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Chase Blink Transaction $10 Bonus Followup

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Back in early May I noted that Chase was offering a $10 bonus in return for completing 3 blink transactions with the Chase Freedom rewards card. Since I love free money, I promptly did just that and have been waiting ever since for the bonus to appear.
According to the promotional flyer, the bonus should post [...]

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Published on August 27th, 2008 - 4 Comments
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$50 Signup Bonus From Discover More Card

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I recently received word that the Discover More Card is offering a $50 cash back signup bonus (for a limited time). Once you receive your card, just make $500 in purchases (within the first 3 months) and you’ll get your bonus.
This card is amongst the best cash back reward credit cards. In addition to the [...]

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Published on August 18th, 2008 - 2 Comments
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Kiva Philanthropic Reward Credit Card

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This is an interesting twist in the realm of credit cards… The Kiva BusinessCard from Advanta puts an interesting twist on reward credit cards — they match Kiva contributions dollar for dollar, up to $200 per month as long as you make them with this card. Once the loan is repaid, Advanta gets their contribution [...]

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Published on July 30th, 2008 - One Comment
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5% Cash Back on Gas With the Discover More Card

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I’ve written elsewhere about the best cash back credit cards for gas rebates, but I just wanted to highlight the current offer from the Discover More card. As you may or may not be aware, Discover More offers 5% cash back on a different set of “bonus” categories every three months. The 5% bonus [...]

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Published on July 10th, 2008 - One Comment
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Good News for AmEx Simply Cash Cardholders

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The other day I wrote about the fact that AmEx has decided to scale the cash back rebates on gas purchases made with their Simply Cash card from 5% to 3%.
A reader named EN was particularly displeased by this turn of events given that he had just applied for the card, and hadn’t even received [...]

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Published on July 7th, 2008 - 3 Comments
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AmEx Simply Cash Scales Back Gas Rebate, Blue Cash Still Offering 5% Rewards

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A few months ago, I predicted that credit cards offering 5% cash back rewards on gas purchases would begin scaling back their rewards programs. This was back when gas prices were hovering around $3.40/gallon. As you are no doubt aware, gas prices are now 15-20% higher than that, and we now have our first victim…
American [...]

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Published on July 1st, 2008 - 5 Comments
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Amex Delta SkyMiles Cardholders Can Pay With Miles

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This past weekend, I spent some time making holiday travel arrangements. Yes, that’s six months away, but both my wife and I had quite a few Delta SkyMiles, we found decent airfares, and the airline industry isn’t going to be slashing fares anytime soon given the pain that they’ve been feeling. As such, we bit [...]

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Published on June 12th, 2008 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Reward Cards, Travel Cards

Reward Credit Cards: Ripoff or Real Deal?

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I recently ran across an interesting article about reward credit cards over on CNN/Money. In it, the author argued that reward programs are often a bad deal for consumers because: (1) they encourage you to spend more money, (2) reward cards often have higher interest rates, and (3) it can be difficult to actually access [...]

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Published on June 4th, 2008 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Credit Card Tips, Reward Cards

Three Blink Transactions Completed

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Not long ago, I wrote about a $10 bonus from the Chase Freedom card in return for making three “blink” transactions before June 6th, 2008. I’m just updating now to let you guys know that I’ve now made my three transactions, and am just waiting for the bonus to show up.
I ended up doing my [...]

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Published on May 29th, 2008 - 2 Comments
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Making Bank With the Amex Plum Card

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Check this out… The guy that runs Uber Affiliate has been using an Amex Plum card to pay for his pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns, and has been racking up the rewards as a result.
The Plum Card is a business card that pays up to 2% cash back, so you can pile up the rewards relatively quickly. [...]

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Published on May 14th, 2008 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Reward Cards

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