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Rundown of Royal Caribbean for Canadians (updated December 27, 2019)
I recently took a cruise with Royal Caribbean and posted my thoughts about reasons to take a cruise (and not). Also, I haven’t written an update on Royal Caribbean since 2014, so I think I am way overdue for an…
Merry Christmas! Shopping Tips 2019
Merry Christmas Everyone! Over the years, Pointshogger has accumulated a wealth of shopping tips: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 This may be surprising to some, but shopping habits have evolved over the years. You may notice that stores have…
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for December 2019
The most significant change this month is that all the TD offers expired from last month’s list, but they have new offers in place now. The one card that you might want to give a deeper look at is the…
Reasons to go on a Cruise
I know it has been a while since I last posted. Part of the reason was because I was on a cruise and I’m not about to pay for the high priced Internet usage fee. Also, I love the part…
Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for December 2019
Most offers this month started in November, since many promotions ended in October. So the majority of this list is carry-over from last month and end sometime in 2020 (GASP! Already almost the new year). For the most part, it…
Tiers / Levels of Credit Cards (updated December 2, 2019)
We last wrote a post about this topic back in 2015, so no doubt this was due for an update. The topic today is to discuss the different types of credit cards in Canada. The three primary credit card companies…
VIA Rail Black Friday Sale!
VIA Rail is currently offering its Black Friday sale that runs until December 2, 2019, as in you need to book your trip before then, but travel period starts runs from December 5, 2019 onward. The end period depends on…
Redeem Hilton Honors Points for Lyft Rides
Hilton Honors added a new option to redeem their points with Lyft. This is only available in Canada and the U.S.
Aeroplan Black Friday Promotions
Aeroplan is offering several bonus offers, including up to 10x the bonus miles on the eStore in celebration of Black Friday. Even though there is no Black Friday in Canada, many countries have hopped on the bandwagon. I cannot complain…
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for November 2019
Quite a few offers ended last month, but most offers got extended for this month. Ongoing Offers The reason I left this list (ongoing offers) up is that there are so few (just 2 really) permanent first year fee waived…
MBNA Amazon Credit Card Back Online!
The MBNA Amazon.ca Rewards MasterCard (MBNA, Amazon link)seems to be back in action. This was also reported by fellow blogger Rewards Canada. I was waiting to see if any changes would be made to the card, because I do not…
High Frequency VIA Rail Project (Québec City to Toronto Corridor)
This summer, VIA Rail announced a proposal to increase high frequency rail in the Québec City to Toronto Corridor. This is going to be a joint project between Canada Infrastructure Bank and VIA Rail Canada. In 2018, approximately 72% (or…
