American Express Membership Rewards – Limited Time Fixed Price Redemptions via Amex Travel + MORE Feb 26th

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Swipe fees: Visa, Mastercard to charge merchants more for card transactions + MORE Feb 16th

Visa and Mastercard are planning to raise swipe fees in April, according to media reports. It could result in higher prices for consumers..... More »
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Immigration minister says she's accountable after former IRGC official was granted permit for FIFA event - CBC + MORE Apr 30th

Immigration minister says she's accountable after former IRGC official was granted permit for FIFA event  CBCCarney, ministers say IRGC members barred from Canada after visa granted  Global NewsIranian soccer chief denied entry to Canada  The Globe and MailCanadian offi.... More »

Everything You Need to Know About Scotia Rewards Apr 29th

Everyday, consumers are becoming more and more savvy about finding value when they shop, and retailers aren’t the only ones responding. Financial institutions everywhere now offer loyalty programs, to entice value-conscious consumers. In this article, I’ll give you everything you need to know ab.... More »
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Aeroplan extends the expiry date on Buddy Passes earned from co-brand credit cards Jun 22nd

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Rewards Canada Clash of the Reward Charts! Amex Fixed Points for Travel versus RBC Avion Air Travel Redemption + MORE Dec 1st

Welcome to next Rewards Canada Clash! If you listened to our podcast from June entitled Clash of the Credit Cards - you'll know that we've changed our Showdown features to Clashes. The reason why is that lots of sites and blogs are using Showdown now, some are using battle so we wanted t.... More »
A Boston Federal Reserve study shows how credit card debts and credit limits rise and then fall over the course of the average consumer’s lifetime

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Rubio finally turns on Trump. Was it too late?Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, left, and businessman Donald Trump argue while answering a question during the Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Houston Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado, Pool) MANDATORY CREDIT
WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio unleashed a campaign’s worth of harsh criticism on Donald Trump in the final Republican debate before Tuesday’s crucial primaries.
The problem may be that it took 10 debates and three Trump victories to get Rubio fired up.
Rubio, along with most of the other Republican presidential candidates, has treated Trump with kid gloves for months, tiptoeing around glaring questions about the real estate mogul’s business record, political ideology, brash temperament and ambiguous policy proposals.
Only now, with Trump threatening to pull away from the field, did Rubio aggressively try to dismantle the billionaire businessman’s grip on the Republican race, with occasional help from Ted Cruz, the conservative Texas senator…

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American Express Membership Rewards - Limited Time Fixed Price Redemptions via Amex TravelJust as we saw last summer, American Express Membership Rewards have brought back their fixed price redemptions on select routes until May 31, 16. Unlike last year where there were only four routes available, Amex has greatly expanded this offering to include routes in North America, to Sun Destinations, Europe and other spots around the globe!These redemptions are along the same line as RBC Avion or CIBC Aventura you can redeem a set amount of points up to a maximum ticket price then pay for taxes and fees with your card or points. Now if you recall nearly a year ago we released our special feature on flexibility and called out programs like Avion and Aventura as being the least flexible with charts like these as you can potentially lose value if the ticket price is way lower than the maximum set out. Same thing goes here, if you redeem points for a really cheap ticket on one of the eligible routes, you’re losing value. However, where American Express differs is they allow you to choose to the fixed points redemption or the TripFlex option…

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Rubio finally turns on Trump. Was it too late?Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, left, and businessman Donald Trump argue while answering a question during the Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Houston Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado, Pool) MANDATORY CREDIT
WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio unleashed a campaign’s worth of harsh criticism on Donald Trump in the final Republican debate before Tuesday’s crucial primaries.
The problem may be that it took 10 debates and three Trump victories to get Rubio fired up.
Rubio, along with most of the other Republican presidential candidates, has treated Trump with kid gloves for months, tiptoeing around glaring questions about the real estate mogul’s business record, political ideology, brash temperament and ambiguous policy proposals.
Only now, with Trump threatening to pull away from the field, did Rubio aggressively try to dismantle the billionaire businessman’s grip on the Republican race, with occasional help from Ted Cruz, the conservative Texas senator…

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