I will be moving from US to Canada in Summer for 2 years. I was wondering if anyone has any tips when comes to collecting miles and points while I am there. I am wondering if I will be able to open similar cards in Canada which I have in US because they will be based on Canadian credit history, essential doubling my miles for each kind of card. That is obviously if those cards are offered in Candra e.g., United Explorer USA which I have and got 50K and United Explorer Canada which I could potentially get 50K. Will it also be beneficial to keep a US address ?

Sorry for the long open-ended question but I am really looking forward to some advice.

Thanks

Our cards certainly aren't as bonus point friendly as your American ones. There isn't a single Canadian card that will let you earn United points directly, so be prepared for that. Also, you will definitely need a Canadian credit history to get any decent card as they all will check your credit and have steeper income requirements (I think 60K personal/100K household for the upper level Aerogold/Avion/Etc cards)

I would look into the AMEX global transfer if you have a history with Amex.

You're stuck with either Aeroplan, points being used as cash cards, or One World with RBC (can transfer to AA, BA, CX) - or Westjet dollars lol. I'm not familiar with the hotels points cards however, I'm just thinking main bank flight cardsz

You may find this thread helpful:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...uld-i-get.html