Van Life and Reward Points

Van Life is a unique way to travel, to discover the world around us.

Within the milesopedia member community, there are many vanlifers who have successfully combined the art of van travel with the savings from reward points and benefits that credit cards can provide them:

• for the grocery store
• for gas
• for activities
• for stopover hotels
• for cash back
• for travel insurance
• to avoid paying any foreign currency conversion fees on their expenses

Discover below our series of articles dedicated to the Van Life, and below the different credit cards appreciated by vanlifers.

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers for groceries:

• 5 points per dollar with the American Express Cobalt™ Card
• 5 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card
• 5% cash back with the BMO CashBack^® World Elite^®* Mastercard^®*
• 3% cash back with the no-annual-fee BMO^® CashBack^® Mastercard^®*.

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers for gas:

• 3 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card
• 2 points per dollar with the American Express^® Gold Rewards Card
• 2% cash back with Tangerine Money-Back Credit Card no annual fee

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers for restaurants and bars:

• 5 points per dollar with the American Express Cobalt™ Card
• 5 points per dollar with the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card
• 3 points per dollar with the BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers for cash back:

• Up to 4% with Scotia Momentum^® VISA Infinite* card
• 2% everywhere with the American Express SimplyCash Preferred Card
• Between 1% and 5% with the BMO CashBack^® World Elite^®* Mastercard^®*

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers for insurance:

• Up to 60 days of out-of-province medical coverage with the National Bank World Elite Mastercard^®.
• Up to 60 days of out-of-province medical coverage with the National Bank World Mastercard^®.

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers for hotels:

• 5 points per dollar with the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express^® Card for bookings at Marriott’s hotels, with a nice welcome bonus
• 5 points per dollar with the Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express^MD Card for bookings at Marriott’s hotels, with a nice welcome bonus

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers to avoid paying any foreign currency conversion fees on purchases made in foreign currencies (a savings of 2.5% on each transaction)!

• Scotiabank Passport™ Visa Infinite* Card
• Scotiabank Gold American Express Card
• Scotiabank Platinum American Express^® Card

Here are the different credit cards milesopedia recommends for vanlifers to save on activities such as theme parks:

• The Scotiabank Gold American Express^® Card is the only card that earns 5 points per dollar for the following activities
• The Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card allows you to apply points to park admissions or other entertainment activities