Not to completely derail this, but Boxing Day is not a stat holiday in BC.

It is for government and many other employees. This year Boxing Day fell on a Saturday and with that the day off in lieu of the day fell on Monday.

Again, no, it is not.

https://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/stats.htm

It is not officially a stat holiday in BC, but ALL BC Gov't employees get that day off (or a day off in lieu, as was the case this year) - the same goes for Easter Monday, which is also not an official stat in BC. I'll take 'em - thank you very much! :)

apply CIBC personnel aeroplan, got declined said I don't use my existing Dividend card, transfer to CSR said they can switch card for me but they don't see the FYF free on their end

BMO Air Miles question for you... my wife has the BMO Air Miles World MC. If she cancels and applies for the BMO Air Miles World Elite MC say, 6 months out, would she be eligible for the AM bonus miles? We need to have one of these cards for the 25% redemption discount, but I figure if we can get the signup bonus, then why not.

I seem to recall reading that BMO is a little less generous than other issuers when it comes to this sort of thing, so I thought I'd ask to see if anyone knows for sure.

I was not stating it as a general labour stat but for several collective agreements such as my own.

It's statutory in your collective agreement? ;)

Colour me impressed with your negotiators. :)

By definition, statuatory means "by statute". Collective bargaining agreements can not make anything statuatory.

Well it's in my collective agreement language. Perhaps it refers to BC Labour law https://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/fac...y_holidays.htm. My collective agreement actually refers to super-stats at an even higher premium (ie. Christmas Day, Good Friday and Labour Day) :)

Question. Has anyone been able to get CIBC to release a card shipped in-branch to a person other than the cardholder? A relative is travelling extensively and won't be able to go in-branch to pick up the card in time before they ship it back. Power of attorney, whatever, is not a problem, just curious if anyone's done it?

doubtful, unless they sign a letter with their ID authorizing you (with your ID), then maybe?

when I picked up, they obviously checked my ID which matched the envelope/package

Got lucky yesterday with the last day for TD 20,000 + FYF offer. It ended Jan4 not Dec 31 like I assumed. Anyway applied yesterday for my wife, took too long as I had to restart the application as there wasn't a continue button on the first page (bad IT I guess).

Instant approval and I'm glad I remembered as they are reducing the offers bit by bit each offer cycle (no surprise, it's TD after all).

Disappointing data point I thought I'd share: I did a product switch from my Tim's DoubleDouble Visa to an AeroPlatinum Visa. I was not eligible for the 5,000 point welcome bonus because I'd already held the Visa Aerogold Infinite card (2 years ago). I asked why because I'd never held the Platinum Visa before. I was told it was because it's in the same 'card family' (Aeroplan points). I was given 2,500 Aeroplan points as a retention bonus (they offered - I accepted...I have no other card I'm interested in switching to, except more no-fee cards)....

Has anyone had success product switching and receiving the associated welcome bonus after leaving more time in-between card switches within the same 'card family'?