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I recently flew from Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport (YOW) to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) with Delta Air Lines on a Delta Connection flight. There has been a lot of bad publicity about Delta Air Lines, especially because of…

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American Express recently introduced two new credit cards to its portfolio. the SimplyCash Preferred Card and the SimplyCash Card. If you have the SimplyCash Card, you can get a $25 referral bonus, while the SimplyCash Preferred Card gives you a $50 referral bonus….

Sunwing takes off this winter officially launching direct flights from Ottawa to St. Maarten, a recent vacation hot spot situated in the Caribbean’s. With an endless number of beaches, dive sites, and activities ranging from mountain biking, windsurfing, kayaking to…

You can now earn Aeroplan points while purchasing food on Air Canada flights. You need to make purchases on flights that offer the Air Canada Café, except Air Canada Express flights operated by Jazz. now allows you to earn Aeroplan points…

Scotiabank’s premium credit card is the Platinum American Express Card. I say premium because it offers the most benefits but also has the highest annual fee. Currently, there is a promotion that gives a higher than normal sign up bonus.…

I have often written about diversifying your points portfolio by earning transferable points to give you flexibility. One of these transferable points program is Avion (or RBC Rewards). One of my favourite promotions is bonus points on conversions. Currently, there is…

With the price of baggage fees ever increasing, credit cards that offer a free checked bag become that much more valuable. Below is a list of credit cards that offer a free checked bag (though with certain conditions). Keep in…

Drum roll please… It looks like Capital One is the new winner to form a partnership with Costco, to replace American Express. This is actually very good news for consumers. It shows me that competition still exists and if you are not…

IHG Rewards has released its list of specific hotels that qualify for the PointsBreak promotion where you only need to use 5,000 points to redeem for a reward night. IHG hotels can range from 10,000 points to 50,000 points for a reward night,…

I recently has my first experience at an apple orchard in Osgoode, Ontario situated right outside of Ottawa. Fall is coming, and we will usually think of Halloween, pumpkins and hayrides. Over the weekend, we decided to explore the outskirts of Ottawa…

WestJet has a program called WestJet Rewards, which is revamping its program by introducing 3 new loyalty tiers that will be effective on October 29, 2014. The elite statuses have been renamed to the following: Teal, Silver and Gold.