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American Express Membership Rewards Points Can Now Pay Down Federal Taxes

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With tax season upon us, American Express has developed a novel way that you can pay Uncle Sam: with Membership Rewards points. According to a company press release, AmEx has partnered with a pair of online tax payment portals: Official Payment Corp., and Pay1040.com. Both companies already offered special deals for American Express cardmembers, allowing [...]

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Published on February 3rd, 2010 - 2 Comments
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Chase Introduces New Rewards Program

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Chase will be rolling out a new points-based rewards program called “Ultimate Rewards” today. Here’s a snippet of the article:
Under the points-based program, dubbed Ultimate Rewards, customers will earn points for every dollar spent on certain Chase credit cards, with no earnings caps or expiration dates. Points can be [...]

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Published on June 4th, 2009 - 4 Comments
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American Express Reducing Cash Back Rewards on the Blue Cash Card

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I just received an e-mail from a reader named Matthew who reports that American Express is re-working their cash back percentages on the AmEx Blue Cash rewards credit card. As you might recall, this card previously offered 5% cash back rewards on “Everyday” purchases (gas stations, grocery stores, and pharmacies) and 1.5% cash back on [...]

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American Express Offering Double Membership Rewards Points

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American Express is offering its card members double Membership Rewards points on gas and groceries from March 15, 2009 through March 15, 2010. The promo is capped at $1,000 of eligible purchases per month, but that’s a lot of gas groceries, so the cap should discourage you.
You can signup on the AmEx website or by [...]

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Published on March 27th, 2009 - 2 Comments
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Create Your Own 0% Balance Transfer – No Fees and Earn Rewards!

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The other day I mentioned the possibility of maxing out your credit card rewards by buying cash from the US Mint. Here’s another use for that strategy: creating your own 0% balance transfer. While it’s getting harder and harder to find 0% balance transfers without a transfer fee, there are still a number of great [...]

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Buying Cash to Max Out Your Credit Card Rewards

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Remember when I suggested buying $1 coins from the US Mint to max out your credit card rewards? No? Well, I did. At the time, the problem was that they were out of stock. The idea then fell off my radar, but I was recently reminded of it when my son brought home a one [...]

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Published on February 23rd, 2009 - 3 Comments
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Sovereign Bank Signup Bonus + Credit Card Rewards

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For the next ten days, you can get a $100 signup bonus from Sovereign Bank, plus some extra credit card rewards. Simply open your account and fund it with at least $10 by February 27th. You then have to make at least six check card purchases within the first sixty days. That’s it. Fifteen days [...]

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Published on February 17th, 2009 - One Comment
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Pentagon Federal Visa Rewards Credit Card

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If you’re looking for a reward credit card, you’re not a big spender, and don’t mind jumping through a few hoops, than have I got a deal for you… The Pentagon Federal Visa Platinum Rewards card offers 5% on gas station purchases, 2% cash back on supermarket purchases, and 1.25% on all else. There’s no [...]

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Published on February 4th, 2009 - One Comment
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0% on Purchases With the Advanta Net-90 Card

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Note: This offer has expired.
Check this out… The Advanta Net-90 Platinum BusinessCard offers no interest on all purchases for 90 days on an ongoing basis. This isn’t a promotional offer. Rather, you get 90 days interest free on every purchase every time you use your card.
While this is a business card, anyone can apply. There [...]

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The Visa Black Credit Card

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If you’re in the market for a high end credit card, check out the Visa Black card. It’s an exclusive Visa-branded credit card that’s backed by Barclay’s Bank and only available to ~1% of US residents (presumably selected based on credit history and income).
The key features of this card include:

Limited Membership
24-Hour Concierge Service
Exclusive Rewards Program
Luxury [...]

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Published on January 9th, 2009 - Leave a Comment
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