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Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for March Mar 5th
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for March. This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but a look at cards for small businesses that have very good acquisition offers. As always when choosing a card yo.... More »
Dow Chemical announces $11.5-billion project in Alberta - The Globe and Mail + MORE Nov 29th
Dow Chemical announces $11.5-billion project in Alberta The Globe and MailSmith, Freeland announce new $8.9B Dow investment in Alberta Global News'First of its kind': Dow invests $9 billion on Alberta net-zero petrochemical project - Business News Castanet.netDow to .... More »
To qualify for business loan, lower your personal credit use Mar 21st
A careful balance transfer may help lower credit utilization.... More »
Tips for Paying Off Credit Card Debt + MORE Jun 15th
Credit card bills got you down?
That’s the trouble with paying with plastic. It is easy to spend, but not quite as easy to pay off the debt you accrue – especially if you are only paying the minimum each month. Carrying too much credit card debt can make it harder to get a loan for a house .... More »
Air Canada with TD, CIBC and Visa make a bid to buy Aeroplan back + MORE Aug 1st
We continue with our catch up posts from last week with what was the biggest news of the week if not the year now and that was the news that Air Canada along with TD, CIBC and Visa making a bid to buy Aeroplan from Aimia!The news, when it was released was surprising but in reality it it makes a lot .... More »
Jan 8 Update: Alaska Airlines First Bag Free in January, Link your AAdvantage & Dividend Miles accounts, Free miles for American & Virgin Atlantic
– RewardsCanada.ca
Just bonuses for you today! News, Tips & TricksLooks like another benefit, albeit not a major one, has been removed from Visa Infinite Privilege cards (TD, RBC, CIBC et al). This time its the Hailo Car/Taxi services that have been removed. The 12 $5 credits are no longer available. You’ll see that this has been removed from the terms on their site.Alaska Airlines is offering the first checked bag free to their Mileage Plan members for the month of January. If you are flying Alaska Airlines this month out of their Western Canadian gateways make sure you join Mileage Plan if you are not a member yet (free to join). Find all the details here.American Airlines AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles are now allowing you to link your accounts in both programs as the anticipated merge nears. There is no sharing of benefits, privileges etc. when you link your accounts, it simply makes the process easier when time comes to amalgamate your Dividend Miles account into your AAdvantage account…Partial payment agreements can hurt your credit score
– creditcards.com
Reaching a partial payment agreement with a lender at a lower interest rate does wonders for your budget, but can crush your credit score
2015: The Year Credit Card Rewards Come Crashing Down to Earth?
– RewardsCanada.ca
Short answer — yes. But before you get alarmed, credit cards are and will continue to be one of the easiest ways to earn rewards for travel, cash back and more despite pending changes. However, moving forward it will take longer to rack up points and as a result we can expect big changes in the payment card landscape and of course to our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings!Over the past couple of years the value of miles/points/cashback for every dollar spent on a credit or charge card has increased as card issuers battled for your business. Card holders benefited with rewards returns ranging from 1.5%, 2% to as high as a 4% on your card spending. That will change on some if not many of the cards in Canada from two of the three main credit card types by April of this year. In the 14 years since I’ve been covering the credit card rewards industry, this is the first time a self initiated industry change will have a large scale negative impact on the rewards industry.Why is this the case?As you probably know, both Visa and MasterCard have voluntarily bowed down to pressure from the Canadian Government and the retail industry to limit the interchange fees charged to retailers each time a purchase is made with one of their cards…
