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Flights, hotels, credit cards, points – your personal travel advisor.
In-depth guides to earning, redeeming, and maximizing miles and points in Canada. From beginner strategy to advanced award booking techniques.
Let’s discuss a few different ways to calculate your earnings on your credit card rewards, depending on which constraints you face.
Canada’s hotel quarantine requirement for international air travellers will begin on February 22, 2021, and the list of quarantine hotels is now available.
With a bit of assertive persuasion, you can convince your bank to waive fees. Here are some scripts and strategies you can try.
From February through December 2021, the Amex US Marriott, Hilton, and Delta co-branded credit cards will enjoy monthly statement credits of US$5–20 per month, which can add up to as much as US$220 per card throughout the year.
Hello again, Miles & Points enthusiasts! It’s a new year, and that means it’s time to be on the lookout for new signups, new strategies, and new ideas to make your travel dreams in 2021 and beyond a reality. As the on-staff cheapskate, I know how many of you hate annual fees. As a follow-up […]
Like you, Kirin hates paying annual fees. Here are his four primary strategies for dealing with annual fees: avoiding, mitigating, overriding, and bundling with better offers.
With WestJet and Air Canada’s negative changes to booking domestic flights, don’t panic just yet: there may be some reprieve if we look at using foreign frequent flyer programs from outside Canada for domestic flights instead.
Does it make sense to earn two years of Hyatt’s top-tier Globalist status at a significant upfront cost of $1,200+? And what are some of the key strategy considerations if you do decide to go for it?
The Via Rail network can be a very enjoyable way to explore our own backyard at a slower pace. T.J. shares with us how he plans to combine train and air travel for some uniquely Canadian experiences next summer.
Kirin takes a Mythbusters approach to American Express US credit cards and charge cards. What are the most common myths about getting involved with Amex US, and are they busted, confirmed, or plausible?
As part of the new Aeroplan credit card offers as of November 2020, we’re seeing a brand-new type of welcome incentive: the Air Canada Buddy Pass. Let’s take a look at exactly how this thing works and to what extent it can be optimized.
Now that’s it’s been a fortnight since the new Aeroplan program has launched, I wanted to follow-up my initial posts with a closer look at what still doesn’t look right within the new Aeroplan search engine.
