Credit Cards

MBNA Smart Cash Adds Annual Fee

ByMatt

The popular MBNA Smart Cash has added an annual fee. It may still say MasterCard on the MBNA website, but most people should have been converted to a Visa by now. 

This is an unfortunate turn of events and it will probably discourage new applicants from signing up. As a result, I will also be taking this card off my top cash back cards list. 

As for existing cardholders, if you did not receive a letter in the mail stating that an annual fee is being implemented, then you should be grandfathered. 

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[DISCONTINUED] Capital One Aspire Travel World Elite MasterCard

ByMatt

The last time we had a brutal year on credit card discontinuations was in 2014. I guess at some point, we were due for another one this year. It saddens me today to write about the Capital One Aspire Travel World Elite MasterCard has been discontinued, especially since I am a cardholder myself. 

Accordingly to my contacts at Capital One, they provided me with the following: 

As a result of changing market conditions, we will no longer be offering the Aspire Travel World Elite MasterCard to new customers. The evolving interchange environment has made this product unsustainable. There is no impact to existing customers at this time.

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30% Transfer Bonus from RBC Rewards to British Airways Executive Club

ByMatt

Not quite the 50% that I was hoping for, but still glad to see some transfer bonus still alive. RBC Rewards is currently offering a 30% transfer bonus to British Airways Executive Club.

This offer, which runs between November 15, 2017 to December 31, 2017, is only valid to RBC Avion cardholders, not just any RBC Rewards credit card. Valid credit cards are as follow

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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for November 2017

ByMatt

We are back with another round of top cash back credit card offers.

Keep in mind that we also have a Top Cash Back Credit Cards page. The difference is that the main page focuses on any (permanent or temporary offers), which this post focuses on temporary offers only.

Note that we also have two other types of recent monthly lists going on:

Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards
Top Higher than Normal Sigh Up Bonus Offers

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

ByMatt

Another month, another top list. Note that this list only mentions the higher than normal sign up bonuses. You can also check out the top credit cards by category on the drop down menu on our main.

We also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards

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Receive 3 cents off Petro-Canada with RBC

ByMatt

Just as the last Petro-Canada and RBC promotion expires, a new one begins. Last time, there was a 2 cents off promotion.

What is the promotion?

Now, they upped the promotion to 3 cents off per litre and earn 20% more Petro-Points on qualifying purchases made at Petro-Canada. What makes this more significant, is that it is on top of any rewards that you would normally earn with your RBC credit or debit card (granted there are no rewards with debit cards, but you can get something!). To triple dip, you can still present your Petro-Canada loyalty card to earn your regular points.

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for October 2017

ByMatt

Below is our monthly updated list of the best first year fee waived offers on the market. There are the other two monthly lists that are continually updated:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers
Please let us know in the comment section below if you would like to see other types of monthly lists as well!