Congrats on 100k Ricky!🎉🎉🎉 Love the more detailed videos you've been uploading like this one 😊 Thank you!

This is such a creative and informative video. Thank you!

Amex should add the non fx fees to their cards and that would just leave them at the top eternally lol since they either offer great MR points multipliers like the Cobalt or have the lounge and other credits like the platinum. Aside from Amex I think Scotia passport has the best available card for travel because the no fx fee and lounges. The other ones are really not that awesome, mayhe the TD Aeroplan would also be great if it added lounges and non fx.

@m15km

2 ай бұрын

Amex adding no fx to a card like Cobalt would be the end for everyone else. It would be a wrap, RIP any competition.

@the.mystictraveller

2 ай бұрын

Hence I use my US Amex Aspire card with no fx fee and 7x on air tickets

@freedomlife3623

Ай бұрын

Yes, we need some Canadian credits offer no fx fee.

MBNA partnership with Alaska can’t come fast enough! They have been dragging their feet, so I hope it happens.

@the.mystictraveller

2 ай бұрын

Pity Alaska MVP is tanking fast. I'm using all my miles as fast as I can if only I can redeem the Premium classes I want

Congrats on 100K Ricky

congrats on 100k subs!

Read from other communities the idea of Ion+ & Avion VI which Ion+ being the everyday spending then transfer the points to Avion VI to redeem. Does this worth analyzing?

I aint paying 150$ a year for the Scotia bank no FX fee cards that are gonna help me for maybe 2-3 weeks of the year and have to spend 6000$ abroad just to break even!! Wealthsimple cash card has no fx fees + you get 1% cashback on everything, it’s a no brainer.

@freddytang2128

2 ай бұрын

Yea I feel like most people that care so much about no fx fee, probably haven’t done the math on how much they save. If they spend 2000$ a year on forex, that’s 50$ fee saving. It’s not that significant in grand scheme of things

@CanadiensFan088

2 ай бұрын

I think of the no fx fee perk as just an extra benefit, not the main reason to get these cards You get the most out of scene+ through the points multipliers on various categories, then redeeming those points at 100 pts=$1, which over a year more than covers the yearly fee I'd rather use credit space than WS Cash or Wise so that money can accrue interest or can be invested until I have to pay the bill

@jayzee316

2 ай бұрын

I have the same card but I have the ultimate account with scotia which waives the fee, the card from scotia also gives 6 lounge visits, and I have scotiaItrade which gives me 5 free trades every year, so overall the 5k I keep with the bank pays back.

@williamqdd

2 ай бұрын

I heard disputing a charge with them is difficult. Have you ever encountered this?

@TheVinceVoice

2 ай бұрын

I have the Scotiabank card, but mainly for the 6 lounge accesses that are included. They do also seem to have a better two factor authentication system so I've had to use them while travelling at times because TD Aeroplan only had SMS... which while travelling abroad doesn't work (unless you have like wifi calling)

A lot of wishful thinking in this video that will probably never happen. I agree with you on RBC Avion, I plan on cancelling my card at the end of my cycle.

@freddytang2128

2 ай бұрын

You never know if someone working at these banks might get inspired and bring up these ideas at product team meetings ;)

@mtlmike3956

2 ай бұрын

Same here, I’m closing this card as the travel redemption has been getting worse and worse. You also used to be able to collect Avion points from the standard banking accounts, but they got rid of that. Bye bye RBC.

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Meh they follow him. Better to say a word than keep his mouth quiet like u Even if nothing changes at least he trief

I was given a RBC avion infinite in place of my HSBC worldelite but they are not giving 0% exchange fees. I called to ask and was told (after she originally misled me and I brought up the fine print in the welcome letter that mentioned the 2.5%) that there are no perks carried over and that they charge the 2.5, which now has me hunting for a better no exchange rate card and has led me to the scotia option. Why didnt I get the 0% for the avion? Any ideas?

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Useless cards. But ricky explains how to use rbc avious on his site if u want to keep them

Sole reason I signed up for the MBNA WE was the potential 1:1 transfer to Alaska... hope they pull it off.

Does MBNA have rules like 5/6 or 5/12 or something? Applied for the MBNA card and I got rejected after like 2 seconds, as if their system didn’t even need to process my application. Wondering if I’m disqualified based on some criteria I’m not aware of

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Mbna is a scam if they do what he says they may improve

Your lip is bleeding

@MyNameJim

Ай бұрын

Studies on human attraction have shown that females look at lips when highly attracted to a potential male candidate.

I'm really disappointed in the redemption rates over the past year. I've only been able to redeem Aeroplan at a 1.2 cent - 1.3 cent rate for most trips to Europe or the US. Even looking 10 months into the end of Feb 2025 the redemption compared to the cash rate is still terrible. A family of 4 trip from Toronto to Lisbon is now 320,000 pnts plus $670 in taxes. We went to Miami in Nov 2022 for 20k/pp now its 26k for the same period. I'm not sure how the redemption rate is set at 2.2 cent

Hey Prince of Travel, I just watched your video and I must say that it was really informative and well-made. I was wondering if I could help you edit your videos and repurpose your long videos into highly engaging shorts? I can also make high CTR thumbnails for your channel

@PrinceofTravel

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your interest in working for us. For employment opportunity, kindly go to our Prince of Travel blog and look for our Career tab at the bottom of our blog.

Is there any indication that Flair and/or Porter will have an affiliated credit card?

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Who cares. Flair/Porter are cheap enough. And I don't fly them anyway they suck

@m15km

2 ай бұрын

Porter might one day but Flair is on borrowed time. Their owners just had to fold the Australian version of Flair...

Thanks for the great video. What’s your conclusion? lol I’m still not sure what credit card to get. 😊

@PrinceofTravel

Ай бұрын

This was just a thought exercise, discussing features and changes we wish the card issuers would make. This is a great place to start exploring which card to get next: princeoftravel.com/deals/best-credit-card-offers/

Hey Ricky! I'll be moving to Canada soon from Australia and live there, As a new comer I will be having large expenses at the beginning like furniture, car, etc. Which credit card can I get immediately without a job or credit score to put those purchases into good use for rewards right away! Your help would be appreciated!

@PrinceofTravel

2 ай бұрын

If you have Amex cards from Australia, try to ask Amex Australia to get you to get a card for Amex Canada. But if you don't then you got to start from the beginning to get your credit score going. Kindly google "Prince of Travel beginner cards" and see what are some of the better options out there we recommend

@freedomlife3623

Ай бұрын

Lot’s of Banks have program for new comers, like TD bank with excellent offer.

CIBC needs to go all in with Aeroplan

Great idea for BMO.

You talk about TD with Starbucks & Aeroplan but ignore CIBC with Journie & Aeroplan? why does everyone ignore CIBC partnership and benefits

CIBC world mastercard has access to 1,400 airport lounges.. Dragon pass included...

Thanks for the video playback speed 0.75x

BMO’s Mastercard with rewards is not very rewarding. We’d use our Aeroplan Visa more but Costco doesn’t take Visa- except online. Airmiles has lost our faith so what Mastercard can we get that gives some sort of reward for our Costco purchases? Ya a Costco Mastercard. 🤷‍♂️

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

He made an article about the best costco credit cards go read it

@Gary_and_Linda

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

I have a prepaid EQ bank card with no forgen transactions fess.

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Useless card

@shinyanovikov2502

2 ай бұрын

@@VirtousStoic But forgen transactions fess will outway any points.

Walmart supercenters are already 5x for MBNA

@antfo9226

2 ай бұрын

@@VirtousStoic not if the Alaska 1:1 goes through. Then it's up there with the cobalt. You can still get 1 cent per point with MBNA travel. Effectively 5c cash back on their 5 point categories. Better than a lot of cards

BMO is a disaster - eclipse sucks

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Yup

So basically, all the banks please increase your expenses lol. Hope they do it tho! Rbc does have the ION + which wasn't mentioned and the points are worth the same when paired with the avion cards

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Cdn bank credit cards are mostly a scam for clueless people. I don't even care that Rick loves rbc points. They are annoying to deal with. But to each the8r own and soke have unique usecases I.e YMMV

Scene definitely needs transfer partners

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Scene is a scam who cares. Don't touch it

Amex should remove the forex fee

@charu002

2 ай бұрын

Amex us have no fx fees on majority of their credit cards, so why not amex canada? You’re right

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

1000000%

#1: Stop adding all sorts of bullshit conditions to sign up bonuses. #2: Get rid of bullshit aeroplan-wide limits to subs. Scotia: fix your fucking customer service. It’s appalling.

I don’t know if this is an older video, but I don’t think the Alaska went to one transfer is gonna happen. More over I think I’d love to see some transparency from Ricky to see how much affiliate points. He actually makes if somebody were to use his link. Transparency is only normal in the world

@PrinceofTravel

2 ай бұрын

Sometimes it's not up to me to disclose information. For example, recall many youtubers have similar sponsored videos? Like Surfshark or NordVPN etc? Each youtuber were given a different compensation and are not allowed to disclose to the public.

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

@@PrinceofTravel it's no one business to know anything about ur referral links. Ignore the haters bro

No love for National Bank

@PrinceofTravel

2 ай бұрын

They have some of the best insurance with their cards, especially award flights where most cards don't cover.

1st?

great videos, wish they were half the length tho

the guys lip is bleeding while creating content lol.

Dude slow down……

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Improve ur iq. His English and speed is perfect. Too bad ur too slow

@PrinceofTravel

2 ай бұрын

Try setting the video to 0.75x speed. We have to condense lots of information within a short period of time, so there's no time to have "fillers" or to have gaps between each set of information. Thanks for understanding

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

@@PrinceofTravel there is nothing wrong with ur speed or speech ricky. Ignore these haters. Be you brother love u and ur team and friends.❤️😇

Talk more slowly bro

@iamcanadianedmonton

2 ай бұрын

in settings, i change the playback speed to 0.75. much easier for me to listen. love from canada.

@onionslaps

2 ай бұрын

I watch on 2x speed lol

@thedevilsadvocate98

2 ай бұрын

@@onionslaps Same me too!

@warsongtristan6649

2 ай бұрын

No way keep up loser

@VirtousStoic

2 ай бұрын

Improve ur iq bro he talks perfect u racist troll