COBALT CARD HOLDERS GET $50 at YYZ!!
 

Enjoy a Shopping Spree at the Pearson Duty Free

You can earn a $50 (CAD) statement credit! Treat yourself at any participating Toronto Duty Free store at Toronto Pearson International Airport and when you make a purchase of $50 (CAD) or more (after taxes) in a single transaction, you can earn a $50 (CAD) statement credit! Make sure to use your American Express Cobalt Card when making a purchase to be eligible for this offer.

Duty Free store locations* are located in Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 at Toronto Pearson International Airport and are now home to some great luxury fashion brands including Coach, Burberry, Michael Kors, MAC Cosmetics and more.

To take advantage of this offer, spend $50 (CAD) or more (after taxes) in a single transaction using your Cobalt Card at any of the participating Toronto Duty Free stores at Pearson International Airport below and get a $50 (CAD) statement credit. Offer ends February 15th, 2018.

https://www.americanexpress.com/ca/e...tinations.html

I'm going through YYZ T1 so this is perfect! The general Duty Free store is run by Nuance which makes a purchase there eligible. Gonna pick up chocolates :)

Amex personal platinum card get $200 off $200 @yyz
 

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...2e869b0ba1.jpgTerms and Conditions

1 Purchase(s) must be completed between December 15th, 2017 and February 15th, 2018 and subsequently posted to the account to be a qualifying purchase for this offer.

2 The eligible American Express Platinum Card must be used when making qualifying purchases. Only one (1) $200 (CAD) statement credit is available per account during this offer period. The Basic or Supplementary Cardmember would have to make a qualifying purchase of $200 (CAD) or more (after taxes) in a single transaction on their eligible Card at a participating Duty Free location during the offer period to earn a statement credit. Statement credits earned on supplementary card purchases will be issued to the Basic Card account associated with that Supplementary Card. Purchase must be charged to an American Express Platinum Card at participating Duty Free retailers located at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Statement credit may take up to two billing cycles to appear on your statement after the Cardmember has completed a qualifying purchase. The statement credit will be reversed if the qualifying purchase is refunded or cancelled. If a portion of the purchase is returned but the remaining items still total $200 or more, the statement credit will not be reversed. If the statement credit is being applied to a credit card account, please note that this does not satisfy the requirements to pay the minimum due. A statement credit does not constitute a payment. The Cardmember must continue to make separate payments of at least the minimum due in accordance with the Cardmember agreement and account statement. We reserve the right to substitute an American Express Gift Card or cheque in lieu of the statement credit. American Express is responsible for the fulfillment of this offer. In the event that you replace your eligible Card through Amex Bank of Canada because it has been lost, stolen or there has been a fraud event during an Offer, your qualifying purchase will be transferred to your new Card. In this scenario your replacement Card will become your eligible Card. This offer will appear on your statement as “Bonus Credit ‑$200”.

Other personal Amex cards:


$50 off $250+
Amex Plat Biz
Amex Air Miles Plat
Amex SPG
Amex SimplyCash
Amex Choice
Amex Gold

wow that 200 off 200 is insane. too bad my plat only got 50 off 250. is it targeted?

I know! Wish I had a personal PLT (I have BIZ for the 25K referrals).

I also have Cobalt so I get $50 off $50 = FREE :)

No not targeted.

Why not $50 credit at YVR, too?! I could use it!!!

But who's complaining? I've already got a TON of bonus points from Cobalt's 10x the points promo this month! LOVE this card!!!!

Nothing current for TD or CIBC Aeroplan cards?

I posted a personal CIBC offer on this thread.Limited time offer at ALL CIBC branches(ONLY).

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29143986-post292.html

Thanks! Can't believe it's in-branch... oh CIBC when will you move into 1997.

i see 15000 pt offer when i log on my aeroplan account , its online but looks like $120 fee for card.

Been a while since TD had a promo for the Infinite Aeroplan card.
Any pattern as to what dates they usually come out?

Edit: Looks like the last one started March.

TD had FYF on the AVI less than a year ago because I still have one in my wallet that I haven't had the AF come up on just yet. It has been a while though, at least 6 months or so by now?

Also, forgive me if this has been asked before, but how strict is GCR when it comes to the "new credit card holders only" stipulation for the MBNA AS MC $60 rebate? I last had the card not quite a year or so ago.

I've had multiple GCR rebates for the multiple MBNA Alaska cards I've applied for....including a recent app from a couple of months ago.

This offer is now open.
Must be 18+ or 19+, depending where you live.

"In most cases, registrations will be processed and, if approved, cards should be received in the mail within six weeks. In some cases, however, registration processing (including fraud management) and card delivery may take up to 12 weeks."

Thanks for this one!

PayTM just started charging fees. Anyone aware of any other apps?

Anyone know of any current un-advertised promotions involving showing a bank a competitor's card in order to get their version at an advantageous rate (or free)?

I've got the CIBC Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege...wondering if I can flash that to RBC or TD to get one of their Privilege cards for free.

Worked for me at RBC this September (page 285 of this thread):
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mile...anada-285.html

Nope...not a Privilege card,only Infinite Avion or Avion,at RBC.

Curious why you would you even want those cards....even if they agree to FYF / largely discounted to $99 AF

Chase is discontinuing all cards in Canada, including the Amazon and Marriott Visa.
All cardholder accounts will be closed March 15, 2018.
Marriott Visa cardholders can expect a new, sweetened offer from Amex for an SPG card.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...a-card-83.html

The Marriott Visa is (was) a popular no-foreign-exchange-fee card.
If you're in the market for no-foreign-exchange-fee cards, there's some discussion of other cards on page 78 of the Marriott Visa thread.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...a-card-78.html

I wonder what this 'sweetened' offer will be? It better be something that's an improvement over the 'regular' SPG bonus! AND...what if we've already held the SPG Amex, will we still be eligible for this 'sweet' offer?

Does the MBNA Best Western 60K offer work?

I applied recently with a 60k application link. I got 20k after first charge, after reaching 1k spend I did not get the next 20k. Might it post on a few days? Should I contact MBNA costumer service? Or, is this a lost case?

Thanks In Advance

Usually takes a few days after the points post after your statement is produced. But usually no longer than that.
Since you know that they recorded the account number correctly (since you got the first 20k points), then if you have a statement in hand showing $1k in total spend so far, then yes, it's worth a call.

Thanks Jerry305, for responding to my question. The $1k spend missed the statement, so those points will definitely not show on the BW site. However, I am able to see on MBNA's site my points balance (above 21k, meaning they posted points for over 1k spend), and even there it did not post the second 20k.

Sounds right.

Your first 20k should show at first transaction.
Your next 20k, and the additional 20k, will not be triggered until the next statement date... and it's possible to earn them both on the same statement.

​​​​​​​That's helpful info. Thank you!

Looking for advice: Since Chase is discontinuing the 0% FOREX fee Amazon.ca Visa, any suggestions for a replacement card? I've been hunting far and wide, but it seems we Canadians are SOL when it comes to a card that doesn't tack on the 2.5% FOREX fee, other than that one.
(I already know about the HomeTrust Visa, but unfortunately it's not available to me as I live in Quebec. And the Rogers cards aren't a good deal for me, since my cell phone is with Telus/Koodo.)

The fine print of the Rogers/Fido cards say you can apply the credit to your account balance each December (if you notify them), so it isn't restricted to applying against Rogers products.

I thought about getting a Rogers or Fido card, but when I read the Terms of Service, they clearly say they DO add a 2.5% ForEx fee:

From the "Disclosure Summary for Rogers Platinum Mastercard"
All transactions made in a foreign currency are converted to Canadian dollars at the rate established by Mastercard International in effect on the date that we post the transaction to your Account (which may not be the same date as the date of the transaction) plus an amount equal to 2.5% of the transaction amount after it has been converted to Canadian dollars.

From the "Disclosure Summary for Fido Mastercard":
All transactions made in a foreign currency are converted to Canadian dollars at the rate established by Mastercard International in effect on the date that we post the transaction to your Account (which may not be the same date as the date of the transaction) plus an amount equal to 2.5% of the transaction amount after it has been converted to Canadian dollars.

Maybe they used to have no ForEx fee, but they clearly do now.

You do pay a 2.5% foreign exchange fee, but you get 4% rewards back.

Discussion from page 230 of this forum:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mile...l#post27026666

Ahhh.......They're not ForEx free, they just have a better incentive.

https://ihg.scene7.com/is/image/ihg/...?fmt=png-alpha
There's a new batch of PointBreaks hotel room specials from IHG / Holiday Inn hotels, for now till April 30, 2018.

PointBreaks are reward stays available starting at 5,000 points.
They also include offers for 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 points... I'd consider 10,000 or 15,000 as "not bad", but 5,000 can be a great deal.

If you don't have points, you can purchase 5,000 points for US $67.50 from the IHG website. (Higher quantities get slightly cheaper.)

Better yet, (I believe) there is a way that IHG members who already have at least 5,000 points can buy 5,000 points for US $40, or buy 10,000 points (2 nights' worth) for US $70. This workaround is discussed in other threads. PM me if you have questions.

Other methods are discussed starting on page 262 of this thread.
EDIT. REVISED TO:
Other methods are discussed starting around post 3925 of this thread.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28224184-post3925.html


Full list of PointBreaks hotels in Canada, US & overseas:
https://www.ihg.com/rewardsclub/cont...OG-NEW-PREVIEW

Hotels in Canada available for
5,000 points:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Fort Saskatchewan
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Edmonton Arpt - Conference Ctr

for 10,000:
Candlewood Suites Calgary Airport North
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Edmonton-International Airport

for 15,000:
Holiday Inn Calgary-Macleod Trail South
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Calgary
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Calgary South-Macleod Trail S
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Regina

This thread only has 113 pages...

I think it depends how many posts per page you have set.

For me, there are 903 pages in this thread.

which is why it's best to mention the post number which is found in the upper right of each post. those numbers don't change.

Noted.
I've revised my post. Thank you.

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Brim Financial cashback MasterCard
4% cashback on PAP (pre-approved payments)


Some folks at RFD are getting excited about Brim Financial's cashback MasterCard.
https://brimfinancial.com

The World Elite card features:
2% cashback
4% cashback on PAP (pre-approved payments)... it's written as 2% cash back with a 2X multiplier
$120 annual fee
Reward earning, for some reason, caps out at $25,000 - $30,000 of spend per year.

Example:
Say you've got $1,000 in pre-approved payments per month / $12,000 per year
• On a card where you earn 2%, value of points is $240 per year.
• On the Brim Financial World Elite card, you earn 4%, so $480 per year. Annual fee is $120 per year. Net $360 per year. So at that level of spend, you're netting 3%.

(Brim also has a $0 fee card, that pays 1% cashback, or 2% on PAP (pre-approved payments).)


I'd say the World Elite card makes a lot of sense only if you (or your company) makes between $800 to $2,500 per month of pre-approved payments, and then it makes a lot of sense.

You'd have to have a lot of money in pre-approved payments to make this work. I have nowhere near $800 a month in pre-approved payments, so this one is a dud.

Sigh....we need more travel cards..........

You need $500/month to break even (assuming you have a 2% card).

I know three people with RBC Rewards cards.

One hasn't been able to make use of her points.
One uses his points to buy gift cards. (Ouch.)
And myself, I signed up for the card just to get the signup bonus, and I haven't found a great redemption for the points, and I'll need to do that before the annual fee comes up.

So I think there are a lot of people not making great use of their RBC Rewards points.
This offer might be good for those folks who should just extract some value from their RBC points and be done with it.


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https://www.rbcrewards.com/#!/domore

"Special limited time offer – convert your RBC Rewards points between February 1 and February 28, 2018 and receive 15% more in bonus WestJet dollars.†
Promotional bonus WestJet dollars expire one year from date of issue.

All eligible RBC Royal Bank® cardholders and other clients that earn RBC Rewards®points have the option of converting their points** into WestJet dollars‡ which can be applied like cash towards WestJet marketed and operated flights and WestJet Vacations‡ packages, at any time, for travel to any of WestJet's destinations in North America, Mexico, Hawaii and the Caribbean - even during seat sales!