On the subject of earning miles on US carriers through Canadian credit cards, maybe it is time to organise an online petition/poll to ask for such a product?

What are the choices besides a plethora of aeroplan mile earning credit cards?

The RBC BA and the MBNA Alaska are the only 2 airline cards earning straight to airlines that are not Aeroplan. Meager choice.

And there are only 2 conversion programs, Amex MR and RBC Avion.

That's all there is in Canada, meager. Petition UA, AA, DL anyone?

I just got one recently... the card is pretty ridiculous in the earning rate. 2:1 and the threshold bonus... :(

UA would be great, but I suppose that perhaps the banks figure its all Star so why bother?

DL seems to have disappeared... which sucks, hopefully the product will continue for existing cardmembers...

I have never been denied for a Chase card when applying on the phone. TD will not approve you in my experience if you have had an App in the previous 90 days. Just my experience

Thanks for sharing!

CIBC aerogold business card
 

I applied via phone today. Oh my god they were asking for all kind of info. I now have to fax t4 jacket and NOA. I have a business so and I gave what was in my tax return. so I am not worried. I was tired at the end of the call.
May be I should have applied online.

Not true. There is an oft-overlooked conversion program that is better in Canada than the US: SPG. MR transfer rates are better in Canada. And earning rates are 20% better, because of the lower dollar. Plus referral rates are better. I've been pushing SPG as a very viable MR transfer partner for a while now. From SPG, you can transfer to many US and Global airlines. Admittedly, UA is not an SPG transfer part you'd want to use. But you could transfer to SQ and book UA flights w/o YQ that way. I did that last week for my son and future wife for their honeymoon to Hawaii. Worked like a charm!

Additionally, many of you followed my advice, I suspect, and took advantage of the now-defunct points.com transfer of Aeros indirectly to AA. Your AA accounts are well padded now with 160K+ AA miles if you maxed out 2014 and 2015 limits like each member of our churn team in Canada did.

Yes you should've applied online
It asks for all Business info there - name, months in business, % ownership, yearly revenue & profit

but I didn't need to fax anything when I called in later to follow up, and they approved me on the phone

Why do I often overlook SPG ?!?! but while true my point still stands, few options for direct mileage earning as well as converting.

I totally missed points.com transfer of aeroplan to AA? :mad:

Why transfer to SQ to book UA when you have AE? they don't charge YQ on UA.

the SPG AX is a good program, especially given the CAD/USD rate right now, though the price of the card itself is high, and it inexplicably doesn't give bonus Starpoints at SPG properties.

It was AP -> USDM (100:84) via Points.com and USDM now become AA miles

I transfered 100K AP for 2 years, and now have 160K AA miles this way, planning to use it for off-peak to Europe 20K one-way (4 paxs R/T = 4x40K)

We did that to Rome 2 years ago, off-peak. 7 of us, and it worked marvelously!

Excellent point. They don't charge YQ, but their taxes and fees are minimally higher on UA award flights than SQ would charge. SQ Award fees are in $SIN, but are the exact same fees as UA charges, i.e. $5.60 per leg domestically (except from Canada to US, which is more). AE charges just over $12 CAD for the same leg. A round trip booked b/w US and Canada on United with SQ miles would be the equivalent in $SIN of approx. $69 USD. With AE, it's over $120 CAD. Not a lot more, but a bit.

I agree with you, though, unless you're booking a lot of these flights, the minor differences in taxes and fees isn't worth transferring Starpoints to SQ for United flights. Much better bets would be AS and AA for US carriers.

Has anyone been declined on the CIBC business aeroplan? Does anyone know how much time it needs without credit check and minimum score?

Thanks Winebug. I'd appreciate others' experiences with applying for this card or the BMO World elite in regards to having to wait 6 months with credit inquiries or changes. TIA.