Another round of the PointsBreak List is out. Every few months IHG Rewards Club releases a list of hotels where you only need to use 5,000 points to redeem for a hotel room. The rooms are completely random but I started seeing…
We previously wrote about the Starwood Preferred Guest rewards program. Starwood completed their changes to the reward charts for 2014 that took effect on March 4, 2014, the new Categories came into effect. Below are most of the changes to Canadian…
We recently wrote about a credit card scam happening to RBC Reward customers. Now it is WestJet’s turn to fall victim. WestJet customers have been targeted by telephone scams. Apparently con artists have been pretending to be from WestJet and WestJet Vacations…
This is the final part of the series on Air Canada Elite status. We previously wrote about the Prestige 25K, Elite 35K, Elite 50K and Elite 75K statuses. Today, I will focus on the highest level, which is the Elite 100K status.
The Competition Bureau approves Loblaw’s purchase of Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4 billion. The condition is that Loblaws must sell 18 stores and 9 pharmacies to an independent operators. The transaction is scheduled to close on March 28, 2014. What interests me…
It seems that BMO has extended a promotion that was supposed to end on March 3, 2014. Apply for the BMO World Elite MasterCard before June 1, 2014 and your annual fee will be waived on the first year. Here are the highlights of the card:
This post will probably add fuel to the fire for people already do not want to collect points to begin with. A man and woman from Surrey, British Columbia are accused of identity theft, impersonation, possession of stolen mail and forgery….
The Starwood Hotels & Resorts has about 1,175 properties in nearly 100 countries worldwide with the following brands: Westin, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, St. Regis, Le Méridien, Aloft – a Vision of W Hotels…
There have been rumours that American Express might no longer allow customers to churn their credit cards. We will see if there is any truth to this rumour in the coming months. Churning is the process of signing up for a credit card, then cancelling and signing up for the same credit card again later on. Some credit card companies only allow you to get one sign up bonus per lifetime.
There are so many reasons why people want to churn. Here are some of the possible reasons:
Air Canada has suspended flights to and from Venezuela due to the protests against the government until further notice. Air Canada announced that they can no longer ensure the safety of its operation. The last flight leaving Canada departed Toronto…