Great deal! Scotiabank AMEX Gold $200 Credit – First Year Free
The Scotiabank American Express Gold first year free offer is back! You'll get 20,000 points after spending $750 in three months, which can be converted directly into $200 worth of cash.
Author: DCTA
AMEX Canada Introduces “Check Spending Power” Feature
American Express in Canada now allows you to check whether a charge will be approved or declined!
Amazing Deal! US Merrill Lynch Card, $1000 Sign-Up Bonus
Merrill Lynch, Bank of America’s wealth management division, is currently offering their fee-free Visa Signature with a 50,000 sign-up bonus after spending $3000 in three months [this is not a referral link]. This is the first time I’ve heard of this credit card being publicly accessible. Their points system is redeemable on any flight, at the rate of 25,000 points for $500. Strangely, the redemption must be on a round-trip flight departing from the United States (boo!). Further, you can only redeem your points at the above rate if your operating carrier is American, Delta, United, or British Airways; any other airline requires a 30,000 point redemption for the same value. Finally, if you spend $50,000 in a year, you’ll receive a $200 travel credit or a Delta Skyclub membership (I think you can guess which has more value).
HURRY! EVA Business Award Seats!!!!
There seems to be a HUGE number of EVA Business Class award seats available for booking. For example, nearly every single day of their schedule to/from Toronto is available after January. Normally these seats are released around a month or two week before departure. EVA is an amazing product (PJs, Rimowa amenity kits, $200+ champagne)! There is no fuel surcharge using Aeroplan.
Good deals: YYZ – SIN/HKG/HKT/BKK/MNL $535-558 [MU]; YVR – CGO $473 [3U] (CAD)
Just some good deals to Asia from Toronto and Vancouver… as usual, use ITA Matrix to find fares, book through an OTA like Kayak.
“Enhancement” – Aeroplan Change/Refund Fees (hint: it sucks)
For many years, Aeroplan charged $90+tax per person for any change or refund to an Aeroplan ticket. This fee applied without regard to the significance of the change – any change came with that fee. For refunds within 22 days before departure, the fee was $90+tax to change the booking to a trip outside 22 days, and an additional $90 to refund that ticket.
