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.
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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for August 2018

ByMatt

Several promotions came to an end from last month, but got extended. You will find that most promotions run until the end of October.

Keep in mind that we also have an going Top Cash Back Credit Cards page which consists of permanent and temporary offers, while this post focuses on temporary offers only.

Note that we also have two other types of recent monthly lists going on:

Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards
Top Higher than Normal Sigh Up Bonus Offers

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for August 2018

ByMatt

I am a little late on this list compared to normal. The reason is because there were very few changes to this list, so I wanted to give it more time to see if something comes up. Unfortunately, nothing significant has come up.

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

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Aeroplan Teams up with Porter Airlines

ByMatt

I was interviewed by Global News today about the Aeroplan and Porter Airlines team up (Use points or keep saving? What Canadians should know about the Aeroplan-Porter deal). 

In addition to this announcement, Aimia (owner of Aeroplan) has rejected the offer by the Air Canada, TD, CIBC and Visa Canada consortium to purchase the Aeroplan program. 

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Marriott Merger Details – Effective August 18, 2018

ByMatt

Marriott announced more details of the merger with Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest. According to my sources, the official effective date is now August 18, 2018. Initially Marriott just said in August 2018, without a specific day.

Either way, below are some of the expected changes to watch for. 

Get your Air Canada / Aeroplan Questions Answered!

ByMatt

In light of the new changes coming to Aeroplan, along with the new twist of a potential Air Canada buyout of Aimia, we are being given an opportunity to interview Aimia’s CEO Jeremy Rabe.

Please submit your questions in the comment section below and we will get as many of them answered as possible.

Below is a summary of the changes to Aeroplan that was going to come into effect in June 2020. 

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for July 2018

ByMatt

Quite a few promotions expired at the end of June. Many of them got extended till the end of October, others fell off the list (namely AMEX and a couple of BMO cards). Furthermore, a few others made it to the list this month. So for, this has been a fairly strong list of promotions that waives the first year fee. 

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for July 2018

ByMatt

Several promotions came to an end from last month, but got extended. You will find that most promotions run until the end of October.

Keep in mind that we also have an going Top Cash Back Credit Cards page which consists of permanent and temporary offers, while this post focuses on temporary offers only.

Note that we also have two other types of recent monthly lists going on: