Getting a credit card after bankruptcy can help credit score + MORE Oct 15th

The average APR on the credit cards from America’s largest retailers has risen to 23.43 percent, according a CreditCards.com survey

Lots going on this Wednesday! News, Tips & TricksToday is the last day to Enter to win a $100 Gas Card! Simply talk to us about the new Scotia GM cards for a chance to win! Find out  more here Earn some free Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints! We all love free points and miles, especially if it means you can save points in an account you don’t use too often from expiring. Now I would think most of our readers have activity in their SPG accounts quite frequently but their may be some of you who just haven’t had an SPG stay or points activity in the past 11 months or so who need to keep their account active. That’s where a nice little offer like these 150 Free Starpoints come in handy! Last week we let you know about the transfer bonus from RBC Rewards to WestJet Rewards. We were incorrect in stating it was for Avion cardholders only, in fact it is open to all RBC Rewards members. We featured NBC’s World Elite MasterCard in our Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for October but wanted to heed a warning about one of their insurance coverages as brought to our attnetion by Rewards Canada reader Richard R…

A post-bankruptcy credit card is one step toward restoring your credit score, but there are others, too

This is the second ‘Travel Hacking’ specific post here on Rewards Canada, the first Travel Hacking 101 looks at how you can earn tens of thousands of Aeroplan Miles or Avios for free. While much of what we do helps you with your loyalty programs on a daily basis and could be considered travel hacking in many ways, these Travel Hacking posts really delve into the topic.Many people seem to shove AIR MILES aside and don’t bother with the program, especially frequent travellers, however we wanted to show you that even this program can be ‘hacked’ to save you several hundred dollars if not even up to a thousand dollars on travel. True it isn’t the potential thousands of dollars with hacking Aeroplan or Avios but still this one more method for Canadians to save money on their travels.* I state free in the title as I assume you would be spending this money anyways on these credit cards so you might as well be rewarded for it with free AIR MILES!American Express Air Miles Platinum Credit CardThis card offers a whopping 2,000 AIR MILES Reward Miles as welcome bonus if you spend $500 on the card within the first three months of having it…