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Here is another round of Aeroplan promotions for hotel stays. These promotions are valuable especially for people who do not stay at a hotel chain often enough to justify collecting the points of the hotel loyalty program. Instead, you can…

Many of you already know that I am not a fan of Air Transat to begin with, so this type of announcement does not help their cause. Conversely, WestJet and Air Canada increased their baggage fees, which are also uncustomer-friendly moves. I have…

In recent years, providing Wi-Fi in hotels has become a necessity rather than a service provided to frequent travelers. Hyatt has announced that beginning February 2015 all Hyatt hotels will be providing guests access to free Wi-Fi on mobile devices…

It has been in the works for some time now, but Pointshogger has finally migrated to BoardingArea. This is a very exciting time for Pointshogger to be part of the BoardingArea family! We would like to take this time to…

UPDATE- Looks like it is only the increased sign up bonus from 15,000 to 25,000 that is available on the public site, not the first year fee waived. Initially, the first year fee waived promotion for the TD Aeroplan Visa…

Nordstrom has slowly begun opening its stores in Canada. So far, Nordstrom has opened in Calgary, Alberta at the in Chinook Centre (September 19, 2014) and Ottawa, Ontario at the Rideau Centre (March 6, 2015).

I don’t normally travel by car, but recently a bunch of my friends have been talking about taking a spontaneous road trip so I decided to look into some car rental loyalty programs. I noticed that Hertz has a really…

From February 22 to March 29, 2015, you can earn double the Aeroplan Miles for every dollar spent on Coscto.ca. If you’re currently not a Costco Member, you can sign up and earn up to 1,500 Aeroplan miles based on…

Chase Canada has updated its website and taken off the Apply Now button to 2 more credit cards, in addition to the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Card. The Chase Best Buy Card and the Chase Future Shop Card can now…

It is now Marriott’s turn to release its reward charts changes for 2015 that will come into effect on March 19, 2015. You may be interested in the following overall statistics: 64% of the properties remain unchanged 64% of the programs…

Below is another round of updates on the tip credit card spending bonuses. What I like most about perks for high spending is that the perk can often be a good enough benefit to help offset the annual fee renewal….

The credit card promotions scene has been relatively quiet so far in 2015. However, every now and then we see something that is worth a look. The TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege Card is currently offering two promotions: Earn a $400 to…