Airline Credit Cards Become Increasingly Restrictive

Posted On: July 29, 2009

If you’ve flown recently, you’ve probably run into some sales associates hawking airline reward credit cards. Air miles cards might seem like a good value, especially if you’d like to use some reward miles to cover the cost of an upcoming trip. However, I can think of at least four strong reasons why you should [...]

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Unique Service Helps Reduce Credit Card Debt

Posted On: January 23, 2009

By Michael Killian, CardRatings.com Reporter
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a popular Q & A format series in which we interview experts and industry professionals that have made significant contributions to the credit card industry.Scott Crawford is the CEO of DebtGoal.com. From the beginning of his career in economics, he watched Americans’ savings go [...]

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Blogging to Teach Consumers About Credit Card Utilization

Posted On: December 5, 2008

By Michael Killian, CardRatings.com Reporter
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a popular Q & A format series in which we interview experts and industry professionals that have made significant contributions to the credit card industry.

One of the most interesting aspects of an interviewer’s job is that every subject has something to teach. As an [...]

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Your Credit Card: Help from an Unlikely Source in the Event of an Airline Bankruptcy

Posted On: April 14, 2008

By Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com

With the cancellation of numerous American Airline flights and several other airlines filing bankruptcy, you might be feeling a little leery about purchasing airline tickets these days. And if you have already purchased tickets you may be worried about not being able to use the tickets and/or being out [...]

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Credit Cards, Frequent Flyer Miles, and “Priceless” Gifts

Posted On: May 18, 2007

By Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com More and more of us are accumulating frequent flyer miles – not because we’re flying all over the place, but because we get them as built-in perks when we use our credit cards. Of course, there are plenty of people who actually are frequent flyers, who rack up their [...]

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Frequent Flier Credit Card Accounts

Posted On: February 14, 2006

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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:53 pm
Post subject: Frequent Flier Credit Card Accounts
Jeremy
Date: 9/11/2000 5:12 pm CDT
Are there any cards beside AmEx’s “Membership Rewards” program that allow you to actually deposit miles into frequent flier accounts at more than one airline? I am looking for flexibility, but I don’t want to put all my eggs [...]

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Is a frequent flyer credit card worth the fee?

Posted On: May 3, 2005

Post subject: Is a frequent flyer credit card worth the fee?
Jennifer
Date: 2/10/2001 3:56 pm CDT
Any advice on how to calculate if paying for a Frequent Flyer credit card is worth the fee? How many dollars would I have to charge annually to make it worth the annual fee?
Eugene
Date: 2/11/2001 5:57 am CDT
First, [...]

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Aria Visa Credit Card Interest Rate Hike

Posted On: March 9, 2005

Author: archive
Joined: 23 Jul 2004
Posts: 5007
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:03 pm
Post subject: Aria rate warning!
Sallie Gottie
Date: 5/24/2000 1:48 am CDT
I applied for an Aria visa card tonight; they indicate that they have a APR
of 7.99 fixed for purchases. However, my application approval indicated that
the APR was 12.99! I called their California headquarters [...]

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