September 13 Update: American Express discount for Air Canada flights, WestJet Flash Sale, up to 100 Bonus AIR MILES for Budget rentals

Check your emails once again for another discount for Air Canada flights from American Express. This one came for my Platinum Card from American Express and offers a 15% discount on Air Canada standard fares and up. WestJet’s ultra low cost carrier Swoop is planning to introduce flights between Hamilton and Montego Bay for the […]

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September 6 Update: The Platinum Card from Amex now offers Shangri-La elite status which provides Singapore Airlines status, Cobalt Multipliers updated and more!

Following suit of what we saw on the U.K. version of The Platinum Card from American Express earlier this year, our Canadian version of the card now provides Jade Elite Status in the Shangri-La Hotels Golden Circle program. This new benefit continues to enhance the hotel elite offers the card provides including status with Marriott […]

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The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express is back with a 50,000 point sign up bonus

This past weekend marked the official integration of the Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Starwood Preferred Guest hotel loyalty programs. While integrated, the three programs will still run under separate names until the new year when a unified program name and name for the currency will be revealed. So right now, the currency is being simply referred […]

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Amex Membership Rewards to the new Marriott Rewards/Starwood Preferred Guest program conversion rate is here!

A question that has been asked by many and to which I have not had the answer to is ‘What will the Membership Rewards conversion rate be to the new Marriott/SPG program”! Many American Express cardholders (primarily Cobalt and Gold Rewards Card) have been wondering this and now we have the answer: We now know […]

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