I thought only Premier Mastercards could convert their points to airline miles.

That seems to be the case

https://www.hsbc.ca/1/2/personal/ban...ewards-program

Only Premier and Premier World have FF miles option

Thanks for the clarification. I deleted my post.

Do CIBC aero biz cards get delivered to the closest branch, home or a branch of your choosing?

Mine came to my home

Home.

But if you are not an existing CIBC client, or if they feel it within their fancy to make you go to a branch to pick it up (eg., perhaps to clarify/confirm some ID issues), then they'll call to let you know and you can then choose the branch that it would get sent to.

I don't bank with CIBC, but I have two long-time no-fee CCs with them. A couple of years ago, when I applied for my very first Aerogold Infinite Visa card, CIBC insisted I go into a branch to pick it up. After that, and 6 or 7 new CIBC CC's strewn in my vapour trail, I have never had to go back into a branch to show my ugly mug to them. :p

Wife and I just applied and we don't deal with CIBC at all.

They are making us go to a branch and pick them up. Wife picked her up today. Already did 1st purchase on her card and waiting for the 20K now. :D

They haven't called for my card yet but I am going to go check tomorrow to see if mine is there. Sometimes they get lazy and don't call you.

2 more Aeroplan cards to eventually add to my dead CC Collection.

man this Amex turning non-business cards into once in a lifetime bonus news sucks :(

I just transferred all of mine over a couple of months ago...whaaaaahhhh! :(

Has this been confirmed yet?

I just applied to see what would happen. That does suck, though.

there's a thread about it over in Amex, yeah. People have applied through referrals to see if it also applies to those, as those T&C haven't been updated yet... but that's probably just an oversight. We'll see. but yeah, seems like it. :/

I'm still going to try to churn the BMO World Elite and get the bonus via the upgrade/downgrade game with the same account over the period of 2-3 years. I'm currently on a downgrade and will try to upgrade to that card next year and see if they have a record of it! I'll let everyone know if I was successful!!! :p

i tried upgrading back a tad under 7 months and did not receive the bonus.

It's been almost 3 years since I've held that card, so it will be interesting to see if they still have that on record and I don't get the bonus either. I'll be sure to post my results! :)

Applied for Gold rewards and got approved. Will wait to see if my wife gets the referral bonus and if I get my bonus.

On a side note, if bonuses are lifetime now, what's the next best way to accumulate points for a Singapore air F award ticket?