Here are a few of the best strategies to rack up the most points with the american express gold rewards card: This assumes that you are using the amex points to convert into aeroplan points at a ration of 1:1 (which is absolutely the best thing to do with them) Buy gift cards at shoppers drugmart works especially well if you buy giftcards for places that don’t take amex works well for any place that doesn’t give you double points (as shoppers does give you double points) you also get…

As of April 14th 2011 the best points credit card in canada (in our opinion) is the American Express Gold Rewards Card (check it out here) Basically it allows you to earn points faster than almost any other card and all the points can be converted to Aeroplan points at a rate of 1 to 1 (so long as you convert a multiple of 1000 points) Until the release of this card, the CIBC Aerogold card was number 1. The Amex gold rewards card offers you all the same points…

Here is an on going list of the best stores that take American Express in Canada. This list was last update April 14 2011. This list points out the merchants where you can earn more american express and aeroplan points. If you are looking to earn aeroplan points you should take a look at our best canadian points credit card article (it’s an amex) Please list other stores in the comments section and they will be added to the list. Costco Wal-mart Shoppers Drugmart (double points with Amex Gold Card)…

This post explains how to take full advantage of the low balance transfer rates offered by many credit card companies. To figure out exactly how much money you can save/make by doing this, take 5 minutes to figure out the average interest rate you are paying on your debt. Once you know what you are paying now, you can get a better idea of how much you can save by dropping your debt interest rates massively by taking advantage of promotional balance transfer rates. Getting the Cash out of Your…

This post explains how to get the absolute lowest interest rates on your debt. Be careful, if you don’t have self-control, you might be tempted to rack up more debt after you implement this plan. Obviously we take no responsibility from anything that might happen to you as a result of following this advice. Here it is! Balance Transfer Rates The lowest debt interest you can get is almost ALWAYS in the form of promotional balance transfer rates on credit cards. When you first sign up for a new credit…

Currently the absolute lowest balance transfer rate you can get on a Canadian credit card is 0% for 15 months. As it turns out it’s actually 1% for the 15 months because you have to pay 1% on transferred amount at the time you transfer it. You can transfer money out via convenience check or just call them up and have them transfer it to your checking account – or you can do the usual and call them to have them transfer the cash to another one of your credit…