Originally Posted by yerffej201 (Post 20878278)

Isn't that the same thing a few posts above?

Originally Posted by Finkface (Post 20878316)

Yes, same-ish but this one goes until August 31, not June 28th as that one does. And that one has a $500 minimum spend to get the 15,000 whereas mine only says 'on your first purchase'. Not that $500 is a big deal but...

Anyway, here is the link: https://www.cibc.com/cc/en/agioffer/?tid=2013384

Originally Posted by yerffej201 (Post 20878365)

That one doesn't have spend for the 15,000 points but rather a $500 spend for the annual fee rebate. Nice find, though.

Originally Posted by sailingman22 (Post 20755252)

Both my wife and I have 2 Alaska Airlines credit cards each. We waited about 3 years from the first application to the second application and collected 50,000 miles each. You do have to pay the yearly fee on each card but we have 4 companion ticket.

A great deal is using your Alaska Airlines miles on American Airlines. They discount mileage to Europe Oct. 15 - March 15th for 40,000 miles instead of the usual 60,000 miles

You can also obtain both a personal Choice Privileges credit card
and business Choice Privileges credit card. This is currently worth 24,000 points plus 24,000 points for a total of 48,000 points. Choice usually has a promotion going where you earn 8,000 points after staying at a Choice hotel twice. Check their website for specific details.

The real value is using these points for hotel stays in Europe. A 225 euro rate for a hotel room in Rome can be reserved for 10,000 points. Thats 1 Euro equals about $1.40 Canadian.

Aeroplan miles are very difficult to redeem so I only use it when collecting points at Esso, Home Hardware, etc.

Originally Posted by iamfrugal (Post 20896145)

Any idea about the business version application?I cannot find it.Can you assist me by providing the link? Thanks.I already have the personal one (I am on my 2nd churn).I notice the redemption options are pretty sad.Seems like the selection of GC's has lessened.

Originally Posted by yerffej201 (Post 20898313)

60,000 points for the MBNA Best Western MC.

Originally Posted by Finkface (Post 20878316)

Yes, same-ish but this one goes until August 31, not June 28th as that one does. And that one has a $500 minimum spend to get the 15,000 whereas mine only says 'on your first purchase'. Not that $500 is a big deal but...

Anyway, here is the link: https://www.cibc.com/cc/en/agioffer/?tid=2013384

Originally Posted by yerffej201 (Post 20878365)

That one doesn't have spend for the 15,000 points but rather a $500 spend for the annual fee rebate. Nice find, though.

Originally Posted by Finkface (Post 20878381)

Ah, I didn't read it that carefully. Like I said, $500 isn't really a big deal anyway but if you don't plan to really use it, one small purchase is even better. I applied and will cancel before the annual fee is due next year. I just read that the fee for the additional user is waived too if you add them at the time of application. I didn't add my husband in but wish I had. The fee isn't waived if you add a user later :(

Oh well, I do all the spending anyway :p

Originally Posted by nabeelj (Post 20898616)

The link that Finkface posted says nothing about minimum spend. It says annual fee rebate and 15K miles on first purchase. Am I missing something?

BTW the equivalent link (i.e. no minimum spend, Aug expiry) for the AeroGold (non-Infinite) is https://www.cibc.com/cc/en/agoffer/ and for AeroGold biz is https://www.cibc.com/cc/en/asboffer/.

Originally Posted by nabeelj (Post 20898463)

It’s also worth $225 in Wal-Mart GCs, which is not a bad option either (especially for those mile rich, cash poor, like me).

EDIT: Further, affiliate links may come out for this offer, like they did for the 50K offer, after a few days. If that's the case, GCR should have the offer in addition to their normal $60 rebate.

EDIT 2: My response was to the analysis in the blog entry linked to in the earlier post, that mia rightfully removed. In summary, 60K BW points could be worth 12K miles, or $225 Wal-Mart GCs - the latter would be my preference.

Originally Posted by nabeelj (Post 20898463)

It’s also worth $225 in Wal-Mart GCs, which is not a bad option either (especially for those mile rich, cash poor, like me).

EDIT: Further, affiliate links may come out for this offer, like they did for the 50K offer, after a few days. If that's the case, GCR should have the offer in addition to their normal $60 rebate.

EDIT 2: My response was to the analysis in the blog entry linked to in the earlier post, that mia rightfully removed. In summary, 60K BW points could be worth 12K miles, or $225 Wal-Mart GCs - the latter would be my preference.

Originally Posted by yerffej201 (Post 20898756)

It certainly depends on how much you value 12000 miles... if you value them at 1cpm, it actually might be better getting the 225 walmart gc's and then liquidating them for cash.

Originally Posted by jerry305 (Post 20899510)

To sum up, here are the alternatives:

60,000 Best Western points
=
• 2 to 3, maybe 4 Best Western hotel nights, OR
• $225 in gift cards (with 1,500 Best Western points left over), OR
• 12,000 Aeroplan miles now, OR
• 14,000 Aeroplan miles if you can wait... and if Aeroplan runs another top-up offer in the future.

Link to application: https://www.applyonlinenow.com/CACCa...=CPOX&lc=en_CA

More discussion about points alternatives in this forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...cc-no-fee.html

Originally Posted by nabeelj (Post 20898616)

The link that Finkface posted says nothing about minimum spend. It says annual fee rebate and 15K miles on first purchase. Am I missing something?

BTW the equivalent link (i.e. no minimum spend, Aug expiry) for the AeroGold (non-Infinite) is https://www.cibc.com/cc/en/agoffer/?tid=2013383# and for AeroGold biz is https://www.cibc.com/cc/en/asboffer/ (need to figure out the relevant "tid").