Travel isn’t always exotic hotels or flights – in Canada camping and hauling a trailer is very popular and economical! Here are some helpful points to keep in mind when you head out on the highway with your RV combination. Know how heavy your load is. Most recreational trailers weigh less than 4,600 kg. If your trailer weighs under 4,600 kg…
We don’t have any Vanilla re-loads in Canada but we have some great tools to meet minimum spending for the great credit card bonuses. Currently the AMEX Gold Rewards card and the American Express Aeroplus Gold have bonuses of 25,000 Membership reward points and 30,000 Aeroplan Miles with minimum spending of $500 over the first 3 months of the card.…
I like new pricing models for airlines. Cathay is doing something interesting (announced today). Enhance – make an offer for an upgrade to the next higher cabin class. During the trial period, they invite passengers booked on Economy Class and Premium Economy Class to place an offer for a chance to upgrade, with the following criteria: Passengers travelling on 1 of our…
I love having my Canadian passport – but I always wondered what other countries’ passports looked like. Here are some of my favourites: Am I missing any cool looking passports?
Hotel costs are a major cost for frequent flyers – I don’t like to redeem a lot of hotel points as I find they are not a good value for many places. I am a big Priceline fan but I have found a new website that uncovers price mistakes, low room rates and extreme hotel specials! I consider around $100…
Having a Platinum card is expensive ($699 annual fee), but the benefits for me are worth it (at least for the first year). Being a Platinum member gets you invites to interesting experiences where you can’t actually get from TicketMaster or get on StubHub or Craigslist. AMEX Canada emailed me today with an amazing experience (high cost by tax deductible or…
I received this email promotion from Aeroplan (so YMMV), they have a refer a friend promotion on right now where as a new member you can earn up to 15,000 bonus Aeroplan Miles. You’ll earn 1,000 bonus miles for joining Aeroplan, which only takes a few minutes. If you don’t have an account and join I appreciate it! Joining Aeroplan…
You can earn Asia Miles by flying on any of the Oneworld alliance flights. But for the most part, Asia Miles is associated with the Cathay Pacific airline. Earning Asia Miles: The reason why Asia Miles can be valuable for Canadians is because you can use these points to fly on any Oneworld alliance member flights, even Alaska Airlines. As a Canadian, you can…
If you are looking to go to Europe for a fall trip, Luftansa’s Frequent Flyer program, has a sale on trips to Europe from Montreal, using Air France. Simply book your tickets by June 30 for travel between October 1-31. Remember that you can always transfer miles from Starwood (1:1 ratio) but the points may not transfer in time for…
As much as I love flying, I loave taking a train! I don’t know – I had a poor experience in Europe while on honeymoon (another post for another time). Via Rail is the most popular train company in Canada. If you travel with VIA Rail, you can sign up for free with VIA Preference to earn loyalty points. In Canada we have some…