Aeroplan Shopping Button
Air Canada’s Aeroplan added a new function to make it easier for members to earn points through the Aeroplan shopping portal, eStore. ow it’s easier to earn more Aeroplan points when you shop online.
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.
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for April 2022
For this month, Laurentian Bank had an offer ending at the start of April, which has now been extended to June. HSBC also had offers expiring at the beginning of the month, which have now been modified and waiver extended to end of October.
Only the Scotia Momentum Visa Infinite Card is expiring on this month’s list (before we make it to the next month’s list). The TD cards will expire shortly after the next month’s list is published.
[INTERVIEW] Andrew Chau, Co-founder and CEO of Neo Financial
Neo Financial is relatively new to the credit card scene, but they are trying to make some noise. Today, we have a special guest, Andrew Chau, the co-founder and CEO of Neo Financial took the time to answer some of our questions. Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule Andrew, keep up the good work!
LAST Chance to convert Esso Extra to PC Optimum
Since January 18, 2022, Esso Extra members were no longer able to earn or redeem their points anymore. However, they have until April 30, 2022 to convert their Esso Extra points to PC Optimum.
Current 10% and Above Cash Back Offers for April 2022
For this month, Tangerine extended is 10% offer by an additional 2 months.
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.
Bank of Montreal (BMO) | HSBC | National Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for April 2022
For this month, TD had multiple offers expiring, which are now modified and now have new May and September end dates. We published this post a day earlier than normal because the HSBC offers end today, while RBC has 2 offers that are expiring later this month.
[INTERVIEW] Megabus Service Expansion
Loosing Greyhound in Canada has a big blow to the bus industry. But Megabus has really stepped up to the plate. It has been almost a year since Megabus last expanded its service in Canada. Now, they are expanding further. Thank you Colin for taking the time to share your expansion plans with us.
PCR Testing No Longer Required to Enter Canada
Effective today, April 1, 2022, eligible travellers entering Canada will no longer need proof of negative Covid-19 test result on a PCR nor antigen COVID-19 test.
Eligibility to Waived Testing Requirement
Fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to complete pre-arrival test (which includes the molecular COVID-19 test or an antigen test) to get into Canada by land, air or water.
[PROMOTION] Best Student Credit Card Offer
Is it not often that I promote secured credit cards, as they usually do not offer any significant rewards to talk about. However, Plastk changed the game with its Plastk Secured Visa Credit Card.
They currently have a decent offer for Canadian post secondary students looking to work on increasing their credit score. Let’s start with the highlights of the card.
[REVIEW] National Bank World Elite Mastercard
Today, I am going to review an underrated credit card called the National Bank World Elite MasterCard. I have been fairly critical of National Bank in my financial institution credit card rankings, but they do have a gem in their portfolio that holds value.