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Aeroplan Mini Round-The-World Introduction As I set out to publish my next trip report, I realized I’ve yet to make a post explaining one of my favourite program sweet spots. While Aeroplan gets a bad name for taxes and fees and lack of availability, the truth is they are actually a very important airline program for
New Language Offers A Warning For Churning American Express Cards Yesterday we learned of some new language being included in the footnotes of applications for anyone considering churning American Express Cards (in The United States only). One Mile At A Time reported that Amex has introduced a vague new footnote, indicating that American Express may,
Pacific Northwest Luxury Hotel Road Trip Introduction Over the course of this week I’ll be publishing a series of hotel reviews from a small road trip Brad and I took to celebrate the New Year! While we had originally planned to go somewhere more exotic for the Christmas break, we thought it would be cool
American Express Offer In Vancouver Introduction American Express routinely offers special invites for cardmembers to a variety of events, though I find the lucrative deals are normally targeted for American consumers. When we do see offers in Canada, they’re usually underwhelming, and I’ve actually never taken advantage of one. Today I received an email for
Future Of Aeroplan – Introduction As most of you probably know by now, Air Canada is cutting ties with Aeroplan and launching their own loyalty program in 2020. I didn’t put much thought into this up until yesterday, and have been telling readers to continue earning and redeeming Aeroplan miles, as there are still some
One of my first posts when the website launched was reviewing all of the benefits of The Platinum Card, which is arguably the premier travel rewards cards in Canada. Despite the list of benefits, I still get asked ‘is The American Express Platinum Card worth the fee?’, to which I respond ‘YES!!‘ about 90% of
A Glimpse Into Marriott Rewards New Hotel Categories Marriott recently released a list of select properties across five distinct region as a sample of what to expect with Marriott Rewards new hotel categories. Overall, I’m not really shocked by any of the new rates, though I do suspect these properties were ‘cherry-picked’ a bit to
Strategy For Starwood Points Since The Marriott Announcement We’ve had a lot of news this week about upcoming changes to the Marriott Rewards program, with both Marriott and Starwood becoming one program as of August 1, 2018. We also saw a change to the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card in Canada, where the welcome bonus
Update 2019-02-26: Please note that the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express Card Canada is no longer available. It has been replaced by the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card. Get the details here! Changes To The Marriott Rewards Introduction The wait is finally over. Today Marriott announced all of the changes to Marriott Rewards and
Japan Airlines First Class To Singapore Introduction We recently returned from a trip to Maui where I was able to redeem 360,000 Marriott Reward points for a hotel+air package including a 7-night stay at the Marriott Wailea Beach Resort (full review coming soon – it was a bit disappointing), and 120,000 Alaska Airline miles. I
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