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The past week or so has been brutal in the market and who knows the trend will continue. For sure my investments took a major hit, but I am happy to say that my points portfolio remains in intact. It…

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) appears to be sending out letters to some of its credit card holders offering a bonus for adding authorized users. I received a letter offering 8,000 Shoppers Optimum bonus points. I immediately added my…

Over the weekend, I was attempting to create a good air travel strategy for my brother who recently moved to London (Ontario) for work and has been driving back almost every weekend to see the family. My research turned into…

This post is a further analysis of Hipmunk, showing you how to sync your google calendar with your flight schedule and hotel location. You can use heat maps to find if your hotel is close to the vicinity of restaurants,…

There is only so much airline competition in Canada, so I thought I’d give WestJet a closer look. WestJet is not currently a member of any airline alliance, but they do have some valuable partners to consider.

HSBC is offering a targeted double the rewards promotion between August 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015. Targeted means that you would need to have received mail with a promotional code. You need to register your HSBC Premier MasterCard and…

As a member of the CAA, you can earn CAA dollars to redeem them for membership renewal, vacation, travel merchandise and more. There are 164,000 participating retail locations globally including hotels, dining, event tickets and more.

List of Canadian travel credit cards with complimentary concierge service. Concierge service helps us with our travel planning and needs. It can go from the most general things such as restaurant recommendations to the smallest details such as buying flowers…

The $899 annual fee on the American Express AeroplanPlus Reserve Card is the most hefty annual fee out of all the Canadian credit cards. So it would be interested to calculate whether it is actually worth it.

I just received an email from Porter Airlines informing members that there will be changes to its loyalty program, VIPorter that will come into effect on the week of September 14, 2015.

List of Canadian credit cards with car collision insurance. Car collision insurance is a type of auto insurance coverage which will reimburse you for any damage that has occurred during the period of your car rental. This loss or damage…

Aeroplan just made an update to its website. It looks a lot cleaner now. The most noticeable difference is the white background. It will probably help load the page much quicker now.