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Priority Pass to Increase One-Time Visit Fee from American Express
Effective October 1, 2018, Priority Pass is increasing its one-time lounge visit fee of $27 to $32 for American Express credit card holders. Priority Pass explains that it has been over 10 years since there has been an increase. As…
Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for September 2018
Quite a few cards came off the list from last month (e.g. TD, RBC), so it is currently very slim pickings. I was hoping that we would see some momentum this fall as we close out the year strong. Hopefully…
Comparing Canadian and U.S. SPG American Express (updated August 29, 2018)
There have been quite a few changes since my last post Comparing Canadian and U.S. SPG American Express; namely the merger between Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest. As a result, this post is definitely due for a major update. One…
Earn Back to School Bonus Air Miles
Since everyone is focused on back-to-school shopping, you may want to look at the bonus Air Miles’ shopping portal, Airmilesshops. From now until September 9, collectors can get earn up to 1,000 bonus miles through airmilesshops.ca. The bonuses are broken down as follows:
Are banks doing “Tied Selling”?
This may be my most controversial post yet. The concept of “Tied Selling”, as defined by Investopedia is: Tied selling is the illegal practice of a company providing a product or service on the condition that a customer purchases some…
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for August 2018
Most promotional offers are running until the end of October, so few changes from last month. Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on: Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers Top Higher than Normal Sign…
Air Canada, TD, CIBC, Visa and Aimia Reach New Agreement
After some more back and forth, it looks like Aeroplan is finally being bought out by the Air Canada, TD, CIBC, Visa consortium. Looks like me that Aimia was not happy with the initial offer that they rejected at the beginning of…
[INTERVIEW] Reader Questions Answered – By Jeremy Rabe, CEO, Aimia
Today, we feature Jeremy Rabe, the CEO of Aimia (owner of Aeroplan) who has answered as many of the questions asked by our readers as they could. Thank you Jemery for taking the time to answer all the questions. We…
Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for August 2018
Several promotions came to an end from last month, but got extended. You will find that most promotions run until the end of October. Keep in mind that we also have an going Top Cash Back Credit Cards page which consists of…
Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for August 2018
I am a little late on this list compared to normal. The reason is because there were very few changes to this list, so I wanted to give it more time to see if something comes up. Unfortunately, nothing significant…
[INTERVIEW] Who is Get Digs?
Today we are interviewing Meg McQuillan, one of the co-founders of a new rent service, Get Digs, newly launched in Ontario by RBC Ventures. Get Digs wants to make rent a great experience rather than a series of annoying hurdles…
Aeroplan Teams up with Porter Airlines
I was interviewed by Global News today about the Aeroplan and Porter Airlines team up (Use points or keep saving? What Canadians should know about the Aeroplan-Porter deal). In addition to this announcement, Aimia (owner of Aeroplan) has rejected the…
