[PROMOTIONS] Fall Aeroplan Bonus Offers
With fall coming around the corner, Aeroplan is offering several bonus miles opportunities to kick off the season.
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.
Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for September 2019
The changes from last time include two of TD offers ending, but they started some new ones. Furthermore, the BMO SPC card has been discontinued completely. Most offers listed below end on October 31, 2019, so if you are still thinking about the cards, there is still time.
RBC 20% Transfer Bonus to American Airlines AAdvantage
RBC is once again offering its 20% conversion bonus to American Airlines AAdvantage miles. The bonus is applied for transfers between September 3, 2019 to September 30, 2019.
Normally, you can earn 7 miles for every 10 miles that you earn. With the 20% bonus, you can earn 8.4 miles for every 10 RBC Rewards points converted. There is a 5,000 RBC Rewards points minimum requirement transfer. But it is increments of 1 point thereafter. So 5,000 points will get you 4,200 miles (instead of 3,500).
[INTERVIEW] Who is Flugy?
We continue our interview series with Aaron Bergen who launched a new website last month called Flugy. Flugy’s mission is to change the way we travel through an on-demand, democratic, crowd-sourcing model for air travel. I will let Aaron share more about what this is about. You can also check out their YouTube video launch.
Why Earn and Burn?
If you have been following us, you’ll know that one of our mantras has always been “earn and burn”. But why?
Have you ever met new people who just got started in the miles and points game, only to say: “I wish I started sooner, I missed out on so many opportunities”.
[REVIEW] Cineplex Scene Gold Program
It has been almost a year since Cineplex launched its Gold program so I am overdue for a post.
The main reason why I held off writing about this is that it is currently only offered to Edmonton, Alberta residents. I was hoping that it would have expanded to more places in Canada by now, so that this post would be more relevant.
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for August 2019
Not a whole lot of changes this month, except for an updated version of the Scotia Momentum Visa Infinite Card. The most significant change was to its multiplier bonuses, which might be more attractive to some people. The downside is that the annual fee has increased, but there is still a first year fee waived offer. If you want to give the new card a try, but is as good as time as ever.
35 Million Aeroplan Miles Up for Grabs!
Aeroplan is celebrating its 35 year anniversary with a contest with a big time contest. There will be 10 lucky winners who can earn 3.5 million miles each.
Rundown of Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan for Canadians (updated August 18, 2019)
It has been over a year since I last posted about Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan frequent flyer program. A few changes warrants an update.
Expiry Policy
Alaska Mileage Plan miles do not expire as long as you earn or redeem at least one mile every 24 months. If miles are deleted, you have up to 1 year to reinstate them for a fee by calling customer care.
However, as a Canadian, we do have options to keep our accounts active.
Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Laurentian Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Simplii Financial | Tangerine
Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for August 2019
Another month, another list. This time, there is very little change from last month. There were months where I tried to highlight a featured card, or picked a top monthly card. I think that I may go with a rotating theme just to mix things up. For this month, I am going to answer a common question: “If I had to choose 1 cash back card only, which one would it be?”