A Bunch of TD Aeroplan Sign Up Bonus Promotions
TD Canada Trust is offering a slew of higher than normal Aeroplan sign up bonuses. This is a very competitive move by TD, which is actually very impressive.
Toronto Dominion (TD)
American Express (AMEX) | Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Canadian Tire | Capital One | Chase Canada (Discontinued) | Desjardins | HSBC | Laurentian Bank | MBNA | National Bank | President's Choice Financial (PC Financial) | Rogers Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Tangerine | Toronto Dominion (TD) | Walmart Financial
Ranking the Credit Card Portfolios of Each Canadian Financial Institutions (updated March 1, 2016)
I did not think that I was going to be updating this post so quickly, but enough has changed from last month that it warrants an update. Every time there are some significant movements in the credit card industry, I plan on updating the rankings of this post. You will notice that under every credit card companies’ explanation for its ranking, I will be listing some of its top credit cards to choose from.
Best Credit Card to use for Travel Expenses
Earning and redeeming miles and points are great. But what happens if you do not have enough rewards to book your trip? Then you need to pay the travel expenses (namely air fare, hotel and car rental). So what’s the best credit card to optimize the return on your rewards?
Earn 40,000 Sign Up Bonus TD Points
The TD First Class Travel Visa Infinite Card is currently offering a 40,000 sign up bonus promotion if you apply for their special link. Before we start analyzing the details of the credit card, let’s take a look at the highlights first:
American Express (AMEX) | Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Canadian Tire | Capital One | Chase Canada (Discontinued) | Desjardins | HSBC | Laurentian Bank | MBNA | National Bank | President's Choice Financial (PC Financial) | Rogers Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Tangerine | Toronto Dominion (TD) | Walmart Financial
Ranking the Credit Card Portfolios of Each Canadian Financial Institutions (updated February 1, 2016)
This is not going to be an easy post to write, but I did want to try to pin each financial institution against each other to see how they fair. This is going to be a very subjective post where I am going to rank each each company based on their overall credit card portfolio. I am also going to list out some of the top credit cards offered by each institution.
American Express (AMEX) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Chase Canada (Discontinued) | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
Top Credit Card Sign Up Bonuses for December 2015
New month, new list of top credit card sign up bonuses. Below is a list of the top current offers for the month of December. I have listed the credit cards by the type of credit card, as well as by annual fees:
Earn 20,000 Aeroplan Miles First Year Fee Waived with TD
I have been noticing a trend with TD Aeroplan credit cards lately. They tend to have special offers on a specific link, rather than on a their main site for everyone to see. So you do need to dig around to find promotional offers. The latest offer
Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Chase Canada (Discontinued) | Desjardins | Rogers Bank | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
Credit Card Strategy for a Falling Canadian Dollar
The Canadian dollar is really taking a pounding against the U.S. dollar, so what should we do for our credit card portfolio as Canadians? In the past, the best credit cards to use for all foreign based transaction is to use the Chase Canada credit cards, as most of them waived the foreign transaction fees.
American Express (AMEX) | Bank of Montreal (BMO) | Capital One | MBNA | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
Coolest Looking Credit Cards
Have you ever signed up for a credit card because you thought the design on the card was really cool and you just needed to add that to your collection? I definitely have. This happened when I went to my very first live Ottawa Senators game at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa and I noticed they were booths set up for the Ottawa Senators MasterCard offered by MBNA.
Chase Canada (Discontinued) | Reader Question | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Scotiabank | Toronto Dominion (TD)
What is the Best Visa Credit Card?
The question of which Visa credit card is the best for Canadians appears to be asked quite often, so I thought I’d try to answer it. First of all, the answer is that it depends on your situation. Below are some examples of different situations and which credit card makes the most sense for that situation.