Credit Cards

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Comparing American Express, CIBC and TD Infinite Business Cards

ByMatt

We continue our series on comparing Aeroplan credit cards that were introduced to the market on November 8, 2020. Today’s post focuses on all the business cards. Unlike our previous comparison posts, where we picked similar cards to look it, this post has a wider range of annual fee.

I went ahead with this post anyway as there are only 3 co-branded Aeroplan business cards to compare overall anyway. You can technically count the CIBC Business Plus card as a 4th one, but it depends on the type of business to qualify for that card, so for the purposes of this post, I will only include 3, but mention how the Plus card works too.

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Comparing American Express, CIBC and TD Infinite Privilege/Reserve Cards

ByMatt

We continue our series on comparing Aeroplan credit cards that were introduced to the market on November 8, 2020. Today’s post focuses on the more premium personal cards. The most recent comparative post was: AMEX vs. CIBC vs. TD Aeroplan Platinum/Privilege Cards.

American Express has discontinued its Platinum version of the card, so the Reserve card is the closest comparison to the CIBC and TD Visa Infinite Privilege versions.

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Comparing American Express, CIBC and TD Aeroplan/Infinite Cards

ByMatt

Time really does fly. It’s been almost 4 years since I wrote this post: AMEX vs. CIBC vs. TD Aeroplan Gold/Infinite Cards. I reference that post because those Aeroplan co-branded cards are the closest comparisons to the current new co-branded Aeroplan cards. I will be writing another post regarding the business cards and the reserve/privilege cards too. I will be starting with the more commonly accessible cards offered by the 3 companies first and go from there.

Capital One Ending Relationship With Costco and Hudson’s Bay

ByMatt

Did I jinx it? Yahoo News is reporting that Capital One is ending its relationship with Costco Canada and Hudson’s Bay in 2021. 

Are you kidding me? Right after our previous post where I said: 

At this point, I just hope that Capital One finds a way to continue to operate in Canada. Part of me feels like they are closer to shutting down rather than introducing new products.

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for October 2020

ByMatt

Several offers ending (see October 2020 and November 2020 cards) on this list that would not make it to next month’s list. So if you are thinking about a specific offer, you may want to go for it now.

Keep in mind that this post refers to temporary offers. We also have an ongoingly updated Top Credit Cards pages that includes permanent first year fee waived offers too. Here are some of the more relevant ones that are more related to this post:

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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for October 2020

ByMatt

A couple of offers (Laurentian and Scotiabank) are ending before my next month’s list. So if you are thinking about getting either of the cards, best to go for them now! 

Keep in mind that this monthly post only includes temporary offers with higher than normal cash back offer. We have a list of ongoing offers in the Top Cash Back Credit Cards page with a more complete list.

Cancelled my Oldest Credit Card…

ByMatt

This is a continuation of a previous post that I wrote about: End of an Era: Capital One World Elite Aspire Travel MasterCard.

Fair Warning: Bloggers often have to balance between sharing secrets for the benefit of everyone, versus keeping secrets, for the benefit of those who know about it (so that the benefit does not get shut down). For today’s post, I will be sharing my experience with the credit card (mentioned above) that really worked in my favour, which is why I kept it so long.  

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for October 2020

ByMatt

We skipped over the September monthly list, but we are back again this month.

For this month, you will notice that many BMO offers were set to end on October 31, 2020, but they were preemptively changed around. Some offers were reduced, some were changed and extended. The new offers are reflected on this post.

Furthermore, you will noticed TD offers added to this month’s list.

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for September 2020

ByMatt

Several changes to this month’s list. HSBC is back on track with even bigger bonuses than before. TD upgraded their offers. While Brim is extended its offer another month. 

Keep in mind that this post refers to temporary offers. We also have an ongoingly updated Top Credit Cards pages that includes permanent first year fee waived offers too. Here are some of the more relevant ones that are more related to this post: