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Credit cards

Got a Countrywide Mortgage? Then Get a Countrywide Visa Rewards Card

Posted by Sun on March 8, 2007 (4) Comment

If you have a home loan with Countrywide, then this credit card may be right for you.
The Countrywide Visa Rewards card, issued by FirstUSA, has the following features:

No annual fee
Earn 1 point for every $1 spent in card purchases and interest
Introduction 0% fixed APR for up to 12 months (balance transfer fee: 3% of the [...]

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Discover Revises Its Miles Card Reward Program

Posted by Sun on February 28, 2007 (0) Comment

The mail I received yesterday from Discover regarding the Discover Miles reward program says starting April, card members can enjoy more benefits with the “completely redesigned” reward program. The card, renamed to the Miles by Discover Card, will offer more flexibilities for cardholders to earn and spend the rewards. Here’s a comparison between the old [...]

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Check in the Mail

Posted by Sun on February 27, 2007 (0) Comment

That’s a pleasant surprise.
I didn’t realize that I have been using my AMEX Costco TrueEarnings card for a year already until I found a check in the mail tonight from AMEX. It’s a rebate check of $74 for spending $5,228 with the card in the past year for eating out, traveling and shopping at my [...]

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Request a Credit Limit Increase on AMEX Cards: It’s Easy

Posted by Sun on February 26, 2007 (5) Comment

I know Citi bank has a very simple procedure for cardholders to request a credit line increase, which can be either an automatic amount or a cardholder specified  number, all on one page. However, with Discover card, every time when I happened to speak with them asking for a credit increase, they told me that [...]

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Lesson Learned: Read the Credit Card Statement; otherwise a Charge from Netherlands will Keep Coming

Posted by Sun on February 23, 2007 (7) Comment

I have an AMEX Costco TrueEarnings card, which I use to shop only at my local Costco and once in a while at restaurants to get 3% cashback (higher than the 2% universal cashback I get from my Fidelity 529 Rewards card). I don’t use it at grocery stores, I don’t use it at gas [...]

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