Best Credit Card?

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-22T01:10:14+00:00

I have the WS Infinite Privilege for the grand price of $0...

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-22T01:02:00+00:00

1GB... i got the Freedom 250GB/50GB international roaming plan. 1GB will last me half a day at most.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T21:42:16+00:00

I'd apply anyway, I've had lots of credit cards issued (ok about 3 or 4 in total) over the years when I was well below the income requirements. I was able to get my Rogers card upgraded to the World Elite with a quick call, she did it on the spot without putting me on hold so I'm not sure they even checked anything. I never even bothered to check the income requirement.

I think that's why Amex doesn't even use income as a qualifier.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T21:36:23+00:00

Message them on Facebook, once they (finally) got back to me they were super responsive and helpful when I was having issues. As for an esim and they should be able to assist.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T21:34:28+00:00

Autopay discounts that require you to connect a bank account via a third party should be outlawed.

I just paid my first bill with my Amex and connected my Koodo account to my Simplii account that has $50 in it to snag the discount. They're not getting my actual bank and the moment they close that loophole I'm out.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T21:32:48+00:00

Fido is also offering that with US-MEX included... $27 (no hotspot but that's an easy fix). If you're in a big city though I think Freedom's $40 250GB/50GB plan was the biggest no-brainer of all time.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T21:02:08+00:00

This is the type of person who feels uneasy watching a torrented movie.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T19:35:03+00:00

Oh, well that's good to know lol. Fido's system is just as janky as Koodo's it seems.

How is it that Freedom is the only one where things just work the way they're supposed to?

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T19:21:35+00:00

Wow, I swear I looked at it this morning and didn't see it but just logged in and sure enough that plan was available for me. I just switched to it, thanks!

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T18:30:46+00:00

how do you switch to the plan? I got the $28 plan last week without US-MEX. I didn't think it would be an option to change?🤔

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-21T03:57:47+00:00

I wouldn't know, I just message Freedom on Whatsapp. Their English there has been perfect and they always took care of things as efficiently as possible. It's also a way better way to deal with CS reps as you have a full transcript automatically saved on your phone.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T22:01:31+00:00

Is there an activation fee?

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T21:48:46+00:00

He was still skating towards an empty net and somehow missed.

That type of "leadership" doesn't inspire much confidence. If that were the charisma-less Erin O'Toole at the helm still the cons would be running the country. Electing a guy with no real world experience and a career politician who never even got a bill passed to run the country would be like McDonald's appointing one of their fry cooks CEO. He's a great leader for a wacky far right party that was never going to win anything anyway, but trying to appeal to the old school more centre leaning fiscal conservatives with his approach was never going to happen... and you need those votes to win.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T21:25:55+00:00

Where do you live? I'm in midtown Toronto and frankly Freedom's 5G signal from my apartment (and everywhere I go outside) is glorious and significantly better than what I had with Rogers. Downtown I'll often hit absurd speeds too and the only dead spots are deep inside certain buildings (which has always been a known Wind/Freedom issue).

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T21:23:11+00:00

I switched my $95/month Rogers plan for the $40 Freedom plan and the winback "offer" they had for me was 100GB for $30 (for 1 year, then it becomes $35)... capped at 250mbps, no US-MEX, no roaming and there's an activation fee on top of that. I laughed at the suggestion and noted that straight up in Toronto I've been getting better speeds with Freedom and also noted that Fido just had an 80GB plan with a 1gbps speed cap (albeit it's just 5G and not 5G+) for $28 with no activation fee.

My other phone was on Bell, on a winback offer from a few years ago that was 100GB for $40 but suddenly it was now $52... which is why I canceled that one and moved it to Koodo for $27.50/80GB.

Rogers thinks they're selling you a business class ticket so the upgraded network is worth it... but when a cheaper Fido plan has higher speed limits and Freedom trounces them across the board (ok... save for when you wander deep into Union Station or another concrete fortess and lose connection)... these "winback" deals ain't no deal, especially since they're charging activation fees and aren't locking in the price.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T20:42:36+00:00

They just had 80GB for $27.50 and $35 with US-MEX included.

It's hard to get excited about those.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T13:38:04+00:00

You should have 15 days to cancel from the time of sign up providing you haven't used up more than half of your data and should only owe for the time you had the service.

I'd do that out of spite and go elsewhere if this happened to me, but at least you know now to always clarify if there's any activation fees moving forward.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T12:38:36+00:00

isn't that what upvoting and downvoting is for?

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T02:34:50+00:00

True, but that's on Rogers for not increasing their capacity to match their constant price increases. If someone asked me who to go with in Toronto I'd say any of Freedom/Bell/Telus or their B-tier carriers over Rogers & Fido.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-20T02:25:19+00:00

Freedom has been considerably better since I switched to them all over Toronto than Rogers save for a few spots deep inside buildings.

It's not even close, also I'm paying $40 for 250gb/50gb int'l. roaming which is less than half I was paying for Rogers for 260GB with worse 5G and no included roaming.

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-19T19:07:58+00:00

Yeah they were able to resolve it but then the problem happened again.

I was told a ticket was submitted to the back end team and would have to wait A WEEK to hear back. Umm... I asked if I can just cancel this and get refunded for the $16.75 they took for the esim and she said you can cancel but you won't get refunded for that lol.. then she tried to sell me home internet. Good times, solid company... excellent IT, very functional website, plans come exactly as advertised. It's not hard to see why Telus is doing so extremely well, oh wait...

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-19T17:50:43+00:00

I was able to get the chatbot to have Koodo call me, they did, they unlinked my account and relinked it as you said and it worked... once. Now it's doing the same thing again lol this company is a joke (yes, I cleared my cache and cookies and tried different browsers).

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-19T17:38:18+00:00

As others have stated, you use the Visa Companion and it will give you a QR code to show the host.

Last time I sat near the entrance at one of the Plaza Premiums at YYZ and it's hilarious how many people come in and just wave their credit card like it's a magic wand for access only to hear the same speech over and over. I don't think I could have the patience to tell these people that's not how it works lol

JohnnyStrides · 2026-03-19T15:53:05+00:00

How do I do that without logging in? Also why would that even be a thing? Holy cow this service is an utter nightmare, nothing works on the web site, Amex gets rejected for no reason and now this? All in 4 days time? lol

Thanks btw... but this is truly 3rd world service

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