboration of the two companies will create the world’s third-largest hotel corporation by market value, following Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and Marriot International Inc. This is not the first time we have heard of merger talks between the two companies.
Double Double Bonus with Aurora Rewards
Canadian North’s loyalty program, Aurora Rewards, is currently offering a “Double Double Bonus” promotion for travel before September 30, 2015, which breaks down as follows: Earn 2x the Aurora points Earn Aeroplan Miles Your miles will be automatically credited to your membership account when…
Earn up to 1,900 Bonus Air Miles with BMO Bank Plan (expired)
The Bank of Montreal (BMO) is offering up to 1,900 Air Miles bonus if you open a new Air Miles Bank Plan before October 31, 2015 and take advantage of the entire offer.