The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer credit cards and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Did you know that there are many other options?
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Some CIBC Aventura Bonus Offers to let you know about! Firstly, if you book a Fiji Airways flights via the CIBC Rewards Centre from North America to Fiji you’ll earn 5,000 bonus points. Yes they don’t fly from Canada however you can buy tickets direct from major Canadian cities and fly Air Canada to Los Angeles or San Fransisco to connect to Fiji Airways. You can credit these flights to your Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account if you like! Bookings must be made by February 29. Find out more here.The second offer is for flights on Air Transat.You can earn 5x Aventura Points when you book Domestic Air Transat flights via the CIBC Rewards Centre. Bookings must be made by March 31. Find out more here.Special shout out to Anshul (Points Miles and Bling) for alerting us to this news. It appears that Aeroplan is now charging Carrier Surcharges (YQ) for award tickets on Air China to/from Canada. However for the time being those charges are not being levied for Air China flights to/from the U…875 Free Coast Rewards Points for joining + 875 Coast Rewards Points on your first stay – enough for one free night
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Here is a rare bonus from Canada’s own Coast Hotels Coast Rewards. If you join the program by February 28th they will give you 875 points right off the bat. So everyone go out and join Coast Rewards now. Then complete one stay by April 30 and they’ll award you another 875 Coast Rewards points. In total you’ll now have 1,750 points (plus the base points you earn on the stay) which are enough for a free night award in a comfort room at any of their hotels including the Waimea Plantation Cottages in Hawaii! Or you could choose to have three room upgrades as those run only 500 points each.You can also choose to convert the points to Aeroplan or Alaska Airlines:Offer detailsEarn up to 1,750 Bonus Coast Rewards Points when you join the program and complete a stay. You will be awarded 875 points just for joining and 875 when you complete your first stay. Full details. Join by Feb 28 and complete your stays by Apr 30, 19Credit card debt poll: 56% of balance-carrying cardholders have had debt for at least a year
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A new poll from CreditCards.com revealed 56 percent of credit card holders carrying balances have been doing so for more than a year. However, half of indebted card users say they aren’t particularly stressed out about it.
Weekly rate report: Average card APR inches up to 17.57 percent
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February 20, 2019: The average credit card interest rate ticked up Wednesday to another record high, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Credit card debt: Millennials most likely to take a hit from non-essential spending
– creditcards.com
Americans have plenty of expenses they consider non-essential these days. And for millennials, those discretionary purchases are taking a big bite out of their budget.
