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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M.G. Vassanji delivers a dystopian story + MORE Oct 1st
NOSTALGIA
By M.G. Vassanji
Vassanji built his reputation as one of CanLit’s favourite sons with novels focused on colonialism, immigration and the search for identity in a cruel, complex world. His latest book tries to carry those themes into a new genre, dystopian fiction. Nostalgia is set in a .... More »
Alberta paleontologists confirm ‘Scotty’ is world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex - Global News + MORE Mar 22nd
Alberta paleontologists confirm ‘Scotty’ is world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex Global NewsAlberta paleontologists discover world's biggest and oldest Tyrannosaurus rex CTV NewsPaleontologists report world's biggest Tyrannosaurus rex Phys.orgView full coverage on.... More »
Poll: Lending out your credit card often leads to disaster + MORE Mar 6th
Nearly half of Americans who have owned credit cards lent them out to other people. For a third of them, it didn't end well.... More »
Air Canada Aeroplan Family Pool Flight Bonuses for travel to Casablanca or Seoul + MORE Jul 26th
Air Canada launched two new flight promotions this month to earn bonus Aeroplan points on travel to Casablanca or Seoul. What is unique about these promotions is that they are targeted to Aeroplan Family Pool members and at least two members of the pool must complete the requirements of the of.... More »
May 7 Update: Aeroplan buy miles sale craziness and have we seen the last of WestJet's 767s? + MORE May 8th
The Aeroplan buy miles sale that launched at 10am this morning was so successful that it created a lot of issues. Some of our readers and ourselves couldn't even log on to the system and/or got errors and that seemed to be the case for a lot of people as Points.com who facilitates the process saw.... More »
From a high-profile fight between two of the biggest companies in the world, to a new government program that brings real money to families that need it, it was an up and down week for consumers in Canada. The CBC’s Jacqueline Hansen sorts out the details in her weekly video recap.
Struggling homeowner reliant on credit looks at raiding 401(k)
– creditcards.com
With credit maxed out, car shot, raiding the 401(k) is tempting, but don’t do it
July 22 Update: Air Canada launches crowdfunding travel site Embarq and 3 way to keep AIR MILES from expiring
– RewardsCanada.ca
News, Tips & TricksAir Canada has launched a first of its kind crowdfunding website called Embarq to helps travellers raise funds to reach a travel goal. The site has actually been around since March when it soft launched. The website, created in partnership with marketing firm JWT, facilitates contributions to a travel goal by encouraging users to upload photos or a video story and spread the campaign through social media. It was soft launched in March.“No other airline is offering a similar product,” Ms. Filali said. “More and more of our existing customers were purchasing our e-gift card to help friends and relatives with their travel dreams.” (Excerpt from The Globe and Mail)We took a look at the site and while we think it is an interesting concept it doesn’t seem to be taking off just yet. Most people who have posted a travel goal have not received any fundng from anyone. We saw one person who actually reached their goal for a honeymoon (probably sent it to everyone invited to their wedding so it makes funding it easy!) another at only 5% of their goal and another at 2%…
