A couple weeks ago I was approved for the Chase Ritz-Carlton (USA) credit card, with a sign-up bonus of two free nights after spending $4,000. As of yesterday, Flyertalk reports that Chase has implemented major changes to the Ritz-Carlton card. These include:
Update: So I’m testing the card. When you get it, you have to do a mini application which does a soft check on your Equifax. Your initial load has to be in a foreign currency, and has a 2.5% spread. The initial load has to be the equivalent of $CAD 100. After the initial purchase, you can load the card with Canadian Dollars. The address you want the card sent to has to match the card used for the initial purchase.
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.
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.
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.
There are quite a few amazing sign-up bonuses happening right now, all of which I have done myself and for my family in the past couple weeks. Many of these could die at any moment, so you should hop on them now in order to get the points and the benefits!
