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  • Visa Discounts website, GC Reselling Opportunities?

    Check out this Visa Discounts website. It is similar to American Express sync offers, but works like a portal. They have a lot of participating merchants and they will either apply the discount directly of give you a coupon code. I haven’t had the time to look through all the merchants, but there is some gift card reselling…

  • Majority of Americans Unaware of Their Credit Card Rewards

    We all know the value of points, miles, and cash back from credit cards and the great return that you get for the time spent. But apparently we are a minority in the United States. Mos Americans have no clue what cards they carry in their pockets and what benefits they provide. Princeton Survey Research interviewed…

  • Incompetent Employees/Managers Making Up REDcard Restrictions – Memo Leaked

    The REDcard seems to be creating a lot of confusion lately among Target employees. Apparently most of the confusion is coming from incompetent employees and even managers, which is not such a big surprise. There has been a few scattered reports of Target stores not allowing credit card loads for the REDcard or putting a…

  • 6 Steps to Negotiating Your Credit Card Annual Fee

    Whether you’re churning credit cards, or just want to keep one of your everyday credit cards, it never hurts to make a 2 minute call or chat. It can end up saving you $95 or even $695.

  • Recon Line, 6 Secrets to get your CC application approved after being denied

    Was your credit card application denied? Did you get the horrifying  “You will receive a letter explaining our decision in 7-10 business days” message? Well, don’t be upset.  It has happened to all of us at some point in our life. Even if you have excellent credit, banks can deny your application based on their internal scoring…

  • P2P Lending, Is It Worth It?

    Websites that bypass the banks by matching up lenders with borrowers have been taking off for a while now, some claiming to offer returns of 10%-15%. There are a few big players in the game but new companies seem to be launching almost weekly. So should you be signing up – and is it safe? How does it…

  • REDcard Problems, Some Locations Refuse CC Loads

    Relax, no need to panic just yet. But there’s some isolated reports that some Target locations have refused credit card loads for the REDcard. There’s multiple instances mentioned in Dans Forums for a Target in Brooklyn where CSR have said that they no longer accept credit cards. I also received information from a friend in…

  • Complete Guide to Bluebird, Serve, Softserve and Target Redcard

    Another Guide to Bluebird, Serve, Softserve and Target Redcard. Lots of useful info if you’re not familiar with these cards.

  • United Debacle, DOT is Reviewing Consumer Complaints

    Apparently there’s been enough filed complaints already for the DOT to take notice. They issued an official statement yesterday regarding the United Airlines Mistaken Fare in their website. “The Department of Transportation is aware of an issue involving mistaken fares on United Airlines’ Danish-facing website.  The Department’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings has begun looking into…

  • United Airlines Debacle, Should You Complain to the DOT?

    By now you all know about the amazing short lived deals that United brought us with their third party errors. Now we learned that United will not honor those first class tickets sold at insanely low prices and surely there’s a lot of anger from those lucky ones who were able to grab such deals.…

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