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[PROMOTION] 20,000 CIBC Aventura Points and First Year Fee Waived (expired on March 31, 2014)
CIBC decided to waived its annual fee and raise the sign up bonus. Previously, CIBC had the 30,000 sign up bonus Aventura points promotion, but no annual fee waived. Now they reduced the sign up bonus to 20,000 points, but…
[ANALYSIS] Capital One Vibe MasterCard
Another new year, another new semester for students. It can be stressful being a student at this time of the year. Waiting for exam results, applying for jobs in time for the summer, dreading going back to school after a…
Happy New Year!
Pointshogger would like to welcome you all to the next site. We will no longer be updating the old site. All the information from the old site has also been transferred over. We hope that you enjoy the new experience…
New Year’s Eve! Going into 2014
As 2013 is coming to a close, 2014 is an opportunity for a fresh start. What I enjoyed and appreciated the most in 2013 was the higher than usual sign up bonuses between the credit card companies, to name a…
[ANALYSIS] Scotiabank Gold American Express Card
With the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card, you earn Scotia Rewards points that will be used for travel expenses. The highlights of the credit card are as follows:
[HOTEL] Devaluations at Hyatt
Effective January 7, 2014 Hyatt will be devaluing its reward program, for the most part at least. First of all, Hyatt will be increasing some of the points requirements for a reward night. If you look at the reward chart on the…
[PROMOTIONS] Air Miles, Aeroplan (expired)
Even though the full blown Boxing Day shopping has come and gone, there are still quite a lot of promotions out there. Between December 26 and December 31, 2013, there are usually residual deals left. Just remember not to get tricked into buying…
[ANALYSIS] Capital One Priority Club World MasterCard
First of all, I’m not sure why Capital One left “Priority Club” on the credit card when they changed their name to IHG Rewards since July 2013. As you may have read, IHG Rewards is one of my favourite hotel…
Happy Boxing Day! [PROMOTIONS] RBC, Marriott, Petro-Canada (expired on January 6, 2014)
I am going to challenge all of you. Boxing Day can be the day where you regret making so many purchases that you later realize that you didn’t need. Instead, I hope that everyone will make purchases that they will…
Merry Christmas! Shopping Tips 2013
Safe travels and enjoy the holidays! Thank you for all those who took the time to read our blog and giving us new ideas on what to write about. We are definitely always looking for new ideas, so feel free…
[ANALYSIS] Plum Rewards vs. irewards
It is the day before Christmas. If you are an extremely last minute shopper, I suspect one of the stores that you will check out for various gift ideas is Chapters. Chapters is affiliated with the Plum Rewards program that…
[ANALYSIS] RBC WestJet Credit Cards
Previously, I spoke about the WestJet Rewards program, as well as a fun ad campaign called WestJet Christmas Miracle. Now, I will talk about how to jump start your rewards program with two valuable WestJet credit cards offers by RBC,…
