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How Your Credit Score is Calculated

Many people are always worried about their credit scores when applying or cancelling credit cards. A lot of people are concerned about their credit scores decreasing, but there are also factors that increase your credit scores. Credit scores are calculated…

[PROMOTION] 2,500 Air Miles Sign Up Bonus (expired)

I previously provided an analysis on the American Express AIR MILES Reserve Credit Card. Here are the highlights of the credit card again:

[PROMOTION] IHG PointsBreak (March 24, 2014 to May 31, 2014)

Another round of the PointsBreak List is out. Every few months IHG Rewards Club releases a list of hotels where you only need to use 5,000 points to redeem for a hotel room. The rooms are completely random but I started seeing…

[HOTEL] 2014 Reward Chart Changes with Starwood Preferred Guest

We previously wrote about the Starwood Preferred Guest rewards program. Starwood completed their changes to the reward charts for 2014 that took effect on March 4, 2014, the new Categories came into effect. Below are most of the changes to Canadian…

[AIRLINE] WestJet Warns Customers of Credit Card Scam

We recently wrote about a credit card scam happening to RBC Reward customers. Now it is WestJet’s turn to fall victim. WestJet customers have been targeted by telephone scams. Apparently con artists have been pretending to be from WestJet and WestJet Vacations…

[ANALYSIS] Air Canada Elite 100K

This is the final part of the series on Air Canada Elite status. We previously wrote about the Prestige 25K, Elite 35K, Elite 50K and Elite 75K statuses. Today, I will focus on the highest level, which is the Elite…

Loblaws is One Step Closer at Taking Over Shoppers Drug Mart

The Competition Bureau approves Loblaw’s purchase of Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4 billion. The condition is that Loblaws must sell 18 stores and 9 pharmacies to an independent operators. The transaction is scheduled to close on March 28, 2014. What interests me…

[PROMOTION] BMO World Elite MasterCard (expired on June 1, 2014)

It seems that BMO has extended a promotion that was supposed to end on March 3, 2014. Apply for the BMO World Elite MasterCard before June 1, 2014 and your annual fee will be waived on the first year. Here…

Credit Card Scam in British Columbia

This post will probably add fuel to the fire for people already do not want to collect points to begin with. A man and woman from Surrey, British Columbia are accused of identity theft, impersonation, possession of stolen mail and forgery….

[ANALYSIS] Starwood Preferred Guest

The Starwood Hotels & Resorts has about 1,175 properties in nearly 100 countries worldwide with the following brands: Westin, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, St. Regis, Le Méridien, Aloft – a Vision of W Hotels…

How to Encourage Customers to Retain their Credit Cards

There have been rumours that American Express might no longer allow customers to churn their credit cards. We will see if there is any truth to this rumour in the coming months. Churning is the process of signing up for a…

[AIRLINE] Air Canada Cancelling flights to Venezuela

Air Canada has suspended flights to and from Venezuela due to the protests against the government until further notice. Air Canada announced that they can no longer ensure the safety of its operation. The last flight leaving Canada departed Toronto…

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