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No Evidence of Fines for Breaking Hotel Quarantine?
So far, it seems like news agencies are able to report on what the government says, like: CTV reporting that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says hundreds of fines have been issued to air travellers arriving in Canada…
Current Hotel Elite Status and Points Expiry Extensions
See also: COVID-19 Updates for our most up-to-date tracking. For some parts of the world, travel seems to be opening up, especially in the United States. However, in other places like Canada, travel restrictions continue, and are as strict as they…
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for April 2021
Only the Brim card expires this month. It has been continually extended a month at a time, so there is no way to know if it will be extended again. Limited Time First Year Fee Offers We have listed the…
JetBlue Coming to Canada?
Looks like there are plans in the works to expand JetBlue into Canada. U.S. airline JetBlue expands into Canada for the 1st time JetBlue expanding into Canada, ‘high-fare’ incumbents on notice
List of Airline Alliances (updated April 21, 2021)
It has been just over a year since we last updated this post. The most significant change that would affect Canadians is adding Alaska Airlines to Oneworld Alliance. Now my hope is for WestJet to join an alliance themselves too.…
Credit Cards which offer Free Airport Lounge Access (updated April 19, 2021)
It has been over 2 years since our last update of this post. Quite a few changes were made since then, such as the re-branding of all the Aeroplan c-branded cards with American Express, CIBC and TD. Furthermore, there are…
Current 10% Cash Back Portfolio for April 2021
Another month, another list of top 10% cash back credit cards being offered in Canada. We have split up the list into temporary (limited time) and permanent offers (indefinite, but can end any time without notice).
Quarantine Process in Canada (updated April 9, 2021)
Since February 22, 2021, people entering Canada have had to quarantine at an approved hotel, however, there are exceptions to the rule (discussed below). This is an addition to the proof of negative COVID-19 test that needs to be presented at…
Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for April 2021
For this month’s list, HSBC extended its offer that was expiring last month. Now it expires in the middle of this month month. While RBC changed up its offer which now expires in June. Top Higher than Normal Sign Up…
Pointshogger, Most Consistent Travel & Information Blog 2021, Canada (LUXlife Awards)
The LUXlife magazine is a premium lifestyle publication distributed globally. They focus on a range of topics within the luxury lifestyle industry, including travel, which is most relevant to our topic today. LUXlife announced all its winners of their Travel…
Air Canada and Air Transat Terminate Acquisition
Air Canada’s acquisition of Air Transat has been in the works for almost 2 years. After all the hurdles that they had to go through to get to this point, only to end in a cancellation of the buyout. The…
Get Rewarded while Building Credit with Plastk
In the past, we have not written about secured credit cards much because our blog is focused on earning and redeeming rewards. However, unlike other secured credit cards who do not offer a reward for spending, Plastk offers a one…