With the discontinuation of the American Express TrueEarnings Card and the addition of the Capital One Platinum MasterCard, it was about time to update the previous list of top credit cards to use at restaurants.
Scotiabank Platinum American Express Card
I have often been asked which credit card to cancel? The answer is that it depends. I will use my recent portfolio as an example on what I have done and how I made my decision. Below was what my…
With the price of baggage fees ever increasing, credit cards that offer a free checked bag become that much more valuable. Below is a list of credit cards that offer a free checked bag (though with certain conditions). Keep in…
The design on the CIBC Aerogold Infinite Visa Card has changed and there is a higher than normal bonus sign up from 15,000 to 20,000 points. Below are the highlights of the credit card: $120 annual fee Earn 15,000 sign up…
It appears that the CIBC Aerogold Visa Card has been discontinued. $120 annual fee $50 for supplementary cardholders Earn 15,000 points after your first card purchase Earn 1.5 points for every $1 spent at select CIBC Bonus Rewards establishments, gas, grocery and…
There are some Canadian financial institutions that issue United States currency credit cards, which means that you can pay your bills in U.S. currency. The benefits of having such a credit card is that you can convert your Canadian dollars into American dollars when the Canadian dollar is strong. So then you lock is the favourable rate. Leave the U.S. dollars in an account that you can use any time to pay off bills on the U.S. credit card so you won’t have to worry about any unfavourable currency exchanges at the time of using the credit card.
You can generally get more than 2% in return value when you make purchases at drug stores in Canada, so I will focus on listing the credit cards that give you better than a 2% return. You can refer to…
CIBC is introducing a new credit card to its portfolio. The new CIBC Tim Hortons Double Double Visa Card. Below are the highlights of the new credit card:
There have been a lot of cases where existing CIBC Aerogold Visa cardholders are being transferred to a TD Aeroplan Visa. It has generally been the CIBC Aerogold Visa Card and CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Card being converted to TD. The CIBC…
CIBC is sort of in a limbo phase where they are still hanging on to the Aeroplan program, but we are uncertain for how much longer. That being said, they do have their own travel loyalty program called Aventura Rewards. There are…