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beVancouver – Up to $125 off a hotel night

ByDCTA
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beVancouver, a company of the Vancouver Hotel Destination Association, offers a popular promotion annually for a $50, $75, $100, or $125 AMEX Gift Card (which can actually be used to pay for the stay) on a hotel night at one of thirty-six downtown Vancouver hotels. This year, they’re also giving you a $50 AMEX Gift Card for each additional night on the same reservation. They enforce a three reservations maximum, that is, you can have as many nights as you wish, but you can’t have more than three bookings. The stay must occur by April 30, 2015. 

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Sunday Reader Question: How do I fix a mistake on my credit report?

ByDCTA
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Having a mistake on your credit report is a fairly common occurrence, and if you’re a credit card churner, there’s more activity on your credit reports which increases the likelihood of a mistake. Typically mistakes aren’t that big of an issue, but they can take time and substantial effort to get the issue rectified. It’s important to check your credit report from both bureaus on a regular basis to monitor for any mistakes. Today’s Sunday Reader Question is: If there’s a mistake on my credit report, what do I do to fix it? 

€20 off hotel/car rental, NO MINIMUM!

ByDCTA
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Many thanks to flyinghigh77 for posting this on Flyertalk

AMEX Travel Germany is offering a promo code, jetztamex, that discounts €20 off a hotel or car reservation, with no minimum price or stay requirements. Although we’ve seen plenty of better discounts on hotels, this sort of discount can be extremely lucrative for car rentals. If you booked a car for single-day reservations consecutively (say, for a week), using this code, you could save a bundle.

Can I deduct an award ticket on my taxes?

ByDCTA
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Award tickets have value – there’s the cost of the taxes and fees and the value of the points redeemed. Wouldn’t it be great if you could apply the value of your Aeroplan ticket as a tax deduction? Canadian law, nor the CRA, provides much guidance on this matter. However, a 2010 case at the Tax Court of Canada, Johnson v Canada, provides some guidance on how award redemptions may be used as a deduction on taxes.