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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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for June 2022

For this month, National Bank extended their offers till the end of August, while TD had a couple of offers that got pushed to the fall. 

While Scotiabank have a couple of offers coming to an end in less than a month.

[REVIEW] Survey Program Pinecone Research

As you probably already know, I am a fan of survey programs to earn some side rewards. My survey hobby started back in 2011, when I wanted to keep certain reward accounts active. Certain programs offer members the ability to survey currency, which can later be converted to airline frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programs. Such an activity helps keep those accounts active. 

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for May 2022

Compared to last month, there was a minor change, the Scotia Momentum Visa Infinite Card offer was extended to August 2022. 
For this month, the TD offers are coming to an end, so if you have been contemplating signing up, now is as good a time as any! 

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List of Airline Alliances (updated May 17, 2022)

Star Alliance just celebrated its 25 year anniversary this month. As a result, we thought it would be a good idea to update our airline alliance rundown post.

There are 3 worldwide major airline alliances, as well as 3 regional alliances that we will mention further down the post.

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Current 10% and Above Cash Back Offers for May 2022

There was only a slight change this month where the Scotia Momentum Visa Infinite Card offer was extended. 

For this month, the Tangerine offer is coming to an end before we reach the next monthly list.

Keep in mind that we still have the Top Cash Back Credit Cards page, which includes permanent and temporary offers if you wish to see a more complete list of cards, not just cards that offer at least 10% cash back.

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[INTERVIEW] Rick Neuman, Chief Technology Officer at AIR MILES

Today, we feature the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at AIR MILES, Rick Neuman, who will lead the technological innovation,  development and dissemination ahead of its 30th anniversary. He brings a wealth of experience from Flipp, Sears Canada, Canadian Tire and Walmart. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions Rick, we are looking forward to the new initiatives that you are in charge of!