Originally Posted by
yerffej201
In any case it's good the other issuers realize that there's a shakeup in the market. as card now has two flavours (and rolling 10k upgrade offers), ap amex now has 30k bonus + waived annual fee, and bmo ups their flexible travel rewards card to $300 + waived annual fee.
no doubt td + cibc will emulate once their new products come out.
now all we need is chase to start sending out the 50k marriott offer codes again and rbc to increase signup for avion/waive fee.
That's right.. competition is ramping up, and if TD and CIBC is to keep up, offers will need to be aggressive.
With the increased frequency of travel in the short term next 4 or 5 years, I'm thinking of signing up for the WestJet card to supplement my travel.. I'll pay cash for WS flights, whereas I find AC pretty expensive. Status isn't important to me, but the inexpensive option is a plus if we end up paying for flights. However, 90%+ of our flights are through AE redemptions currently.