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A good friend of Pointshogger, Kathy Ye, went to the YVR Signature Suite unveiled on our behalf and shared her experience with us. Thank you so much Kathy for representing Pointshogger! On March 14th, 2020, Air Canada unveiled its second…

Chevron, Ultramar and Pioneer have created a jointed venture to offer a new rewards program called Journie Rewards. At first glance, I am very excited by this new program as it should compete well with Esso Extra and Petro-Canada. That…

Loyalty programs across the board have implemented temporary solutions to deal with any COVID-19 related matters. Below is a list of hyperlinks to useful information. I also included a small blurb for each company that may be more commonly relevant.…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is currently under a lot of pressure to work harder at the Canadian borders.  Currently, they are enforcing a new directive to inform people to isolate themselves for 14 consecutive days after arriving from…

I am writing this post as I am listening to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau making his announcement that all travellers who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents will not be allowed entry into Canada. The exceptions include: U.S. citizens,…

With so much negativity out there about the coronavirus, I will try my best to keep things positive. When things are down, I can tell you that one thing I do right away is to plan a strategy to anticipate…

Amid all the travel bans, yesterday we wrote a post about whether it makes sense to switch over to cash back credit cards instead of continuing to earn miles and points, which is a great seaway into today’s post.  All the…

It’s been a while since I last posted, part of it was because of my busy schedule, but a bigger part of it is that I have had trouble finding a topic to write about. The reason I had trouble…

Quite a few offers ended at the beginning of March, but were expended, namely cards from BMO, CIBC and TD. There were some minor tweaks to the offers for TD, but for CIBC and BMO, they were mostly extended. Top…

This post was inspired by the upcoming devaluation of the Rogers World Elite credit card, which I will further elaborate on below. What is the concept of “grandfathered credit cards”? This is a concept that is thrown around a lot,…

Seems like coronavirus warning is increasing in Canada. So more precautions are being taken, such as Air Canada cancelling all flights to China through April 10, 2020 over fears of the outbreak.  Canadians are being told to prepare for a…

Quite a few promotions are ending at the beginning of March, so they will not make it to my next monthly list. So if you have been eyeing a promotion for a while now, this is your chance to go…