The Canadian churning world isn’t doing too well: AMEX has severely tightened up, MBNA has limited Alaska card churns, and we’ve lost the IHG and Delta credit cards. Boo! This prompted me to seek out US credit cards, which offer substantially better churning opportunities.
According to RedFlagDeals, there’s currently an amazing deal for internet and TV: for $99/month on a two year contract, you can get Gigabyte Internet and Digital VIP TV from Rogers (both of their top end services)… these normally go for $240+/month. Here’s a complete description of what you get:
I’ve been traveling for the past week, and the following are the developments in the points and miles world in Canada that I noticed while on sojourn.
A while ago, I booked a flight from Toronto – Chicago – Hong Kong – Denpasar on American and Cathay respectively, using AAdvantage miles. Everything was booked in Business. A couple months later, the Toronto – Chicago flight was downgraded to Economy, as there was an aircraft swap to an airplane without Business. American could not put me in Business that day.
Everyone loves to get a great deal, but when is a deal a mistake? How do mistake fares occur? What is the law regarding mistake fares in Canada and the United States? This paper, written by me, just published by the McGill University Annals of Air and Space Law (Volume XL, 2015), titled “Mistake Fares in Canada and the United States” is now available for public viewing on SSRN for free.
There are some amazing American Express (Canada) sign-up bonuses right now. We don’t know when they’ll expire, but I’ve mentioned them a few times. This will be the final reminder about the special offers going on right now.
