I have the Avion Platinum, and it lists the points I have as "Avion Points". It doesn't say anything about premium, elite or select or anything. How do you know what you have or that there is any difference?"

marriott is a bad company there free night stays are only good for off season stays avoid them if you can

I would say the CIBC aventura infinite privelage is a solid card… 6 lounge access, $200 annual travel credit, 3x on travel booked via CIBC travel (although i think it’s a little overpriced), 2 times on gas, groceries, transport, food… 1.25 on all other purchases… annual 139$ discount off of invite privelage if you sign up with their smart chequing account… coupled with Amex cobalt and it’s solid.

Can you have a cobalt and platinum at the same time? I assume so.

I would

Still good

Which of those 3 cards you mentioned is best used for chexy? I have chexy paired with scotia momentum infinite visa but I would love to earn travel points!

As i looked at the amex cards.... i kept daydreaming of the time before 2015 when they took amex... sigh .. i mainly shop at costco for all of my groceries.... that would have been amazing with the cobalt

All amex have MONTHLY fee's...this is how they skirt around the fact they are charging $120+ per year.

Have you considered the cost of maintaining multiple cards? The annual fees essentially offset the value of the points earned, and those points depreciate at a faster rate than cash in a savings account. This strategy might only work in the short term and then you have to cancel the credit card and get your credit score impacted.

I mistakenly bought a whole bunch of aeroplan points a short while back when they offered 80% bonus with the intention of booking West Coast to Asia for 87.5K. Every option I see at that amount is the dreaded "mixed cabin" with about 10-20 of the flight in business, and the overseas portion as economy. Makes no sense to me. Did I make a mistake in purchasing these points?

if I redeem my miles to Amazon gift card, does it send some kind of otp to our number for the process of redeeming?

I was just checking the avion points activity (i own a Ion+) and I do not see 3x for merchants like mcdonalds, chickfila, sobeys, walmart, starbucks, boston pizza. I checked the fine print and did not see these not included as such. Do you think its worth calling them?

I thought Amex would be an issue being accepted, but I spend a lot online and almost everyone takes Amex.

any idea why Emirates redemptions went up by 2.5x? used to be able to do YYZ->DXB for 110k now its 265k. ?

any idea why Emirates redemptions went up by 2.5x? used to be able to do YYZ->DXB for 110k now its 265k.

So is a card giving lounge access worth it to someone with a family? My wife and I have three kids aged 7, 4 and a baby. Would they all get in or would they tell the family to wait outside? And would the kids even like it?

Your new website sucks. Because it doesnt have the welcome bonus history chart Please add it, its so mean of you to remove it. I bet the banks ordered you to remove it Help us man, dont let the greedy banks own yoy

You’d know all about referral bonuses wouldn’t you!

Costco in Canada uses Mastercard 😅 and thats where i shop

I have a question about the october 2024 westjet world elite Mastercard and your experience with it. I signed up for it at the beginning of oct and have hit the $5000 requirement in less than 3 months but i dont see either my $300 first purchase westjet dollars or my $300 for hitting the $5000 achievement. Whats your recommendation? Do i get a hold of Mastercard or RBC or Westjet rewards?

Zero availabilty

another video where you pretend its going to actually be ricky but then switch to some other guy wtf

Sad looking plant 💧

Almost impossible - not within the reach of MOST Canadians (unless points is your full-time job). Prove me wrong! Are you just selling credit-cards?

This is just a summary of existing content, nothing new.

Absolutely love your videos 🤩

Wow, the disgrace of an airline that is Air Canada is going to throw a bone to aero plan members. I am an aero plan member and I wouldn’t fly that airline again if it was free. Boycott Air Canada they don’t deserve your hard earned money!

The problem is if you upgrade your card from Ion to Avion then you don’t get the welcome bonus that avion infinite privilege offers which is a staggering 70,000 pts right now.

All these cards charge foreign transaction fees so if you're always outside of Canada don't want to use any of these, and hard to achieve spend.

Which credit card do you have guys ?

For $5.60 😂

Skinny Ricky back 😂

I got tons of scam calls when I held the RBC avion infinite. From that point on I knew I would never get another RBC card again.

You still have to pay taxes & fees even if you're flying on points. Misleading title to say it's $0

It goes without saying that you should only engage in the points and miles chase if 1. You can manage credits responsibly and do not carry a balance; 2. Carefully weigh the fees against the benefits and points to decide what's best for you. This can be highly rewarding if done right.

american express is not widely accepted here except at gas stations 😢😢. love from edmonton.

頭香， 我也想 travel for free in 2025😊

I really wish there was a MasterCard option as versatile as AMEX MR and RBC Avion points in Canada.

Starting to wonder if chasing these statuses are even worth it. So much work just to get the status and the rewards are only okay. We still got to pay a large amount of points upfront too! In my case it only seems to make sense to use it for domestic travel within north America OR a one way ticket internationally. I do have a co branded credit card with most benefits already and 25k status.. but I also have a partner i am sharing points/credits with and the family sharing thing is still down. I also don't like how some flights show waitlist even for latitude attitude.. I would only book that if it guarantees me a business class.. but those are even maybes.. and I wouldn't book them otherwise.. would rather stick to economy flex flights. But the biggest issues is are these worth chasing when you can fly another airline economy for like half the price? or pay Air Canada economy prices just for status and points? So in a way you're paying for those eupgrades by just flying Air Canada when other airlines are half the price.

The view is all that matters ❤

Why don’t these luxury hotels have Japanese toilets?! Thank you for your reviews. The Ritz pool makes it for me.

I'm still a little bit confused so how do we convert the RBC Avion to British Airways Avios?

A 15m video that basically boils down to: if you have status and are entitled to a room upgrade given said status, ask nicely. 👎

Congratulations TJ. Children are a new journey in life.

Wtf is a sheek? It's pronouced more like shake

Lovely studio setup!

We ain’t seen you in a while Ricky. Where you been ? We gonna take you on a boat ride from tsawassen. Pay up or else.

Congrats TJ. and your Mrs! Regarding the Air Canada signature lounge, we were under the impression the lounge was only available for paid business class fares. Can you confirm that? As for the signature lounges, the one in Vancouver is amazing.

Are you sure it’s a 10K welcome bonus for the Aeroplan one? Like after your first statement after you use it once? I’m confused because it says on the site the welcome bonus is 2500 points - 2500 more if you spend $3000 in the first four months - and an extra 5K if you spend $10,000 on eligible purchases within the first year. Am I missing something? Perhaps it’s changed?