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RBC Visa Infinite Avion Review Oct 26, 11
One of the first travel rewards cards to offer any flight anytime potential, the RBC Visa Infinite Avion has been a mainstay in the travel credit card market for many years. It is definitely one of the most popular cards in Canada and as such we give it the "Rewards Canada review" treatment as we expand our review process beyond newly released cards to include existing cards on the marke
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Maximize your Miles and Points 2011 Aug 31, 11
The following article is an update to our original Maximize Your Miles article I published on Rewards Canada way back on May 30, 2005. I thought it best to bring it up to date although the basic premise has not changed.
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Will Canadian Credit Card Foreign Exchange Fees start to disappear like they have in the U.S.? Aug 26, 11
In Canada, the issuers of travel rewards credit cards have taken many steps in their attempts to attract and retain customers for their card products. Whether it be a sign up bonus, renewal bonus, enhanced insurance packages, first year free, you name it, it has been done except for one new marketing move that is taking place in the United States.
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Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards 2011 Jul 18, 11
Welcome to Rewards Canada's third annual take on picking Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards. Travel Rewards Credit Cards are still one of the most popular type of credit cards in Canada, and with the success of our yearly rankings of these cards we have decided to do it once again!
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Expiring Miles and Points Jan 23, 11
Trillions of banked miles and points in travel reward programs worldwide have led to many of these programs enacting expiry dates on the miles and points held in the accounts of millions of people.
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Delta SkyMiles World MasterCard from Capital One Review Sep 2, 10
The latest travel rewards credit card to be released in Canada is the Delta SkyMiles World MasterCard from Capital One. Delta has been looking to release a credit card in Canada over the past couple years, initial reports had BMO being the card partner but now we all know that Capital One is the banking partner for Delta.
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Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards for 2010 Jul 19, 10
Welcome to Rewards Canada's second annual take on picking Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards. Travel Rewards Credit Cards are one of the most popular type of credit cards in Canada, and with last years success of our first ever ranking of these cards we have decided to do it once again!
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BMO World Elite MasterCard Review May 20, 10
In the middle of March BMO came out with a new MasterCard offering to compete with the Visa Infinite cards issued by other banks in Canada. Until now BMO has only offered Gold or Platinum versions of the various MasterCards they issued. One can assume BMO came out with this card for several reasons.
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WestJet Frequent Guest Program Review Mar 4, 10
Finally, the program that has been delayed numerous times for the past few years is now here. Live on the Westjet.com site as of March 4th, the program takes a page out of the Travel Rewards Credit Card industry by allowing members to redeem points for full or partial travel with no black out dates.
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Air Canada Aeroplan 2010 Top Tier Details Dec 17 , 09
Air Canada and Aeroplan released the details of their 2010 Top Tier program today. For the first time in many years, it seems it is being met with cheers rather then jeers from some of Air Canada's Top Flyers. It appears that Air Canada has listened to them and made changes to some of the issues the Top Tier members had with the program.
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Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards for 2009 Jul 13, 09
Welcome to Rewards Canada's first annual take on picking Canada's Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards. With Travel Rewards Credit Cards being one of the most popular type of credit cards, we have decided to continue our quest in helping the Canadian consumer choose the right card by picking what we think are the best cards.
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ACCOR HOTELS LAUNCHES A|CLUB REWARD PROGRAM Oct 2, 08
After tinkering with various forms of not-so-popular reward programs The Accor Hotels Group has launched a new reward program for its family of hotels with rewards ranging from hotel vouchers to airline miles.
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Travel Anywhere Credit Card Comparison Aug 19, 08
A comparison of some of the Canadian Travel Anywhere rewards credit cards. (ie. booking travel via the credit cards travel agency or as with some cards any travel provider)
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IS BLACK THE NEW GOLD? Apr 22, 08
There used to be a time when having a Gold credit card meant you were a high roller. Then came the platinum cards for even higher rollers. but now comes the new Visa Infinite Brand.
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RELATED: Travel Credit Card Comparison Chart

FREQUENT FLYER FLIGHT REWARDS COMPARISON - PART 3
Europe Mar 19, 08
In part 3 we look at the number of miles required to redeem for reward flights from Canada to Europe.
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FREQUENT FLYER FLIGHT REWARDS COMPARISON - PART 2
Caribbean, Central America, Hawaii and Mexico Rewards Jun 18, 07
In part two of this series see how 40 different frequent flyer programs stack up against each other in the number of miles required to redeem for a flight from Canada to the Caribbean, Central America, Hawaii and Mexico
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FREQUENT FLYER FLIGHT REWARDS COMPARISON - PART 1
North American Rewards April 12, 07
In part one of this series see how 40 different frequent flyer programs stack up against each other in the number of miles required to redeem for a flight in North America
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CREDIT CARD REWARD TICKETS
"Diners Club Stands Out" March 2, 06
In today's world of earning and redeeming points there is no shortage on the options available to the consumer. One option is collecting points on credit cards that offer their own airline reward tickets, that is the points don't go into a frequent flyer program rather you redeem the points through the credit card's respective travel agency. In Canada there are a number of credit cards available that offer this option.....
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MAXIMIZE THE WAY YOU EARN MILES & REWARDS May 30, 05
Want that free flight to Cancun sooner? Does it seem like your reward program balance isn't growing fast enough? By following these eight steps to maximizing the way you earn miles and rewards, you will be able to reap the benefits that the programs like to dangle in front of you sooner then you think
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REWARDS TRAVEL TICKET RESTRICTIONS Jan 17, 05
Restrictions on travel reward tickets vary from program to program as well as year to year. Whether redeeming frequent flyer, frequent buyer or credit card points, the reward ticket received will come with some sort of restrictions.
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CHOOSING A TRAVEL REWARDS CREDIT CARD Sep 17, 04
Canadians have dozens of choices when it comes to choosing a credit card for their spending needs. There are many options based on interest rates, affiliations and of course rewards. Perhaps the most common of these reward credit cards is the travel rewards card. This category in itself can be further split into three types of travel reward cards, the airline mile earning card, the travel point card and the hybrid card, which is a combination of the first two
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RELATED: Travel Credit Card Comparison Chart