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AIR MILES Cancels Expiry
Seriously Air Miles? They decided to take a page out of Aeroplan’s book. Remember when Aeroplan introduced a 7 year hard expiry on its points? Basically, your miles would have expired 7 years from the day they were deposited, regardless…
Ranking the Credit Card Portfolios of Each Canadian Financial Institutions (updated December 1, 2016)
A few changes to the credit card industry, as well as a new addition warrants an update to this list. Below is the explanation of each grouping:
Credit Card Companies that Can Take it to the Next Level
You may have already been reading my top credit card company rankings that I post every few months. The next one is coming out tomorrow. However, I did want to isolate 5 specific companies that I strongly believe that they…
Best Air Miles Reward Redemption
One thing that I haven’t done is talk about what are the top reward redemption to choose from, assuming they are available, *cough cough. But let’s assume that the award is available. Below is a list of what I think…
American Express Upgrading its Fixed Points Travel Rewards
My friend Jeff, from Canadian Kilometers recently wrote a post about the new American Express Fixed Points Travel Rewards. He offered a very comprehensive explanation, so I will supplement what he already mentioned. I am actually very excited about this…
Higher Than Normal Shoppers Redemption Event!
It took almost a year for this reward redemption event to come around again. This November 26 and 27, 2016, you can receive bonus cash back off when you redeem your Shoppers Optimum Points.
[GIVEAWAY] 18,500 Scotia Reward Points
This month, Scotiabank has relaunched its Scotia Rewards program with some interesting enhancements worth looking out for. In celebration of this move, Scotiabank has teamed up with us to do a 18,500 points giveaway if you are an existing credit…
PayPower Switching to MasterCard
Our buddy Boris from PointsU gave us a heads up about PayPower switching from Visa to MasterCard. It looks like Visa is taking another hit (i.e. not landing Costco, Walmart fiasco, etc.), albeit a minor one. PayPower has been issuing…
Saturday Updates (Aeroplan, United Airlines)
It has been a while since I last provided Saturday updates, so I thought I’d do one today. Today’s theme will focus on two Star Alliance members, Air Canada and United Airlines.
[DISCONTINUED] Last Batch of Capital One IHG Reward Points
In the summer of 2015, the Capital One co-branded IHG Rewards credit cards discontinued. However, existing credit cardholders were grandfathered. But a year later, grandfathered cardholders received a letter stating that their credit cards will cease on November 7, 2016,…
Another Positive Integration from the Marriott and SPG Merger
We just heard from our contacts at Marriott, providing us an update on the progress of the integration with SPG. You can also check out our video interview from the beginning of the merger.
Fly Economy or First Class?
The question has been asked frequently about whether it is more worth it to redeem your hard earned miles for economy or first class. Some people would argue that they rather have more trips, so economy. Others want to be…
