Archive for the 'Credit cards' Category


Free Credit Report and Scores

It was time to flip Scott’s 0% balance transfers to new cards. Just before I submit the applications, I like to pull our credit report to make sure that everything is in order.
I’m always on the lookout for another free way to get a copy of our credit report. After some research I found [...]


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What Happened to Your Credit?

During a recent interview, I was asked if the credit crisis has had any affect on our credit card arbitrage. I hadn’t even thought about it because so far, it hasn’t.
Of course that could always change with one trip to the mailbox! I thought about many of the different angles that I have dealt [...]


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Reshuffling My Whole Cash Back Credit Card Plan

It had to happen… I’ve had a pretty sweet deal come to an end. For a few years, I’ve had a Chase card that earned 5% back on gas, groceries, and drugstores. I didn’t talk about it much, since you can’t apply for it anymore, so there wasn’t much point.
I got a letter that the [...]


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My Emergency Cash Back Card: American Express Blue Cash

We joined Costco! And we went there 5 times in 8 days! Here’s the catch with Costco, if you pay with credit, you need to use an American Express card. Lucky for me I keep a stash of credit cards handy for “emergencies” like this!
Why does it matter which card I use? Because I [...]


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Use Business Cards to Super-Size Your Credit Card Arbitrage

Regular readers know that I’m a credit card arbitrage junkie. This one is for those of you that enjoy playing that game and want to take it to the next level, using business credit cards.
Why Are Business Cards So Useful?
They don’t report on your individual credit report. So you can use 90% of the limit [...]


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