Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for October 2017

Another month, another top list. Note that this list only mentions the higher than normal sign up bonuses. You can also check out the top credit cards by category on the drop down menu on our main.

We also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

• Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
• Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards

Please let us know in the comment section below if you would like to see other types of monthly lists as well!

For now, I ranked the credit cards by the price of the annual fees (lowest to highest):

• BMO SPC Air Miles MasterCard – no annual fee, earn 500 sign up bonus Air Miles after your first purchase (if you sign up before October 31, 2017).

• BMO Air Miles MasterCard – no annual fee, earn 500 sign up bonus Air Miles after your first purchase (if you sign up before November 30, 2017).

• Scotiabank Scene Visa – no annual fee, earn 5,000 sign up bonus Scene points after spending $500 in the first 3 months (if you apply before October 31, 2017).

• Scotiabank More Rewards Visa Card – no annual fee, earn 15,000 sign up bonus More Reward points (if you apply before December 31, 2017), earn 5,000 when you apply and another 10,000 after your first purchase made before August 30, 2017).

• Scotiabank Gold American Express Card – $99 annual fee (first year fee waived if you apply before October 31, 2017), earn 30,000 sign up bonus after spending $750 in the first 3 month (if you apply before October 31, 2017).

• American Express Cobalt Card – $10 monthly fee, earn 40,000 sign up bonus. Earn 10,000 after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months (if you applying before January 30, 2018, earn 2,500 monthly bonus points if you spend $500 in the first 12 months.

• BMO Air Miles World Elite MasterCard – $120 annual fee (first year fee waived if you apply before November 30, 2017), earn 3,000 sign up bonus Air Miles (if you apply before November 30, 2017). Earn 1,000 miles after the first purchase and earn an additional 2,000 miles after spending $3,000 within the first 3 months.

• American Express SPG Credit Card – $120 annual fee, earn 25,000 sign up bonus Starpoints (if you apply before October 18, 2017) after spending $1,500 in 3 months.

• RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum – $120 annual fee, earn 30,000 sign up bonus Asia Miles (if you apply before October 31, 2017). Earn 15,000 upon approval and earn an additional 15,000 if you spend $7,500 in the first 3 months.

• RBC Avion Infinite Visa – $120 annual fee, earn 30,000 sign up bonus points (if you apply before October 31, 2017). Earn 15,000 upon approval and earn an additional 15,000 on the anniversary of having this card.

• TD First Class Travel Visa Infinite Card – $120 annual fee (first your fee waived if you apply before December 3, 2017), earn 50,000 sign up bonus TD Points (if you apply before December 3, 2017). Earn 20,000 TD Points after the first purchase and earn an additional 30,000 TD points when you spend $1,000 in the first 90 days.

• American Express SPG Business Credit Card – $150 annual fee,earn 25,000 sign up bonus Starpoints (if you apply before October 18, 2017) after spending $1,500 in 3 months.

• BMO World Elite MasterCard – $150 annual fee (waived the first year if you apply before November 30, 2017), earn 20,000 sign up bonus points (if you apply before November 30, 2017).

• CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Privilege Card – $399 annual fee, $99 annual fee for an authorized user and earn 50,000 sign up bonus Aeroplan miles. Earn 25,000 miles after the first purchase and an additional 25,000 after spending $1,000 in the first 3 months (if you apply before October 31, 2017).

• Scotiabank Platinum American Express Card – $399 annual fee, $99 annual fee for an authorized user and earn 30,000 sign up bonus points after making a purchase in the first 2 months (if you apply before October 31, 2017).

As usual, please let me know if I missed anything!