Yeah, I've made almost $200 in rebates in the past few months from apps alone!

Thanks for the information... I'll go take a look at those fees. ;)

BMO World Elite MC started waiving the fee for the first year (not sure how long this promo is on for). I applied in August for the 20K promo and called today to get the annual fee reversed/waived based on the new offer.

http://www.bmo.com/home/personal/ban...ite-mastercard

Bank of Montreal World Elite MasterCard: $300, first year free
 

Well, this is impressive.

Bank of Montreal World Elite MasterCard's $300 offer is now First Year Free.

The BMO Rewards® World EliteTM MasterCard

Get bonus points worth $300 in travel credit, and 2% on spend.
Annual fee: $150 Now FIRST YEAR FREE.

(History: The bonus amount had been $285 worth of credit, and then they bumped it up to $380 worth, and then they changed the point value, so the startup bonus was actually $400 if you clicked on the link for a period of about 2 weeks. After August 31, it remained at $300, which was still pretty good. But all that was with a $150 annual fee. Earnings on spend had been 1.9%; now it's 2.0%.)

(Credit to jerryhung and to 92redragtop for their posts.)

There must be something special about Canadians because nearly half the posters here have referral links in their signature..

Well, it might be a Canadian thing, after all this is "MILESBUZZ! CANADA" ;)

Is there a minimum spend requirement on this card, or do the 30k points credit to your account upon approval?

Also, can you only use the points to book flights, or can you use them for hotels, etc. do you have to use them while booking, or can they be applied as reimbursements after you've used e card to pay for the expenses? Thanks for your help!

Preacher, are you referring to the AMEX Aeroplan Plus Gold card? If yes, then it is 20K promo Aeroplan points if you sign up at AMEX directly, or 30K if you use a referral link (see my sig). $0 First Year Fees were introduced in this promo on Sep 2, 2013. You need to spend $500 in 3 months. Points will post to your Aeroplan account only after you've spent $500, and then they will appear at your next bill statement date.

If he's referring to the BMO MC WE then I don't believe there is a minimum spend - the points will be credited after FIRST transaction based on what I saw with my account earlier this month but there is no minimum dollar amount....I imagine even a coffee at Tim Hortons on the card will suffice. I believe you can use them for any travel-related transactions through their travel booking service (which I believe includes hotels and maybe car rentals?) but I'm not sure about timing of points usage, etc.

I got the card because I have a couple trips coming up and the Out of Country Medical/Emergency coverage, trip cancellation, and 4 priority pass passes will come in handy (even if I had to pay the $150 fee which we now don't in the first year).

Ahhh...I see. I saw 30K and thought it was related to the AP Gold promo. Didn't realize the BMO WE was also 30K points => $300.

How good is the trip cancellation insurance on the BMO WE? Is it for trip interruptions only, or for actual cancellation?

You should clarify what CARD you are asking

There are dedicated threads for AMEX and BMO cards too
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ex-canada.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...astercard.html

It is cancellation insurance just like you'd buy driectly brom BMO or RBC or CAA Insurance for example except for the dollar limit which you can specify when purchasing separate travel insurance from the 3 parties above. Coverage is up to $2,500 per person or $5,000 per account (so 2 travellers) which I believe may be the same as the Amex Platinum Card coverage.

Very few cards have this feature but most premium travel cards have the interruption/lost-delayed baggage type insurance (including the BMO card). CIBC Infinite AE and RBC Infinite Avion do not have cancellation insurance.

The Out of Country Medical/Emergency (and legal assistance, etc) coverage also do not require that you charge the trip to your card (but the cancellation/interruption insurance does).

I am sorry about not clarifying which card I was referring to. It was the BMO MC. I just read through the thread on it, and couldn't see anywhere where it said if this card has forex fees? Anyone know? Thanks again for your help.

Yes, it does have forex fees. The only cards that don't are Chase bank CCs (like Amazon and Marriott Visas).

It's still a great card, though. I used two of my Priority Pass lounge passes this past weekend...came in handy!

In fact RBC Avion (both Platinum & Infinite) have the Trip Cancellation Insurance now...!!

That's great....wasn't included when I was looking at this card previously.

ya..just started start of this month...both Trip Interruption & Trip cancellation now included.

Air Miles: Western Canada
 

Okay, it's not fabulous, but here's an offer that doesn't involve credit card signups (!!!)

From September 26 - 29, earn 10 bonus Air Miles (that's about $1 value) when spending at select Air Miles Cash Sponsors (that includes Rona and Shell). Limit one bonus transaction per day. Western Canada only.

So if you have 2 Air Miles cards in your household, you could earn $1 worth of Air Miles on each card, per day. So there's that.


Terms & conditions here

or redeem Air Miles Cash 95 miles for $10, and earn 25 miles back

https://www.airmiles.ca/arrow/Splash?splashId=18400098

This weekend only, get the most out of your AIR MILES reward miles.
Earn 25 Bonus reward miles when you redeem at select AIR MILES Cash Sponsors.*
https://a.irmil.es/splash/15730_cash.../cashin_en.png

Every mile counts....thanks..!!

CIBC Aventura: 30,000 points offer
 

https://www.cibc.com/ca/img/features.../banner-en.jpg

Signup bonus: 30,000 bonus Aventura Points.
Purchase requirement: 3 merchant purchases; no dollar amount stated.

Short-haul flights: 10,000 Aventura Points & up;
Long-haul flights: 25,000 Aventura Points & up.
Link to new Aventura rewards chart


Annual fee: $120.
First year free?: No.
(EDIT, to add... ) Ability to transfer to Aeroplan: Not mentioned at all.



Link: https://www.cibc.com/ca/features/ave...aPointsOffer-E

NICE!!! No waived annual fee though, boo.

Interesting how it's a Visa now.

Any ideas on how to avoid paying the GST/HST when sharing miles in the current US Airways promotion? Would entering a US address for the credit card billing address work?

move to the us

It's just a guess, but if your credit card really has a US address, then you should be fine as long as you change your address to that US one in your profile; otherwise, if addresses don't match you may have a problem.

Are the cibc aventura points transferable to aeroplan or they can just be redeemed trough their tarvel rewards center?
thank you

It is my understanding that you cannot move them to Aeroplan. You have to use them within the Aventura program.

Nah you can move them just fine. Be warned, though: minimum 10,000 slice increments.

Better off getting an Amex, though - still 30,000 miles, but no fee :)

I stand corrected: Convert Aventura points to Aeroplan

Yup, I also just converted points a week or so ago :)

thank you...however I found another thread on this on AirCanada an people there reporting that transferring point to Aeroplan is not an option for this new cards only for the already issued cards.:(

whoa whoa whoa... really? i just read the page that was being referenced a few posts up, and indeed, there's no explicit mention of Aeroplan, one way or another.

I doubt they would sneak a huge stick in the wheels like this, but with all the CIBC/Aeroplan mess lately.............. we need some official position on this, I think, since on www.cibcaventura.com, it still says you can convert to Aeroplan just fine.

The FT thread has some people who called and got confirmation that these new aventura points cannot be transferred to aeroplan. ymmv

I'd probably take them to court. The Aventura website clearly states "transferable to Aeroplan". If they want a new program that isn't, I'm okay with it, BUT CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE. That's deceptive marketing right there. It's like having an Aeroplan program that can only redeem for toasters.

Yep - I did a big transfer earlier this year. And literally 2 weeks later there was a big bonus for CIBC partner transfers! DOH! I called in and they gave me some bonus points (not the full transfer bonus, but they took care of me).

Moral of the story: try to time your transfers for bonus time!

Any annual fee for the 1st year ?

The answer to your question is written about an inch above your question in your post! ;)

got instant approval for the BMO Mastercard, first year free and 30k points. Thanks for the post guys! $300 travel dollars for me!

As I mentioned in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21614819-post50.html:

https://www.rbcrewards.com/convert-points.html?tab=aa