Redeem Hilton Honors Points for Lyft Rides
Hilton Honors added a new option to redeem their points with Lyft. This is only available in Canada and the U.S.
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.
Aeroplan Black Friday Promotions
Aeroplan is offering several bonus offers, including up to 10x the bonus miles on the eStore in celebration of Black Friday. Even though there is no Black Friday in Canada, many countries have hopped on the bandwagon. I cannot complain if it results is extra bonus opportunities.
Below are some of the key offers to watch out for.
Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | HSBC | Meridian | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for November 2019
Quite a few offers ended last month, but most offers got extended for this month. Ongoing Offers The reason I left this list (ongoing offers) up is that there are so few (just 2 really) permanent first year fee waived…
MBNA Amazon Credit Card Back Online!
The MBNA Amazon.ca Rewards MasterCard (MBNA, Amazon link)seems to be back in action. This was also reported by fellow blogger Rewards Canada. I was waiting to see if any changes would be made to the card, because I do not believe that it was an accident nor a glitch that it was taken offline.
High Frequency VIA Rail Project (Québec City to Toronto Corridor)
This summer, VIA Rail announced a proposal to increase high frequency rail in the Québec City to Toronto Corridor. This is going to be a joint project between Canada Infrastructure Bank and VIA Rail Canada.
In 2018, approximately 72% (or 66% of revenue) of VIA Rail Canada traffic runs through the Quebec City to Toronto Corridor, so it does make sense to invest in this region.
Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Laurentian Bank | National Bank | Tangerine
Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for November 2019
Many offers expired at the end of October, so November is mostly a fresh month with many new offers that were either extended or changed up. You will even notice some offers that were supposed to end in November that got preemptively extended.
Comparison of the AMEX Air Miles Reserve, Platinum and BMO Air Miles World Elite Cards
Quite a few changes were made to the American Express Air Miles Reserve Card and BMO Air Miles World Elite MasterCard since I wrote the comparison post, so I thought I’d give a proper update to both cards at the same time. But this time, I added the American Express Platinum Credit Card into the mix as improvements to the card made it a more viable option.
Earn 7x the Aeroplan Miles with eStore
The Aeroplan eStore is jumping ahead by offering up to 7x the miles when making online purchases between November 4, 2019 and November 17, 2019. Just in time for the holiday shopping with over 170 online retailers. Some of the…
[INTERVIEW] Who is Jettly?
Today we feature the founder of Jettly, Justin Crabbe, on our increasing popular interview series to talk about what their exciting service is about! Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule Justin. Thanks!
Q1: Please tell us about yourself. Why did you found Jettly?
RBC 50% Transfer Bonus to British Airways
Royal Bank is offering a generous 50% transfer bonus to British Airways Executive Club between November 1, 2019 to December 15, 2019.
There is a 10,000 RBC Rewards points minimum requirement at a 1 to 1 transfer ratio. But it is increments of 1 point thereafter. So 10,000 points will get you 15,000 Avios (instead of 10,000).