CIBC has been running a Mexico Contest where you can qualify to win flights for two to Mexico by loading your Air Canada AC Conversion Visa Prepaid Card with at least $100 of foreign currency.
This contest ran from February 26, 2018 to April 8, 2018. The prize is an Air Canada travel promo code for economy class travel for two to a city in Mexico serviced by Air Canada Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
Quite a few credit cards has promotions that expired compared to last month’s list, so we have a much less impressive list this month. Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on: Top Cash Back…
It has been over a year since this post was lasted updated. With some changes to their airline partners and an upgrade to the co-branded RBC credit card, this post is due for an update.
Expiry Policy
First of all, one change that I was hoping for has yet to occur. The expiry policy for Asia Miles continues to be 36 months after your miles are deposited. This means that you need to redeem your miles within 36 months of being deposited unless the member pays $40 USD for every 2,000 miles to renew for another 3 years. That means, you will be paying 2 cents for every mile that you want to renew. Not worth it to me.
Scotiabank has decided to jump into the foreign transaction fee competition that seems to be heating up in Canada.
Last month, the new Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card was launching. Below are the highlights of the credit card:
We are back again with our monthly update on the first year fee waived credit cards list. Quite a few changes from last month to consider.
Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:
TD Canada Trust has an unbelievable offer right now offering an unprecedented 9% cash back. Below are the highlights of the TD Cash Back Visa Infinite Card.
$120 annual fee
$50 annual fee for supplementary cardholders
CBC reports Thieves steal millions of PC Optimum points, go on shopping sprees. In short, several PC Optimum accounts were hacked and points were redeemed.
As if Loblaws needs more issues at with the whole “overpriced bread” scandal, where they offered a $25 gift card as compensation. But then now requesting ID from people to qualify for the gift card. Is this really a good time to ask for IDs when they have having hacker issues?
Seems like Aeroplan is getting a lot of positive feedback for teaming up with Amazon.
What may have been lost in the mix is that Air Miles is already a partner with Amazon.ca, where you can earn 1 mile for every $20 spent on its shopping portal Air Miles Shops.
A press release just came out announcing that Aeroplan is teaming up with Amazon.ca, effective April 24, 2018. Just when we thought Aeroplan was taking a nose-dive, they came out with a strong response.
Note that you can earn Aeroplan miles through their shopping portal. Below are the steps:
With the termination of the grandfathered Chase Marriott and Amazon cards, which waived foreign transaction fees, the Rogers Bank Fido MasterCard and Rogers Platinum MasterCard have become slight more popular cards to use on foreign purchases. However, effective March 13, 2018 and May 23, 2018, there are/will be some changes to the cards.