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 Credit Cards to Use on Road Trip (updated June 12, 2018)

ByMatt

As we approach the summer months, road trips become more popular. What you want to do is have a nice batch of credit cards to use to optimize spending during the trip. Depending on where you are going, you may want to consider a different grouping of cards.

As a Canadian, generally road trips will either be across Canada, into the United States and some even all the way to Mexico. So I will provide a sample of some of the combinations that can put together.

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

ByMatt

Another month, another list. Not too many changes for the last few months. Feels like slim pickings to me. All of the offers are currently coming from 3 of the major banks (BMO, CIBC and Scotiabank). Hope to see other companies step up by the next month.

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

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Another Hack, This Time BMO and CIBC

ByMatt

Is it just me or has there been a lot more fraud in the past 12 months or so? 

This time, nearly 100,000 clients have been affected. 
CIBC, more specifically their subsidiary, Simplii Financial, had more than 40,000 banking customers personal information stolen.
Bank of Montreal (BMO) also reported that up to 50,000 clients had their personal data stolen. 

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Credit Cards which offer Free Airport Lounge Access (updated May 28, 2018)

ByMatt

A few changes to the industry means that this post was due for an update from last time, namely,

Now unlimited access on National Bank World MasterCard (now the same as the World Elite version)
Addition of Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card
Addition of Priority Pass access to the American Express Business Platinum Card

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for May 2018

ByMatt

We are back again with our monthly update on the first year fee waived credit cards list.

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

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers

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[INTERVIEW] Christine Poirier – Director of Loyalty of Cadillac Fairview

ByMatt

Cadillac Fairview (CF) recently announced the development and launch of the company’s symbiotic approach to Loyalty and expansion of the Feel the Love loyalty pilot promotion at four additional CF shopping centres. Today, we have the privilege of interviewing Christine Poirier, Director of Loyalty at Cadillac Fairview to learn more about loyalty for shoppers at CF!

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[INTERVIEW] Shawn Stewart – Canadian Tire Corporation

ByMatt

Canadian Tire Corporation recently announced more details about their new loyalty program called Triangle Rewards. Today, we have the privilege of interviewing Shawn Stewart, Vice President, Loyalty and Customer Insights to learn more about this new program!

1) Please tell us about yourself. What is your role with Canadian Tire?

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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for May 2018

ByMatt

Just like last month, not much has changed this past month. Though 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