Supreme Court considers credit card surcharges + MORE Jan 11th

If New York’s surcharge ban falls, other states could domino, bringing retailers a step closer to charging extra to use plastic

News, Tips & Tricks Plaza Premium Lounges has launched their own loyalty program and this is significant for us Canadian’s since the brand has a decent network of airport lounges in Canada! Called Arrture, the program awards 100 points per visit to a Plaza Premium lounge and here is where it gets good. Most types of visits count including free access visits provided by credit cards like The Platinum Card from American Express, Diners Club MasterCard and visits when you use you Priority Pass membership (Either paid for or via a credit card)! Once you have 20 lounge visits you’ll have accumulated 2,000 points which can then be redeemed for a free lounge visit voucher. Of course, depending on how you get into the lounge you may not need the voucher that you just got for free but you could easily give it to family member or friend. Or if you only have the base level of Priority Pass you can save yourself the US$27 entry fee by using the voucher instead of your Priority Pass…

 I won’t go into huge details about the card as we have covered it lots here on Rewards Canada but if you have been considering getting the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express apply for it TODAY!The change that is happening is that you will have to spend $1,500 instead of $500 to get the 20,000 bonus Starpoints. Not a huge change, and glad that it does not affect any other of the great options with the card but still spending $500 to get 20,000 Starpoints instead of $1,500 is a much better option so apply for it now! Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express• New Starwood Preferred Guest®* Credit Card from American Express Cardmembers, earn 20,000 bonus Starpoints® after you charge $500 in purchases to your Card in your first three months of Cardmembership.• Earn 2 Starpoints for every dollar of eligible purchases charged to the Card at participating SPG®* and Marriott Rewards®* hotels from November 15, 2016 through November 15, 201720• Earn 1 Starpoint for every $1 in purchases charged to the Card• Enjoy a Free Weekend Night Award when you reach $40,000 in purchases each year• Experience Starwood Gold Preferred Guest status when you reach $30,000 in purchases each year• Redeem Starpoints for Free Nights with no blackout dates at over 1,200 of the world’s most desired hotels in nearly 100 countries• Use Starpoints for flights on over 150 airlines with no blackout dates with SPG Flights• Experience once-in-a-lifetime events with SPG Moments• American Express Invites™ opens the door to great music, theatre, dining, film, fashion and shopping experiences…