CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Sign Up Bonus increased to 20,000 Aeroplan Miles + First Year Free + MORE Jan 4th

This came as a bit of a surprise, but CIBC has upped the sign up bonus on their CIBC Aerogold Visa Infinite Card to 20,000 Aeroplan Miles (15,000 upon approval and 5,000 more when you spend $500 in the first three months) and are waiving the first year annual fee.Why is it a surprise? Well this essentially beats out the new TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite card by 5,000 miles and $120 and it appears that anyone can sign up for the CIBC card (not just CIBC customers or people walking into the branch) If the competition between CIBC and TD stays like this one has to wonder if TD is going to actually gain anything from the Aeroplan relationship because of all the money they have to fork over to CIBC, to Aimia and of course the 15% more per Aeroplan mile than CIBC.Honestly, if I had to choose between the TD Infinite and the CIBC Infinite and wasn’t an All Inclusive plan holder at TD I would go for the CIBC offer for the extra miles and no annual fee in the first year.For more details on the offer visit https://www…

Rewards Canada reader H.S. alerted us to this offer.It hasn’t taken CIBC long to exploit new avenues away from their long standing relationship with Air Canada and Aeroplan.  Looks like CIBC and Porter airlines are working with one another now as Aventura cardholders can take advantage of this amazing redemption offer for flights on Porter Airlines!The offers based on the banner from the CIBC Rewards website states that you can fly on Porter between Toronto and New York for only 8,500 points as well as Chicago, Mont Tremblant and Burlington, VT for 10,000 points. Now, I am not a CIBC Aventura cardholder so I cannot tell you whether that is one way or round trip although I’m guessing round trip based on the Aventura award chart nor do we know the dates of the offer (if any of our readers wants to send us a screen shot of the terms and conditions after logging in that would be greatly appreciated!) 8,500 Points between Toronto and New York is a great deal considering the Aventure Infinite card comes with a 20,000 point sign up bonus right now, so that is two tickets to any of the destinations in this offer but if you got in on the card before December 31st chances are you took advantage of the 30,000 point sign up bonus which could get you three tickets with this promo!8,500 points is probably the lowest we have seen from any program between Toronto and New York as British Airways Executive Club is 9,000 Avios for the same two cities but if you look at it from credit card spend, the Avios deal is better for holders of cards like the American Express Gold Rewards Card as that 9,000 Avios can be earned with as little as $4,500 of spending versus as little as $5,667 in spending on the Aventura card…

Welcome back and Happy New Year! Despite the bleak weather, I’m a big fan of January  - it’s so energizing to emerge from the holidays with a fresh focus and perspective. And – no surprise here – improving personal finances top the resolution list for many Canadians.
We’re here to help you meet those money goals – and we have a few resoluitions up our sleeve for Money Wise too. Keep an eye out for exciting new features to come, and, as always, the top finance headlines, tips and tricks.
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