CX F at 70K points to most destinations! :D

Or my personal fave: Emirates 380 F on the shower plane, 90K one way DXB-North America! I say that direction b/c then u can spend ample time in the F Lounge at DXB, which is over the top great! Last time I flew that route it was just me, George Clooney and his fiancée in F. Serious.

lots. ek f for 90/100k, cx f for 70k, and qf f is decent although award space is near impossible. they also have a fiji airways chart which is cool. from canada ex-yvr flights are much easier since they allow you to fly alaska to the international north american gateway which thus doesn't require you to position. Toronto is a bit harder since there's no as service to that city.

So we can finally view MBNA cards inside TD EasyWeb?

On milevalue you can now read this post:"How and Why I Was Totally Wrong about the Avios Devaluation". And I can't read anything on View from the Wing that predicts any Avios devaluation.

I'm afraid the wiki needs a little update.

And that's the beauty of Wikis - anyone with access is free to edit them. (In the case of FT, that means either 90 posts/90 days or 180 posts/180 days.)

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I've updated the Wiki anyway :) now that 30K -> 26K for AMEX Aeroplan

I didn't know about the 4K drop on the aeroplan Gold. Thanks for the heads up, but it stinks that it happened.

Is the Marriott Visa churnable? I remember someone saying there was a 6 month period before re-applying..

Yup Marriott is curable just wait 1st year between churns

So wait 12 months after you cancel you mean?

yup. That's what I did...

Typically 12 months, but I have, in my *ahem* lab *ahem*, gotten it down to 8.

Agh. Guess I'm getting the Amazon card in the meantime. Need a card without FX fees, not much choice

Very disappointing with the Aeroplan Gold changes. Was planning to sign up via the wife's referral very soon as it was a painless 30,000 pts. Have to really re-think, especially with the $120 fee. Ouch.

Yeah, complete shame... I can't recommend it at all anymore. Just not worth it... even though it got me so many referral points :P

Yeah, really unfortunate with the drop on the Amex Aerogold :(

With the AP Gold and the SPG no longer FYF, it's really changed our family's app strategy. We'll probably start churning the, gulp, AM Plat now. With referrals, it's worth about $220 in GCs, which is better than nothing.

edited wiki a bit, removed some kid's referral RFD link and get used to new term, NFFY.. not free first year

Thanks for the info. Do you (or anyone) happen to know if the Cap One IHG mastercard pulls from eq and tu as well (double-pull)? Thanks.

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yup double pull. Make sure you have had no apps for at least 3 months

X2 on this. Forgot I had a line of credit application in May (?), applied in Sep, automatic rejection.

Nasty! This is not a card I would recommend churning.

Thanks.

Maybe it should be NFYF, Not FYF, or non-FYF? I say this because we already use FYF for First Year Free.

non-FYF sounds about right.

microcosm, thanks for policing. But, did you also report the referral RFD link and FT-member who made that change, to the moderators? That is a huge infraction, and totally against the current FT policies.

Personally, I don't like NFFY, but maybe it's just me. :p

Instead, why not list the actual $150/yr fee, like the other cards that have AF, mentioned in the wiki? In fact, the Aeroplan Plus Gold card should just be yanked from the wiki since it's not even a good promo right now. When (if) it comes back as a FYF card, then re-list it. For eg., the Amex Biz Gold Rewards card is no longer FYF, and so it too is now no longer listed in the wiki.

5c-J

I like this. Just list the fee and for those cards that waive the fee for the first year, simply add FYF. Otherwise it becomes too alphabet-soupy.

Done.

Listed the fees for cards that were missing them. Some of us would actually consider keeping a card after the first year - speaking as an Aspire and Marriott cardholder.

The Alaska card doesn't waive the fee but the annual fee is also lower for an airline card (mostly offset by GCR). The companion fare alone is decent for keeping after year 1 if TD ever makes it much harder to churn for west coast cardholders

Excellent job. The list looks great! It really needed some updating. I'm still waiting to get enough posts to have permission to do some editing whenever appropriate.

You need 90 posts, so only a few more to go!

I just realized that you were talking of the link I added… You should really check your facts.

RFD requires to LOG-IN in order to get cashback. The link i used was a PUBLIC deeplink to the app, available on http://www.redflagdeals.com/cashback/. It takes you to a offer page, from where you will be redirected to the app page after logging in. If you're already logged in RFD, it will display YOUR tracking code.

When I copied the deeplink, I was LOGGED OUT from RFD, and using a PRIVATE SESSION of my browser, meaning no referral info could have been present.

If you know anything about how affiliate links work, just look at the parameters of the URL.
is RFD intern reference for this cashback deal.
is RFD default affiliate URL to the Scotia App page. If you use only this URL, RFD will get a commission, but in order to deliver cashback to a member, they'd need said member tracking code, which is not present in the link.

For instance, the tracking URL looks like this when I'm logged in (tracking code censored in example below) :
The tracking code is also displayed when applying while logged in. The default affiliate link is available if you click "I'm not interested in RedFlagDeals™ Cash Back".
http://i.imgur.com/k9R22bC.png

So what I added was a DEEPLINK the the RFD deal, but it never was a referral link of any sort. I hope things are clear.
Now, I agree I should have explained here what kind of link I posted. It would have avoided any confusion, and I understand it was easy to be confused by this link.
If no one sees any objection, we should add the link again to the Wiki, thus it will easier be for FTers to find the cashback offer.

for us, the Alaska card will become quite attractive if this rumored Costco switch from AMEX to MC occurs

1 point per $ is not amazing, but with Alaska points valued at over 2 cents, its one of the better MC rewards programs.

I wouldn't do the deeplink directly, just a link to the parent accompanying cashback page will do so that people can read details as needed.

edit: removed personal tip because its probably going to be abused pretty badly

ill give a hint at though which should make it very very easy to deduce, when you pay annual fee for a premium cc, you get your initial bonus, but most banks will let you switch to another premium cc...and ___________

I actually disagree with microcosm - the wiki was edited for good reasons.

Trying to make people use his non-standard abbreviation (NFFY). As another stated, too much alphabet soup.

Each card was not in a standard format. Now it's Card - First Year Free if applicable, Annual fee (which was not listed for many cards), rebates + benefits. As stated, some cards I have no problem keeping after the first year (depending on the annual fee and the annual renewal bonuses)

But you already had a link to your personal site in the Wiki, added by someone (an FT-friend?), and it was there until just recently. Someone must've removed it. Wasn't me.

Who actually decides which external/blog sites are allowed to be added to the Wiki? I think under the newly revised FT ToS, members are allowed to add their own blog (travel related?) website to their own signatures, but why are there individual/private blog sites being added to the MilesBuzz Wiki? :confused:

Perhaps it's time for me to create my own site, chronicling my own exploits, so I can generate some traffic and earn some $$$. :rolleyes:

I agree.