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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 It has been replaced by the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card.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
 Introduction American Express is my favourite overall credit card provider in Canada. Not only do they offer a large selection of personal cards with good earning potential on everyday spend and industry-leading welcome bonuses, they also have a range of small business cards that can be instrumental in accumulating points quickly and easily. Many people
Introduction: How To Pick The Best Airplane Seat I often talk about how to find the best awards along with the booking process, but realized I’ve yet to talk about how to pick the best airplane seat. Like anything, not all seats are created equally, and there are a few tricks you can employ to
2020-05-13: Check out our updated post on the devaluation of the both the Amex Personal and Business Platinum Cards. Changes To The American Express Business Platinum Card Today we saw one of the biggest devaluations to travel hacking in recent memory with changes to the American Express Business Platinum Card. This product has long been
Marriott Rewards Hotel And Air Packages Before Marriott acquired Starwood hotels, I didn’t have much interest in the Marriott Rewards program mainly due to the lack of earning opportunities in Canada. However, since the merger, Starwood has allowed points transfers between the two programs, with SPG points transferring to Marriott at a generous 1:3 ratio.
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