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Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for April - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses + MORE Apr 13th
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for this month! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards for small businesses that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As a.... More »
Myths and facts of reverse mortgages + MORE Oct 1st
A reverse mortgage is exactly what the name implies: accessing the existing equity you have built in your home by granting a mortgage to a lender without the need to make monthly payments.
And yet, there are many misconceptions about this financial product, which allows Canadians to borrow up to 5.... More »
Can you file multiple years of income taxes together in Canada? + MORE Dec 21st
Tax season is approaching. Soon, more than 30 million Canadians will be filing their tax returns. Most Canadians file their taxes every year but according to a paper from Carleton University, as many as 12% of Canadians don’t, and aside from missing out on tax refunds, this is costing many low inc.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – November 9 + MORE Nov 9th
Here’s your Rewards Canada update! Your near daily dose of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. Cobalt Multipliers in the UK Another update to our American Express Cobalt Card Confirmed Multiplier Locations. Thanks to MCG whose wife is in the UK and using her .... More »
How is a non-registered account taxed upon death? + MORE Jan 14th
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With so much information out there about estate planning with RRSPs and TFSAs, the one thing l find hard to find answers to are [questions] related to investments in a non-registered account in a brokerage. I am trying to draw down my RRSPs and RRIFs in a tax-efficient manner so that.... More »
Aeroplan members can now book Canadian North reward flights online on the Aeroplan website. Prior to this you had to call in to book reward flights and pay the phone in booking fee. This is nice little update to the program in your ability to search and book these famous flights online. They are famous as they tend to be very expensive and some of the routes like Edmonton to anywhere in the Northwest Territories price out as Short Haul flights within the Aeroplan program which means you are redeeming as little as 7,500 miles one way. (Source Aeroplan) Here is the current Canadian North route map:Images via Canadian North WestJet announced late last week they will provide no-charge COVID-19 travel insurance for select air and vacation reservations. Remember this coverage doens’t replace your regular travel insurance as it is only specific to COVID-19 as listed below. (Source WestJet) For reservations made on or after September 18, 2020, any WestJet air-only reservation including WestJet Vacations bookings for travel to and from Mexico, the Caribbean (excluding the U…New welcome offer of 100,000 PC Optimum points on PC Financial Credit Cards
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Another 100K credit card offer to let you know about! Thanks to Rewards Canada reader Cheryl T. for alerting us to the return of the 100,000 point offer on the PC Financial Mastercards. The last offer just came to a close at the end of August and this one launched on September 5 – so they didn’t wait too long to bring it back. The offer is good for any one of the three cards in their portfolio:PC Financial MastercardPC Financial World MastercardPC Financial World Elite Mastercard To receive the bonus you need to apply via this link and then make a single purchase in store or online at a Shoppers Drug Mart, Wellwise, or participating Loblaw banner store within 6 months of being approved for the card. Those 100,000 points once you receive them are worth $100 towards purchases made any participating PC Optimum stores like Loblaw banner stores (Loblaw, Real Canadian Superstore etc.) Shoppers Drug Mart and so on. The World Elite version of these cards is a strong point earner for purchases made at locations where you earn PC Optimum points but purchases made outside of that see an earn rate that is pretty average at only 1%…
