Meet the Mobile Wallet Competition + MORE Dec 4th

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News, Tips & Tricks Alaska Airlines will be introducing a Premium Class Economy section to their planes starting in late 2016. These new sections will offer 3″ to 4″ of seat pitch compared to regular economy. Not a huge change for us up North as most of our routes are serviced by Q400s but connecting to other routes (such as Hawaii which is quite popular for us) you will see this option. (Source Alaska Airlines) Come join us at the Canadian Points University in January! You can save $20 off the ticket price when you use promo code REWARD20 ! Visit the site here. Posts since our last update: Targeted Offer: Earn 50% Bonus Aeroplan Miles on tons of Air Canada flights Worldwide! Just received this offer in my email. It is targeted so you can try your Aeroplan number via the…Join Choice Hotels Privileges and earn 500 points for free + Choice will donate 500 points to The Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation Here is a great new sign up bonus for the Choice Hotels Privileges program…

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Apple Pay is now officially live in Canada – does this mean we’ll actually start using our phones to pay at the till? Canadians have been notoriously slow to take to mobile payments, despite the retailer technology being widely available – but the tech giant might just have enough brand clout to shift the herd.
With Apple Pay currently only available for use with American Express cards, there’s plenty of room for competitors to capitalize on the mobile payment market – especially for shoppers who don’t carry an Apple device.
Meet the Competition
Believe it or not, Apple Pay is far from the first to market in Canada; Suretap has actually been the leading mobile wallet provider north of the border, and it has added a points system to the mix. Powered by the Points Loyalty Commerce Platform, Suretap users are able to earn reward points as they spend – the first mobile wallet to offer such a feature.
With the Points Loyalty Commerce Platform users can store their points cards “inside” their mobile wallet, eliminating all use of physical cards altogether…

About 49 percent say they’d use credit cards to pay at least part of a surprise $2,000 emergency expense, according to a Pew survey