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 February 2018

ByMatt

Very little has changed over the last 2 months as the current cash back offers are still good for a while.

Though keep in mind that we also have a Top Cash Back Credit Cards page. The difference is that the main page focuses on any (permanent or temporary offers), while this post focuses on temporary offers only.

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

Marriott Rewards 2018 Category Changes

ByMatt

Marriott is making quite a few hotel category changes this year. There are 1,083 hotels increasing in categories and 248 hotels dropping. The new changes come into effect on March 6, 2018.

In Canada, there are 46 hotels increasing and 17 decreasing. If you are planning any upcoming trips, you will want to take a closer look at which hotels are being affected to help determine when to make your reservation, whether before or after March 6, 2018.

Starwood Preferred Guest 2018 Category Changes

ByMatt

It is that time of the year when most hotel chains readjust their categories. Some hotels go up, some goes down. Today’s post is the changes that Starwood Preferred Guest is doing. There are 276 hotels that are affected, of which 13 are increasing by at least 1 category in Canada, while 2 are decreasing. This is quite surprising to me since the Canadian dollar has been fairly week the past year. 

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Current Marriott Bonus Points Offers

ByMatt

Winter may feel cold for some of us in Canada. Some people enjoy it, some people cannot wait till the spring/summer time. Either way, Valentine’s Day is deep into winter, which can range from being a dreaded time or one of the most fun day of the year. Either way, if you have not yet figured out what you are doing yet, Marriott has some bonus promotion options if you are making some online purchases.

If you are looking to make purchases on Marriott’s shopping portal, Marriott Rewards More, there are two bonus offers to watch for:

Earn 1,000 bonus points after completing the first purchase (minimum of $25USD, $25CAD, or £25GBP)
Earn 25% bonus points when using your co-branded Marriott Rewards credit card

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Rundown of British Airways Executive Club for Canadians (updated February 7, 2018)

ByMatt

In Canada, after Aeroplan, I would say, British Airways’ Executive Club Avios are the easiest miles to collect without flying. Canadian financial institutions offer a wide range of options to earn Avios. Personally I have an Executive Club account and I rack up most of my Avois through transfer partners and taking advantage of transfer bonuses (see below).

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Exclusive Canadian SPG Credit Card offer to Chase Marriott Cardholders

ByMatt

You may have seen this offer already, but the official email just came in today. American Express Canada is offering an exclusive Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card to existing Chase Marriott Rewards credit card customers. As you know, the co-branded, grandfathered, Chase Marriott credit card are being terminated on March 15, 2018.

Chase offered a few parting tokens of appreciation

Newest Edition of IHG’s Pointsbreak Released (January 29, 2018 – April 30, 2018)

ByMatt

You have probably already read from other bloggers that IHG hotels has revamped its Pointsbreak program, which runs from January 29, 2018 – April 30, 2018. In the past, the promotion offers a reduction in the number of points required to redeem for a free hotel night. Hotels that required 30,000 or 40,000 points per night can be redeemed for 5,000 points per night if they are listed in the promotion. I believe that this is an incredible offer that I have been able to take advantage of on many occasions.

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Rundown of Delta Air Lines’ SkyMiles for Canadians (updated January 28, 2018)

ByMatt

Delta Air Lines is one of the most prominent foreign airlines that flies through Canada. That being said, I would be more than happy if they continued to expand their presence here. Today, I will provide an updated rundown on Delta’s rewards program, SkyMiles for Canadians.

Expiry Policy
Delta SkyMiles is one of the rare programs that do not have an expiry policy, regardless of activity. So I am more than happy to give them my business.