Looks like MBNA has increased its sign up bonus to its highly valuable MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite MasterCard Credit Card, going from 25,000 to 30,000. There does not appear to be any expiry date on the offer either. Note that MBNA is owned by TD Canada Trust.
I am extremely impressed with this move, especially at a time when I had a feeling that they might shut this credit card down instead.
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….
According to a few news reports (CBC, Huffington Post), RBC and WestJet have teamed up to offer a new loyalty program called Ampli. They say they have teamed up, but they are already teamed up as RBC is the only credit card company to offer a co-branded WestJet Rewards card.
Anyway, seems like WestJet is looking to revamp its frequent flyer program to compete more directly with Aeroplan, as they are being phased out of Air Canada.
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.
Plastiq recently partnered with MasterCard, so this was a great opportunity to hear more from Plastiq directly. Today, we are interviewing Landon Howell, Industry Relations, from Plastiq to learn more!
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:
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.
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
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
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!