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Changes to the Fido and Rogers MasterCards
With the termination of the grandfathered Chase Marriott and Amazon cards, which waived foreign transaction fees, the Rogers Bank Fido MasterCard and Rogers Platinum MasterCard have become slight more popular cards to use on foreign purchases. However, effective March 13, 2018 and May 23,…
Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers for March 2018
Another month, another list! Keep in mind that we also have a Top Cash Back Credit Cards page. The difference is that the main page focuses on any (permanent or temporary offers), while this post focuses on temporary offers only. Note…
Esso and Aeroplan Parting Ways
Effective May 31, 2018, Esso stations will no longer issue Aeroplan miles. The current earning options are as follows:
[INTERVIEW] Who is Flightdrop?
Today, we are interviewing Jack Kim (top), Founder and Aaron Tian (bottom), Head of Growth, of Flightdrop, which is an App that’s making flight hacking easier and more seamless!
Maximize Your PC Optimum Points
Today we feature Pointshogger Contributor, Kyler Ayim, writer of How To Earn PC Optimum Points Faster, who will share his experience with the PC Optimum program! How do I get the most out of the PC Optimum rewards program? It’s a…
3x the Points with Aurora Rewards
I have been a fan of Aurora Rewards since it was launched. Unfortunately, they have a very niche market, but if you do travel within these destinations frequently, you will definitely want to have Aurora Rewards in your frequent flyer…
American Express Reducing Payment Processing Fees in Canada
American Express Canada (AMEX) has been known to charge high payment processing fees, which discourages many businesses from accepting AMEX cards as a payment option. This may change as the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has agreed on a deal with…
Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for March 2018
Quite a few credit cards has promotions that expired compared to last month’s list, so we have a much less impressive list this month. Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on: Top Cash Back…
Best Credit Cards for Foreign Purchases (updated March 3, 2018)
It was not long ago that I wrote this post, but already it is due for an update. I am happy to see that the Canadian credit card market has become more competitive on the foreign purchases front. More and more…
Capital One’s Identify Theft Findings
Today, I would like to share with you the results of a research conducted by Capital One Canada. March is Fraud Prevention Month, so it is only fitting to share a post regarding this matter. Capital One Canada conducted a survey…
Questioning Mainstream Media…
Fellow BoardingArea blogger, Ben, from One Miles at a Time, recently wrote a post entitled Where On Earth Is The Mainstream Media Finding These “Travel Experts?”. He referenced a news release called The Two Words That Will Help Get an Airline…
$25 Loblaw Gift Card
The controversial $25 Loblaw gift card has finally arrived in the mail for me. The expiry can found at the back of the card. It is September 2028 for mine.
