American Express has two airline transfer partners with a ratio of 1:1 – Aeroplan and Avios. While American Express has not had a transfer bonus to Aeroplan in years, they are currently running a 30% bonus on transfers from Membership Rewards to Avios, the loyalty program of British Airways. American Express in the US runs…
Breaking: Air Canada, TD, CIBC, Visa to Acquire Aeroplan
Back in May last year, Air Canada announced that they were ending their Aeroplan partnership. This caused a huge drop in Aimia’s share price, the company that owns Aeroplan. Last month, Air Canada offered to buy Aeroplan from Aimia in a $250 million cash deal and assumption of $2B in outstanding points liabilities. Aimia rejected…
Incredible – Air Canada offers to buy Aeroplan
There is a lot of coverage about the Air Canada and Aeroplan split, but this is just the latest crazy development to come in. Air Canada, along with TD Bank, CIBC, and Visa, is making a hostile bid to buy back Aeroplan. Air Canada Offer For Aeroplan The news broke this morning. The offer is…
American Express Card Offer Changes – What Now?
American Express has recently changed their offers negatively. However, their bonuses are still very generous. There are currently offers five Membership Rewards credit and charge cards. American Express Platinum Card:Â Get up to 60,000 Membership Reward Points! American Express Business Platinum Card: Get up to 60,000 Membership Rewards Points! American Express Business Gold Card: Get up…
Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Review – No Foreign Transaction Fees!
Earlier this year, Chase Canada closed their entire credit card portfolio. They were one of the best options for Canadians to get a credit card without foreign transaction fees. There are few alternatives now, but the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite is a great option for folks who spend a lot in foreign currencies. Despite Scotiabank not being…
1000 Free Aeroplan Miles for New Accounts
Every Canadian should have an Aeroplan account, despite the upcoming changes to the program in 2020. At this point, I have no problem collecting Aeroplan miles as long as you have a plan to use them all before June 2020. Aeroplan has been trying hard to improve their program, but that’s mostly irrelevant until we…
The Best (Mobile) Wallet Out There
With the 25+ credit cards I have, I use many of them to maximize my rewards for my different categories of purchases. I don’t like carrying around too many, so I recently bought a Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch to assist with that. Even though I use an iPhone, I can still pay with my watch…
New Marriott Award Chart and Redemptions
Marriott today released their new award chart that will apply August 1 to all SPG and Marriott properties. They have also released their new Hotel and Air packages. Overall, I would say I’m quite pleased, although there are some people that will disagree. Marriott Award Chart The new Marriott award chart ranges from 7,500-85,000 points.…
Summary of the Combined Starwood/Marriott Program
Back in April, Marriott and Starwood revealed their new consolidated rewards program. There are a ton of changes which you can see on their dedicated site. I’m still not sure why they decided to switch the programs in the middle of the year instead of January 1st, but anyways, here’s my summary of the most relevant…
Buy Starpoints with a 35% Discount – Last Sale Ever
In my opinion, Starpoints are the most valuable points currency out there. They can be redeemed for an incredible variety of airline and hotel redemptions. A shortcut to earning Starpoints are by buying them during promotions. Through July 20, you can get a 35% discount for purchases of 5,000 Starpoints or more. This is the highest discount…
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