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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How One Credit Card Fee Actually Helps Consumers

Posted On: July 20, 2009

Lawmakers hoping to build on the positive feedback from the CARD Act could be making a mistake by targeting credit card merchant fees.

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Five Consumer Warnings Involving Reward Credit Cards

Posted On: June 12, 2009

By Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder
Nearly every card issuer that issues credit cards offers its customers a reward or rebate program. Rebate credit cards will reward you for making everyday purchases with your card. Rebate cards are very popular and when used in a wise manner, rewards cards can help improve your bottom line- who doesn’t [...]

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How to Win the Cash-Back Credit Card Game

Posted On: September 18, 2008

An excerpt from How YOU Can Profit from Credit Cards: Using Credit to Improve Your Financial Life and Bottom Line.

A little extra cash in your pocket sounds great, doesn’t it? Maybe you could use it for a nice dinner out on your birthday, a movie night out with that special someone, a rainy-day shopping [...]

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Got an American Express Credit Card? Decide How to Spend $5 Million!

Posted On: June 11, 2007

By Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com American Express has recently launched The Members Project, where it will contribute $1 for every AMEX cardholder who registers for the project by August 5, 2007 – up to a total of $5 million. Registration is free, and as best as I can tell, there are no costs for [...]

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Best Way to Get Credit Card Rebates

Posted On: April 27, 2006

Author: quiznut1
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:17 pm
Post subject: Best credit card combination for cash back?
I’m welcome to any thoughts on this, as I am still a newbie when it comes to this stuff. I currently hold the Citi Dividend Platinum Select card, which gives 5% cash back on gas stations, grocery stores and [...]

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