Comments on: Really Great Stuff My Credit Card Reward Points Can Get Me http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: la_di_da http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8281 la_di_da Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:47:32 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8281 I did one of those travel rewards programs and now I've got enough for like 2 nights at a mid-range hotel or a free trip home to the midwest...but I can't bring myself to actually using them up. I always wonder if cash back was actually the way to go... I did one of those travel rewards programs and now I’ve got enough for like 2 nights at a mid-range hotel or a free trip home to the midwest…but I can’t bring myself to actually using them up. I always wonder if cash back was actually the way to go…

]]> By: ImASadGiraffe http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8266 ImASadGiraffe Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:51:10 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8266 I have a Discover rewards and they actually give you Cashback rewards. Which you can use to shop at Amazon or you can use to pay your bill. If you pay your bill in full every month, it's an easy way to take care of some Christmas presents. I have a Discover rewards and they actually give you Cashback rewards. Which you can use to shop at Amazon or you can use to pay your bill. If you pay your bill in full every month, it’s an easy way to take care of some Christmas presents.

]]> By: forget it i quit http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8258 forget it i quit Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:47:36 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8258 @redheaded&crazy Yeah, I just discovered the payment estimator on the Chase website. It lets you adjust monthly payments and tells you when you'll be done paying and how much interest you paid. Really really useful/depressing! @redheaded&crazy Yeah, I just discovered the payment estimator on the Chase website. It lets you adjust monthly payments and tells you when you’ll be done paying and how much interest you paid.

Really really useful/depressing!

]]> By: forget it i quit http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8257 forget it i quit Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:45:42 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8257 @stuffisthings Ha! I think you just came up with a brilliant marketing campaign. @stuffisthings Ha! I think you just came up with a brilliant marketing campaign.

]]> By: RosemaryF http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8256 RosemaryF Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:42:27 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8256 I have a USAA visa, and they give me travel discounts. You should be able to get around $75 off a plane ticket! Yeah, it's no USB aquarium, but still an option. I have a USAA visa, and they give me travel discounts. You should be able to get around $75 off a plane ticket! Yeah, it’s no USB aquarium, but still an option.

]]> By: redheaded&crazy http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8253 redheaded&crazy Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:12:31 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8253 my credit card is a GM drivers rewards card. This worked out for me I guess because I got a couple hundred dollars off my chevrolet. It is now no longer working for me because I'm not planning on buying another car anytime soon? Although I get extra points somehow for buying gas, which is mostly what I use my credit card for. Also I just noticed that "estimated time to pay" thing on my CC bill which I have never noticed before! If I just pay the min payment it's 10 years and 3 months. What the. my credit card is a GM drivers rewards card. This worked out for me I guess because I got a couple hundred dollars off my chevrolet. It is now no longer working for me because I’m not planning on buying another car anytime soon? Although I get extra points somehow for buying gas, which is mostly what I use my credit card for.

Also I just noticed that “estimated time to pay” thing on my CC bill which I have never noticed before! If I just pay the min payment it’s 10 years and 3 months. What the.

]]> By: muffalutta http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8251 muffalutta Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:11:25 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8251 @stuffisthings It felt like picking out my prize from selling wrapping paper for school fundraisers. I got the minimum prize every time, which was a cardboard can of tootsie rolls (I have never liked tootsie rolls). @stuffisthings It felt like picking out my prize from selling wrapping paper for school fundraisers. I got the minimum prize every time, which was a cardboard can of tootsie rolls (I have never liked tootsie rolls).

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8248 stuffisthings Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:02:42 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8248 @stuffisthings (It's too bad the rewards don't include plastic dinosaur rings, a single toy soldier, or a piece of rock-hard bubblegum.) @stuffisthings (It’s too bad the rewards don’t include plastic dinosaur rings, a single toy soldier, or a piece of rock-hard bubblegum.)

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8247 stuffisthings Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:01:56 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8247 @forget it i quit I just realized what this was reminding me of: the prizes you get for tickets at those arcade/"family fun" places! But for indebted grown-ups! @forget it i quit I just realized what this was reminding me of: the prizes you get for tickets at those arcade/”family fun” places! But for indebted grown-ups!

]]> By: forget it i quit http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/really-great-stuff-my-credit-card-reward-points-can-get-me/#comment-8246 forget it i quit Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:58:34 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=7180#comment-8246 @stuffisthings Yeah retail prices are always sketchy on those reward sites. Usually better to go with a gift card if you're looking to maximize point value. Gift cards usually have higher values than straight cash back as well. @stuffisthings Yeah retail prices are always sketchy on those reward sites. Usually better to go with a gift card if you’re looking to maximize point value. Gift cards usually have higher values than straight cash back as well.

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