Rewards Cards

I am a big fan of using rewards cards to help save me money on my everyday spending. The way I see it, if I’m going to spend the money anyway, I might as well be putting some money back in my wallet in the form of points or rebates.

One of the most popular rewards programs in Canada is Aeroplan. In 2009, Aeroplan members redeemed their miles for over 1.5 million flight rewards.

Let’s take a look at some of the different categories available on the Air Miles website and see where the best Air Miles rewards are:

Some people enjoy travel rewards cards, but I prefer either cash back or points towards free groceries and free gas. So how did I maximize my rewards?

One of my goals this year is to maximize my rewards points. For years I have been a loyal Air Miles collector. I have always shopped at Safeway, filled up the car at Shell, and for one time purchases I generally went out of my way to purchase at an Air Miles sponsored business…