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.

143 million Equifax Consumers Cyberattacked

ByMatt

Equifax announced that approximately 143 million U.S. consumers, as well as some Canadians had their personal information hacked. The announcement only hit the news today, but the cyberattack occurred between mid-May 2017 and July 2017. 

That is an outrageous number of people, that is almost half of the United States population, granted some of them include businesses. This still sounds very scary. I usually suggest checking your credit information once per year, especially if you get declined a few credit cards in a row. Furthermore, identify theft is also a growing concern. 

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for September 2017

ByMatt

Another month, another top list. Note that this list only mentions the higher than normal sign up bonuses. You can also check out the top credit cards by category on the drop down menu on our main.

We also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards

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[DISCONTINUED] Chase Marriott – Discontinuation Confirmed

ByMatt

I wrote a post earlier today about the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Visa possibly discontinued. According to my contacts at Marriott International Canada, effective September 5th, 2017, no new customer applications are being accepted into the credit card program, but existing card members will continue to be serviced. Note that this only applies to applications in Canada and does not impact the US program.

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[DISCONTINUED] Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Discontinued?

ByMatt

I was hoping that this is just a temporary glitch, but all the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Visa links are broken. 

I called Chase Canada customer service to confirm what was going on and they said that they are “no longer offering the Chase Marriott credit card for the moment”. When I asked what she meant by “for the moment”, she said it may or may not come back, but I would need to ask Marriott Rewards to find out. 

RBC Visa Signature Black US Credit Cards

ByMatt

You probably saw all over Facebook, a RBC add promoting their new US based Black card. On the surface, I was very excited about the no annual fee version when comparing it to the Gold card (see below). However, once I read the fine print (and discussed with customer service representatives), they are not what it seem. The Black cards are good cards to have for a very specific group of people. 

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for August 2017

ByMatt

Below is a list of the best first year fee waived offers on the market.

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
Please let us know in the comment section below if you would like to see other types of monthly lists as well!