Last year, we did not see too many changes to Canadian Starwood Preferred Guest hotels. This year is a whole new story. Overall, 10.49% of the hotels are moving up and 11.78% are going down in category. For Canadian hotels, we…
Etihad Airways has a loyalty program called Etihad Guest, which is currently offering a promotion a 1,000 sign up bonus points promotion if you complete your first earned transaction before March 31, 2015. A transaction includes flying with Etihad Airways or one of our…
There are actually many different ways to earn American Airlines AAdvantage points as a Canadian, but I will try to pinpoint a few easier ones. I am a big fan of AAdvantage points because they are a member of Oneworld alliance, so we can get access to a lot of different flights around the world. T
I had a very bad experience with Air Transat back in 2010 and it left too much of a sour taste in my mouth. It’s one of those, if you have nothing good to say, then don’t say anything at all.
Protecting our credit score is crucial to the points game, especially if you want to continually take advantage of sign up bonuses. Today, I will focus on the credit history factor, which accounts for 15% of your overall credit card. Just a…
British Airways’ frequent flyer program is called the Executive Club where you earn Avios points to redeem for rewards, especially reward flights. As a Canadian, you can rack up your Avios points through several different avenues. Below is a list of several…
With so much snow lately, I have noticed a lot of trip cancellations and delays throughout a big part of the country. So I thought I would put together a list of tips to keep in mind so that you can travel more safely. You will notice that we try to re-tweet some of the airport weather warnings.
Check travel alerts and weather warnings from your departure location and arrival destination
One of Pointshogger’s readers pointed out today that the “Apply Now” button for the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Card on the Chase Canada website has disappeared. To make matters worse, I tried to give Chase Canada a call, but it seems like their phone lines have been cut.
Now that I have allowed the recent shock to the discontinuation of the Capital One Aspire Travel World MasterCard to dissipate, I am trying slowly to move on. The blow is less severe because existing cardholders can continue to retain their credit card for the time being. But once you cancel it, it is done.
Capital One has instead introduced the new Capital One Aspire Travel World Elite MasterCard. Even though the names seem so similar, this is not to be confused with thinking that this is a re-branding. A re-branding would mean that all existing Capital One Aspire Travel World MasterCard holders would automatically be transferred to this new credit card. Instead, this is an entirely new credit card that we have to submit a whole new application for. Below are the highlights of the credit card:
Lately, I have been receiving a lot of questions regarding the RBC Rewards / Avion points program. So I thought I’d write about the best use of its points. First of all, you can earn Avion points by signing up…