It has been fun for me to compare similar Canadian and U.S. based credit cards. So far, it has proven that Canada does have some competitive cards. I cannot expect them to be at par with each other. Today, we continue our comparison series with the Amazon co-branded cards.
Keep in mind that the U.S. has two versions of the card to consider. Below are the highlights of each respective cards:
WestJet decided to have a little April Fool’s fun with pretending to re-brand to Canada Air. Would not have been the worse thing to re-brand itself to a more encompassing of the entire country. WestJet does seem to refer only to a certain part of the country.
Today, we feature an interview with our friend Jayce from PointsNerd. Thank you Jayce for taking the time to be interviewed by us! Your blog is very inspirational and we hope that others will also benefit from your work as we have!
What inspired you to start your PointsNerd blog?
I have been in the Travel Hacking game for over 15 years but didn’t know many people that were really into it until I attended the first PointsU Conference in January of 2016.
VIA Rail’s popular Canada 150 Youth Pass was temporarily unavailable for almost 20 hours before being back up again. And then it is listed as sold out??
Timeline
Check out the slew of tweets below. System gets suspended at 8:46 on March 29, 2017.
VIA Rail is offering an unlimited travel pass for $150 for the entire month of July, 2017 for any travel across the country. This is an unbelievable deal. Let’s recap, $150 for unlimited train travel across the VIA Rail network!
After Costco dropped American Express as the exclusive accepted credit card at its retail stores, they took at MasterCard in Canada and Visa in the United States. Today, we will be comparing the two respective co-branded Costco credit cards available.
Both cards require the cardholder to be an existing Costco member to qualify. Furthermore, in both cases, the cash back is received once per year in the form of a Costco certificate (or rebate coupon).
This list of first year fee waived cards has become a regular monthly post. Feel free to share any credit card offers that I may have missed.
Another day, another negative Air Miles news article. Basically, Air Miles is warning its members that thieves managed to steal “cash miles” from some collections. To protect its members, Air Miles temporarily halted the option that allowed members to use their cash miles to buy products at participating retailers.
In celebration of Marriott Rewards surpassing 100 million loyalty members (granted, it includes The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest members), they announced this week that it invested in PlacePass, an activity search and price comparison website that scans hundreds of travel and tour operators to find some of the best prices out there. There are over 100,000 customized travel experiences to choose from in 800 destinations in 177 countries.
Credit scores appear to be a hot topic lately. Especially with all these new mortgage rule changes, qualifying for a mortgage is definitely a contentious issue. Therefore, having a strong credit score will be important. With the desire to participate in the miles and points game, how do we juggle everything? Today, I will discuss all the factors affecting your credit score.