Originally Posted by
keitherson
Be careful because although it's no FX, it's slightly worse because all foreign currencies other than USD are converted to USD first, THEN to CAD. You take a double hit on the Mastercard spreads, even if they don't put a 2.5% FX commission.
I prefer the Marriott card because it gives 2 points per dollar on many categories, and my redemptions routinely exceed 1cpm.
1.75% Cashback towards a Rogers/Fido bill is likely going to outweigh 1% cashback from Amazon even if they do a double conversion to USD then CAD
Tying yourself to Rogers on the other hand, that's a bigger issue to me.