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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for November 2018

A new credit card (Simplii Financial Cash Back Visa Card) has hit the market with a bang! For the first time ever, we are seeing two 10% cash bonus promotional offers. Furthermore, several promotions that ended last month had some changes to their offers. Check out the updates below.

Please let us know in the comment section below if you would like to see other types of monthly lists as well!

For this post, I listed the credit cards based on their annual fees.

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for November 2018

Quite a few cards promotions are expired at the end of last month, but many promotions began this new month. I ranked the credit cards by the price of the annual fees (lowest to highest): BMO SPC Air Miles MasterCard…

Earn 10% Cash Back with Scotia Momentum Visa Infinite Card

Scotiabank has decided to up their game and offer a 10% cash back promotion with its Scotia Momentum Visa Infinite Card. Let’s see what this 10% really entails. 

For now, let’s list the highlights of this credit card: 

$99 annual fee (first year fee waived if you apply before February 29, 2019)
Earn 10% cash back on first $2,000 in spending or within the first 3 months (whichever is completed first) (if you apply before February 29, 2019)

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for October 2018

Most promotional offers are running until the end of October, so few changes from last month.

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

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers
If you would like to see other lists as well, please let us know in the comment section below.

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for October 2018

Quite a few cards promotions are expiring at the end of the month. I suspect some may get extended, but if you do not want to take a chance, now would be the time to take advantage of those offers. I expect to see a lot of changes come November. Will check back with you again next month with the new list.

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Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for September 2018

Very few changes this month, as most promotions until the end of October.

Keep in mind that we also have an going Top Cash Back Credit Cards page which consists of permanent and temporary offers, while 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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Priority Pass in Canada (updated September 10, 2018)

In light of the one-time fee increase (from $27 to $32 for American Express cardholders), I thought it was an appropriate time to update this post. Priority Pass continues to increase their inventory, including many more restaurants added to the portfolio. There is also over 1,200 lounges worldwide (up from 1,000 last time). Furthermore, several credit cards needed an update regarding their lounge access. 

This post will list the Canadian credit cards that provide a free Priority Pass membership, along with lounge access specifics. 

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Priority Pass to Increase One-Time Visit Fee from American Express

Effective October 1, 2018, Priority Pass is increasing its one-time lounge visit fee of $27 to $32 for American Express credit card holders. Priority Pass explains that it has been over 10 years since there has been an increase. As far as increase in fees are concerned, this is a fair one in my opinion. It does not devalue the program is a very negative way and it maintains most of its value. 

Here are my two ways of looking at the fee:

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for September 2018

Quite a few cards came off the list from last month (e.g. TD, RBC), so it is currently very slim pickings. I was hoping that we would see some momentum this fall as we close out the year strong. Hopefully things will pick up next month.

Note that 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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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for August 2018

Most promotional offers are running until the end of October, so few changes from last month. 

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

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers