Accumulating wealth is like building The Great Wall, one brick at a time
Category: Credit cardsBy Sun on Aug 2, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 19 Comments
Ever since I discovered the mysterious charges on my AMEX TrueEarnings card in February, I called American Express almost on a monthly basis: to get a refund of the unauthorized charge and check the status of the investigation I was promised for. I got the refund every time I called, but the investigation seemed […]
By Sun on Jul 12, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 1 Comment
Fidelity 529 College Rewards American Express Card is now offering $25 statement bonus after making the first eligible purchase with the card.
I have been using the 529 rewards MasterCard since March 2006 and it actually is my every day card. The 2% rewards on every purchase beat all the rewards programs I have from other […]
By Sun on Jul 7, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 4 Comments
Just apply for this credit card and get a low rate loan till 2011.
According to FatWallet.com, the Discover More card*, one of the cards with generous rewards, is now having a promotion that offers 3.99% APR till January 2011.
From the application page, the card has a balance transfer fee of 3% of the transferred […]
By Sun on Jul 5, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 3 Comments
After posting an entry last week on consolidating several Chase credit cards and reallocating the credit lines to a new Chase Freedom card* in order to take advantage of the 0% balance transfer offer, I got the following comments from John regarding the practice:
When you consolidate the credit limits from various cards do you often […]
By Sun on Jun 29, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 9 Comments
I called Chase last night to consolidate credit lines on some cards that I no longer use so I can take advantage of 0% APR offer from the Chase Freedom card, though the offer is only good till the middle of November (I made a mistake about the length of the introductory period in my […]
By Sun on Jun 26, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 9 Comments
In March, I applied for a Chase Freedom card after seeing their $250 bonus after first purchase ads. It sounds like a pretty sweet deal. However, when I received the card, I was a little bit confused about exactly what was offered as incentive. It wasn’t clear to me whether I will have to spend […]
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