Chase Freedom Card: No More 3% Rewards?

Posted by Sun on November 9, 2008 (17) Comment

Credit card companies are downgrading their rewards programs. Chase Freedom Card is the latest card reducing its cash back rewards.
Nowadays, good credit cards with generous rewards (relatively speaking of course) are rare. And good cards can go bad, as the Citi Dividend Platinum Card did a while ago.
That’s what happened to Chase Freedom Card, one [...]

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Discover Card Holiday Promotion: $50 Bonus and More

Posted by Sun on November 7, 2008 (4) Comment

Are you using Discover cards?
If you are, then you can get up to $50 bonus when you shop with your Discover More card this holiday season if you spend $500 or more in the first three months(if you don’t have one, you can use this link to get one). I have discussed this card in [...]

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Best Travel Rewards Credit Cards

Posted by Sun on October 23, 2008 (6) Comment

So far I have talked about best cashback credit cards and credit cards with good gas rewards. Another category that I haven’t touched is cards with travel rewards. The reason for leaving out travel cards is that I don’t travel much, so there’s little chance I can get the maximum benefits from using travel cards [...]

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The Secrets of Successful Credit Management

Posted by Sun on October 21, 2008 (8) Comment

This is a guest post by Connie Brooks from AskMr.CreditCard.com. Connie is a regular contributor to AskMr.CreditCard.com where she answers reader’s questions about credit, debt and credit cards. She is always free to answer your questions too! You can email her here. You may also want to pick up her RSS feed so that you [...]

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American Express TrueEarnings Card $25 Bonus

Posted by Sun on September 7, 2008 (3) Comment

Are you using AMEX Costco TrueEarnings credit card?
If you are not, here’s a chance to get the card and receive a $25 bonus. The bonus isn’t much, considering you are getting a new credit card and taking a hit on your credit score, though temporarily. Nonetheless, this is a quite nice card that I have [...]

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HSBC Weekend Card

Posted by Sun on September 2, 2008 (1) Comment

By just looking at this credit card’s name, Weekend Card, one can pretty much figure out what it is: A credit card that is supposed to be used only on the weekend. Indeed that’s exactly what the HSBC Weekend Card is about: The card gives you 2% cash back when you charge the card on [...]

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Discover More Card $50 Bonus Promotion

Posted by Sun on August 15, 2008 (3) Comment

Discover More Card is having a promotion with $50 bonus. The More card is one of the cards that was featured in my best cash back credit cards post (check out that post for features of this card). If you apply and are approved for a new account and make $500 purchase in the first [...]

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Chase Freedom Card Switches to Rewards Points

Posted by Sun on July 22, 2008 (9) Comment

I have been using Chase Freedom Card for a while and like it quite a lot because its 3% cashback rewards program. Though I don’t use the card for every purchase, I do charge the card at gas stations and grocery stores to make sure that they are in the top three categories so I [...]

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Discover More Card $100 Bonus Offer

Posted by Sun on June 29, 2008 (0) Comment

Found this Discover More Card deal on the Clipper Magazine in my mailbox.
Details of the offer are:

$100 Cashback bonus when you make $500 in purchase;
0% APR on balance transfer until June 2009;
5% Cashback bonus;
3% balance transfer fee.

I have discussed this card in my best cash back credit card post. With this card, you can also [...]

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Best Cash Back Credit Cards

Posted by Sun on May 12, 2008 (24) Comment

I am a credit card person. Wherever possible, I use credit cards to pay for my purchases. To me, credit cards are my friend, not foe. The reasons for me to favor credit cards over debit cards or cash are twofold:

I know exactly where my money went,
I can get cash back for the money I [...]

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