With the price of gas still high (but at least holding steady), I’m always looking for ways to earn more bonus points on my gas spending to soften the blow. Between September 16, 2014 and November 10, 2014 Esso Extra is…
Marriott Hotels is the first hotel that will prompt guests to tip housekeepers with an Envelope Please program. This is a very interesting move by the hotel chain and I am a little torn on how I feel about it….
Virgin Atlantic announced that they will no longer be operating in Canada. The summer seasonal service from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) will discontinue as of October 11, 2014. I was hoping to write up a post…
Unfortunately, WestJet has gone into the customer unfriendly mode, by charging 25 for the first checked bag on economy-fare flights within Canada and to the United States. Fortunately, customers flying to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and Europe can still get one free…
We just wrote a post about the Top U.S credit cards for Canadians. We ranked the TD U.S. Dollar Visa Card at the bottom of the list because of its higher annual fee with no benefits. However, you can get the…
It looks like Canadian Tire is going to do away with its Canadian Tire cash and go with a loyalty program instead where you will use a loyalty card to collect rewards. Canadian Tire is launching its Canadian Tire Money Advantage program. The program will begin on October 10, 2014 in the province of Nova Scotia. The rest of Canada will follow suit on October 28, 2014.
The Delta SkyMiles Gold MasterCard is actually the only Canadian co-branded airline credit card in Canada that does not have an annual fee. This credit card has generally been flying under the radar because not everyone is a fan of collecting Delta SkyMiles.
There are some Canadian financial institutions that issue United States currency credit cards, which means that you can pay your bills in U.S. currency. The benefits of having such a credit card is that you can convert your Canadian dollars into American dollars when the Canadian dollar is strong. So then you lock is the favourable rate. Leave the U.S. dollars in an account that you can use any time to pay off bills on the U.S. credit card so you won’t have to worry about any unfavourable currency exchanges at the time of using the credit card.
I thought this would be a good time to update my previous run-down post on hotel expiry policies. I am always trying to decide which hotel loyalty program best suits my travels needs and my portfolio. One of the main factors…
As summer comes to an end, the fall promotions are starting to come out. There are two great hotel promotions going on. First of all, Starwood Preferred Guest is offering up to 3x the Starpoints when you register for its promotion….