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How Canadian Flights are Affected to and from Brussels
It has been a sad week for travellers. As a result of the tragedy, Air Canada and many other airlines are offering a free rebooking.
American Express Referral Sign Up Bonus Increases
Finally some good news coming out of American Express. It does not completely make up for changing the rule to once-in-a-life-time sign up bonus and decreasing the number of credit cards that qualify for a referral bonus, but it does…
Top United States Credit Cards Offered in Canada (updated March 23, 2016)
It has been a while since we last updated this list. With the weak Canadian dollar, apparently slowly recovering, I thought I’d update the list of United States affiliated credit cards offered by Canadian financial institutions.
Introduction to Manufactured Spending
First of all, I want to mention that this post is not about teaching people how to manufacture spend. It is more about explaining the concept. So if you already know what this is about, then you won’t need to…
Building a Credit Card Portfolio (around $2,000 spending per month)
Today, the credit card portfolio that I will be suggested is for people who spend about $2,000 a month on all their credit card bills put together. This is generally for small families of about 4 people, (2 adults and…
Signing up for Credit Cards Using Third Party Sites
I have been asked why I do not mention credit card sign up bonuses offers from third party websites. Today, I will give me thoughts on third party sites and also explain why I haven’t mentioned them in all my…
Rundown of United Airlines’ MileagePlus for Canadians (updated March 19, 2016)
Though United Airlines may not be best known for its elite program, they do hold a lot of value in terms of rewards redemptions. Unfortunately for Canadians, there is no co-branded credit card that allows us to earn United Airline’s…
Travel Between Montreal to Toronto in 30 Minutes
In 2013, SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk announced a Hyperloop challenge to design what he calls a “fifth mode of transportation.” A Toronto startup company called Transpod took up the challenge and is looking at designing a high speed…
List of Airline Alliances (updated March 17, 2016)
The list of airline alliances needs an update from last time. Most of the changes came with the main airline affiliates (which I identified below in bullet format).
WestJet Bonus Dollars Promotions
WestJet is offering several bonus dollars promotions simultaneously for specific routes.
Rundown of the Petro-Points Program
Petro-Canada has a rewards program called Petro-Points. There are actually a few hidden gems about this program in terms of earning and redeeming points. Note that it is free to sign up. I personally would not go out of my…
Aurora Rewards Sunset Seat Sale
I am more than happy to write a post about Aurora Rewards, Canada’s newest frequent flyer program.
