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.

Rundown of Marriott Bonvoy for Canadians (updated February 27, 2019)

ByMatt

Best Western and Marriott Bonvoy are the only two hotel chains that have a co-branded credit card in Canada (unless you count Hilton as an AMEX transfer partner). Not coincidentally, along with Marriott is another one of my favourite hotel chains. Marriott has gone through many changes in the past few years, namely buying out The Ritz-Carlton and Starwood Preferred Guest. You may still see the names of these two brands still floating around, but they are mostly merged under Marriott now.

Let’s give a rundown of what are the most relevant highlights of Bonvoy for Canadians.

[INTERVIEW] Roman Boychuk, Founder and CEO of Rental24H

ByMatt

Today, we are fortunate enough to interview Roman Boychuk, Founder and CEO of Rental24H.com. Rental24H is a global company providing cars for rent 24/7 almost anywhere in the world, but I will let Mr. Boychuk share more with us. Thank you for taking the time to answer your questions! 

Q1: Please tell us about yourself.
Since childhood, I have been fond of computer technology. After the Internet appeared, I became interested in the mechanism of the work of search engines and their interaction with content. Therefore, I started promoting projects online.

Rundown of British Airways Executive Club for Canadians (updated February 19, 2019)

ByMatt

For Canadians, after Air Canada’s frequent flyer program, Aeroplan, I would say, British Airways’ Executive Club Avios miles are the most accessible to earn through is various credit card partners. There years where I actually earn more Avios and Aeroplan miles depending on what offers are available. 

Expiry Policy
As usual, let’s start with their expiry policy, as this is generally a deal breaker for me on whether I will put more energy towards a specific program. Fortunately, Executive Club offers one of the best frequent flyer program expiry policies. Your miles stay active so long as you have an activity once every 36 months. This is much more generous than the 12 or 24 months that we generally see with other programs.

[INTERVIEW] Who is GetMyBoat?

ByMatt

Today we have the pleasure of adding to our interview series with Marketing Manager, Val Streif, of GetMyBoat. Today, she will share with us what their service is about and what to look forward to. I’ll say this, depending on which part of the country you live in, I am sure that some of us are getting a little tired of winter. So it does not hurt to hear about what summer fun we can look forward to. Thank you Val for taking the the to answer our questions!

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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for February 2019

ByMatt

This is the first cash back list of the year. Just like our other two lists…

Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers
… most of the current offers are carried over from last year. Last year was probably the stronger cash back offers ever in Canada. As we begin the new year, I am a little torn. I like seeing the competition elevate in the credit card rewards industry. However, the more emphasis there is on cash back, the less there will be on miles and points.

Rundown of Hilton HHonors for Canadians (updated February 13, 2019)

ByMatt

A couple of days ago, we wrote about Best Western, where we mentioned that there are very few hotel chains left in Canada that are affiliated with a credit card company. Another one of these rare  hotel chains Hilton, which uses Hilton HHonors as their loyalty program. HHonors ties to Canada is being a transfer partner of the American Express Membership Rewards program, which we will explain more below. Furthermore, it has been over 3 years since I last updated, so this post was due for an refresh.

Rundown of United Airlines’ MileagePlus for Canadians (updated February 8, 2019)

ByMatt

It has been over 2 years since I last updated this post, so I think that it is a good time for a review. I was strongly considering switching my Star Alliance earnings to United Airlines’ MileagePlus program, instead of continuing to bank with Aeroplan (when I thought Air Canada was dropping Aeroplan). But with Air Canada buying out Aeroplan, looks like I will continue to use Aeroplan as my primary Star Alliance program. The main reason is because Aeroplan has many partners in Canada to earn miles with, which makes them valuable at the moment.

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for February 2019

ByMatt

Many of the 2018 offers are about to expire at the end of this month, so there are not too many changes from last month’s list. I did however changed the format of how I list the credit cards.

Starting next month, we can expect to see some changes or extensions to current offers. Either way, below is the current list.