February 22 Update: Canadian No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card Feature, 15% Bonus WestJet dollars when converting RBC Rewards & a note from Amex

Ever since Chase announced they were exiting the Canadian market and shutting down their Marriott and Amazon cards earlier this year we have been inundated with questions on which cards in Canada still offer no foreign transaction fees. We have been answering individual emails and replying to comments on the site daily with the response […]

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IHG 2018 New Hotel Openings in Canada – 12 hotels in the works including Canada’s first Kimpton Hotel

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) is a large worldwide hotel chain best known for their Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express brands. IHG however comprises of 13 brands in total with well over 5,000 hotels Worldwide and have a significant presence here in Canada with over 175 hotels from coast to coast. They are planning to […]

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February 21 Update: Air Canada introducing Economy Basic fares, Cobalt multipliers updated and a new look for WestJet coming next week?

Air Canada is introducing Economy Basic fares for their flights within Canada. We’ve seen this trend in the U.S. with major U.S. airlines starting basic economy fares to compete with Ultra Low Cost Carriers and this is pretty much evident here with this latest move from AC. These are bare bones fares where you have […]

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Last week to book Preferred Hotel Group’s 50,000 bonus iPrefer points offer (worth $100)

There is one week left to book Preferred Hotel Group’s 50 year celebration that offers 50,000 bonus iPrefer points for stays of 2+ nights. Those 50,000 points are worth US$100 towards a future stay. Preferred Hotel Group has over 650 hotels Worldwide, 8 of which are in Canada. Many outside of Canada  have rates below […]

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