Capital One used to be my favourite credit card company, especially when they still has the Delta SkyMiles and IHG Rewards co-branded credit cards. They really slimmed down their credit card portfolio in Canada. Today, we are going to discuss their most premium credit card that they offer and compare it to a similar one in the United States.
Another month, another Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards list. I divided the list into two types: permanent offers (i.e. no specified expiry date) and promotional offers (with an expiry date).
We also have two other types of monthly lists going on:
Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sigh Up Bonus Offers
Priority Pass is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
To mark the milestone, they will be offering various discounts for new member annual memberships (prices are in British Pounds):
Carrot Rewards has become quite a popular App since expanding outside of British Columbia, where it originally started. Carrot Rewards has expanded to Ontario, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador. Seems like they have some plans to expand to more provinces, so be on the lookout for that!
Tip- If you have a family or friend living on one of those provinces, you may be able to borrow their postal code. The precaution I would take is whether the postal code on your loyalty account matches.
Pointimize was launched only a year ago.
To me, this website is a one-stop shop to find award availability over multiple airline and hotel loyalty programs.
How it Works
Once your account has been created, you can start adding your loyalty programs. Pointimize supports both manual input and AwardWallet account syncing. Once your accounts have been linked, you can begin searching for award available.
Thank you Bob for today’s post idea suggestion. Note that I am always open to suggestions on credit card comparison posts as I have a lot of fun writing them, especially when I am comparing cards from different countries.
Cathay Pacific has a long list of co-branded credit card, but I selected 4 from the entire pack to compare. As we are a Canadian-centric blog, I started with the Canadian version. I generally like to compared to the United States, seeing as we are such close neighbours and they offer the most competitive cards in the world, which I like to see how Canada matches up against the best. Lastly, I think that it is most fitting to compared with the Hong Kong co-branded cards, as Cathay Pacific is based out of ther
Due to popular demand, our friend, Anshul, from Points Miles and Bling, is hosting another Ottawa Travel Hacker Meetup.
Come meet other people from the community to share tips and tricks with each other on May 28, 2017 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EST). Remember to RSVP your spot.
Last time we discussed topics like:
Every time I update this post, I seem to be adding a little extra. Thank you Scott for sharing the latest suggestion.
Keep in mind that you can also check out the Top Cash Back Credit Cards page, which is frequently updated. Unlike that page though, this post focused on temporary promotional offers only.
I have listed the credit cards ranked by annual fees.
If you have been following my series, I have mostly been comparing similar Canada versus US based credit cards. Today, I think that it will be fun to add a third country in the mix. I will be writing about the British Airways, Executive Club co-branded credit cards. Below are the 4 credit cards that we will be comparing. Also, it is only fitting as the Canadian and US cards are offering a higher than normal sign up bonus.
Today, we feature Jennifer Bryl, Director of Loyalty for Canada, Marriott International, who would like to discuss its new partnership with PlacePass.
Jennifer Bryl, Director of Loyalty for Marriott Canada
1) Please tell us a little bit about yourself.
For Marriott International, I’m a loyalty driver who helps hotels understand the value of enrolling and recognizing new members so they can create exceptional and memorable experiences for our guests. Montreal is my favourite Canadian city (for the foodie in me) and I’m itching to visit Grand Okanagan!