Posts by Category: Credit Cards

The Skinny This is a response to Moe’s question on establishing and building credit. She is recently widowed and all…

The Canadian Tire Options MasterCard promotes itself as the best way to earn Canadian Tire Money on your purchases there…

The Bank of Montreal World Elite Credit Card is quickly becoming a top card in the Canadian marketplace. This card offers a great rewards earning potential of exactly 2% on all spending (redeemed towards the cost of travel). This card also has some great benefits, including a best in class travel insurance offering and a few airport lounge passes included in the annual fee.

The MBNA Smart Cash Mastercard is my favorite no-fee card. It has a high earning rate for gas stations and grocery stores and the redemption of your rewards is remarkably simple.

This is an article in a series on finding the best travel credit cards for travel to Europe from Victoria….

There are a few programs to earn enough miles and points to get from North America to Europe. In this article, I comment on the prices of each one and potentially ways to exploit them.

When choosing which credit card you want to earn your miles and points in, especially for international travel, consider a few factors factors, including how many seats you will need to redeem on any flight, whether the points you earn can be redeemed for flights out of your airport, whether you are willing to take the risk that your miles will hold their value until when you want to book your flight, among others.