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The Ultimate No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Card Portfolio
One of our most popular Ultimate Credit Card Portfolios has been updated for 2025! This portfolio looks at a trio of cards (1x American Express, 1x Mastercard, 1x Visa) that do the best job of beating the 1.5% to 3% fees charged on most credit cards in Canada for non C$ purchases. The one big takeaway from this update? We seriously need a true Mastercard credit card with No FX Fees! Check out the porftolio here
AIR MILES Flash Offer to earn 40x miles at Shell
Is there not a day that goes by that we don’t seem to have some sort of new bonus from AIR MILES? We detailed several in yesterday’s daily update and now here’s one more. For 3 days only (From March 5 to 7), you can get 40x miles when you purchase 30L or more of Shell V-Power® NiTRO+ fuel. The offer requires opt in on the AIR MILES site or via the app.
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Air Canada adding Montreal to Bermuda flights
It looks like Air Canada is responding in kind to BermudAir launching flights to Montreal on June 12 with their own flight launching on the route just two days later. Air Canada will operate the route once weekly compared to BermudAir’s twice weekly service. (Source Aeroroutes)
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Tip of the Day!
I implore you to make sure you understand how to properly use Cents Per Point and Cents Per Miles valuations to compare various programs. I seem to be reminded on a daily basis that people are not fully aware how to use them and this leads to potentially making mistakes that can leave a lot of value on the table.
Just because a program has a 1 cpp value it does not mean it is worse than a program that offers 2 cpp. If the 2 cpp program takes a lot of effort to earn points (for example earning 1 point per dollar on a credit card) and the 1 cpp program makes it easy to earn points (for example earning 5 points per dollar) it means that 1 cpp program kicks the 2 cpp program’s ass in value.
Learn more in our Loyalty Lesson – How to properly use Cents Per Point (CPP) and Cents Per Mile (CPM) valuations
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Posts since our last update:
- Get a $300 cash bonus and up to 500,000 Avion points when you open your first eligible RBC Direct Investing^ account [OFFER EXTENDED]
- 30% transfer bonus from American Express to Marriott Bonvoy until April 30
- RWRDS Daily Update Mar 4: Coming soon – 20% bonus on AIR MILES Redemptions
Canadian Bonus Offers
Air Canada Aeroplan
– Earn up to 6,000 Bonus Aeroplan points when you book Air Canada Vacations packages to to Beaches Turks & Caicos, Beaches Negril Resort & Spa and Beaches Ocho Rios Resort in Jamaica. Book by Mar 31 for travel until Dec 31, 26. More…
Marriott Bonvoy
– Receive a 30% bonus when you convert American Express (Canada) Membership Rewards points into Marriott Bonvoy points. Offer valid to Apr 30, 25. More…
Other Bonus Offers
AeroMexico Rewards
– Earn 3,000 Bonus Rewards points when you rent a car with Hertz at participating locations Worldwide after flying with AeroMexico. Rental must be picked up the same day as your AeroMexico flights. Book by Mar 31 for rentals until Dec 14, 25 More….
Miles & More
– Receive 300,000 Miles & More Miles (50,000 bonus miles over the standard) when you purchase an ASMALLWORLD Prestige Membership for a price of 4950 EUR (vs standard 5490 EUR). Offer valid to Apr 30, 25 More…
Deals:
Qatar Airways Save up to 15% on flights out of Canada. Book by Mar 10 for travel until Oct 31, 25 Click here to book this offer.
LOT Polish Airlines: Fly from Toronto to Warsaw from C$1049 all in. Click here to book this offer
Priority Pass: Special offer save 30% on Standard memberships, 20% on Standard Plus and 10% on Prestige. Click here to buy a membership