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

ByMatt

I decided to provide my list a few days earlier than normal (either 5th or 7th of the month) because the TD promotion is expiring on the 5th, so I thought I’d give a few more days heads up.

Keep in mind that the list I provide are offers that are higher than the normal sign up bonuses only. I will be coming out with other types of lists, like first year fee waived promotions, and maybe other lists recommended by my readers (please provide in the comment section below).

American Express Increased Spending Requirements Across the Board

ByMatt

As you probably already know, American Express has been increasing its minimum spend requirement to fully qualify for sign up bonus for several of its charged and credit cards.

Below is a quick rundown of the changes. I ranked the credit cards card on the annual fees from lowest to highest.

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards (updated February 26, 2017)

ByMatt

As per some feedback, I think that I continue with monthly post listing out the best current first year fee waived offers. Granted, maybe I may need another list to cover other offers that do not fall under these two categories.

Either way, you can always stay up to date on the best credit card offers in my top credit cards page on the menu bar.

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$25 Sign Up Bonus with AC Conversion

ByMatt

The last time I wrote about this card, it ended up being a very messy post with all the updates. Today, I will write up a cleaner version of it.

CIBC’s Air Canada AC Conversion Visa Prepaid Card is currently running a $25 Welcome Reward Credit if you preload between $500 and $2,999 in one or more of the foreign currencies before March 20, 2017. That’s a pretty sweet deal, so now is as good a time as any to get your card, if you haven’t already.

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Comparing Canada and US Alaska Airlines Credit Cards

ByMatt

We just finished comparing the Canadian and US Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit cards, so I thought it would be fun to keep the trend going. Next up is the co-branded Alaska Airlines credit cards.

In Canada, Alaska Airlines’ loyalty program, Mileage Plan, teamed up with MBNA, while they went with Bank of America in the U.S. Below are the highlights of all the available cards.

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Comparing Canadian and U.S. SPG American Express

ByMatt

The U.S. based Starwood Preferred Guest American Express personal and business cards have increased their sign up bonus from 25,000 to 35,000. The last time was about a year ago. My question is, when is it going to be Canada’s turn? Also, what about waiving the first year fee? Let’s take a quick look at the highlights of the four cards in question.