The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer credit cards and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Did you know that there are many other options?
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Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for December - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses + MORE Dec 8th
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of December 2020! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a .... More »
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Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for April
– RewardsCanada.ca
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of April! This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the sign up bonus, but when most or all of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when not taking into account insurance packages and other non-reward benefits. In fact all 5 cards on this list for April are first year free so you can try them out at no cost, get over $1,000 in rewards and decide later on if the card is right for you. All the while earning the sign up bonus which can be used to subsidize your travels! Just ensure you drop any cards you don’t like before your 1st year anniversary. No changes this month from the March list. Enjoy! So here are our top 5 credit card sign up offers for April (in alphabetical order)American Express Gold Rewards Card – 25,000 Points (Apply here)A mainstay offer here on Rewards Canada, the American Express Gold Rewards card has its first year fee of $150 waived and will award you 25,000 Membership Rewards points when you complete $500 in spending in the first three months…
April 6 Update: Double Points on Amtrak out of Montreal, Toronto & Vancouver, KLM to Kuwait for $999 and 14 new bonuses!
– RewardsCanada.ca
News, Tips & Tricks Air New Zealand will be adding a fourth weekly flight out of Vancouver for the month of November. Not huge news but always provides that extra slight chance of getting a redemption via Aeroplan or other Star Alliance airlines (or even AIR MILES) although expect huge carrier surcharges on them. (Source Airlineroute.net)If you are planning to travel by train to the U.S. on Amtrak be sure to register for their Double Days promotion to earn bonus Guest Rewards points. See the link below in the bonus offers section. Posts since our last update: Hotel Review: Canalta Hotel, Melfort SK Fast forward to March 2016 and we have more travel to rural Saskatchewan where hotel choices are slim pickings. Travel Deals Its Wednesday, so you know what that means! KLM Wild on Wednesday! This week it is Kuwait for only $999 from the east or $1099 from the west! Book by Apr 7 for travel May 7-Jun 18 and Sep 11-Oct 15. Find out more here Bonus Offers Aegean Miles&Bonus- Double Miles&Bonus Miles on Hertz car rentals in Greece…April 6, 2016: The average credit card interest rate held firm Wednesday, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
