September 1 Update: Minor change to mbna Alaska Airlines MasterCard, 1,000 Bonus SkyMiles for Starwood stays and more! + MORE Sep 1st

Our deluge of credit card changes for September continues! mbna has given their Best Western MasterCard a slight refresh for the fall. The main changes happening to card are the additional points earning for using the card at Best Western properties as you’ll now earn 5 points per dollar spent at BW properties, however the point earning on all other spending now drops to 1 point per dollar spent from 1.5. Definitely a downgrade on the regular spending. It appears they are really targeting big time Best Western users with this card now as not only does it earn more for BW stays but cardholders will now get Gold status on first purchase (rather than a one level elite status upgrade when reaching $6,000 in spend) and Diamond Status when spending $10,000 on the card within one year. Good news is the sign up bonus of 20,000 points remains.Card details:• Earn 1 Best Western Rewards® point for every $1 in eligible purchases‡ • Earn 5 Best Western Rewards® points for every $1 in eligible purchases at Best Western properties‡ • Earn 20,000 Best Western Rewards® points†† on your first purchase – enough for a free night stay • You will be awarded “Gold Status” upon first use of your credit card and “Diamond Status” when you spend $10,000 in eligible purchases within one year◊◊ • No limit to the Best Western Rewards® points that can be earned using the credit card in a year • Use your Best Western Rewards® points in many ways – hotel stays, elite status upgrades◊◊, dining, airfare, gift cards and more…

Wow! It is nice to see that some Canadian cities have returned to Air France KLM’s Promo Awards. We haven’t seen any since April, so somewhat good news albeit not great as the discounts aren’t the best for this set.  The offer this time is only for 25% off Business Class on KLM out of Vancouver and Montreal or on Air France from Toronto to anywhere in Europe. For some if you were planning to redeem anyways for flights during the promotional perioed you might as well grab the 25% if it works for you but in general its nothing to write home about! Don’t have all the miles? You could always consider transferring Starpoints earned via the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express to Flying Blue. The card has a 20,000 Starpoint bonus right now which translates to 25,000 Flying Blue miles.  What are the promo awards? The promo awards are a discount of 25-50% off the regular Flying Blue mileage requirement for select Air France, KLM, Air Europa and Kenya Airways award tickets in select cabins…

And the fight for new customers begins! As we always see when summer vacation comes to a close and September starts, new credit cards come out, new offers for existing credit cards come out and existing cards get changed. Over the next few days we should see quite a bit of this action as the Canadian card issuers vie for your business!Here are the first two changes we know of and they come to us from BMO and are for two of their AIR MILES co-brand credit cards. BMO® AIR MILES®† MasterCard®* Apply now Limited time: Get up to 800 Bonus AIR MILES and there’s No annual feeEarn more reward miles when you use your card at Shell, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car1 AIR MILES reward mile for every $20 that you spend on your credit card BMO® AIR MILES®† World Elite®* MasterCard®* Apply now Limited time: Get up to 3,000 Bonus AIR MILES- that’s enough for 3 select short haul flightsExclusive 25% Flight Discount on all AIR MILES flights in North America with no blackout  periods1 AIR MILES reward mile for every $10 that you spend on your credit cardLooking at these offers with our AIR MILES valuation of 11 to 15 cents per Reward Miles see the sign up bonus value of these cards increased to as high $120 for the no fee card (that’s a pretty decent value for a card that costs you nothing!) and as much as $450 for the World Elite version…

Almost forgot to put up today’s update! News, Tips & Tricks To add to all the credit card changes we’ve already announced today there is one more to let you know about. There is a very small change to the mbna Alaska Airlines MasterCard. The sign up bonus of 25,000 miles will no longer be awarded upon approval rather it will be doled out on first purchase. Not a huge change at all. Looks like they want people to actually use the card for at least a purchase and not leave it at home only to utilize the sign up bonus and the companion ticket offer. Read our review of this hidden gem of a card. Don’t forget about our promotion where you can get a $250 Gift Card from Rewards Canada. Find out more here. Posts since our last update: mbna Best Western MasterCard Changes – Gold status with 1st purchase, Diamond status with $10K of purchases, changes in point earning Our deluge of credit card changes for September continues! mbna has given their Best Western MasterCard a slight refresh…Air France KLM Flying Blue – Save 25 % on Business Class award tickets between YUL, YVR, YYZ & Europe for Nov/Dec Travel Wow! It is nice to see that some Canadian cities have returned to Air France KLM’s Promo Awards…

As you may be well aware of the 25,000 Aeroplan Mile Bonus and First Year Free offer for the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card ended yesterday. It has now been replaced with this offer that still awards 25,000 miles however now it has 50% fee rebate in the first year which brings the cost of the card down to $60 and also adds up to $50 off at Shop.ca plus 3,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you use the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card at Shop.ca by December 31st. The take advantage of this offer you must apply by October 30th.Offer DetailsEarn 25,000 Aeroplan Miles and 50% off your first year annual fee when you apply for and receive the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card. Earn 15,000 miles when you complete your first purchase and an additional 10,000 miles when you keep your Account active and in good standing for 90 days. Plus Get a one-time discount of up to $50 at SHOP.CA, plus an additional 3,000 Aeroplan Miles when you use your TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card at SHOP.CA by December 31, 2015…