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A closer look at the newly refreshed Platinum Card from American Express + MORE Mar 11th
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Banks take maximum amount of Enbridge stock, boosting financing to $2.3 billion
– canadianbusiness.com
CALGARY – Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) says it raised $2.3 billion in its latest stock offering as its syndicate of underwriters fully exercised their option to buy additional shares in the pipeline operator.
The Calgary-based company had initially planned to raise $2 billion, but the underwriters — including Canada’s five biggest banks — bought an additional 7.4 million shares.
The underwriters paid $40.70 per share for the stock. The group includes RBC Capital Markets and its counterparts at BMO, CIBC, Scotiabank and TD. It also includes Credit Suisse, one of Switzerland’s biggest banks.
Enbridge says it will use proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt.
The company also expects the cash will be sufficient to support its growth program through the end of 2017.
Enbridge has a number of projects in the planning stages, including the Northern Gateway pipeline across British Columbia. It completed 14 projects worth $8 billion in 2015.
The post Banks take maximum amount of Enbridge stock, boosting financing to $2…
The Calgary-based company had initially planned to raise $2 billion, but the underwriters — including Canada’s five biggest banks — bought an additional 7.4 million shares.
The underwriters paid $40.70 per share for the stock. The group includes RBC Capital Markets and its counterparts at BMO, CIBC, Scotiabank and TD. It also includes Credit Suisse, one of Switzerland’s biggest banks.
Enbridge says it will use proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt.
The company also expects the cash will be sufficient to support its growth program through the end of 2017.
Enbridge has a number of projects in the planning stages, including the Northern Gateway pipeline across British Columbia. It completed 14 projects worth $8 billion in 2015.
The post Banks take maximum amount of Enbridge stock, boosting financing to $2…
Rocketmiles: 3,000 Bonus Miles/Points in the program of your choice for your first booking including Aeroplan
– RewardsCanada.ca
If you have signed up with Rocketmiles but haven’t booked with them yet you would have received this email today to celebrate this Leap Day! Even if you didn’t or haven’t signed up with them you can take advantage of this offer to earn 3,000 bonus miles in the program of your choice including Aeroplan!Offer details:3,000 Miles/Points in the Rocketmiles partner program of your choice for your first stay booked via Rocketmiles. Stay must be booked via the special promotion page at www.rocketmiles.com/leapday-3k-min. The bonus can only be earned once per member. Book by Mar 3, 16 
About a year ago we posted about a targeted offer from Aeroplan whereby select members could use their Aeroplan miles to pay for the taxes and fees on award flights. The good news from Aeroplan today is that this test run obviously provided good results as the option to use miles for taxes and fees on Aeroplan award tickets will become a regular thing coming this April.Here is the news from Aeroplan:Aeroplan Members will soon have the option to fly cash-free!Aeroplan Members will soon have the flexibility to use their Aeroplan Miles to cover the cost of taxes, fees, charges and carrier surcharges when making a flight reward booking via aeroplan.com, the Aeroplan Mobile app or through Aeroplan’s Contact Centre. Here is how it works on aeroplan.com:1. Find your flight reward via aeroplan.com2. Select ‘Pay it all with miles’ when given the choice online about taxes, fees, charges and carrier surcharges3. Enjoy your cash-free flight!This option will be available to members in early April for both of Aeroplan’s Flight Reward products…February 29 Udpate: WestJet 20th Anniversary offers, Delta Airlines becomes an AIR MILES partner, Starwood Leap Day Sale
– RewardsCanada.ca
Last update of the month but first of the week! News, Tips & Tricks WestJet turns 20 years old today, or are they really only 5 years old since they celebrate on the leap day every four years? Either way congratulations to WestJet! To celebrate their 20th they have two offers, a seat sale and a WestJet Rewards bonus. Check out both below! While being added to AIR MILES a few years ago as an airline where you could redeem ‘more’ miles for flights, Delta Airlines has now become a full fledged partner airline of AIR MILES. What does this mean? This means Delta flights will now be priced at the award chart prices (low and high season) that many of you are used to for Air Canada, WestJet, American Airlines etc. I’m not exactly sure when this commenced so it could be old news but I just noticed it when I logged into the travel rewards section of the AIR MILES website. We were going to have a separate post today for the latest Air France KLM Flying Blue promo awards as Edmonton is included again, however the new offers were only up for a few hours only to be pulled by AF KLM…The Best Credit Cards for Shopping
– ratesupermarket.ca
By: Pira Kumarasamy
Credit card loyalty programs are a great way to stretch your hard-earned dollars even further by offering rewards for everyday purchases, and retailers are jumping on board.
RBC Rewards recently announced a partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue, and will offer 2 times the points when shopping in-store with an eligible RBC Rewards credit card, and allow customers to redeem points for store gift cards. The move is sure to bring added excitement to the RBC Rewards customer experience for those that plan to shop at Saks, which recently opened its doors in Toronto at both Eaton Centre and Sherway Gardens.
When it comes to credit cards, Canadians love free stuff and there is no shortage of cards to reward the avid shopper. From an issuer and retailer perspective, it’s no surprise that partnerships continue to crop up, as they help to build and maintain customer loyalty for the retailer and increase revenues for the issuer.
Psst: Want to earn rewards on all of your purchases? Check out the best cash back credit cards in Canada>
The Top Retail Rewards Credit Cards in Canada
Over the years, credit card issuers in Canada have partnered with retailers to create loyalty programs to reward customers…
