In response to the the incident of forcibly removing a passenger off one of their flights, United Airlines has also (started with Delta Air Lines) adopted a higher offer to bumped passengers. Passengers can now receive up to $10,000 of compensation (travel credit to be used on United Airlines flights).
Once again, I do question the profitability of this move. An interesting stat in the article states:
Our friend PointsNerd has set up a Travel Hacking MeetUp in Calgary (YYC) on Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm MDT. The venue is Swine & Sow at 131 6 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2G 2C4. Please remember to RSVP for the event.
Another month, another Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards list. The first list was popular enough that I will continue with this monthly trend.
Permanent Offers
These are credit cards that do not have an expiry date on their first year fee waived offer. Note that it also means that they can end the offer at any time without
I am happy to see our tax dollars being put to good use! Hertz and Dollar Thrifty, car rental companies have both been fined a total of $1.25 million by Canada’s Competition Bureau for falsely advertising discount prices “that are essentially impossible to obtain”.
Basically, the two companies are found to have advertised prices that consumers could not possibly obtain in reality due to additional fees added into the overall rental cost.
The IHG Rewards PointsBreak promotion is back!
Promotional Period
This new list runs from is valid from April 24, 2017 to July 31, 2017. I am always happy to see a new list come out. I just hope that they keep it going!
Value
I value IHG points at 0.7 cents a piece. With this promotion, you can potentially get a room that normally costs over $250 per night for only 5,000 points, which gives you over 5 cents per point in value.
Today, we feature Pointshogger contributor, Jean-Francois Pratt, who will share with us his experience with Drop. Thank you Jean-Francois!
A Toronto-based start-up launched a multi-retailer loyalty program called DROP. Each 10 points is worth 1 cent, so 2,000 sign up bonus points is $2 that you can use at partner programs.
CBC reported that InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) said credit card information of their guests may have been stolen last year at thousands of locations, including more than 100 in Canada, mostly in Ontario and Alberta.
This question has been brought up fairly often in the miles and points world. “I have no use for my Aeroplan miles, can I see my miles?
The short answer is no. Today, I will explain why, and what alternatives there are instead.
The terms and conditions section in the Aeroplan website covers most of what I will summarize
One of my readers sent me this hilarious email. Hope you get a good laugh out of this! “Drag and Drop” “We put the hospital in hospitality” “Board as a doctor, leave as a patient” “Our prices can’t be beaten,…
I have been asked this question fairly often, so I think that I am due for writing a post about my current credit card strategy.
First off, I would like to go on record saying that my main goal has always been to bring my credit card bills down to zero. Any time I can find ways (not an easy feat) to reduce my costs, that is my highest priority. The goal is to keep my overall total monthly credit card bills to under $1,000 per month for a family of 3 and a business, which has been working out (minus a one time home renovation bill)!