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.

[ANALYSIS] Aeroplan Distinction dSilver Status

Effective January 1, 2014, Aeroplan’s Distinction program can into effect that rewards top points-earning members. There was a previous post on the Distinction program in general. This post will go into more details about the benefits of elite status. It is important to note that this is different from the Air Canada Altitude program.

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The Importance of Diversification

One strategy that many have implemented is to pool all their points into one loyalty program so that they have more points to redeem for something more significant. In today’s post, I will discuss the pros and cons of having fewer loyalty programs versus many programs.

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[TRAVEL] Earn Loyalty Points or Pay a Lower Price?

There was an article that referred to a survey regarding the hotel and lodging industry. The survey found that a high percentage of customers prefer to find offers and deals to pay a cheaper price for any hotel room rather…

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[PROMOTION] 20,000 Aeroplan Points with CIBC (first year fee waived) (expired)

In a surprise move by CIBC, they are offering 20,000 Aeroplan points with first year annual fee waived on their two credit cards, the Gold and Infinite versions.

This is one of those too good to be true deals, so I’ve been trying to read through all the fine lines. For now, here are the highlights of the two cards: