The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer credit cards and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Did you know that there are many other options?
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November 15 Update: WestJet Rewards becoming a real contender, YYC to YYZ via AMS on Air France KLM & 2 new Canadian Marriott stay bonuses + MORE Nov 16th
This is just me thinking out loud here..... WestJet Rewards and Air France KLM Flying Blue finally announced reciprocal redemption from their respective reward programs today. We covered using WestJet dollars on AF KLM earlier today and this is great news that I wanted to talk about more. The ever .... More »
Protests against Trump risk backlash in Republican primary + MORE Mar 26th
A protester confronts a supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in downtown Salt Lake City as Donald Trump gave his first campaign speech in Utah on Friday, Mar. 18, 2016. (Benjamin Zack/Standard-Examiner via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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February 8 Update: SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) launching Toronto to Copenhagen & Stockholm flights plus a new Amex Offer for FedEx + MORE Feb 9th
Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your bear daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. This update is brought to you by the HSBC World Elite Mastercard which is currently offering a welcome bonus of up to 100,000 bonus points worth $500, ha.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – June 16, 2023 + MORE Jun 17th
How to maximize the elite status benefits from The Platinum Card from American Express, New Amex Offers for lululemon & Luxury Escapes, Ten more Cobalt Multipliers and This week in RWRDS. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
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Loonie jumps as China’s central bank surprises with stimulus + MORE Nov 21st
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While bearish sentiment on the high-yield (or “junk”) bond market appears to be a tad overdone in the short-term, Reuters’ Luciana Lopez and Jennifer Alban provide an excellent look at why so many big names aren’t in love with this asset class:
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New CMHC Guarantee Cap Could Raise Mortgage Rates
– ratesupermarket.ca
New restrictions were announced today by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) that could make it harder to qualify for a mortgage – and may also push mortgage rates to new highs.
The crown corporation has introduced a monthly cap on mortgage guarantees at $350 million for each mortgage lender, including all banks and credit unions. The move is the latest effort made by the government to slow the housing market and decrease Canadian household mortgage debt levels.
Prior to these changes, banks had access to an annual guarantee cap of $900 billion. However, a flux of new mortgages in 2013 has prompted the government to take further action to cool the housing market. The first step was implementing a $85-billion budget for 2013 under the National Housing act Mortgage Backed Securities program – but $66 billion of those funds have already been committed, as of the end of July. The new monthly cap has been put in place to counter this higher than expected mortgage volume…
2,500 Bonus Membership Rewards Points for bookings with Amex Travel Online
– RewardsCanada.ca
In the midst of tons of email this morning was this nice offer from the team at American Express Canada for their Cardmembers. My offers states the American Express Gold Rewards Card since I hold that card but it is open to other Membership Rewards cards as well:You can earn a bonus of 2,500 Membership Rewards points when you charge $250 (after tax and other fees) on eligible± hotel and car rental bookings to your American Express® Gold Rewards Card from August 1st to September 30th 20131.In addition to the special bonus offer of 2,500 points, you can now earn 1 additional point for every dollar charged to your Gold Rewards Card on eligible hotels and car rentals when you book online with American Express Travel at americanexpress.ca/travel. This is nice bonus to take advantage of if you hold any eligible Membership Rewards cards (if not you can apply for it here) but what I find just as intriguing is the offer of 1 additional point for every dollar charged to the card for eligible hotels and car rentals…Aug 6 Update: TD Cash Back MasterCard added to Rewards Canada, Award Wallet welcomes back AA, and bonuses of course!
– RewardsCanada.ca
I hope that you all had a great Heritage Day weekend! Here is what the first business day of the week brings: News, Tips & Tricks The TD Cash Back MasterCard has been added to Rewards Canada’s Cash Back Credit Card comparison chart. To see how it stands up against the competition see the chart here. Award Wallet, an online mileage tracking service has come to an agreement with American Airlines and effective immediately Award Wallet members will once again be able to track their AAdvantage mileage balances via Award Wallet. (Source AA Press Release) The latest set of Emirates’ Miles Accelerator offers have been added to Rewards Canada’s Skywards pages, unfortunately no bonus this month out of YYZ but if you are connecting via Dubai to another Emirates’ destination be sure to check the list to make sure you earn the bonus on the connecting flight if it carries an offer. See the link below.And if you missed it, about 10 minutes ago I posted about the new American Express Travel online booking bonus…
