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Credit cards that help you avoid those dreaded airline fees & Rewards Canada's Guide to Business Class Lounge Access both see updates + MORE Sep 7th
Here's your Rewards Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. We've updated the popular feature Credit cards that help you avoid those dreaded airline fees to reflect the changes to the National Bank of Canada World Elite M.... More »
Scotiabank credit cards: A breakdown of the bank’s best cards + MORE Nov 25th
Scotiabank (originally called the Bank of Nova Scotia) is technically older than Canada itself. Founded in Halifax in 1832, the bank beat Confederation by 35 years. With that amount of history in the business, it’s no surprise the bank can offer and support a wide variety of products—including 1.... More »
Rate survey: Average card rate climbs to all-time high of 16.92 percent Jul 5th
July 5, 2018: The average credit card interest rate set another record this week, climbing to 16.92 percent.... More »
Air Miles top executive cashes in while collectors fume + MORE May 15th
While some collectors struggled to redeem Air Miles last year, the president and CEO of Air Miles' parent company LoyaltyOne, Bryan Pearson, was paid a $2.7-million (US) compensation package..... More »
RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum card sign up bonus increased to 30,000 miles (Apply by Oct 31) Sep 4th
The larger sign up bonus for the RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum card that we saw this past spring has returned! This new bonus is enough miles to fly round trip in Economy Class on Cathay Pacific's 5th freedom flight between Vancouver and New York:or even one way in Business Class:Of course ther.... More »
Earning Stories: 5,200 Aeroplan Miles & 250 Gold Plus Rewards Points on a 4 day Hertz Car Rental
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Today we start a new feature on Rewards Canada called Earning Stories. Similar to our Redemption Stories which we have run for a few years these Earning Stories will look at select mileage/points earning actions that we ourselves and also our readers have accomplished that are worth sharing. There are so many ways to earn miles and points that if we covered them all there would hundreds of posts each day so these Earning Stories will look at those significant ones that usually involve a bonus offer promotion or perhaps a free miles/points offer that we weren’t sure would post but did end up receiving. If you are a miles/points rookie be sure to keep an eye on these stories as they are another great way to learn on how to maximize your miles and points and to help fulfill our mission of being Canada’s Gateway to more Miles more Points and more Rewards.There have already been a few posts surrounding our recent trip to Palm Springs and this one is for our car rental. We rented a standard SUV for 4 days with a final cost around US$280…Miles & More: 50% off Award Ticket Sale – Toronto to Europe for only 30,000 Miles in Economy Class in December
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Miles & More has once again updated their discounted mileage awards “Meilenschnaeppchen” The last set had flights for travel in October while this set only includes Lufthansa flights from Toronto but those flights are to most of Europe for the first two weeks of December or so.You can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip tickets between Toronto and many great destinations in Europe for only 30,000 miles in Economy Class That’s half off the normal price for Economy. Granted all these tickets will also have fuel surcharges but this is still a pretty good deal when you look at it as a whole in terms of miles+cash outlay. Simply book your tickets by August 31 for travel December 1 – 17, 2014. Full details can be found hereAs always with this post:If you don’t have enough miles you can convert points from the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express (C$1 = 1 Miles & More Mile) If you do try, remember your best bet is to transfer in 20,000 Starpoints increments as you’ll get a 5,000 mile bonus meaning you’ll get 25,000 Miles & More miles…Avoid hidden cost of using cards abroad: Roseman
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