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If you pre-registered for the Aeroplan credit card so you could score more bonus points and e-upgrades when you applied ( as described below) …you have more time to apply!
According to Frequent Miler, the application date has been extended from 2/15/22 to 3/31/22. Check out this post where we drill down on the Aeroplan Credit Card and see if it makes sense for your wallet.
Waitlist is closed
A couple months back we learned that Chase and Air Canada were releasing a new credit card. To promote that card they created a waitlist – if you added your name to it you would get a bonus 10k points on whatever the new card’s initial offer would be. They just sweetened that waitlist with 10 eUpgrade Credits. Here’s how it works
- Anyone who is already on the waitlist – you don’t need to do anything and you’ll get an extra 10k bonus points + 10 eUpgrade Credits
- The waitlist is closing to anyone else on 11/8/2021
- You need to sign up by this date
- You must apply and be approved for the new card by 2/15/22 to get the extra 10k and 10 eUpgrades
A couple of the eUpgrade charts – if these will be the only eUpgrades you’ll earn…you’ll want to focus on upgrading flights within North America. If you’re an Air Canada elite and have a stack of these…it may help you get enough to upgrade to business internationally.
Register here
Don’t forget that Air Canada is also status matching people in the USA – go here to match
If you carry status with the following carriers, you can match it to a commensurate elite status within Air Canada
- American
- Delta
- Alaska
- Jet Blue
- Southwest
- Hawaiian
A look at the new list of Chase Ultimate Reward transfer partners:
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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