Tag Archives: Credit Cards

How Much I Make in Cash Back Credit Card Rewards

A lot of people claim that credit cards are bad, but I want to share with you what I make in cash back rewards from using credit cards. This is one of my favorite times of the year. For the past five years, I’ve logged into my American Express account in March to pay my

Choosing a Student Credit Card

This article over at DebtFREE-Revolution about who is to blame about student credit card debt got me thinking about my college experience. By the time I graduated from college, I had racked up thousands of dollars in credit card debt. After I graduated I moved to Chicago where I had a job that barely allowed

The Cost of Using Your Credit Card

Have you ever stopped to think about how much things you purchased on your credit cards in the past are actually costing you? Month after month you continue to pay interest on something purchased years ago, possibly an impulse buy to begin with. You might even be paying interest on something that has already been

Do You Have Too Much Plastic?

Most Americans carry between five and ten credit cards, and some have as many as 50. All of those numbers are probably too many.