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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Credit Cards to Use on Cyber Monday

ByMatt

Though Cyber Monday was really a marketing term originating from the United States, the marketing use of the term expanded to other countries including Canada. Basically on the Monday following the US Thanksgiving, you can find good deals by making purchases online. So today, I will recommend some of the top credit cards to use for making purchases on Cyber Monday.

First of all, if you already have the U.S. currency credit cards issued by Canadian financial institutions, I would use these credit cards for purchases made at U.S. online sites for sure. The Canadian dollar is extremely weak, so if you have U.S. dollars already available to pay off these bills, that you previously converted at a more favourable rate than today, then these are the cards to use:

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[READER QUESTION] Whether it is Worth Getting the Costco Executive Membership (expired on December 31, 2014)

ByMatt

For those of you who may not be aware, Costco has two levels of membership, Executive and Regular. Currently, there is a 1,500 Aeroplan sign up bonus promotion for Executive members ($110 annual fee), while Regular members ($55 annual fee)…

[PROMOTION] IHG PointsBreak (November 24, 2014 – February 28, 2015)

ByMatt

IHG Rewards has released its next set of hotels that qualify for the PointsBreak promotion. Basically you only need to use 5,000 points for a reward night. Just a quick reminder that IHG Rewards changed its terms and conditions to restrict Pointbreaks…