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.

[PROMOTION] Better Tomorrows at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Across North and South America

ByMatt

Starwood Hotels and Resorts is offering a promotion called the Better Tomorrows at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Across North and South America where you can get 40% off the second night. Basically, for every night you pay at the regular rate,…

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[PROMOTION] VIA Rail’s Unlimited Semester Pass (expired on January 31, 2015)

ByMatt

Originally, VIA Rail’s Unlimited Semester Pass for students was set to expire on December 31, 2014; however, the promotion has been extended to January 31, 2015. Just to recap, this product is exclusive to travellers between the ages of 12…

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[ANALYSIS] 20,000 Referral Bonus Points with the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card

ByMatt

We recently wrote a post about the increased signed up bonus points, from 10,000 to 20,000 on both the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Regular and Business version of the Credit Card. At that point in time, the referral bonus had…

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[HOTEL] Credit Cards that Offer Elite Status

ByMatt

First of all, the number of co-branded hotel loyalty program credit cards are very limited. That being said, most of them do give some sort of benefit to help you gain elite status of help you accelerate achieving elite status…

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Top United States Credit Cards Offered in Canada (updated January 17, 2015)

ByMatt

A new United States currency credit card is being offered by Scotiabank, so I will be updating the list. I have also added the Desjardins credit card to the list as well. U.S. affiliated credit cards offered by Canadian financial institutions…