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Holiday travel: 7 ways to snag an early deal using card rewards Oct 6th
If you start planning your holiday trip now, your credit card can help you score major savings and travel perks, if you use travel portals, card benefits and other online tools..... More »
American Express will issue replacement Annual Travel Credits for Platinum Cardmembers who didn't use them during the pandemic + MORE Apr 8th
The Platinum Card from American Express may be one of the most expensive cards to carry in your wallet at $699 per year but there's good reason for that. You have an amazing lounge access program, you get automatic hotel elite status with numerous hotel chains, you get the Fine Hotels & Re.... More »
If you want to redeem your points and miles for gift cards you may want to do so sooner than later Mar 26th
Earlier today we brought you the news that Best Western Rewards removed the option to redeem their points for gift cards. Now, we see Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards has done the same thing (Source Doctor of Credit) and that leads us to believe more programs may head down this route. Airlines.... More »
Podcast Episode 65 - Coronavirus Update, Rogers Mastercard devaluation & Marriott Bonvoy Category Changes + MORE Feb 24th
Episode 65 - February 24, 2020 Coronavirus Update, Rogers Mastercard devaluation & Marriott Bonvoy Category ChangesThis week we cover a range of topis. We discuss the Coronavirus and how it is affecting travel, what travel and credit card insurance covers or does not cover, ai.... More »
How to make Loblaws pay the most with your $25 gift card + MORE Jan 13th
The bread aisle at a Loblaws in Toronto. (Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Bread buyers are angry, and rightfully so. Last December, Loblaw Co. confessed to operating a price-fixing scheme on bread with its parent company George Weston Ltd. Between 2001 and 2015, Loblaw grocery retailers.... More »
Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for June
– RewardsCanada.ca
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of June! 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 (sign up) 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 you grab them strictly for sign up rewards. In fact all of the cards on this list for June are first year free so you can try them out at no cost 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! There is no change in the list this month from May. Here are our top 5 credit card sign up offers for June (in alphabetical order)American Express Gold Rewards Card – 25,000 Points (Apply here)A mainstay offer here on Rewards Canada and a card that really should be in everyone’s wallets…
What happens after Air Canada severs ties with Aeroplan? Definitive answers are lacking. CBC has learned a number of Air Canada customers have had tickets cancelled without warning — the latest involving a Vancouver woman who learned her ticket had been refunded when she checked her credit card statement. An air passenger rights advocate says it appears Air Canada’s fraud detection system is rejecting valid credit charges.
How to Refinance Your Debt When You Have Bad Credit
– ratesupermarket.ca
How to Improve Your Credit Score: This series by personal finance specialist Amanda Reaume focuses on how to improve something that many people overlook: your credit score. These posts will give you tips and tricks to improve your chances of getting approved for better rates when you apply for credit – leading to better student loans, car loans and even mortgages.
If you have a significant amount of debt, it’s easy to feel discouraged about your future finances. After all, a nice chunk of your income is likely being put towards repaying your debt each month and you might not even be seeing much progress. That’s why it’s so important to refinance your debt at a lower interest rate in order to repay it faster.
But many people with significant amounts of debt face a catch-22: Because they have so much debt, their credit score likely isn’t very high – which can make it difficult to qualify for refinancing.
Here are some tips on how to improve your credit quickly in order to refinance your debt and a look at the pros and cons of some commons ways to refinance debt…
Earn 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for Best Western stays this summer
– RewardsCanada.ca
We’ve already let you know about Best Western’s own summer promo offering up to $20 in gift cards per night but what if you don’t frequent Best Western’s or don’t think you’ll have a future stay to use up those gift cards at? Credit your stay to Aeroplan! Especially now that they have a summer promotion offering 1,000 bonus miles for stays until the end of August.Offer details:Earn 1,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles for each stay at Best Western Hotels Worldwide. Full details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Until Aug 31, 17Find many more Aeroplan bonus offers here.
