November 17 Update: KLM to charge for economy seat selection, British Airways Toronto-London for $797 and lots of bonuses! + MORE Nov 17th

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Apple’s year-old mobile-payments service is expanding to more countries, banks and merchants, as it faces growing competition and some challenges before it becomes as commonplace as plastic cards.
Apple Pay is available in Canada starting Tuesday and in Australia on Thursday. Those are two countries where “tap” payments — tapping a phone or chip-embedded card to the store’s payment machine — are already more common than in the U.S. In those countries, however, Apple Pay is limited initially to American Express cards.
In the U.S., where Apple Pay started in October 2014, the service will expand Tuesday to more than 100 additional card issuers — mostly smaller banks and credit unions. Apple Pay already accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards from most major banks. In the U.K., Tesco and TSB banks will join Apple Pay on Tuesday.
The developments come a few months after Google launched its own tap-and-pay service, Android Pay, while Samsung started Samsung Pay…

A day full of new bonus offers and not much news! News, Tips & Tricks KLM is going to start charging for Economy Class seat selection at time of booking as of December 1st unless you have Elite Status with Flying Blue or buy the most expensive economy class ticket. Of course you can always wait until online check in opens 30 hours before your flight to select your seat for free. Find out more here. Don’t miss the Canadian Points University in January! You can save $20 off the ticket price when you use promo code REWARD20 ! Visit the site here. Posts since our last update: Choice Hotels Privileges: Earn Triple Points on all stays Worldwide Wow! Nice to Choice Hotels move away from their ‘up to 8,000 bonus points’ offerings we’ve seen all year.…Earn Double Miles & More Miles when you fly LOT Polish Airlines between Toronto and Warsaw It has been sometime since we’ve seen a bonus for flying on LOT and this is a pretty decent…Transfer points to Aeroplan to earn up to 40,000 Bonus Miles   It’s back! The Aeroplan  partner transfer bonus that is seen every spring and fall (and this past summer) now…25% Bonus on American Express Membership Rewards Points Transfers to Etihad Airways Guest Great news for American Express Cardholders in Canada who like to transfer their Membership Rewards Points to Etihad Airways’… Travel Deals Fly from Toronto to London on British Airways for as little as $797 all in! Find out more and/or book here! Bonus Offers Air Canada / Aeroplan- Earn up to 40,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles when you convert points from a wide selection of Aeroplan partner loyalty programs (hotel, car rental, and points…

  It’s back! The Aeroplan  partner transfer bonus that is seen every spring and fall (and this past summer) now has returned. Basically what it entails is transferring points out of other select loyalty programs into your Aeroplan account. This time they it is the same as the offer we saw over summer where you can earn up to 40,000 bonus miles. There are no financial partners involved again, for Canadians that is, Americans get Diners Club Club Rewards in that category. Basically you can transfer from partners like Starwood, Hertz and more (see the last graphic) and as long as the total Aeroplan miles deposited from all of them reaches one of the bonus target levels you will be awarded the respective bonus miles. And just like the last five versions of this offer, American Express Membership Rewards is unfortunately not included. so chances are I will not use the promo this time (again). If you are a Starwood Preferred Guest collector you can really up the bonus by taking advantage of their 5,000 Mile bonus offer when you convert 20,000 Starpoints into Aeroplan…