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4 Ways to Snag the Best Reward Card





Liz Pulliam Weston at MSN Money gave out a few tips about finding out the best reward card.

From MSN Money:

Anyone who wants to get the optimum deal must be willing to invest a little time -- not only in choosing a card but in managing it afterwards. Savvy rebate card users view their programs as a kind of investment, and know the payoff can vary with the amount of attention they give. They peruse statement stuffers or e-mail newsletters for tips on earning extra rewards, and focus their spending patterns to give them maximum rebate bang for their bucks.

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Match the card to your spending. Just as heavy credit-card users can run into limits on how much of a reward they can earn, light users can find themselves not earning enough rebates with their card to make the cost worthwhile.

If you charge just $5,000 a year on a card that costs $60 annually, for example, it will take you five years to earn a free airline ticket with most cards (assuming one dollar spent earns one mile, and a ticket costs 25,000 miles). In that time, you’ll have paid $300 in fees -- enough to buy a discount coast-to-coast ticket on your own.

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>>> Mike Stranger Commented on March 22, 2007

Thanks 123 adware


>>> Mike Stranger Commented on March 22, 2007

Thanks 123 adware


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