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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Best Hotel Loyalty Program for Canadians to Collect

ByMatt

Hotel points has always been a valuable commodity for my travels, as I always prefer to use points to book hotel nights, rather than spending my hard earned cash. The challenge is, how do we earn hotel points without actually staying at hotels?

The quickest way to jump-start your account is with a credit card sign up bonus. Every day spending on that credit card may be the next best way, but it is going to be a slow process.

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

ByMatt

Another month, another Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses list. Keep in mind that I have been combining personal and business cards onto the same list.

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

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

Comparing Capital One Aspire versus Venture Card

ByMatt

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.

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for May 2017

ByMatt

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

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Review of Carrot Rewards

ByMatt

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 – Hotel and Flight Search Tool

ByMatt

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.