Dear BLR Editor,
I just signed up for a couple of credit cards recently and hadn’t put them in my billpay just yet. Unfortunately, the bills ended up being a couple days late and I’ve been slapped late fees of $25 and $35, respectively.
One of the cards also threatened to raise my interest rate if [...]
Marriott is offering free hotel nights or gift cards to first-time Marriott/Chase Rewards Credit Card Cardmembers with new accounts.
New customers will receive 50,000 Bonus Points which may be redeemed for hotel stays or gift cards. The cards it seems, cannot be redeemed directly for cash.
Here are the rules:
Get the Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card from [...]
I came across another great video by Linda Ferrari showing you different ways to boost your credit score. Very often, you need to be proactive to make sure your good credit is being reported and false items tha reduce your credit score are removed from the Credit Bureaus’ records.
This is short, but information-packed video. Enjoy [...]
I’d like to share this great interview from askthemoneycoach.com about how to boost your credit score. It tells you the different strategies to build a good credit score and things to avoid that will reduce your credit score.
I found it to be really informative. Enjoy it.
Chase Sapphire is offering up to 50,000 bonus points to customers signing up for their new Preferred Card, translating into $500 after three months.
After signing up for the card, you will receive 50,000 points when you make purchases of $1,000/month for 3 months.
Points can be redeemed for hotel rooms or plane tickets, but they can [...]
Dear BLR Editor,
I’m due to receive about $3,000 from selling some of my musical equipment. I’m 25 years old and I have a good job, but I also have a car note, at 4.5% and $26,000 in credit card debt.
My instinct tells me to save this money in my rainy day account, which is currently [...]
British Airways is offering up to 50,000 bonus miles to customers signing up for their new Visa Signature Card.
After signing up for the card, you will receive 25,000 miles for your first purchase and another 25,000 miles when you spend $2,500 within 90 days.
Customers earn 2.5 BA miles for every dollar spent on British Airways [...]
Bank of America is offering new business customers $100 cash back if they spend $500 or more in the first two months of use.
The card also gives customers 3% cash back at gas stations, office supply stores, and computer network services, 2% at restaurants, and 1% cash back on all other purchases.
Customers receive up to [...]
The Chase Marriott Rewards credit card gives new customers 4 free nights at Marriott hotels when they sign up for the card.
One free night is given on sign up and 22,500 hotel points are awarded after the first purchase or balance transfer. Together, they add up to 4 free hotel nights.
Customers earn up to 3 points for [...]
The Chase Freedom credit card gives new customers $150 cash back if they spend $500 or more in the first three months of use.
The card also gives customers 10% cash back in selected bonus categories, 5% in others, and 1% cash back in remaining categories.
Customers receive up to the 10% cash back automatically when they [...]
The Citi Thank You Preferred credit card provides new customers with a $100 gift card if they purchase items worth $500 in the first three months of use.
For your first 12 months, earn 5 points for every $1 you spend on purchases at gas stations, supermarkets and drugstores. You earn 1 point for every $1 [...]
The Chase Freedom credit card gives new customers $100 cash back if they spend $500 or more in the first three months of use.
The card also gives customers 5% cash back in selected bonus categories and 1% cash back in other categories.
Customers can also receive up to an additional 10% cash back automatically when they [...]
You had a great relationship and affection for your credit card. You even had scored hotel and airline points every time you made a purchase. Now, you’ve just received a notification that your credit card’s interest rate is going up. What can you do?
Mercifully, under the new federal credit card regulations, you can opt out of [...]
Fed up with those late fees, over-the-limit fees, rate hikes for late payments and all the other indignities that credit card issuers spend their time dreaming up?
Well, Citibank claim to have found the tonic to soothe consumers’ raw nerves in the form of their new Simplicity Card.
This card, reserved for customers with the highest credit [...]
More people rely on their credit cards as a source of liquidity in tough economic times and today is no different. Many hold multiple cards and struggle to pay them off and simultaneously put something away for the future.
First off, learning how to pay off a set of credit cards is no strategy at all [...]
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