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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November 10 Update: Today Only! 10x AIR MILES for online shopping, 10 Free AIR MILES & Fairmont Orchid Gold Experience + MORE Nov 11th
Just a friendly reminder that today only you can earn 10x AIR MILES Reward Miles for each purchase of $20 or more made via airmilesshops.ca - remember as well that Indigo is offering 10x Plum Points on purchases over $40 - so go via airmilessshops to score 10x AM and then 10x Plun Points! More detai.... More »
British 'cannibal' killed after police discover him eating young woman's face - National Post + MORE Nov 7th
National PostBritish 'cannibal' killed after police discover him eating young woman's faceNational PostA British man died after being Tasered by police after he was confronted trying to eat the face and eyeball of a woman in his hotel room. Cerys Yemm, 22, was pronounced dead at the s.... More »
Annual fee vs. rewards value: Canadian credit cards worth the cost in 2026 Jun 13th
When choosing a credit card, the annual fee is one of the biggest considerations. In Canada, fees vary widely, from $0 to nearly $800 a year—and it’s easy to assume that paying more automatically means getting more value. But that isn’t always true.
A high-fee card can deliver strong reward.... More »
Millennials Could Be Hit Hardest by the Bank of Canada’s Interest Rate Hike Jun 2nd
Canadians, get ready to pay more to borrow money: The Bank of Canada, or BoC, announced a 0.50 per cent interest rate hike today to tame inflation, bringing its key interest rate up to 1.5 per cent, and signalled more hikes will come.
After slashing its key interest rate to 0.25 per cent at the o.... More »
American Express Cobalt Card: Earn up to 30,000 bonus points + transfer points 1:1 to Aeroplan Nov 6th
This card needs no introduction if you are a RWRDS Canada regular, however we continue to see a lot of new visitors to the site each and every month. So we want to present to those new readers the best credit card in Canada and the one we believe should be in every Canadian’s wallet. […].... More »
MBNA Choice Privileges MasterCard sign up bonus tripled to 24,000 points – No annual fee
– RewardsCanada.ca
For a limited time (until Jun 9, 14) MBNA is tripling the sign up bonus for the MBNA Choice Privileges MasterCard to 24,000 Privileges points. The bonus is enough points for 3 free nights at over 1,500 Choice Hotels locations in North America. For a list of Canadian properties that have reward nights at the 8,000 points or less level please see here. Considering there is no annual fee and if you don’t mind an inquiry on your credit rating once again this isn’t a bad offer to go for just to get the 3 free nights! Or you can convert them to Aeroplan at a rate of 5,000 Points to 1,000 Aeroplan Miles (so with this offer your are looking at 4,000 free Aeroplan Miles or other airline miles unless you can get to 25,000 points on your account to make it 5,000)MBNA Choice Privileges MasterCard provides• Up to 24,000 points – 8,000 points, enough for 1 free night upon your first purchase and an additional 16,000 points, enough for two more FREE nights upon making an eligible purchase by July 31, 2014…Mar 7 Update: WestJet to offer Toronto-Phoenix flights, mbna Choice Privileges MasterCard increased bonus & 18 new bonuses
– RewardsCanada.ca
Here is the Friday round up: WestJet launches YYZ-PHX and mbna Choice Privileges sign up bonus increase are the two big headlines. News, Tips & Tricks WestJet announced new daily, non-stop service between Toronto and Phoenix that starts October 26, 2014. (Source: WestJet.com) Schedule is as follows: Flight Departing Arriving Effective 1170 Toronto at 9:45 a.m. Phoenix at 11:35 a.m. October 26, 2014 1171 Phoenix at 12:20 p.m. Toronto at 7:27 p.m. October 26, 2014 Sri Lankan Airlines will officially join the oneworld alliance on May 1st of this year. With the return of the 24,000 point sign up bonus for the Choice Privileges MasterCard we have updated our Travel Hacking 101 post to reflect this.Gone is the up to 75,000 Aeroplan Mile offer for buying a Volvo however that has been replaced with a new 40,000 mile offer. See the bonus offer section for details. Bonus Offers Air Canada Aeroplan- 40,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you purchase a 2014 Volvo S60, XC60 or XC90 R-Design model More…
