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Equifax breach exposes data of 143 million U.S. consumers + MORE Sep 8th
A total of 143 million U.S. consumers had information exposed included Social Security numbers and addresses, and the credit card numbers of 209,000 cardholders..... More »
October 7 Update: Maximizing the elite status benefits from The Platinum Card from American Express and YYC's Chinook Lounge will close down when WestJet's lounge opens + MORE Oct 7th
Back in 2016 and again in 2018 we wrote some blog posts that highlight how you can use the elite status benefits from The Platinum American Express Card to get yourself even more status memberships. The posts are very popular but tend to get buried in quickly in the flurry of blog posts that we d.... More »
Alaska Airlines' Ugly Sweater Campaign returns - get priority boarding on December 20 when you wear one! + MORE Dec 11th
Many airlines celebrate the holiday season in different ways - whether its the videos of WestJet or Air Canada to this campaign from Alaska Airlines, there is always lots of fun stuff to take in! And for the third year in row Alaska Airlines brings us the fun ugly sweater campaign. The airline will .... More »
American Express Cobalt Card: 52 new confirmed multiplier locations in Canada, the U.S., Japan & Indonesia Aug 18th
Here’s our next update to the American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations with 52 new locations being added today from Canada, the U.S., Japan & Indonesia. Thanks to the RWRDS Canada community for providing details on thousands of locations around the world where you can use.... More »
February 25 Update: Wyndham Rewards Stay Twice Earn A Free Night offer, 99% of retailers in the U.S. accept Amex now & 15 new bonus offers + MORE Feb 26th
Wyndham Rewards has released their first systemwide promotion of 2020. The offer is being promoted as a stay twice earn a free night promotion. In reality they are offering bonus points that will net you enough points to redeem for that free night. The bonus is 5,500 points after two stays and w.... More »
5 reasons you need good credit in retirement
– creditcards.com
You may be about to retire but your credit isn’t — and shouldn’t.
New in town: Blue Jays pitcher David Price is congratulated by teammates after the eighth inning in his winning debut with the team(Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)Need an answer for that? Trying to look like the smartest person at the dinner party? Our Talking Points have you covered. Read our short takes on some of the big stories from the week that was:
Is there finally a vaccine for Ebola?
All credit to scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada, whose Ebola vaccine has proven 100 per cent effective in individuals, and who will soon find out whether VSV-EBOV confers the herd immunity necessary to fend off further mass outbreaks. If the confirmation seems late—the epidemic that started in West Africa has claimed more than 11,000 lives since 2013—consider reports this week that the deadly pathogen has resurfaced in an area of Sierra Leone, where it hadn’t been detected for months. This vaccine, noted Dr. Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, will be an “important tool for both current and future Ebola outbreaks…
August 10 Update: Cineplex SCENE changes, free miles from Philippine Airlines, Top 5 Credit Card sign up offers
– RewardsCanada.ca
Happy Monday everyone! News, Tips & Tricks Last week we were interviewed by CBC about the upcoming changes to Cineplex’s SCENE program. The major change is an increased points requirement when redeeming for a ‘premium’ movie ticket like 3D, UltraAVX, IMAX or D-Box. As of November 4th those type of movie redemptions will cost 1,500 Points instead of the current 1,000 points. Meanwhile general movie redemptions will remain at 1,000 points. Also announced in the upcoming changes are increased points earning when you buy those premium movies and chose to earn points. Everything else with the program will remain the same. While somewhat unfortunate in terms of redeeming for the premium tickets this wasn’t an unexpected move by SCENE as they surveyed their members earlier this year about these new requirements. Also with the SCENE program trying to grow into a coalition type program like Aeroplan and AIR MILES they are proactively getting their redemption catalog ready for the increased points earning from adding new partners to the program (ie Sport Chek and Milestones)…
New in town: Blue Jays pitcher David Price is congratulated by teammates after the eighth inning in his winning debut with the team(Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)Need an answer for that? Trying to look like the smartest person at the dinner party? Our Talking Points have you covered. Read our short takes on some of the big stories from the week that was:
Is there finally a vaccine for Ebola?
All credit to scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada, whose Ebola vaccine has proven 100 per cent effective in individuals, and who will soon find out whether VSV-EBOV confers the herd immunity necessary to fend off further mass outbreaks. If the confirmation seems late—the epidemic that started in West Africa has claimed more than 11,000 lives since 2013—consider reports this week that the deadly pathogen has resurfaced in an area of Sierra Leone, where it hadn’t been detected for months. This vaccine, noted Dr. Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, will be an “important tool for both current and future Ebola outbreaks…
Miles & More Award Ticket Sale – Save 50% on Economy Class award tickets to Europe from YYZ & YUL
– RewardsCanada.ca
Once again we bring you the latest set Miles & More “Meilenschnaeppchen” discounted mileage awards! This month we only see 50% off economy class offers out of Montreal and Toronto. No Vancouver and no business class options.With this month’s offers you can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip tickets from Montreal or Toronto to Europe for only 30,000 miles in Economy Class for travel between December 1st and January 15th. That is a 50% discount over the regular mileage requirement. 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. The crazy thing is that you can actually get the round trip ticket for only $5,000 in credit card spend (and a $120 annual fee). How so? As we usually mention in this post you can boost your Miles & More account with the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express. If you read our blog regularly you’ll know that right now the card comes with a 20,000 Starpoint sign up bonus…
