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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…

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…

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 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…

Hilton Honors added a new option to redeem their points with Lyft. This is only available in Canada and the U.S.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Many offers expired at the end of October, so November is mostly a fresh month with many new offers that were either extended or changed up. You will even notice some offers that were supposed to end in November that…

Quite a few changes were made to the American Express Air Miles Reserve Card and BMO Air Miles World Elite MasterCard since I wrote the comparison post, so I thought I’d give a proper update to both cards at the…

The Aeroplan eStore is jumping ahead by offering up to 7x the miles when making online purchases between November 4, 2019 and November 17, 2019. Just in time for the holiday shopping with over 170 online retailers. Some of the…