How to avoid Aeroplan booking fees
Anybody who has ever tried to book an Aeroplan award ticket knows about the huge cost of associated fees (colloquially known as ‘scamcharges’).
Anybody who has ever tried to book an Aeroplan award ticket knows about the huge cost of associated fees (colloquially known as ‘scamcharges’).
Typically, you can’t get status miles (or any kind of miles!) from an award ticket. However, there seems to be a glitch where you can collect Virgin Australia miles flying on a Delta award ticket.
$283USD YYZ-PDL on SATA. These are direct flights, round-trip, taxes included.
Fairly wide availability. Use kayak.com to search for dates. Example dates.
Some credit cards have a “minimum spend,” that is, to get the sign-up bonus, or to reach a bonus tier, you have to spend X amount of $ in Y time to get the bonus. For example, to get the 60,000 MR points offered with the AMEX Platinum card (this is a referral), you have to spend $1000 in 3 months. Business cards typically have much higher minimum spends, and occasionally, we have seen minimum spends reaching $10,000 (was an offer from the RBC Avion Visa).
NOTE: I don’t keep this post updated. For the most updated credit card offers, click on the ‘Credit Cards’ link in the menu bar.
This post covers the best deals in the Canadian credit card market. Before applying to a credit card, why don’t you read our handy ‘Introduction to Credit’ [under construction] guide?