The Most Churnable Credit Card in Canada
One of the most daunting things for someone new to Travel Hacking is the number of miles/points it takes to be eligible for an award flight, especially if you are considering booking into a premium cabin (Business or First Class). Without a doubt, the fastest way to accumulate points is through credit card sign-ups but
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Breaking News – Qatar Airways in TROUBLE
I didn’t see this coming but overnight, the countries of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia made a diplomatic withdraw from Qatar. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Yemen, Libya and the Maldives followed suit shortly after. The countries claimed that the diplomatic withdraw was due to concerns over Qatar’s alleged support of state sponsored terrorism. Saudi
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Aeroplan Give a HUGE FU to Members
** Update as of May 27** It looks like Aeroplan has once again enabled international award searches though I still question the integrity of Aeroplan and their willingness to make things intentionally difficult for Aeroplan users. Background I have a real love-hate relationship with Aeroplan and it is heavily in the hate column right now
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Etihad First Class and Business Class – BOOKED!
I’ve been planning an audacious trip that checks off a bunch of bucket list items in December. We will be visiting the South Pacific, specifically New Zealand and Australia and we are actually going to be in Sydney during New Year’s Eve, which is something I am quite excited about. After Australia, we will only
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Big Changes to AMEX Cards
I have been given a heads up that as of tomorrow, American Express will be making significant changes to their credit cards products. More information will become public tomorrow but the highlights are as follows: AMEX’s bankruptcy rules have become a lot more lenient. Previously you would not qualify for a card if you had
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PointsNerd Meetup Wrap-up
I haven’t posted for a little while for a few reasons. The chief among them was that after the PointsNerd Meetup, I came home to an attempted break-in at my home. Dealing with the police, insurance companies, and door replacement people is a HUGE time suck but on the positive side, they door held and
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Potential Issues with the AMEX Platinum Travel Credit
I recently canceled my American Express Platinum Card due to the annual fee. In my previous article, I noted that I plan on getting the card again and that I would rather reapply so that I qualified for the $200 ANNUAL travel credit twice. Once in 2018 and again in 2019. In my review of the
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Last Chance – PointsNerd Meetup
We currently have 6 spots available for the PointsNerd Meetup that is happening tomorrow evening at the Swine and Sow in Calgary. Registration is free so if you forgot to register, please do so right away. I have some great surprises in store for those attending and unfortunately, the setup at the venue isn’t conducive
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Air Canada Aeroplan Split – PointsNerd’s Take
Apologies for not posting about this earlier but news of the Air Canada/Aeroplan split came while I was in the middle of the Carribean Sea on a cruise vacation and at 25¢/MB … I wasn’t doing my internet surfing. The Background Aeroplan is/was a program that was launched by Air Canada back in 1984 in
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PointsNerd Meetup Reminder
If you haven’t already registered for the May 18th Meetup in Calgary, you should do so right away. As of the writing of this post, there are only 8 spots remaining so don’t delay. For more information about the Meetup and to RSVP, please refer to my previous post about the event. Hope to see
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