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Big new welcome bonus of 140,000 points on The Platinum Card from American Express + MORE Oct 30th
An awesome welcome bonus of up to 140,000 Membership Rewards points has been revealed The Platinum Card® from American Express This new offer is 40,000 points higher than the last offer and is available to new customers who are approved for the card and meet the minimum spending requirements set ou.... More »
AIR MILES and Shell introduce Shell Go+ - an opportunity for all cardholders to earn more AIR MILES Reward Miles + MORE Jul 14th
AIR MILES gave us a quick teaser last week that collectors will be able to earn more miles with Shell and details would be revealed this week. Those details are out now with the new initiative being called Shell Go+ and it is described to us by AIR MILES as "provides access to a full suite of member.... More »
Why tax season is turning into a debt trap for Canadians (and how to avoid it) Apr 2nd
If you typically carry a credit card balance, you’re in good company. The recent Study of the Canadian Consumer (Winter 2026) by Vividata shows that more than 1 in 3 Canadians (36%) usually have a credit card balance from month to month. What’s striking, however, is the study’s finding that 49.... More »
February 9 Update: HBC chooses Neo Financial to issue their new Mastercard, Guide to Credit Card Cash Back Liquidity & Air Canada announces more lay offs and route cuts Feb 10th
Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC +Rewards Mastercard which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 30,000 bonus poin.... More »
American Express has sent out letters to those who have the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card outlining the details of the changes to the card that are coming on August 4th. We provided this information in our post “New earn rates and benefits revealed for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express” but one detail that we did not receive at the time which is in the letter is that an Elite Night Credit is coming in the year. Thank you to our reader Harry B. for letting me know about it as I didnt’ read the flipside of the letter where this was mentioned. I know not offering elite nights was a bone of contention for some of our readers saying they should offer this and that the U.S. card offers a 15 night elite credit. Well the good news is we’re getting it on the card although we don’t know the details I am guessing it will be the same as the U.S. card (and the old Chase Marriott card) of 15 nights. That seems to be the rate that Marriott likes to allow the credit card issuers to give out…Reconsideration lines offer a second chance at credit card approval
– creditcards.com
If your credit card application has been denied you might have a second chance of approval by calling the issuer’s reconsideration line. Here’s when to call and what to say.
