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American Airlines is having a promotion where you can earn 2x the points on certain flights to Asia. This offer is valid for flights between January 21, 2015 and March 20, 2015. You will need to register for this promotion prior to travel…

What to do when you have too many loyalty points and don’t know what to do with it. You can either spend them on friends and family or donate them.

I find that Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is not often talked about. They have a loyalty program called Club Carlson. I believe that a big reason why this hotel chain is not often spoken about in Canada is because of…

I’m sure we’ve all seen lots of advertisements from CIBC about its Aventura points program. So can we do with Aventura points after we’ve collected a bunch? First of all, there are currently 4 CIBC credit cards that you can…

The sign up bonus on the MBNA Sony Card Platinum Plus MasterCard moved from 2,000 to 10,000 Sony points. There does not seem to be a time frame on how long the promotion is going on for, so it may…

The first year fee promotion on the BMO World Elite MasterCard is back again. We’ve seen this promotion quite often. Again, below are the highlights of the credit card: $150 annual fee (waived the first year if you apply before April 10, 2015)…

There are currently two car rental promotions that will give you Aeroplan bonus points. Basically, when you rent a car, you can either earn points for each respective car rental company’s loyalty program or you can bank your points to…

VIA Rail is looking to build a dedicated passenger rail network in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor to improve its on-time performance and boost rider-ship. VIA Rail’s on-time performance fell to only 77% in 2014 from 83% in 2013. VIA Rail has…

Porter Airlines and CIBC Aventura are teaming up to offer a nice promotion for flights out of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

If earning travel rewards is not for you, you always have the option of cash-back or earning points towards gas and groceries. With the President’s Choice Financial World MasterCard, you can easily earn enough points to use towards groceries. Here’s…

Best Western has a promotion where you can select a gift card if you register and stay 2 separate times between February 2, 2015, and March 15, 2015. You can choose a between one of the following gift cards: $35 Best Western Travel…

There are a few updates and corrections from the last time I wrote about top credit card spending bonuses. I have always strongly recommended that financial institutions give more spending bonuses for reaching minimum spend requirements. The reason is because…