By Sun on Dec 10, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 3 Comments
I just shrank my wallet by one more credit card as part of my effort to simply our finance
Back in July 2006, I applied for a Discover Miles card for the purpose of using its 12-month 0% balance transfer. Ever since I got the card, I haven’t used it for anything else, though […]
By Sun on Nov 17, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 4 Comments
Chase Freedom card is now offering a $100 after opening a new card and making the first purchase.
I applied for this card in March was the bonus was $200 and my account was credited $200 less than 2 months after I used the card to make a small purchase. I was a little skeptical initially […]
By Sun on Nov 14, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 10 Comments
I am a credit card person. If possible, I will use credit cards to pay everything so I earn rewards for the money that I have to spend anyway.
Half a year ago, American Express announced that it will let members make mortgage payments with AMEX cards. The news generated quite some buzz as it marked […]
By Sun on Oct 15, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 15 Comments
It has been more than two months since I last called American Express about the unauthorized charges on my AMEX Costco TrueEarnings card and longer than the 8-week investigation period that I was promised. I was hoping the outcome of the investigation could resolve the problem which has been dragging on for nearly […]
By Sun on Sep 25, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 6 Comments
If it wasn’t an article on USA Today yesterday, I probably won’t even know there’s a new kind of credit card on the market on September 24, 2007.
RevolutionCard is the name. However, after going through what the new card offers, I found that it’s basically a PIN-based credit card that doesn’t emboss account number and […]
By Sun on Sep 19, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 6 Comments
One of the best deals I ever got from a credit card was the $200 bonus offered by Chase Freedom card back in March. I not only received $250 free money from the card after a purchase was made, but also took advantage of their 0% APR promotion with a huge balance transfer. Despite these […]