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Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for August - These cards provide some of the best value out of their welcome bonuses + MORE Aug 14th
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of July! 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 .... More »
October 2 Update: Air Canada makes eUpgrade process easier, AIR MILES adds Canadian Appliance Source as a new partner & IHG Rewards Club's 2x points offer now live + MORE Oct 3rd
Air Canada announced today that they have made the eUpgrade process easier and more rewarding. The eUpgrade improvements include: Simplified eUpgrade Request Process – Beginning October 6, members or their travel agents can request upgrades when they book, or any time prior to check-in .... More »
This Week in RWRDS April 4, 2025: The best credit card welcome bonuses for April + MORE Apr 5th
This week we look at the best credit card welcome bonus offers for this month, a 25% discount on reward flights from Montreal to Europe and beyond, Fiji Airways joining the oneworld alliance and much more in our weekly credit card and loyalty rewards newscast! Watch This Week in RWRDS here: Listen t.... More »
Free Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite Status for Scotiabank Gold American Express Cardholders + MORE Jul 20th
A new limited time benefit has been added to one of Canada’s best overall credit cards, the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card. Right now cardholders can get free Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite Status for 12 months – bypassing Marriott’s standard requirement of having to complete .... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – February 8 + MORE Feb 9th
Earn 1,500 More Rewards points for orders with Panago Pizza and four new Amex Cobalt Card multipliers from Kazakhstan. Check out today's points and miles updates here:
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Credit card interest rates hold steady at 14.87 percent
– creditcards.com
March 18, 2015: Average rates on new credit card offers held firm Wednesday, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report
Canadian consumers kept on borrowing more and more through to the end of 2014, a report from credit monitoring agency TransUnion says.
Mar 18 Update: Targeted Air Canada Double Miles offer, KLM delays Edmonton launch, the TD $100 Statement Credit debacle continues
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It’s an Aeroplan kind of day on Rewards Canada News, Tips & Tricks Don’t forget about Rewards Canada’s exclusive contest with Aeroplan! Simply shop via their online shopping portal eSTORE if you haven’t shopped there since May of last year and not only will you earn 5x Aeroplan Miles on all purchases made via the eSTORE but you’ll also get the chance to win 1 of 4 prizes of 2,500 Aeroplan Miles! To find out more about this exclusive contest visit this post:5x Miles for shopping via Aeroplan eSTORE if you haven’t shopped in the last year + RC Exclusive – Win 1 of 4 – 2,500 Miles for shopping via eSTORE Also be sure to check your email if you were targeted for an exclusive Air Canada Double Aeroplan Miles offer for select flights within Canada. You can try registering here but if you did not receive the email there is a good chance you won’t get the bonus miles. The $100 statement credit debacle from TD seems to be continuing. The latest comment on our post “TARGETED: Receive a $100 Statement Credit when you spend $100 or more with Air Canada on your TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite card” as one reader was told he wouldn’t qualify for the offer and was offered 100 Aeroplan miles instead but now appears to be able to receive the $100 credit…Complaints data show which cards pay refunds most, least often
– creditcards.com
A look at 14,000 credit card complaints sent to the federal consumer bureau shows big differences in how cards solve disputes
How to get a bigger tax refund
– moneysense.ca
Family tax cut and other deductions can double your tax refund (Getty Images / Peter Dazeley)It’s a brand new tax year—new tax filing adventures await, and this year I have great news of much bigger refunds for families under the new Family Tax Cut. Last year’s average tax refund was about $1,700, but this year’s refund will be up to twice that for some. Ah yes, now I have your attention! Here’s the lowdown on how to claim the Family Tax Cut, along with some of the other changes introduced this year.
The New Family Tax Cut
Introduced with great fanfare by Stephen Harper on October 30, this new provision will reduce the amount you have to pay in federal taxes, as long as you are a two-parent family with children under age 18. And you won’t need any new information to claim—just a sharper pencil.
To get the credit, you must re-allocate up to $50,000 in income from one spouse to the other using the new Schedule 1-A. The credit may be claimed by either spouse for a maximum tax savings of $2,000, and you’ll see the biggest benefit if one spouse has an income that’s much higher than the other…
