November 15 Update: WestJet Rewards becoming a real contender, YYC to YYZ via AMS on Air France KLM & 2 new Canadian Marriott stay bonuses + MORE Nov 16th

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ENDS SOON: Up to 100,000 points with the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege Card Dec 14th

Just like yesterday’s advance notice for the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite card offer ending soon, their Ultra Premium Aeroplan co-brand card, the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card will see its welcome bonus offer of up to 100,000 bonus Aeroplan points also end soon. We are providing .... More »
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Metro and Food Basics stores in Ontario to move to Moi Rewards from AIR MILES + MORE Apr 25th

Another day another shake up in the world of loyalty rewards in Canada. METRO Inc. has announced they will be leaving the AIR MILES later this year in favour of their in-house program Moi Rewards. Launched in Quebec in 2023, Moi Rewards is the revamped version of the retailer’s Metro&Moi .... More »
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Air Canada with TD, CIBC and Visa make a bid to buy Aeroplan back + MORE Aug 1st

We continue with our catch up posts from last week with what was the biggest news of the week if not the year now and that was the news that Air Canada along with TD, CIBC and Visa making a bid to buy Aeroplan from Aimia!The news, when it was released was surprising but in reality it it makes a lot .... More »
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September 13 Update: Reminder that Marriott Bonvoy Peak/Off Peak pricing comes tomorrow along with other changes, up to 100 Bonus AIR MILES at Rexall & more! Sep 14th

A friendly reminder that today is the last day of flat rate redemption awards for Marriott Bonvoy. As of tomorrow, Peak and Off-Peak pricing will kick in which means that some awards will cost more, some less, it all depends and when and where you are staying. Today is also the last day to book .... More »
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AIR MILES will match collector donations made to Food Banks Canada and Kids Help Phone + MORE Apr 9th

AIR MILES revealed a new campaign that starts today whereby they will match donations made by their members to Food Banks Canada and Kids Help Phone. To participate you can redeem 500 Dream Miles to either of the charities which turns into a $50 donation to them. AIR MILES will then match all of the.... More »
November 15 Update: WestJet Rewards becoming a real contender, YYC to YYZ via AMS on Air France KLM & 2 new Canadian Marriott stay bonusesThis is just me thinking out loud here….. WestJet Rewards and Air France KLM Flying Blue finally announced reciprocal redemption from their respective reward programs today. We covered using WestJet dollars on AF KLM earlier today and this is great news that I wanted to talk about more. The ever expanding capacity of WestJet Rewards is making the program that much stronger and a contender. It is one to watch out for and to consider joining. With redemption possibilities on WestJet, Delta, Air France, KLM and soon Qantas, there isn’t much of the world left that you won’t be able to get to. Yes it is only in economy class (for the time being ) but the reality is that is what most Canadians redeem for. Even Aeroplan let us know that redeeming for business class isn’t a major award goal. When they raised the amount of miles required for business class flights to Europe and several other award categories a few years ago, they themselves stated that this affected only about 2% of their members…

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Fraudsters may be more likely to strike during the holiday season when consumer spending is high, so vigilance is especially important from November to January.

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Simply unprecedented - SimplyCash Preferred Card from American Express offers up to 10% cash backContinuing on with our tweet from Monday:This is the definite good news for Wednesday on top of all the other good news we already posted!A Canadian first, perhaps a worldwide first, but as of today you can get a 10% return on credit card spending. Yes it is limited to specific category spending but all we can say is wow! We have never seen a published 10% offer before. Has it been possible to pull value of 10% or more out of credit cards? Yes with frequent flyer and frequent guest cards like The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express but those are not published returns. Here we have a card that is marketing and publishing a 10% return!As of today if you apply for and are approved for the SimplyCash Preferred Card from American Express you will earn 10% cash back on eligible gas, grocery and restaurant purchases in Canada for the first 6 months of Cardmembership (up to $300 cash back). The previous offer was 5% up to to $300. So your total value doesn’t change but you can now reach that limit twice as fast with only $3,000 in category spending versus $6,000 of overall spending! SimplyCash Preferred Card from American ExpressCard Name: SimplyCashTM Preferred Card from American ExpressCard Type: Credit    Annual Fee: $99Product Details: New SimplyCash Preferred Card from American Express Cardmembers can earn 10% cash back on eligible gas, grocery and restaurant purchases in Canada for the first 6 months of Cardmembership (up to $300 cash back) Earn 2% cash back on all other purchases and when your welcome rate ends…

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Despite the growth in alternatives such as debit and credit cards, Canadians still use cash to process more than half of all transactions, the Bank of Canada calculates.

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