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Podcast Episode 100: Canada’s Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards 2023 + MORE Jan 11th
Rewards Canada is pleased to present the best Travel Rewards Credit Cards in Canada for 2023! In this, our 15th edition of ranking the best credit cards in Canada we have added two new categories to help Canadians from all walks of life find the best travel credit cards for their wallets. Cli.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – November 14 + MORE Nov 15th
Here’s your Rewards Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Cobalt Card 5x Multipliers Another batch of American Express Cobalt Card multipliers were added to our list of confirmed locations. Thanks to Jim M. and DaniJaan fo.... More »
Aeroplan Availability Alert: Lie flat business class seats between Toronto and Halifax for the Christmas season Oct 9th
For the Christmas season Air Canada is flying an internationally configured Boeing 777 once a day between Toronto and Halifax. If you have never flown international business class before then this is a good opportunity to do so. Sure it's only just 2 to 2.5 hours of flying but for 25,000 miles o.... More »
Canada’s Best Travel Credit Cards 2019 May 21st
With a good travel credit card, travel suddenly becomes affordable. And it helps if you sign up for the right travel credit card—one that doesn’t just focus on points, but also has perks like companion flights, amazing insurance coverage and flexibility with transferring points between cards.
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Loyalty Lesson: Selecting the right Aeroplan flight award option to maximize the value of your points + MORE Nov 5th
Earlier this year I appeared on CBC’s Cost of Living program discussing the value of Aeroplan points after a listener reached out to them questioning what a point is worth. This has always been a topic worthy of discussion and one that is extremely subjective as the value of points, primarily .... More »
Paying off high-interest credit card debt should be a top priority — even if the big banks’ decision to raise their prime rates doesn’t directly impact credit card rates, says a credit counselling expert.
Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles for stays at Radisson and Country Inn & Suites hotels in Canada and the U.S.
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As we see every summer there is no shortage on being able to earn bonus Aeroplan miles for hotel stays and this offer adds to the list of places you can boost your balance for those hotel stays. Normally you’ll earn 250 miles per stay with Radisson Rewards but with this offer it is tripled to 750 miles. If you are planning a stay of 2 or more nights you’ll have to do the math to see if the double points offer for Radisson Rewards works better for you than this offer. Offer details:Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles per stay at Radisson and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson hotels in the United States and Canada. Full details and online booking Until Aug 31, 18Find many more Aeroplan bonus offers hereSmall Business Credit Profile: The Cookie Cups
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How The Cookie Cups’ Nicole Pomije funded her bakery startup with savings and strategic use of multiple credit cards.
How card rewards can cut the cost of your coffee habit
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Routine coffee purchases may not efficiently rack up credit card miles for a free flight, but if caffeine is your kryptonite, cash-back card rewards can cut your costs.
Marriott Travel Packages will lose a lot of value come August
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Back on June 28 Marriott revealed where all their 6,500 hotels will fall into in their new free night award charts. On that day they also revealed the details of what is happening to the very valuable Travel Packages redemption option. Marriott travel packages provided some huge value if you were able to earn enough Marriott Rewards points to redeem for them. Earlier in the year when we learned about all three reward programs coming together it was announced the packages would be retained but we did not know what would happen in terms of redemption rates.Well that was also revealed on June 28 and the news isn’t so good. Previously there were multiple charts for the various airline partners and now there is one for all of them.The old Travel Package redemption ratesFor most of us Canadians we used Hotel + Air Package 1 as that has Aeroplan, Alaska Airlines, and British Airways and for some it was the Rewards Plus chart for United.Here is the new chart:You’ll see that for all categories and airlines the number of points required has jumped significantly…
